Incorrect Aspect Ratio

Legacy Products WD TV
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I have encoded a video to 1440x856 with an aspect ratio of 2.25:1, for some reason the WDTV is not playing it in its correct ratio and is displaying it full screen instead (stretching the image).

I have played the same video on my pc and it plays in the correct aspect ratio, I have used anamorphic encoding on many files before and they all play fine except for this one? Any ideas why?

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Hmmm.   Well, if it’s Anamorphic, shouldn’t the aspect ratio actually be 1:1?   

With a set aspect ratio of 2.25:1, the pixels should be indicated as “Square.”  In other words:  Pixel Aspect Ratio should be 1:1, and Display Aspect Ratio should be whatever.

In anamorphic encoding, the Pixel Aspect Ratio should be 2.25:1 and the Display Aspect Ratio should be the same.

I think.  :)

Can you post the full text output of Mediainfo for this file?