How to Remove Black Bars in AutoGK

Black bars appear along the borders of videos played on a television or monitor that's wider than the video's aspect ratio, the ratio of the video's width and height. But by converting your video's aspect ratio to match your television or monitor, you can get rid of black bars. The output video may appears slightly stretch, however. And with the help of AutoGK, you can change the aspect ratios of your videos for free.

Instructions

1. Download and install a free copy of AutoGK. (See Resources.) Start the program after you've completed the installation process.

2. Click the folder icon outside the "Input file" field to import your video file into AutoGK. Click the icon outside of the "Output file" field to select a location to store your cropped video.

3. Enter "100" into the field next to the "Target quality (in percentage)" heading.

4. Press the "Ctrl" and "F9" buttons at the same time on your keyboard to access AutoGK's "Hidden Options" menu.

5. Check the "Override input AR" box, located near the bottom-left corner of the menu. Select the "16:9" option under the "AR" heading in the menu and then click "OK."

6. Click on the "Add Job" button, back in the program's main menu, and then click the program's "Start" button.

References

• AutoGK: Auto Gordian Knot