# FLV: Sorenson metadata bug

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flv-sorenson-metadata-bug/222328>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 12, 2007, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flv-sorenson-metadata-bug/222328 "2007-04-12T15:38:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![joene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@joene](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/joene)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flv-sorenson-metadata-bug/222328/1 "2007-04-12T15:38:02Z")

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Hi,

Some years ago, we encoded a couple of .flv’s with the Sorenson pack. Unfortunately, the Sorenson pack contained one major bug, being that the injected metadata got screwed up: the width and height properties would both be set to the value of width, resulting in a square flv.  
As most flv players - including mine - rely on the metadata to scale the video, this is a big one. I heard of a workaround that doesn’t use metadata, but I didn’t find any satisfying results.

Anyone have any experience with these kind of situations?

Thanks,

- joene

PS: Re-encoding the flv’s is apparently not an option, sadly enough.