[MPlayer-users] mencoder adding a border to a movie

[scott at bonnag.com]

From: Jack <lt at speakeasy.net> wrote
>scott at bonnag.com wrote:
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>>I want to add black to the top and bottom to make it 4:3.
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>Why do you need the image to be 4:3?  Just about every video player ever
>will do the right thing with a 16:9 image.

I realise that now, having done a bit more research.
My yamada player was coming up with a resolution error.
I thought it was because of the proportions, but it was because of a lateral 
pixel limit.

Panic over.

Thanks for everybody's help.

Scott