diff --git a/Vocaluxe/Screens/CScreenSing.cs b/Vocaluxe/Screens/CScreenSing.cs
index b5eb65ed..df0648d2 100644
--- a/Vocaluxe/Screens/CScreenSing.cs
+++ b/Vocaluxe/Screens/CScreenSing.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#region license
+#region license
 // This file is part of Vocaluxe.
 // 
 // Vocaluxe is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ namespace Vocaluxe.Screens
         private float _Length = -1f;
 
         private CVideoStream _CurrentVideo;
-        private EAspect _VideoAspect = EAspect.Crop;
+        private EAspect _VideoAspect = EAspect.Automatic;
         private CTextureRef _CurrentWebcamFrameTexture;
         private CTextureRef _Background;
 
@@ -794,18 +794,21 @@ namespace Vocaluxe.Screens
                 if (_CurrentVideo != null && CConfig.Config.Video.VideosInSongs == EOffOn.TR_CONFIG_ON && !_Webcam)
                 {
                     background = _CurrentVideo.Texture;
-                    aspect = _VideoAspect;
                 }
                 else if (_Webcam)
                 {
                     background = _CurrentWebcamFrameTexture;
-                    aspect = _VideoAspect;
                 }
                 else
                     background = _Background;
                 if (background != null)
                 {
                     SRectF bounds = CSettings.RenderRect;
+                    
+                    if (_VideoAspect == EAspect.Automatic)
+                        _VideoAspect = (background.OrigAspect <= 1.5 ? EAspect.LetterBox : EAspect.Crop);
+                    aspect = _VideoAspect;
+                    
                     SRectF rect = CHelper.FitInBounds(bounds, background.OrigAspect, aspect);
                     CDraw.DrawTexture(background, rect, background.Color, bounds);
                 }
@@ -1087,7 +1090,7 @@ namespace Vocaluxe.Screens
             {
                 _CurrentVideo = CVideo.Load(Path.Combine(song.Folder, song.VideoFileName));
                 CVideo.Skip(_CurrentVideo, song.Start, song.VideoGap);
-                _VideoAspect = song.VideoAspect;
+                _VideoAspect = EAspect.Automatic;
             }
 
             CDraw.RemoveTexture(ref _Background);
@@ -1828,4 +1831,4 @@ namespace Vocaluxe.Screens
             }
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/VocaluxeLib/CHelper.cs b/VocaluxeLib/CHelper.cs
index 20efe943..fa5fb2f4 100644
--- a/VocaluxeLib/CHelper.cs
+++ b/VocaluxeLib/CHelper.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#region license
+#region license
 // This file is part of Vocaluxe.
 // 
 // Vocaluxe is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ namespace VocaluxeLib
 
             switch (aspect)
             {
+                case EAspect.Automatic:
                 case EAspect.Crop:
                     if (boundsAspectRatio >= aspectRatio)
                     {
@@ -138,7 +139,12 @@ namespace VocaluxeLib
                     }
                     break;
                 case EAspect.LetterBox:
-                    if (boundsAspectRatio <= aspectRatio)
+                    if (boundsAspectRatio == aspectRatio)  // Pillarbox
+                    {
+                        scaledWidth = bounds.W * 0.77f;
+                        scaledHeight = bounds.W / aspectRatio;
+                    }
+                    else if (boundsAspectRatio < aspectRatio)
                     {
                         scaledWidth = bounds.W;
                         scaledHeight = bounds.W / aspectRatio;
@@ -306,4 +312,4 @@ namespace VocaluxeLib
             return bmp;
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/VocaluxeLib/Enums.cs b/VocaluxeLib/Enums.cs
index 8ba2a416..84252cfa 100644
--- a/VocaluxeLib/Enums.cs
+++ b/VocaluxeLib/Enums.cs
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ namespace VocaluxeLib
     #region Fonts
     public enum EAspect
     {
+        Automatic,
         Crop,
         LetterBox,
         Stretch,
@@ -436,4 +437,4 @@ namespace VocaluxeLib
         TR_USERROLE_PROFILEEDITOR = 32
         // ReSharper restore InconsistentNaming
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/VocaluxeLib/Songs/CSong.cs b/VocaluxeLib/Songs/CSong.cs
index e6ddaf4d..063eb3a0 100644
--- a/VocaluxeLib/Songs/CSong.cs
+++ b/VocaluxeLib/Songs/CSong.cs
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ namespace VocaluxeLib.Songs
         public readonly List<string> BackgroundFileNames = new List<string>();
         public string VideoFileName = String.Empty;
 
-        public EAspect VideoAspect = EAspect.Crop;
+        public EAspect VideoAspect = EAspect.Automatic;
 
         public bool NotesLoaded { get; private set; }
 
@@ -518,4 +518,4 @@ namespace VocaluxeLib.Songs
             ShortEnd.Source = EDataSource.Calculated;
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}