Aspect ratio seems to be funky

[rossman231]

When I play any video in PVRX2, it seems to set it at some aspect ratio that cuts off the bottom part of the video, usually showing only the top half or third of any given station's watermark, to give you a rough idea. While this doesn't usually cut off much that's significant, it's seems that the horizontal is a little stretched as a result and sometimes stuff on the bottom part of the screen (like subtitles) are important and missed.
This happens at both fullscreen and windowed mode, so it's not a matter of my tv not showing fullscreen correctly, and it doesn't appear to be a matter of the original aspect ratio and playing the same file fullscreen in VLC with a 4:3 aspect (same as PVRX2 is set to use) works just fine. Is there anything that can be done about this?

Thanks,
Ross

[sub]

If you press F7 to toggle between aspect ratios, does the 'auto' aspect ratio mode correct it? You need to have a decoder other than 'system default' selected for this to work though.

[rossman231]

Switching to auto DOES correct it. How can I get auto to be default?

Thanks,
Ross

[Graham]

It remembers the current setting.

If it is in Auto when you stop PVRX2, it will be in Auto the next time you start.