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When square pixels aren’t square
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this post was submitted on 01 Jan 2026
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Huh, interesting. TIL videos can have non-square pixels.
I think the pixels themselves are still square, they just get scaled by the player to display, a bit like looking at a 1080p video on a 4k screen.
I remember this being a thing a long long time ago when TV rips were more common and would display janky on playback unless you forced the aspect ratio but I haven't come across it in forever.