diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index aba6885f4d..8bd470e562 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-01-29  Ronald S. Bultje  <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>
+
+	* gst/videoscale/gstvideoscale.c: (gst_videoscale_link):
+	  PAR can be non-fixed when not provided as argument (#162626).
+
 2005-01-29  David Moore  <dcm@acm.org>
 
 	Reviewed by:  Ronald S. Bultje  <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>
diff --git a/gst/videoscale/gstvideoscale.c b/gst/videoscale/gstvideoscale.c
index febb5cca5b..b45872630b 100644
--- a/gst/videoscale/gstvideoscale.c
+++ b/gst/videoscale/gstvideoscale.c
@@ -263,14 +263,20 @@ gst_videoscale_link (GstPad * pad, const GstCaps * caps)
   otherstructure = gst_caps_get_structure (othercaps, 0);
   otherpar = gst_structure_get_value (otherstructure, "pixel-aspect-ratio");
   if (par && otherpar) {
-    gint num = gst_value_get_fraction_numerator (par),
-        den = gst_value_get_fraction_denominator (par),
-        onum = gst_value_get_fraction_numerator (otherpar),
-        oden = gst_value_get_fraction_denominator (otherpar);
-    gboolean keep_h,
-        w_align = (width * num * oden % (den * onum) == 0),
-        h_align = (height * den * onum % (num * oden) == 0),
-        w_inc = (num * oden > den * onum);
+    gint num, den, onum, oden;
+    gboolean keep_h, w_align, h_align, w_inc;
+
+    /* otherpar can be a list */
+    if (G_VALUE_TYPE (otherpar) == GST_TYPE_LIST)
+      otherpar = gst_value_list_get_value (otherpar, 0);
+
+    num = gst_value_get_fraction_numerator (par);
+    den = gst_value_get_fraction_denominator (par);
+    onum = gst_value_get_fraction_numerator (otherpar);
+    oden = gst_value_get_fraction_denominator (otherpar);
+    w_align = (width * num * oden % (den * onum) == 0);
+    h_align = (height * den * onum % (num * oden) == 0);
+    w_inc = (num * oden > den * onum);
 
     /* decide whether to change width or height */
     if (w_align && w_inc)