Most of my DVD sourced files retained the anamorphic aspect ratio with using DAR for correct playback. That has never been an issue with Plex, but the new experience app plays those files back with the wrong aspect ratio. However it seems it may even apply the DAR, but in the wrong direction (maki…

is this a bug with the new version of the app? how do we fix it permanently? are the dev team aware?

Are you able to provide a sample? I can take a look, it should be the same as the old app on Android it’s the same stack but we now direct play a lot more content.

Not at home this weekend, can provide a sample next week. Media direct plays in both app versions.

I can’t provide a sample (because it’s from my live tv) but if I play it back to back on the Nvidia Shield (legacy client) it displays fine and then on my Android phone (new client) it displays squished.

I can provide a video sample but I can’t promise that it’ll be very good :grin: I’ll upload it to imgur now and update this post with a link when I can. Update:

[image] Mollusksksk: ample but I can’t promise that it’ll be very good :grin: I’ll upload it to imgur now and update this post with a link when Sorry, I meant if you could send me the video that you were playing (or just a sample of it). You can either share it to me via Plex web (same userna…

Oh of course, give me about an hour or so, sorry!

[image] 4:3 content is not playing correctly on new app Mobile Devices Would you mind uploading a file that does this to Google drive or similar and message me a link to it? ( only needs to be a short 1-2 minute clip) I found the same issue when I received the new and…

Thanks for the sample, I’ve been able to reproduce the problem and found a solution. You can sideload the APK below to try it out, it should be available in the next release (via Google Play in about 2 weeks). https://artifacts.plex.tv/react-builds/2025.16.0.966828397-4fa82/PlexReactNative-2025.16…

Oh sick, will try it now! Thank you brother. Update: working solid! Thank you again! [Screenshot_20250502-095427]

Anamorphic content plays with wrong aspect ratio

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levigilbertson May 2, 2025, 3:13pm 15

I found the same issue when I received the new android app this week.

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Anamorphic content plays with wrong aspect ratio

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