[FFmpeg-user] ffmpeg v7.1 stretching video on X-axis

2025-01-02 Thread Dat Head
first time posting here, take it easy on me ;-) ffmpeg version 7.1-essentials_build-www.gyan.dev Copyright (c) 2000-2024 the FFmpeg developers built with gcc 14.2.0 (Rev1, Built by MSYS2 project) ___ ffmpeg-user mailing list ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org http

Re: [FFmpeg-user] ffmpeg v7.1 h264 (libx264) stretching video on X-axis (take2 w/ smaller pix)

2025-01-03 Thread Dat Head
oops, sorry i top posted last reply (newbie!) well adding -aspect 4:3 to ffmpeg made it work as i expected (meaning no unanticipated aspect changes) but don't know why that was needed in this case (i'd still like to hear about the square bracket ratio numbers, versus the non-bracketed ones) __

Re: [FFmpeg-user] ffmpeg v7.1 h264 (libx264) stretching video on X-axis (take2 w/ smaller pix)

2025-01-03 Thread Dat Head
it is def distorted in some way, but vlc player is what is making it look that way i think now, i brought the orig mpeg2 and h264 up in avidemux and don't see the issue. can anybody explain the Aspect Ratio numbers in the square brackets of the original? (that is only diff i see and indeed it's an