Any Video Converter Aspect Ratio keeps changing

[MasterNe0]

I been using Any Video Converter for the past 2 years. I noticed a issue in the last few months and any video converter support isn't been too helpful in fixing this problem.

When I convert a .mp4 video to a .avi video, I noticed the .avi video aspect ratio, the length of it is squashed on the screen. I left the default settings alone to retain the same aspect ratio as the original video but it doesn't seem to help. The video properties of the .avi also shows it is the same aspect ratio as the original video as well.

I have tried installing a newer version and installing a older version, both doing the same.

I don't have this issue if I use "SUPER C" which actually had a similar issue in the past before I swapped over.

Here are some screen of it when playing from Windows Media Player. It also does this in VLC.

This video is 960 X 540 in W X H both.

Original:


After Conversion:

[davexnet]

Open the source and avi encode in mediainfo (text view) and put the information here in the thread

[DB83]

Even without that info, the first pic is the one that is wrong if your dimensions are correct.


960*540 is 16:9 but that pic is closer to 240:1


So you need to check the AR (use mediainfo) on the first video and apply that to the second which appears to be 16:9 but probably should be something else.

[MasterNe0]

Here the original video:
General
Unique ID : 2613285815345993856655815280954285910 (0x1F74CF038EA099E14056AC20D8D9F56)
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4
File size : 553 MiB
Duration : 40 min 10 s
Overall bit rate : 1 923 kb/s
Encoded date : UTC 2020-08-15 21:08:32
Writing application : mkvmerge v49.0.0 ('Sick Of Losing Soulmates') 64-bit
Writing library : libebml v1.4.0 + libmatroska v1.6.1

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Baseline@L3.1
Format settings : 3 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, Reference : 3 frames
Format settings, GOP : M=1, N=48
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 40 min 10 s
Bit rate : 1 793 kb/s
Width : 960 pixels
Height : 540 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.144
Stream size : 515 MiB (93%)
Writing library : Zencoder Video Encoding System
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC LC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity
Codec ID : A_AAC-2
Duration : 40 min 10 s
Bit rate : 128 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel layout : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 46.875 FPS (1024 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 36.8 MiB (7%)
Title : English
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Text
ID : 3
Format : UTF-8
Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
Duration : 38 min 57 s
Bit rate : 48 b/s
Count of elements : 520
Stream size : 13.8 KiB (0%)
Title : English (SDH)
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No

Here is the converted:
General
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 611 MiB
Duration : 40 min 10 s
Overall bit rate : 2 128 kb/s
Writing application : Lavf56.36.100

Video
ID : 0
Format : xvid
Codec ID : xvid
Duration : 40 min 10 s
Bit rate : 1 988 kb/s
Width : 960 pixels
Height : 540 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.160
Stream size : 571 MiB (93%)

Audio
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Format settings : Joint stereo / MS Stereo
Codec ID : 55
Codec ID/Hint : MP3
Duration : 40 min 10 s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 128 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 kHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 36.8 MiB (6%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 26 ms (0.63 video frame)
Interleave, preload duratio : 26 ms
Title : English

[DB83]

Your conversion shows AR of 4:3 instead of 16:9 although I still suspect that the first is not actually 16:9 but 2.40:1 in a 16:9 frame.

[MasterNe0]

Still not sure why the ratio shrinks the way it does. It never happened in the past until recently.

[davexnet]

oops duplicate

[davexnet]

Are those black bars visible in your screen shots actually in the video?
Open the files in vdub2 and see the black bars are there
https://www.videohelp.com/software/VirtualDub2

[MasterNe0]

The bars were always there. I don't mind the bars.

The reason I convert it is I prefer videos in .avi format as i watch them on my mobile that supports .avi format videos.



Here the converted version:

[DB83]

But the avi conversion does NOT show the same Aspect Ratio. Unless you fail to understand the difference between 16:9 and 4:3.


And as my friend points out. Those black bars are actual evidence that the source is a 16:9 frame but the actual video has a greater Aspect Ratio.

[davexnet]

Your mobile doesn't play h264/AVC? That's the most common format these days.
Install VLC and play them there, save yourself some time and bother

[DB83]

+1


And your conversion typically loses quality. xVID is, today, a poor codec(It always was but was okayish 15+ years ago). Your conversion has a higher bitrate but you can not get back what the conversion loses in its process.

[MasterNe0]

Your mobile doesn't play h264/AVC? That's the most common format these days.
Install VLC and play them there, save yourself some time and bother

I do use VLC. Just prefer AVI format if possible since I am so used to it.

I just don't understand why the videos are going from a 16:9 ratio to a 4:3 ratio as I set the settings to use the original ratio during the conversion.

[davexnet]

Fix the aspect ratio with this program
https://www.videohelp.com/download/MPEG4Modifier146.zip

[MasterNe0]

Fix the aspect ratio with this program
https://www.videohelp.com/download/MPEG4Modifier146.zip

Dave and DB83, thanks for the assistance. It looks like it was something with the xvid codec used in any video converter that was causing it. I swapped it to a different decoder which seems to fix the aspect ratio.

[jagabo]

I just don't understand why the videos are going from a 16:9 ratio to a 4:3 ratio as I set the settings to use the original ratio during the conversion.

Presumably there's a setting in the program that will let you specify 16:9.


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[MasterNe0]

I just don't understand why the videos are going from a 16:9 ratio to a 4:3 ratio as I set the settings to use the original ratio during the conversion.

Presumably there's a setting in the program that will let you specify 16:9.


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Not for the encoder it using for xvid. Their no setting to change it.

[jagabo]

Not for the encoder it using for xvid. Their no setting to change it.

And there's no aspect ratio setting elsewhere? What a useless program. Why don't you use one of the open source converters like HandBrake, VidCoder, VirtualDub2, etc. They're better, completely free, and don't show ads.