Rochabian Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Hi I use a 4:3 CRT monitor and a resolution of 1280x960 for Gameex The video snaps for most systems fill the screen because they are 4:3 videos but for some systems that use 16:9, the video snaps are stretched Is there a setting to force video snaps ratio to be conserved and not stretched to fill the entire screen I've tried to use 1280x720 resolution for Gameex and it's the same : 16:9 videos looks great but 4:3 are stretched to 16:9 How to modify this ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Speirs Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Hi, In this scenario no, not right now, not without reencoding the videos and adding a border, although not sure how your managing to play 16:9 games on a 4:3 CRT unless it adds a border in 16:9 res. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rochabian Posted October 3, 2019 Author Share Posted October 3, 2019 I play 16:9 games in 1280x720 so yes it adds a border on top and bottom but tha'ts better than a stretched image. I've already reencoded some videos menu for emulators wich was 1280x720 videos to 1280x960 (with black border on top & bottom ) and it's fine but as emumovies & other sources provides 16:9 videos snaps, i don't want to reencode them all. And it's the same with background images, they are stretched too. Can such option be added in the future or is it a limitation of the engine ? EDIT : But it seems to work with some artworks. PSX game box art are square pictures and are not stretched........Don't know why it works for some pictures and not for all....I think the engine is set to fill the height so vertical image like boxes art are not stretched, but if width is too high its stretched to fill the height. As it's the same problem for guys with a 16:9 screens and 4:3 snaps (black borders are left & right ), I am surprised to be the only one to make the remark. Perhaps you could add a test and if width is superior to height then image/video fill width instead of height. I don't know if it's feasible like that or it's not planned. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rochabian Posted October 8, 2019 Author Share Posted October 8, 2019 It's a bit annoying not to be able to use 16: 9 and 4: 3 artworks on the same setup without stretching Despite that, Gamex is still the most flexible front end, so it's ok, but it would be perfect if it could be fixed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rochabian Posted November 13, 2019 Author Share Posted November 13, 2019 So no other way than reecode my +8000 videos snaps ? Is Evolution able to handle videos aspect ratio or is it the same problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Speirs Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 Ill look into it. I did try to work on it before. I did fix it for the default theme, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rochabian Posted November 15, 2019 Author Share Posted November 15, 2019 Ok Thanks Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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