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So you mentioned video output and I tried to change it (it was "automatic") and turned out when I select Direct3D11 and some others, it fixes the issue. Direct3D9 causes slightly deformed proportions, probably it was chosen when set to automatic, so Direct3D9 seems to be the source of this...

Hi. VLC deforms some videos, particularly the ones recorded with Bandicam, making them slightly taller than they should be and cropping at the bottom. Same videos look fine when played in default Windows Media Player with Shark007 codecs. Here's a gif example of what it looks like: https://i.ibb.co/...