From bc316b3dc855e93d4d11e2c0d73d70326c38b889 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: NoFear0411 <9083405+NoFear0411@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2026 00:00:05 +0400
Subject: Fix near-1:1 SAR values falsely flagged as anamorphic

Encoders sometimes produce sample aspect ratios like 3201:3200
(0.03% off square) for content that has effectively square pixels.
The exact string comparison against "1:1" marks these as anamorphic,
which triggers unnecessary transcoding on clients that require
non-anamorphic video.

Parse the SAR ratio numerically and treat values within 1% of 1:1
as square pixels. This threshold is well clear of the nearest real
anamorphic SAR (PAL 4:3 at 16:15 = 6.67% off).
---
 .../Probing/ProbeResultNormalizer.cs               | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Probing/ProbeResultNormalizer.cs')

diff --git a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Probing/ProbeResultNormalizer.cs b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Probing/ProbeResultNormalizer.cs
index dbe532289..471df369b 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Probing/ProbeResultNormalizer.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Probing/ProbeResultNormalizer.cs
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Probing
                 {
                     stream.IsAnamorphic = false;
                 }
-                else if (string.Equals(streamInfo.SampleAspectRatio, "1:1", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+                else if (IsNearSquarePixelSar(streamInfo.SampleAspectRatio))
                 {
                     stream.IsAnamorphic = false;
                 }
@@ -1154,6 +1154,32 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Probing
             return Math.Abs(d1 - d2) <= variance;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Determines whether a sample aspect ratio represents square (or near-square) pixels.
+        /// Some encoders produce SARs like 3201:3200 for content that is effectively 1:1,
+        /// which would be falsely classified as anamorphic by an exact string comparison.
+        /// A 1% tolerance safely covers encoder rounding artifacts while preserving detection
+        /// of genuine anamorphic content (closest standard is PAL 4:3 at 16:15 = 6.67% off).
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static bool IsNearSquarePixelSar(string sar)
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(sar))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            var parts = sar.Split(':');
+            if (parts.Length == 2
+                && double.TryParse(parts[0], CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out var num)
+                && double.TryParse(parts[1], CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out var den)
+                && den > 0)
+            {
+                return IsClose(num / den, 1.0, 0.01);
+            }
+
+            return string.Equals(sar, "1:1", StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets a frame rate from a string value in ffprobe output
         /// This could be a number or in the format of 2997/125.
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