Crop avi without re-encoding

[owains]

Is it possible to crop an avi (i.e. remove borders) without re-encoding the video stream? I've had a go at using Virtual Dub, but haven't managed it. Is there something I'm missing? Can any other software do this?

Thanks!

 

[BigglesPiP]

It's probably possible, but you won't get the disk space used by the cropped area back unless you re-encode.

Various software can do it, I keep hearing good things about SONY Vegas, spensive tho.

 

[owains]

Know of any free software that'll do this? Been playing with avidemux, but no success there either.