Zoom or stretch for 21:9 ultrawide monitor

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Hello all. I recently got an ultrawide Alienware QD-OLED monitor (3440x1440). It’s freaking sweet but I have been unable to get movies to fill the screen. When watching in the browser versions of Plex, I can zoom with a browser tool to fill the screen. But most of my UHD rips have black bars around all sides in the Plex for Windows app. I would use the browser but for some reason, my browser isn’t registering HDR content properly…I can only get it to fire in the Plex app.

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I remember being able to zoom. Am I missing this? I want full screen…these are 4k films!

Server Version#: Latest
Player Version#: Plex for Windows 1.61.1.3432-3929cb60

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There is not in the desktop app. You would need to add to the input map file. Info on that ( with specific details you can just copy for zoom options) can be found here. Use `mpv` features which are not exposed in Plex for Windows/Mac/Linux and Plex HTPC

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Thanks! Just asking for a friend…if it is that easy, why haven’t these just been baked into the UI by default? Ultrawide is more of a thing now. :slight_smile:

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Adding to the mpv input map is not the same as adding to the UI (which is shared with the web app).

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This worked swimmingly. Thanks! You can close this.

Woo hoo! Full screen!

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