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Hey,

I'm using VLC Player for the Mac, version 0.8.1 on Mac OS 10.3.7

When I try to play a video with aspect ratio of 4/3, I get a very wide screen with no video. It's just a black screen.

I've tried 4x3 and 4/3 in Preferences --> Video --> Source Aspect Ratio but I still get the same effect. Am I using the wrong syntax or is this a bug?

or the video is just not 100% standards compliant of course

But the same video works with mplayer

and?

basically. it's like asking us why your car doesn't work. We can't see that either from here. We need a sample.