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[chile1]

Description of problem or question:

I have taken some video with a GoPro 9 Hero with an anamorphic lens (Skyreat). I heard on the internet that I have to desqueeze the footage before using it on something like YouTube. I saw in an older "How to ... video that anamorphic setting had a "strict " setting but the Handbrake I have now (1.3.3) doesn't have that setting in the drop down menu. Is the "auto" setting in the anamorphic drop down menu basically the same?
Thanks, John

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Version 1.3.3

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MacBook Pro, Big Sur 11.4



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[JohnAStebbins]

Strict anamorphic would preserve the original video pixel aspect ratio. HandBrake no longer has any equivalent. Auto anamorphic will pick the pixel aspect that preserves the best resolution given the current dimensions settings. If there are no resolution changes, it just happens that the original pixel aspect will be preserved.

If your video is anamorphic and the pixel aspect is not signalled correctly in the video stream, it will look stretched or squeezed when played back. In this case, you would have to use Custom anamorphic to manually set the correct aspect.

If the pixel aspect is correctly signalled in the video stream, there's nothing you really need to do. Players will read the pixel aspect and automatically stretch the video the make it look right.

[chile1]

Thank you, that gives me a starting point.