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Title: Build 50 - Aspect Ratio still not correct for PAL videos
Post by: pauly139 on December 09, 2011, 04:33:20 pm

I reported this back for build 46 - PAL videos played back with RO STD are displayed with an incorrect aspect ratio (4:3 showing for widescreen videos). This is happening with both recorded TV (jtv) and other video formats.

It is still happening with build 50.

Rgds
Paul.

Title: Re: Build 50 - Aspect Ratio still not correct for PAL videos
Post by: Matt on December 09, 2011, 04:42:14 pm

Is there any way you could provide a sample file?  We haven't been able to reproduce this.

Thanks.

Title: Re: Build 50 - Aspect Ratio still not correct for PAL videos
Post by: pauly139 on December 10, 2011, 04:35:51 am

Emailed to matt at jriver.com

Title: Re: Build 50 - Aspect Ratio still not correct for PAL videos
Post by: Matt on December 10, 2011, 09:21:23 am

Thanks Paul.

I'll follow up early next week once I get a chance to test in a debugger.

Title: Re: Build 50 - Aspect Ratio still not correct for PAL videos
Post by: Matt on December 15, 2011, 09:16:41 am

I'm hoping this is the same issue as this one:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=68252.0

Let us know once build 54 or newer is available if the new option solves your issue.

Thanks.

Title: Re: Build 50 - Aspect Ratio still not correct for PAL videos
Post by: pauly139 on December 21, 2011, 03:08:36 pm

Bump - this issue is still present in build 59

Title: Re: Build 50 - Aspect Ratio still not correct for PAL videos
Post by: Matt on December 21, 2011, 03:26:52 pm

Thanks for following-up.

The sample you provided is playing correctly for me.

Is it possible you have non-square pixels?  What's your desktop resolution and what's the aspect ratio of your display?

You can correct for this in Options > Video > Advanced.

Title: Re: Build 50 - Aspect Ratio still not correct for PAL videos
Post by: pauly139 on December 21, 2011, 03:40:30 pm

That explanation wouldn't make sense as the picture is fine when using RO HQ, but not when using RO STD.

Paul.

Title: Re: Build 50 - Aspect Ratio still not correct for PAL videos
Post by: pauly139 on December 22, 2011, 07:54:31 pm

Matt - can you please clarify if you consider this resolved? I am getting the identical problem on 3 different PCs now.

Rgds
Paul.

Title: Re: Build 50 - Aspect Ratio still not correct for PAL videos
Post by: Matt on December 23, 2011, 08:50:59 am

It looks like it's a problem with LAV Video + EVR.  It's fine with ffdshow video + EVR or LAV Video + madVR.
[I mispoke.  See below.]

I'm paging nevcairiel, and will let you know what we find.

Thanks.

Title: Re: Build 50 - Aspect Ratio still not correct for PAL videos
Post by: Matt on December 23, 2011, 09:20:03 am

I apologize for saying it looks like an LAV Video thing.  It's actually a Microsoft decoder problem. 

LAV Video works fine, which might be an argument to switching to LAV Video for MPEG-2 television.  Currently Red October Standard prefers the Microsoft decoder for television.

I'm speaking with nevcairiel about it.

Title: Re: Build 50 - Aspect Ratio still not correct for PAL videos
Post by: pauly139 on December 23, 2011, 05:02:58 pm

Thanks for the feedback Matt - glad to know the problem has been found

Title: Re: Build 50 - Aspect Ratio still not correct for PAL videos
Post by: Matt on December 23, 2011, 08:17:04 pm

This will be changed in a coming build, but it might not be available for a week or so.

You can probably work around the problem until then by using Custom video mode.

Add a rule to use LAV Video decoder for jtv.

Thanks for your help getting to the bottom of this.