[DaveNetMan]

Hi, I recently got my first mp4 player, and have a question about converting widescreen videos.

My screen is only 1.5", so I can only convert videos to 128x128 or 128x96. I'm converting some tv episodes, which are generally widescreen.

When I convert to 128x128, the video fills the screen, but it also cuts off part of the sides of the video (which I believe isn't even centered).

When I convert to 128x96, I do get the entire video with nothing cut off. However, my player fills in the top and bottom borders of this 'widescreen' video with a light-blue border, which includes text. I hate this border, it is very distracting while watching videos. I would MUCH prefer just a solid black border, but I assume this blue border is something built into the firmware.

I guess what I'm asking is, is there a way to add my own black border to the source avi file, before converting it to amv? My logic is, if I add a black border beforehand, then I can convert at 128x128, and it will still appear as widescreen but won't show that ugly blue border.

Thanks, Dave