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Hey Neo,
You mentioned that you started of encoding video files that were already 720p. Can you tell me what were the original (before you encoded them) source resolutions of those files? Were they 1280x720 or like 1280x528 or something to that nature. Im desperatly trying to encode my 720p movies to a 16:9 resolution where the black bars are minimal at best. i want my 720p movies to look just like the PS3 gran turismo trailer you put up in terms of filling up the whole screen. When i upload one of my movie files files on handbrake i get a source resolution of 1280x528 and try to adjust the resolution to 1280x720 but it doesnt let me. Any suggestions on what i could do.
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that depends on how the movie was shot. A lot of movies are shot in 16x9, which would completely fill a widescreen tv, but a lot of movies are shot in 2.39:1, which gives you black bard on the top and bottom even on a widescreen tv. If your video file is 1280x528, that means you will have black bars in order to keep the aspect ratio correct. If you want that to fill the screen, you have two choices: Stretch or crop. You can stretch it up, but that will make the movie unwatchable. You can also zoom and crop the sides, which will still look correct, but you will lose almost half of the movie on the left and right.