Quicktime X: wrong aspect ratio

[beige matchbox]

So far the only big annoyance with Snow Leopard, well Quicktime X at least, is for some reason it will only play some of my ripped DVDs (mpeg4) in 4:3

The resolution of the movie is indeed 4:3, but Quicktime 7 correctly stretched it to 16:9 or there abouts where as Quicktime X seems to ignore whatever option Handbrake used when i ripped my DVDs.

Oh, and if I go full screen with Quicktime X and hit the stretch button it tries to be clever, the stretch isn't linear, the middle third doesn't get stretched, only the edges...

 

[r.j.s]

You need to re-encode the movie then ... if it is encoded to be 4:3, QT X is playing it right. QT7 is ignoring the actual ratio.

 

[vagarach]

The simple fix: use VLC. Maybe sometime in the future QTX will include this feature from 7.

 

[beige matchbox]

You need to re-encode the movie then ... if it is encoded to be 4:3, QT X is playing it right. QT7 is ignoring the actual ratio.

It seems to be all the ones where anamorphic was selected before encoding, hard to tell exactly as theres quite a few. Every other player picks up on it, including iTunes and my iPod touch

 

[TXBDan]

click around w/ the zoom button in the QT X nav bar. mine were screwed up too, but when i unzoomed it seems to have fixed it