diff --git a/scripts/render.py b/scripts/render.py
index 9714265db..30b551228 100644
--- a/scripts/render.py
+++ b/scripts/render.py
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ def _render_trajectory_video(
     CONSOLE.print("[bold green]Creating trajectory " + output_format)
     cameras.rescale_output_resolution(rendered_resolution_scaling_factor)
     cameras = cameras.to(pipeline.device)
+    fps = len(cameras) / seconds
 
     progress = Progress(
         TextColumn(":movie_camera: Rendering :movie_camera:"),
@@ -78,7 +79,6 @@ def _render_trajectory_video(
         output_image_dir = output_filename.parent / output_filename.stem
         output_image_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
     if output_format == "video":
-        fps = len(cameras) / seconds
         # make the folder if it doesn't exist
         output_filename.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
         # NOTE:
@@ -92,7 +92,12 @@ def _render_trajectory_video(
         writer = (
             stack.enter_context(
                 media.VideoWriter(
-                    path=output_filename, shape=(render_height, render_width * len(rendered_output_names)), fps=fps
+                    path=output_filename,
+                    shape=(
+                        int(render_height * rendered_resolution_scaling_factor),
+                        int(render_width * rendered_resolution_scaling_factor) * len(rendered_output_names),
+                    ),
+                    fps=fps,
                 )
             )
             if output_format == "video"
@@ -119,7 +124,7 @@ def _render_trajectory_video(
                 render_image = np.concatenate(render_image, axis=1)
                 if output_format == "images":
                     media.write_image(output_image_dir / f"{camera_idx:05d}.png", render_image)
-                if output_format == "video":
+                if output_format == "video" and writer is not None:
                     writer.add_image(render_image)
 
     if output_format == "video":