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Thank you for your reply.

While this fixed the aspect ratio, I do get back borders on all sides now.

To use that example image from my post, this is how the result looks now:

I did it exactly as you said (auto-detect resolution) as well as by manually entering the 4:3 resolution in the export process.

But one step closer!

Hello.

I recorded footage that was supposed to be 4:3 but accidentally became a 16:9 video.

Now I want to fix this by using VideoPad to export the video to 4:3.

The problem is, that VideoPad adds black bars to the top and bottom of the video.

I assume that VideoPad does this so I maintain the aspect ratio.

But I do not want to maintain the aspect ratio, I want to change it. (to 4:3)

Cropping the image is no option, as important parts would be lost.

To make it more clear with an example:

1. This would be the the original video file. It should be 4:3 (perfect squares) but is 16:9 (stretched squares) instead:

2. This is the video that I want VideoPad to export.

The aspect ratio changed to 4:3 to remove the stretching and to get the perfect squares:

3. But this is the video that I actually get from video pad. Same unwanted aspect ratio, but with black bars added:

What I do:

I click on export, I manually insert the exact 4:3 resolution that I want.

Then I get to choose: "Crop Edges" "Resize to Fit" "Cancel"

I chose "Resize to Fit".

Crop is no valid option.

I get the same stretched visuals from the picture at 1., but with parts of the image missing on the left and the right:

So please tell me that there is a way to actually change the aspect ratio of videos with your software.

(And not just the resolution of the file, while the video stays the same, with black bars top+bottom or information missing left+right.)

Re-recording the footage is not possible, and I don't think that I'm asking for sorcery.