User manual

Play and Edit the Video
Nero Recode
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Playback screen, Crop area
The following options are available for the Crop enhancement:
Button
Crop
Displays the area with setting options for cropping.
Cropping is useful if your video features black picture bars on the
sides. To crop the video also decreases the size and as a result
improves its quality.
Drop-down menu
Mode
Disabled: Disables cropping.
Automatic: Detects black picture bars and removes them
automatically. The aspect ratio of the source file is kept. The area to
be cropped is indicated with a black transparent border.
Custom: Allows manual cropping. Just grap the sides of the crop
area by mouse and drag it. Aspect ratio and Selection color are
enabled.
Disabled is selected as a default.
Drop-down menu
Aspect ratio
Same as source: Keeps the aspect ratio of the source.
None: Disables any aspect ratio restriction so that you can crop
freely.
4:3 / 16:9 / 16:10 / 21:9: Chooses an aspect ratio which is kept even
when you change the crop area manually.