Hello,
I have a big library with 4:3 videos / cartoons. Unfortunately, on my Xbox One Plex app, I can’t find any options to stretch 4:3 to 16:9. I previously used Plex Home Theatre and I remember having an option “Display 4:3 videos as: Stretch 16:9”. On the Plex app for Samsung Smart TV I have a “Aspect Mode” option (4:3 / 16:9 / 21:9).
Is there anything I can do ? Is there a Plex Server-side option to output all videos as 16:9 ?
Please add an option to “Always display 4:3 as 16:9” or “Full Mode Aspect”.
Please help. Thanks!
Yeah, I’ve asked for that also… I’m in the same boat. There is no way to change the aspect ratio right now. Hopefully in the future
Have you tried having your TV adjust the ratio? The remote for my TV has a button called aspect and each time I press it it changes the pictures ratio and I can get stretched widescreen from a 4.3 picture no problem.
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@Allan68 said:
Have you tried having your TV adjust the ratio? The remote for my TV has a button called aspect and each time I press it it changes the pictures ratio and I can get stretched widescreen from a 4.3 picture no problem.
Yeah, on my tv it cuts off part of the picture though. In pht it actually changes the aspect ratio to make it fit perfect and not just “zoom”
@Terry Cinemas said:
@Allan68 said:
Have you tried having your TV adjust the ratio? The remote for my TV has a button called aspect and each time I press it it changes the pictures ratio and I can get stretched widescreen from a 4.3 picture no problem.
Yeah, on my tv it cuts off part of the picture though. In pht it actually changes the aspect ratio to make it fit perfect and not just “zoom”
Thats a shame. My TV has the zoom also, but also has stretch just as you wanted so I thought i would mention it just in case your TV was like mine.
According to the Plex Media Player Advanced Configuration you can globally stretch 4:3 to 16:9. Here’s what it says:
The mpv.conf file enables advanced control over the playback engine (MPV). This file is not generated by default. Simply create a text file in the Plex Media Player folder (for path see the top of this page) and name it mpv.conf and add the settings in which you are interested. Add one setting per line.
Example of content for the file:
video-output-levels=limited Sets color space to 16-235. “limited” and “full” is supported. Default is full.
audio-samplerate=48000 Forces a specific audio samplerate.
speed=2 Doubles the speed of the video. Values between 0.01-100 are valid.
panscan=1 Zooms in on the image. Values between 0.0-1.0 are valid.
keepaspect=no Stretches 4:3 movies to fit a 16:9 screen.
video-rotate=90 Rotates video 90 degrees. Valid values: 0, 90, 180, 270, 360.
The keepaspect=no allows the stretch. The only problem is that the file has to be created in this location in Windows:
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\PlexMediaPlayer
My media laptop is running Windows 10 and on mine there is no such folder in that location or any other.
