Authoring error or MakeMKV bug?

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Authoring error or MakeMKV bug?

#1 Post by Mr_Orange » Fri May 26, 2023 11:39 am

I have just come across a strange.... glitch is the best way I can put it having ripped The Mechanic (1972) - ​https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Mech ... 311952/​​​.

When I started watching it in Plex, it was the correct aspect ratio but in a small square in the centre of the TV screen. I tooled around with TV display/aspect ratio settings and the same things in Plex but couldn't it to display correctly, despite Playback in VLC looking right.

I ran MediaInfo on the file and lo and behold, the Display Aspect Ratio was set to 1.0, with the Original Display Aspect Ratio showing 16:9. I fired up MKVToolNix and could see that the Display width/height was set to 1080 x 1080. I fixed that, remuxed it and the new file displays correctly in Plex.

I guess this is an authoring error, or is it a bug in MakeMKV?

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