yt-dlp, Youtube short, not getting full height

[pooksahib]

When I download a Youtube short with yt-dlp, mediainfo tells me it's 1080*1920 but when played the picture is square shaped with the top and bottom of the content missing. What's the issue here and how do I download so that it plays 'tall and slim' like the original? Thanks.

[rvind]

did you tried playing video in vlc?

[pooksahib]

Just tried but can't. That's another problem, despite me telling yt-dlp to get mp4, it always gets me the webm version and vlc tells me it can't identify the codec.

[davexnet]

what is your complete yt-dlp command line ?

[pooksahib]

yt-dlp https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Pz0pRw6-vRU?feature=share
or
yt-dlp 299 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Pz0pRw6-vRU?feature=share ## don't need the audio

I've downloaded it using the 'tubly' extension and the result is the same, a square picture. This 'short' seems to be taller than than the usual youtube short so perhaps that's where the problem is...

[davexnet]

This works fine for me:
yt-dlp "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Pz0pRw6-vRU" -f 299+140

[pooksahib]

Thanks for taking the trouble, davexnet. It transpires, though, that the download WAS alright. I noticed in the preview pane that the thumbnail was 'tall and slim' so I changed player (from MPC-HC to Windows Media Player) and there it was, the same image as on Youtube.
After some experimenting, MPC-HC has to be set to Video Frame/Half Size.
Thanks again.