21:9 support in Plex HTPC

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@MediaHorder

–keepaspect is going to make sure it doesn’t stretch the image. if that’s what you want that’s a completely different matter and not a “taking full advantage of your display” issue.

Personal opinions aside, let’s keep it to technical.

--keepaspect makes much more sense, seems obvious, but certainly a muppet moment on my end! Thanks for the clarification!

I’ve also tried --no-keepaspect as per mpv.io but this also does not work. Are you able to test to see if this option is being reflected correctly, or if it’s a local issue on my end?

E.g.:

--no-keepaspect
--monitoraspect=21:9

Edit:
Having had a further look, it looks like keepaspect is ignored in full screen modes, which would explain why I’m not seeing any discernible differences over an unmodified config.

–no-keepaspect, --keepaspect

–no-keepaspect will always stretch the video to window size, and will disable the window manager hints that force the window aspect ratio. (Ignored in fullscreen mode.)
mpv.io

[MediaHorder]

If it was ignored in fullscreen, it wouldn’t be working for --keepaspect either.

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Good call. We didn’t consider PMP had a global setting for this. Will do.

[MediaHorder]

Any word on the ability to remove the gradient tint in the OSD? The 16:9 UI wouldn’t bother me so much if the playback controls were a bit more subtle like the Android TV ones are.

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The gradient is drawn by the UI without overlaying an image. I’m making some headway advocating for a more subtle appearance to make its way into HTPC too.

[MediaHorder]

Thanks for looking into it, if you just transplanted the android OSD which I believe is a black / transparent overlay, it would be much better imo.

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Coming soon to an HTPC preview near you courtesy of @gbooker02 and @Moussa:

This is as close as we can get to Android’s look/feel for now. A shorter gradient may be possible later on.

A global zoom setting is also nearing completion.

(Edit: available in 1.1.0 preview update.)

[MediaHorder]

Nice, thanks for this. No gradient at all would be better imo.