diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle b/android/app/build.gradle
index 751e19f5..e3fc69f7 100755
--- a/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ android {
         applicationId "com.openipc.decoder"
         minSdk 21
         targetSdk 36
-        versionCode 28
-        versionName "2.03"
+        versionCode 29
+        versionName "2.04"
 
         buildConfigField "String", "GIT_HASH", "\"${getGitHash()}\""
     }
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/openipc/decoder/MediaCodecManager.java b/android/app/src/main/java/com/openipc/decoder/MediaCodecManager.java
index 1f2026d0..f75d6ca0 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/com/openipc/decoder/MediaCodecManager.java
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/openipc/decoder/MediaCodecManager.java
@@ -490,6 +490,30 @@ boolean decodeFrame(Frame buffer, boolean codecH265, long watchdogRef) {
         return needCreate;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * The picture's size: the crop rectangle when the decoder gives one. KEY_WIDTH / KEY_HEIGHT
+     * are the buffer, padded to the decoder's alignment (1080 → 1088; one H.265 decoder made
+     * 1920 wide 2304), which skewed the picture's aspect ratio and the size shown (#166).
+     */
+    static int[] visibleSize(MediaFormat format) {
+        return visibleSize(format.getInteger(MediaFormat.KEY_WIDTH),
+                format.getInteger(MediaFormat.KEY_HEIGHT),
+                cropKey(format, "crop-left"), cropKey(format, "crop-top"),
+                cropKey(format, "crop-right"), cropKey(format, "crop-bottom"));
+    }
+
+    private static int cropKey(MediaFormat format, String key) {
+        return format.containsKey(key) ? format.getInteger(key) : -1;
+    }
+
+    /** As above from plain values; a crop value < 0 is missing. Crop right / bottom are inclusive. */
+    static int[] visibleSize(int width, int height, int left, int top, int right, int bottom) {
+        // A crop edge outside the buffer is not believed: that axis keeps the buffer size
+        int w = left >= 0 && right > left && right < width ? right - left + 1 : width;
+        int h = top >= 0 && bottom > top && bottom < height ? bottom - top + 1 : height;
+        return new int[]{w, h};
+    }
+
     /** Renders every decoded frame that is ready; caller holds decoderLock. */
     private void drainOutput(MediaCodec codec) {
         MediaCodec.BufferInfo info = bufferInfo;
@@ -497,13 +521,11 @@ private void drainOutput(MediaCodec codec) {
         while ((outputBufferId = codec.dequeueOutputBuffer(info, 0)) >= 0
                 || outputBufferId == MediaCodec.INFO_OUTPUT_FORMAT_CHANGED) {
             if (outputBufferId == MediaCodec.INFO_OUTPUT_FORMAT_CHANGED) {
-                MediaFormat format = codec.getOutputFormat();
-                int mWidth = format.getInteger(MediaFormat.KEY_WIDTH);
-                int mHeight = format.getInteger(MediaFormat.KEY_HEIGHT);
-                outWidth = mWidth;
-                outHeight = mHeight;
+                int[] size = visibleSize(codec.getOutputFormat());
+                outWidth = size[0];
+                outHeight = size[1];
                 if (listener != null) {
-                    listener.onResolutionChanged(mWidth, mHeight);
+                    listener.onResolutionChanged(size[0], size[1]);
                 }
             } else {
                 codec.releaseOutputBuffer(outputBufferId, true);
diff --git a/android/app/src/test/java/com/openipc/decoder/VisibleSizeTest.java b/android/app/src/test/java/com/openipc/decoder/VisibleSizeTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a7f1da7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/app/src/test/java/com/openipc/decoder/VisibleSizeTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) OpenIPC  https://openipc.org  Prosperity Public License 3.0.0
+ *
+ * VisibleSizeTest.java — picture size from the decoder's crop rectangle, not the padded buffer (#166)
+ *
+ */
+
+package com.openipc.decoder;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class VisibleSizeTest {
+    @Test
+    public void cropGivesThePictureSize() {
+        // H.264 1080p: 16-line macroblocks pad the buffer to 1088
+        assertArrayEquals(new int[]{1920, 1080},
+                MediaCodecManager.visibleSize(1920, 1088, 0, 0, 1919, 1079));
+        // H.265 1080p on a decoder that pads the width to 2304 (#166)
+        assertArrayEquals(new int[]{1920, 1080},
+                MediaCodecManager.visibleSize(2304, 1088, 0, 0, 1919, 1079));
+        // An offset crop
+        assertArrayEquals(new int[]{1280, 720},
+                MediaCodecManager.visibleSize(1280, 736, 0, 8, 1279, 727));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void withoutCropTheBufferSizeStays() {
+        assertArrayEquals(new int[]{1920, 1088},
+                MediaCodecManager.visibleSize(1920, 1088, -1, -1, -1, -1));
+        assertArrayEquals(new int[]{640, 480},
+                MediaCodecManager.visibleSize(640, 480, 0, 0, 0, 0));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void cropOutsideTheBufferIsIgnored() {
+        assertArrayEquals(new int[]{1920, 1088},
+                MediaCodecManager.visibleSize(1920, 1088, 0, 0, 3839, 2159));
+        // Wholly outside, narrower than the buffer (Qodo on #167)
+        assertArrayEquals(new int[]{1920, 1088},
+                MediaCodecManager.visibleSize(1920, 1088, 3000, 2000, 3100, 2100));
+        // One axis bad, the other kept
+        assertArrayEquals(new int[]{1920, 1080},
+                MediaCodecManager.visibleSize(1920, 1088, 0, 0, 1920, 1079));
+    }
+}