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creedo · 23rd March 2011, 06:50

I think I tried this in the wrong forum before.

I have an avi, I crop the top and bottom black bars in virtualdubmod. I save it as mkv.

The final resolution is 640 x 352. But it displays as ~444 x 352.

It shows (5:4 aspect ratio) also in the properties. Why? I didn't manually set that. But it's probably why the video is tall and thin instead of displaying the way I wanted.

I did finally fix it in mkvtoolnix by manually assigning a wider aspect ratio. But what is it that made virtualdub assign that odd AR in the first place?

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creedo Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 41	Why does my movie displayed thinner than the width given in its properties? I think I tried this in the wrong forum before. I have an avi, I crop the top and bottom black bars in virtualdubmod. I save it as mkv. The final resolution is 640 x 352. But it displays as ~444 x 352. It shows (5:4 aspect ratio) also in the properties. Why? I didn't manually set that. But it's probably why the video is tall and thin instead of displaying the way I wanted. I did finally fix it in mkvtoolnix by manually assigning a wider aspect ratio. But what is it that made virtualdub assign that odd AR in the first place?