Video Editing Aspect Ratio/Cropping Question [SOLVED]

I got this video I want to edit and it has an annoying flashing white line on the bottom of it throughout the whole video. It has a aspect ratio of 480 x 360. I got to crop it off but it’s going to end up being an poor aspect ratio like 480 x 357 or whatnot.
If after I crop it, is it better to resize it back to the original aspect ratio of 480 x 360? I’m thinking maybe it’ll look terrible, warped looking or something.
Or is it better to resize it to a lower but proper aspect ration like 448 x 336? But then, the video is going to be smaller and lose detail.
Which is better? I don’t want to spend hours experimenting encoding it both ways. Guide me please anybody who’s experienced in video editing.
Answer #1
480 x 357
480×356, as most codecs like even numbers, is what I’d use
your player using “source” as aspect ratio wil give you a 2px black bar at top and bottom
if your play this on a PC duz the player your using have a “blanking” feature, where you can create a 3-4px black bar to blank or cover the “flashing white line”
Answer #2
Why not just crop the pixels that are bothersome and leave it as is? Changing the aspect ratio post crop is going to leave it distorted.
Answer #3
If the video is YV12 then you should crop in multiples of 2 pixels or you will mess up the colour information which only defines colour for 2×2 pixels.
360 is not a multiple of 16 and the resolution should be a 16 multiple really. Therefore it would be best to crop 8 pixels off it, 4 top and 4 bottom.
Answer #4
Will do. Thank You all for your assistance.