Facetime Video Ratio is Wrong

I have iPad Mini 2.0. Ever since the last update, my outgoing video on Facetime has a wrong aspect ratio both for vertical (too narrow) and horizontal (too wide) display. There are no options anywhere to fix this. The ratio is fine for the camera and regular video recording. Incoming Facetime calls display correct ratios. Why?

iPad Wi-Fi, iOS 12.0.1

Posted on Oct 15, 2018 12:15 PM

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Oct 16, 2018 4:24 PM in response to appliciousapple

Hello appliciousapple,


Thanks for that info and choosing the Apple Support Communities. Based on what you stated, it seems you are having issues with how FaceTime videos look like on your iPad. If you haven't already, please force close the FaceTime app and restart your iPad as iOS clears cached data and does other system optimizations when you turn your device off and on.


Force an app to close on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch ​
Restart your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch


Next, use iTunes on your Mac or PC to backup and restore your iOS software to factory settings, as this process erases the information and settings on your device and installs a fresh copy of the latest iOS software. Temporarily set up your phone as new to test your issues, and then restore your back up and test the issues again.


How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch ​
Import photos and videos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch ​
Restore your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch to factory settings ​
Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup


Cheers!

Nov 25, 2018 8:55 AM in response to MoonJ.

I have the same issue (wrong video ration and frozen image when switching to rear camera) with my iPad. Problems started with iOS 12+.


One temporary workaround with the frozen image is while you wait for facetime to connect (or as soon as you can), I switch to the rear camera. That seems to work. Once facetime has connected I seem to be able to toggle front and rear camera without issue. Every now and then even with this workaround, it will still freeze.


Hope this gets fixed soon - as you can imagine, it is very frustrating.

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