ggibson793 21 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 When casting Standard Def (480P) live TV channels to chromecast, the image does not display in full screen. It displays in the middle of the screen with black bars on all 4 sides. See attached photo. REALLY ANNOYING. Please make chromescast stretch the image to take up the maximum amount of screen real estate. At least make it full height with the black bars only on the sides, or full width with the black bars only top and bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37144 Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Strange, I have not seen that on sd channels. Is it a 1080p screen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggibson793 21 Posted September 3, 2018 Author Share Posted September 3, 2018 It does it on my 1080 and 720 screens. Sent from my VS988 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggibson793 21 Posted September 3, 2018 Author Share Posted September 3, 2018 Doing some more testing, it only appears to be happening on live TV. Movies that I know are 480p are displaying full width. My TV tuner is an HDHomerun Prime, if that helps. Sent from my P008 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggibson793 21 Posted September 3, 2018 Author Share Posted September 3, 2018 Even more testing. It is doing it on Emby Theater for XBox One, also. Can you please look into this? Sent from my P008 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14944 Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Looks to me like that is how it is being broadcast... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggibson793 21 Posted September 3, 2018 Author Share Posted September 3, 2018 Looks to me like that is how it is being broadcast...Well that is obvious. My point is that Emby needs to stretch it to use the maximum available screen real estate. Sent from my VS988 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14944 Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Doesn't your TV have a stretch mode to handle that? Most of our apps have zoom capability but, when using something like a ChromeCast these types of things get a bit more difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggibson793 21 Posted September 3, 2018 Author Share Posted September 3, 2018 Here is another picture with the info bars active. Notice they are full width. This is a problem with Emby. Its not my TV settings. Even it it was, changing settings on the TV depending if the broadcast is HD or SD is unacceptable. This is going to be the deciding factor of whether or not I continue with my Emby Premier subscription Sent from my VS988 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37144 Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Can we please see the server and ffmpeg log from an example session? thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggibson793 21 Posted September 4, 2018 Author Share Posted September 4, 2018 Yes. Let me get those to you tonight. Sent from my VS988 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggibson793 21 Posted September 4, 2018 Author Share Posted September 4, 2018 Here are the files. 2 of the ffmpeg files are from casting to my 2 chromecasts. The other is from the Emby Theater for Xbox One. embyserver.txt ffmpeg-transcode-2da74cf0-0a53-4e5c-b2a8-0caf1f073bcf.txt ffmpeg-transcode-845814d5-3188-4262-906f-1178afb7fc4b.txt ffmpeg-transcode-fed78c66-1e8a-4b24-b1d5-32415ad4d9e2.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37144 Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 What does it look like in the web app? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggibson793 21 Posted September 5, 2018 Author Share Posted September 5, 2018 Doing the same thing. Here are the logs. One is from an SD channel and the other is from an HD channel. embyserver.txt ffmpeg-transcode-0d6d8795-3351-46bc-97eb-ad68f94c0a1d.txt ffmpeg-transcode-30d805c2-6ee7-4e31-b5ec-78bf56e21173.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37144 Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 Are you sure the black bars aren't just baked into the video? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14944 Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 Are you sure the black bars aren't just baked into the video? They are. He is expecting us to recognize that somehow and automatically zoom them out. I suggested using the TV controls to do this if he wishes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggibson793 21 Posted September 6, 2018 Author Share Posted September 6, 2018 Just to clarify. This is only occurring with live TV broadcast in standard definition. It seems to me that you would be able to recognize that and stretch it to fit the available screen real estate. Sent from my P008 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggibson793 21 Posted September 6, 2018 Author Share Posted September 6, 2018 Using TV controls to zoom in is not an acceptable option with a house full of non-technical people that expect a product to just work without having to intervene. They are. He is expecting us to recognize that somehow and automatically zoom them out. I suggested using the TV controls to do this if he wishes. Sent from my P008 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggibson793 21 Posted September 6, 2018 Author Share Posted September 6, 2018 They are. He is expecting us to recognize that somehow and automatically zoom them out. I suggested using the TV controls to do this if he wishes. Using TV controls to zoom in is not an acceptable option with a house full of non-technical people that expect a product to just work without having to intervene. Sent from my P008 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggibson793 21 Posted September 6, 2018 Author Share Posted September 6, 2018 They are. He is expecting us to recognize that somehow and automatically zoom them out. I suggested using the TV controls to do this if he wishes. Using TV controls to zoom in is not an acceptable option with a house full of non-technical people that expect a product to just work without having to intervene. Sent from my P008 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggibson793 21 Posted September 6, 2018 Author Share Posted September 6, 2018 They are. He is expecting us to recognize that somehow and automatically zoom them out. I suggested using the TV controls to do this if he wishes. Using TV controls to zoom in is not an acceptable option with a house full of non-technical people that expect a product to just work without having to intervene. Sent from my P008 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggibson793 21 Posted September 6, 2018 Author Share Posted September 6, 2018 They are. He is expecting us to recognize that somehow and automatically zoom them out. I suggested using the TV controls to do this if he wishes. Using TV controls to zoom in is not an acceptable option with a house full of non-technical people that expect a product to just work without having to intervene. Sent from my P008 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggibson793 21 Posted September 6, 2018 Author Share Posted September 6, 2018 Sorry for the duplicate posts. My internet connection just bounced a couple of times while I was posting Sent from my P008 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggibson793 21 Posted September 6, 2018 Author Share Posted September 6, 2018 They are. He is expecting us to recognize that somehow and automatically zoom them out. I suggested using the TV controls to do this if he wishes. Using TV controls to zoom in is not an acceptable option with a house full of non-technical people that expect a product to just work without having to intervene. Sent from my P008 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37144 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 This is actually more complex than you realize. Here is an explanation from an expert: https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/44777-transcoding-cropping-out-black-bars/ That doesn't mean it isn't possible, however it is not something we can throw in quickly. I apologize that this leads you to thinking our software is not working properly. Please understand, we are simply just playing the content in the source streams, and that's where the black border originates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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