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Some movies appear on screen with black bars on all sides in the "Auto" mode. I have to actively select "Cover" to get full screen. This is Emby Theater for Windows.

I get that the aspect ratio doesn't always match the monitor, but that should mean only black bars on the sides, not top and bottom as well.

Find below is Video info for one of the offending ones.

 

  

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : High@L3.1
Format settings                          : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames        : 4 frames
Codec ID                                 : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration                                 : 31 min 41 s
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 4 131 kb/s
Maximum bit rate                         : 6 375 kb/s
Width                                    : 1 280 pixels
Height                                   : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.187
Stream size                              : 937 MiB (83%)
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No
Color range                              : Limited
Color primaries                          : BT.709
Transfer characteristics                 : BT.709
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.709

 

 

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12 minutes ago, Luke said:

Hi, the black bars could be part of the video itself.

Fair point. But when I select "Cover" the video goes perfectly to the edges. It seems strange that this would happen if the bars are part of the video.

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Sure

10 hours ago, sooty234 said:

Can you share a sample of the video?

Here's one of the offending ones. :)

Media info below. 

General
Unique ID                                : 43133736713799391000251894693735139304 (0x207341696F0D99663B021AC05A4387E8)
Complete name                            : Sample.mkv
Format                                   : Matroska
Format version                           : Version 4
File size                                : 64.7 MiB
Duration                                 : 1 min 0 s
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 9 041 kb/s
Writing application                      : mkvmerge v51.0.0 ('I Wish') 64-bit
Writing library                          : libebml v1.4.0 + libmatroska v1.6.2

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : Main@L4
Format settings                          : CABAC / 3 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames        : 3 frames
Codec ID                                 : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration                                 : 1 min 0 s
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 8 394 kb/s
Maximum bit rate                         : 10.7 Mb/s
Width                                    : 1 920 pixels
Height                                   : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 25.000 FPS
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.162
Stream size                              : 60.0 MiB (93%)
Language                                 : English
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No

Audio
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : E-AC-3
Format/Info                              : Enhanced AC-3
Commercial name                          : Dolby Digital Plus
Codec ID                                 : A_EAC3
Duration                                 : 1 min 0 s
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 640 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 6 channels
Channel layout                           : L R C LFE Ls Rs
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                               : 31.250 FPS (1536 SPF)
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 4.58 MiB (7%)
Language                                 : English
Service kind                             : Complete Main
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No

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It definitely has the padding, but when I play it, it plays correctly. And just to make sure that it wasn't because of my updates, I grabbed the latest release from git. If you look at the video details, it's 1920x1080 so it's full frame with only padding at the top and bottom. So it should play correctly. I tried the 'fill' and 'cover' options, and the picture didn't change, as it's already full frame.

In mpv

mpv-shot0002.jpg.7459df61728ff8541f564a9e80afe867.jpg

 

In Theater

Untitled.jpg.5877acb3ca76d19a7666a5ac5029db9d.jpg

 

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7 hours ago, sooty234 said:

So your monitor is super wide and not 3840x2160? Or is that a typo?

The native resolution is indeed 3840x1600. A smidgen wider than 21:9.  I think the marketing moniker would be "Ultrawide".

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27 minutes ago, Starlionblue said:

The native resolution is indeed 3840x1600. A smidgen wider than 21:9.  I think the marketing moniker would be "Ultrawide".

Ok, well that is why you have this issue. The black bars are part of the video. It's not anamorphic. So it keeps the aspect ratio and fills the height of the display. But the width fits inside the of the display dimensions. If the black bars weren't part of the video, and lets use the height of the video a 1600, then it would fill your screen. When you use cover, it forces the video outside of those dimensions to fill the width but extend beyond the height.  Find a movie that has the padding but the video itself is wider than your monitor, and try watching that. You'll see the box in the middle, and when you hit 'cover' it should fill the width but have partial black bars at the top and bottom. The rest of the padding will be pushed beyond the dimensions of your display.

I wonder if setting the monitor aspect would help? It looks like Luke is using three different commands here. Setting monitor aspect ratio is probably what you should do, but I don't know how that will interact with how Luke has written the instruction. I say just try it, and see what happens.

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2 hours ago, sooty234 said:

Ok, well that is why you have this issue. The black bars are part of the video. It's not anamorphic. So it keeps the aspect ratio and fills the height of the display. But the width fits inside the of the display dimensions. If the black bars weren't part of the video, and lets use the height of the video a 1600, then it would fill your screen. When you use cover, it forces the video outside of those dimensions to fill the width but extend beyond the height.  Find a movie that has the padding but the video itself is wider than your monitor, and try watching that. You'll see the box in the middle, and when you hit 'cover' it should fill the width but have partial black bars at the top and bottom. The rest of the padding will be pushed beyond the dimensions of your display.

I wonder if setting the monitor aspect would help? It looks like Luke is using three different commands here. Setting monitor aspect ratio is probably what you should do, but I don't know how that will interact with how Luke has written the instruction. I say just try it, and see what happens.

I just tried it in VLC. You're absolutely correct. There are indeed bars at the top and bottom. I feel so silly now.

How would I change the monitor aspect in practice?

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You create a file called mpv.conf

You put this line in it:   monitoraspect=21:9

Put the file in the same parent folder that Theater is installed in. Not the Emby-Theater folder, but where the Emby-Theater folder is.

Then play your video.

I'm curious to see what the outcome is.

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Just now, sooty234 said:

Damn! I missed a bit in the instructions. Create a folder called mpv and put that file in there. 

Didn't work unfortunately. I've tried placing the folder in both %appdata%Roaming\ and %appdata%\Roaming\Emby-Theater

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1 minute ago, sooty234 said:

Are you sure the file isn't mpv.conf.txt

It's mpv.conf. Thanks for checking though. I've made that mistake many times. ;)

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Thanks. I only have the conf file but at leas the folder is in the right place.

Do you use mpv.io as an external player in Emby or is the functionality built in?

 

Just to check, I installed the MPV.io player. Unfortunately I get the same effect when playing the video there.

I'm lost and stumped.

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I use mpv for everything. It's the player in Theater. I was just messing around with that option and it does have an effect. Attach your mpv.conf. You'll need to add the .txt extension

 

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12 minutes ago, sooty234 said:

I use mpv for everything. It's the player in Theater. I was just messing around with that option and it does have an effect. Attach your mpv.conf. You'll need to add the .txt extension

 

Here you go. Should I put "--" in front, as in "--monitoraspect=21:9"?

mpv.txt.conf

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The dashes don't matter. You've got it written correctly, but I think it might just stretch the frame. You could try using the decimal. 

monitoraspect=2.4

And I meant put .txt on the end :) but it worked out.

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10 minutes ago, sooty234 said:

The dashes don't matter. You've got it written correctly, but I think it might just stretch the frame. You could try using the decimal. 

monitoraspect=2.4

And I meant put .txt on the end :) but it worked out.

Yeah I saw that I got the extension mixed up. 😆

I tried 2.4. Doesn't do anything.

 

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