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    EmulationStation video preview size sometimes incorrect

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    • ginobean
      ginobean last edited by

      It looks to me like the EmulationStation video previews are not taking into account the aspect ratio. For example, here's a partial mediainfo output for frogger.mp4 :

      Width                                    : 224 pixels
      Height                                   : 768 pixels
      Display aspect ratio                     : 0.750
      

      Now, if I try to display this in EmulationStation, as a video preview, I get a resulting video that is very narrow. But, if I play this video, from the command line, using vlc directly, it plays CORRECTLY. In other words, it looks fine.

      From looking briefly at the source code for VideoVlcComponent.cpp, it looks to me like the 'Display aspect ratio' metadata is never used.

      This would explain why certain preview videos, such as the aforementioned frogger.mp4 look horizontally squished, from within EmulationStation.

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