[MEncoder-users] Problems with aspect ratio

[RC]

On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:41:42 -0500
larrystotler at netscape.net wrote:

> However, why is it doing that when it is just copying the video on the
> third pass? 

It isn't stored in the video (only lavc does that), it's stored in the
AVI container, and you are writing a new container.

> Any other time I do a copy, it  preserves the aspect ratio.

When you encode, mencoder determines what aspect ratio is
needed for your video, and writes it to the AVI header.