[Feature Request]: Zoom video to fit properly wide screens.

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[Feature Request]: Zoom video to fit properly wide screens. #4310

Open OlivierD92 opened 1 year ago

OlivierD92 commented 1 year ago

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[X] I have searched the issue tracker for open and closed issues that are similar to the feature request I want to file, without success.
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Problem Description

Videos with black bands will not fit properly on ultra wide screens and will remain smaller than the full screen.

Proposed Solution

Add an automatic cropping function to remove the black band and adjust the video fullscreen.

Alternatives Considered

Add keyboard shortcuts to zoom in or out the video and adjust manually to the screen.

Issue Labels

visual improvement

Additional Information

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OlivierD92 commented 7 months ago

Hi, The black bars are reducing the size of the video when watched on a 16:9 screen. You can see on the screenshot attached. It would be nice to be able to remove them and have a real full screen video. Thank you

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daavis-baltais commented 3 months ago

I want a feature to crop & zoom to 64:27 regardless of black bars and video aspect ratio. I guess it would be pretty easy to implement. Just like Chrome plugin "Zoom to Fill"

4-FLOSS-Free-Libre-Open-Source-Software commented 2 months ago

I support the enhancement of full-screen mode, especially in relation to addressing the issue where videos with black bars on ultra-wide screens do not display correctly and remain smaller than the full screen. The main suggestions involve implementing an automatic cropping function to remove the black bars and providing the option to manually adjust the video view. Another proposal suggests adding a 64:27 aspect ratio cropping option, similar to a Chrome plugin.

However, there is a current issue where, in Auto Play mode, the full-screen mode is automatically exited when the next video starts, and this transition out of full-screen mode is not properly handled. Addressing this would be crucial for a more seamless viewing experience.