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Boulder · 2022-07-26, 14:58

I have a couple of music video DVDs which I would like to re-encode for easier playback (the DVD menus are just so cumbersome). As the DVDs contain both 4:3 and 16:9 AR clips, is it possible to combine them as one item or does the feature require exactly the same resolution for all files?

**Klojum** · 2022-07-27, 13:03

(2022-07-26, 14:58)Boulder Wrote: is it possible to combine them as one item

There have been attempts at giving Kodi the capability to handle different versions of a video (as in resolutions), but that feature has yet to fully materialize.
Combining multiple videos with different resolutions would require a tricky re-encoding of those videos during the concatenation. Not sure if that's what you want.

Boulder · 2022-07-27, 14:23

(2022-07-27, 13:03)Klojum Wrote:
(2022-07-26, 14:58)Boulder Wrote: is it possible to combine them as one item

There have been attempts at giving Kodi the capability to handle different versions of a video (as in resolutions), but that feature has yet to fully materialize.
Combining multiple videos with different resolutions would require a tricky re-encoding of those videos during the concatenation. Not sure if that's what you want.

Cheers, thanks for the info. I suppose I just need to re-encode the widescreen ones with fixed black borders.

**sarbes** · 2022-07-27, 16:53

You want a resolution change mid-stream? I think Kodi might support that already, as TS streams might change resolution/aspect.

Maybe make a test video with a suitable container.

**scott967** · 2022-07-28, 02:42

I would also consider extracting to separate files and stacking them in Kodi.

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Boulder · 2022-07-28, 12:21

(2022-07-28, 02:42)scott967 Wrote: I would also consider extracting to separate files and stacking them in Kodi.

scott s.
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That was my initial idea - is it possible to do it without making all the files the same resolution or can I just process them separately and stack them with naming? I'm sure there might also be a change of framerate (interlaced or progressive source), though not mixed PAL/NTSC of course.

**scott967** · 2022-07-30, 00:07

I don't think moving from one to the next will be seamless at all, and trying to skip back and forward might cause trouble, but it would have a single library entry / act as one media item. But I haven't tried with radically different video parameters, maybe do a couple files and experiment.

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