YouTube uploading issue

YouTube uploading issue

Recently many uploaded videos on YouTube uploaded with an incorrect aspect ratio leaving the video with two black bars / boxes on the left and right.  The video with an aspect ratio of 16:9 uploaded with an aspect ratio of 4:3. 

Below is a screen shot of a video with an aspect ratio of 16:9

YouTube upload with correct aspect ratio 16:9

Below is a screen shot of a video after it uploaded with the wrong aspect ratio of 4:3

YouTube upload with incorrect aspect ratio of 4:3

After YouTube received many complaints they issued a fix.  The fix was not a fix but a broke.  Instead of the black bars on the left and right, they now appear on the top and bottom.

Here is the YouTube fix (broke):

YouTube upload with who-knows-what or why