Aspect Ratio Setting

[jcole998]

When one right-clicks on the display during recording playback, the context menu has an item "Aspect Ratio" with four options: Auto, Fill, Remove Letterbox and Pillar Box. When playing back recordings made from a VHS tape player using Hauppauge's HD-PVR2 Composite input, the initial display is shown expanded to full width. I always need to select the Auto Aspect Ratio so that the video is shown correctly by adding the vertical pillar boxes to either side. How can I make the setting permanent? I've found two settings in the HDPVR portion of config.xml: <VideoDefaultAspectRatioSDi>4x3</VideoDefaultAspectRatioSDi>, and <VideoDefaultAspectRatioSDp>16x9</VideoDefaultAspectRatioSDp>. There is also a section labeled <Aspect Ratio>...<\AspectRatio>.

Is the setting I'd like somewhere in there?

Thanks.

[sub]

'auto' is the default, but there may be some bug causing it to not display correctly until you switch away then back with 4:3 content. What video renderer are you using?

[jcole998]

Hi, sub. Using EVR.

[sub]

Can you supply a short sample recording?

[jcole998]

Well...this is weird.

After I use CutChunk to carve out a 100MB slice, NextPVR shows playback of that chunk in the correct 4:3 ratio from the start. The source video shows the problem, the chunk does not.

Is there another program I can use other than CutChunk?

Maybe I can record just a few minutes from the tape and post that. Workin' on it.

[jcole998]

Recording the first 60-sec of the tape provided a 75MB file that shows the problem.

You can download it from https://expirebox.com/download/e1e63cc81...ab261.html. For the next 48 hours at least.

[jcole998]

Gentle nudge...

[sub]

I did see the problem with your file, but I haven't had a chance to check the reason yet (I'm away for a couple of days).

[jcole998]

OK, sub. Thanks for the update.

[jcole998]

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