Movie flattened in mkv file

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Hi,

A movie in .mkv file is distorted. It is flattened.

How can I correct the format?

Thank you!

[guns1inger]

What do you mean by flattened ?

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The faces are flattened: they are horizontally stretched, too wide to look normal.

Sorry for my clumsy explanation.

[guns1inger]

It sounds like either the file is flagged incorrectly as 16:9 when it is 4:3, or your player is incorrectly stretching the video.

You could try using MKVExtract (with mkvtoolnix) to extract all the contents, then mkvmerge to build a new mkv with just the audio and video content, and with correct attributes.

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guns1inger,

Thank you!

I was assuming I will have to extract it somehow but what should I do between "extract" and "build" to fix the problem? What kind of file will I get after the extraction?

Thank you!

[guns1inger]

You will get shown all the content, and you can choose what to extract. You will end up with video and audio streams that you can then put back into a new file with mkvmerge. mkvmerge has a whole series of settings you can adjust. I don't have it in front of me, but I assume it will have one for aspect ratio. Make sure that is set to 4:3, build a new file and test it. If that doesn't work, try 1:1

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guns1inger,

Thank you very much! As usually you right to the point.

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guns1inger,

It lloks like that "mkvtoolnix" and "mkvmerger" is the same thing. Is it OK?

[guns1inger]

It is part of the tool kit, yes. MKVExtractGUI is a front end to the same tools to make it easier to demux the content of mkv files. You should also have a file called mmg.exe, which is the GUI front end to mkvmerge. Use this to add your demuxed components, then click on the Format Specific Options tab (lower half) and you can set framerates and aspect ratio.

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Thank you, guns1inger!

I used 16:9 and everything worked just fine.