Aspect Ratio Scaling

in my quicktime movie properties in my "visual settings" i can correct the aspect ratio of my movie.
the original movie is 1440x1080px but quicktime recognizes it as 1920x1080px and corrects the AR automaticaly.
also in my "visual settings" under "normal size" it says 1920x1080px
i now correct the AR back to 1:1 (1440x1080px) with "scaled size" function.
will quicktime perform an automatic up and downscale process internaly when the movie is opened?
or will it ignore al the scaling cause there is none needed?

in my quicktime movie properties in my "visual settings" i can correct the aspect ratio of my movie.
This setting only controls the display dimensions in applications that use the "Current Size" setting (e.g., QT 7 or GarageBand)— not applications that rely on an anamorphic PAR (Pixel Aspect Ratio) value (e.g., QT X or iMovie '08/'09/'11).
the original movie is 1440x1080px but quicktime recognizes it as 1920x1080px and corrects the AR automaticaly.
also in my "visual settings" under "normal size" it says 1920x1080px
This sounds correct if the original movie was anamorphic.
i now correct the AR back to 1:1 (1440x1080px) with "scaled size" function.
The question is, "Should you be doing this?" If the original recording is anamorphic (i.e., a 16:9 1920x1080 movie stored in a 4:3 1440x1080 storage matrix for viewing at the original 16:9 aspect ratio), then you will distort (make the people and objects look tall and skinny in) the final display when watching the file in media players like QT 7 or GarageBand which use the "Current Size" for their display but not distort the playback in media players like QT X or iMovie '08/'09/'11 which ignore the "Current Size" settings and use the PAR value to display the file at its original encoded aspect ratio. In other words, if your file was anamorphic, then your movie is now playing correctly in all media players and you sould not change the settings. On the other hand, if the people and objects currently look short and fat, then the original 4:3 aspect movie was incorrectly encoded as an anamorphic 16:9 widescreen movie and both the scaled "Current Size" and "PAR" settings should be corrected so that the file plays correctly in all media players.
will quicktime perform an automatic up and downscale process internaly when the movie is opened?
or will it ignore al the scaling cause there is none needed?
As previously indicated, using QT 7 Pro to re-scale the "Current Size" settings stored in the file will correct how the file opens in any media player that uses the "Current Size" setting for playback but it will have no effect any media players that use the encoded "PAR" value for playback. (I.e., "old" technology media players will see the change you make but "new" technology media players will not.)
Once again, take a good look at the display of the file as it currently plays to see if the people and objects are distorted. If they are not, then your file is playing correctly as it is. If you don't like using anamorphic files, then turn off the anamorphic setting when converting/exporting your content and manually set the correct dimensions so that the encoding matrix is the same size as the viwing matrix but be advised that in the case of HD 16:9 content, your file size may increase dramatically.

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