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Topic: Black bars - Options?
Other than setting Letter Boxing to "Zoom", what can I do about older video files (4:3 aspect ratio?) that have the black bars on the sides of the screen? I read up on this a bit but, unless I'm misunderstanding, the ideal option of blurring the bars isn't available on x64? I'm using Win11 btw.

 
Posted 17 hours ago
Blur black bars is available from extensions
 
I have Blur Black Bars here on Windows with VDJ 64 bit (b8553) but try as I might, I can't get BBB to have any affect on the output. I load a 4:3 video, enable BBB and there's no visible difference.

I've tried BBB on each deck and on the master, and the single 'strength' knob is at 100%

[edit] I've just found a six year old video on YT from Klaus, and that shows the effect being used the other way around - showing a 16:9 video on a 4:3 screen, so the bars are top and bottom.

Does it only work for top/bottom bars, not side bars?
 
Should work for both