Poster images not displaying properly

[wedgekc 12]

I have a cheap Chinese android box (a95x pro) that runs android tv version 7.1.  For some reason posters and thumbs look larger than normal and my movie and tv libraries are only showing part of the poster images (attached images).  Does any one know what might be causing this?

 

Thanks.

[maegibbons 1267]

Yes - you have a cheap Chinese android box - that is not fully andoid TV compatible.

 

Krs

 

Mark

[wedgekc 12]

Yeah.  I know. Unfortunately, I live in a place where Nvidia Shields are very hard to come by.  Just trying to make do with what I can get locally.

[ebr 14949]

I don't think I've seen that exact issue before but it must be that the device is not reporting a proper pixel density for the display.

 

That is clearly the mobile OS as you can see the touch icons on the bottom of the screen.

 

Does it have the proper Android TV launcher as the device home screen?

[wedgekc 12]

Yes, It has the proper Android TV launcher on the home screen with Emby, Youtube recommendations, etc.  I know I'm playing with fire with the cheap Chinese android boxes, just thought I would ask in case I was overlooking something.  Other Android TV apps like Youtube look normal though.  Videos play fine in Emby, so it's not a big inconvenience.

 

Thanks

[ebr 14949]

Try changing the poster size with that cog wheel shown in the upper right and see if either of the other two display better.

 

Also, look for any text or other scaling settings in the OS/device itself and make sure they are at 100% and not something greater.

[wedgekc 12]

Thanks for getting me on the right track!  It was a dpi issue.  Once I changed the density (adb shell wm density 320) to 320 (same as the shield) through adb everything looked normal.

Edited August 26, 2018 by wedgekc

[Luke 37183]

Thanks for the feedback.