Black Bar removal?

Hey everyone,

I’m new to the Plex universe and just starting ripping my Blu-ray and DVD collection to watch. I ripped about 10 Blu-rays and updated my Plex server. They show up and play just fine, however, they have black bars on the top and the bottom narrowing the picture. I have a 55" 4k TV and was hoping to use Plex as the solution so that I no longer had to go drag my Blu-Ray/DVD case out, however, it annoys me that it doesn’t fit the screen. When I play the files on my PC or on the Plex web app, they play full screen and don’t have the black bars. What am I doing wrong? Is there a way to fix this? Thanks for any help in advance!

Don’t you have a zoom button on your TV remote?

Plex does not provide a way to distort the aspect ratio

The black bars you are getting is probably due to the aspect ratio of the BluRays you ripped. I bet they are 2.39:1. If you rip a video source that is 1.78:1 or perhaps 1.85:1, The bars will not be there.

hthighway, I do have a zoom button on my remote but I don’t want to continually mess around the with settings everytime I go to launch a movie/TV show.

I’ll have to look into the settings and see what the aspect ratio on the software is set to. Thanks!