(2023-05-22, 05:23)b'sketti Wrote: Under Settings > Player > Videos > Playback is a setting Display 4:3 videos as where you can choose Normal.

(2023-05-22, 08:12)Klojum Wrote: Does rotating through the zoom options have Kodi activate/find the correct aspect ratio?

(2023-05-24, 07:13)jepsizofye Wrote: you arent able to spot the difference because you are using a more generic info tool, mediainfo

when dealing with these sorts of things it is far better to use ffmpeg

luckily, the ffmpeg output for your files is included in your log

compare lines 320 and 468

note the file which is displaying as 4:3 has it's sar and dar set correctly - SAR 1:1 DAR 4:3

the one that is being stretched has no such information present, so kodi gets to decide what to do


the resolution of your video 1440x1080 uses rectangular pixels so mathematically it can actually achieve both 16:9 and 4:3 difference being 1.33... vs 1.77...

i found a better explanation of that here - http://www.frankschrader.us/pixel-aspect-ratio-video-resolution-of-1440x1080-considered-a-widescreen-format-169


and example commandline for ffmpeg to set the dar and sar - http://underpop.online.fr/f/ffmpeg/help/setdar_002c-setsar.htm.gz


its just because the file isnt coded properly

code:
for i in *.mp4; do ffmpeg -i "$i" -aspect 480:360 -c copy "${i%}.mp4"; done

code:
mkdir newfiles

for i in *.mp4; do ffmpeg -i "$i" -aspect 480:360 -c copy "newfiles/${i%}"; done

mv newfiles/*.mp4 .

code:
mkdir newfiles

for i in *.mp4; do ffmpeg -i "$i" -aspect 4:3 -c copy "newfiles/${i%}"; done

mv newfiles/*.mp4 .