# Choose aspect ratio for posters

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/choose-aspect-ratio-for-posters/711763>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Created:** [April 25, 2021, 7:32am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/choose-aspect-ratio-for-posters/711763 "2021-04-25T07:32:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sckoefod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sckoefod](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Sckoefod)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 7:32am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/choose-aspect-ratio-for-posters/711763/1 "2021-04-25T07:32:56Z")

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It’d be nice to be able to choose a different aspect ratio for posters than the library default. I have a music videos library that’s set up under Other Videos, so the posters are set to 16:9. I’d like for them to be 1:1 instead, to fit album covers, but no such option exists.

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/choose-aspect-ratio-for-posters/711763/2 "2021-04-25T11:42:45Z")

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There’s an existing feature suggestion addressing this topic.  
Please comment/vote in this thread instead of creating a duplicate in order to avoid dispersing/distracting votes and attention for this request.

> [@\[Feature Request\] Change aspect ratio of posters](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-change-aspect-ratio-of-posters/118884):
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> At present, Plex determines what aspect ratio the posters for a particular thing should be based on what type of library it is. This works great most of the time; music album art tends to be 1:1, movie posters tend to be 2:3, etc. But sometimes it’s kind of obnoxious. For example, posters in Home Videos libraries use the same 2:3 aspect ratio that is normally used for movie posters. Home videos generally don’t have posters, so you end up with obnoxiously-cropped screenshots of the video, like th…

Therefore closing this thread.

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/choose-aspect-ratio-for-posters/711763/3 "2021-04-25T11:42:49Z")

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