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Last version of VLC I had (2.0.4 maybe?) display was distorted, showed two views, one full window and one thumbnail. Did not show the whole frame (cropped). Current version (2.1.3 Rincewind) does better but image is still cropped. Running Windows XP on an old Dell desktop system, motherboard video. ...

I am looking for a program that can look at a video stream and tell me what kind of compression is used and what the dimensions of the display will be. It seems like this is something most players do automatically, so this information should be available.

I am looking for a way to determine the quality of various video streams. Quality seems to be all over the map. So far broadcast (actual over-the-air broadcasting) direct to the TV seems to be the best. There are all kinds of video sources available on the net, some of them are not too bad, some of ...