In VP 16, build 424 I have one piece of footage where the rendered crop is different than the crop I worked up in the project preview display (rendering to magix AVC/AAC mp4). This happened once before and I got it to render accurately by changing "Maintain aspect ratio" to NO (this of course meant the preview then displayed it inaccurately though). I tried that again on this current bit of footage but without success this time. Getting it to render correctly would be great but the real goal is to simply have the preview display be a true representation of what the render will look like across the board. Here's the media info for the footage outside VP:
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom (isom/iso2/avc1/mp41)
File size : 62.4 MiB
Duration : 4 min 42 s
Overall bit rate : 1 851 kb/s
Writing application : Lavf58.12.100
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4
Format settings : CABAC / 3 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames : 3 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 4 min 42 s
Bit rate : 1 719 kb/s
Width : 1 444 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Minimum frame rate : 23.974 FPS
Maximum frame rate : 23.981 FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.046
Stream size : 57.9 MiB (93%)
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709
Codec configuration box : avcC
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC LC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity
Codec ID : mp4a-40-2
Duration : 4 min 42 s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 126 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel layout : L R
Sampling rate : 44.1 kHz
Frame rate : 43.066 FPS (1024 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 4.23 MiB (7%)
Default : Yes
Alternate group : 1
And once in VP:
Type: AVC
Size: 63.87 MB (65,403,666 bytes)
Created: Saturday, June 15, 2019, 8:15:20 PM
Modified: Saturday, June 15, 2019, 8:15:20 PM
Accessed: Saturday, June 15, 2019, 8:15:45 PM
Attributes: Archive
Streams
Video: 00:04:42.616, 23.976 (VFR) fps progressive, 1444x1080x32, AVC
Audio: 00:04:42.632, 44,100 Hz, Stereo, AAC
Summary
[TCFM]: 18
ACID information
ACID chunk: no
Stretch chunk: no
Stretch list: no
Stretch info2: no
Beat markers: no
Detected beats: no
Other metadata
Regions/markers: no
Command markers: no
Media manager
Media tags: no
Plug-In
Name: so4compoundplug.dll
Folder: C:\Program Files\VEGAS\VEGAS Pro 16.0\FileIO Plug-Ins\so4compoundplug
Format: AVC
Version: Version 1.0 (Build 8532)
Company: MAGIX Computer Products Intl. Co.