Wrong thumbnail scaling of SD videos

[Emby Tower 34]

So, there is already a fix in your internal source code tree, but until now it isn't available for beta releases?! Or will it be in the next beta?!

[Happy2Play 9780]

So are we saying scroll rows will be able to accomidate images of different aspectratio?  So mixing say 4:3 and 16:9 images in the same row?  I can see that being a cosmetic nightmare.

[pwhodges 2012]

I can see the logic for making the images evenly spaced, so there's the choice of fitting the 4:3 images into the same space as the 16:9 ones either by stretching them or pillarboxing them.  Personally I find actual distortion of the image an unacceptable corruption.  The number of 4:3 films will usually be far smaller, so appeals to some supposed "ugliness" of using pillarboxing do not impress me.

In the case of series, though, a change of aspect ratio is very unlikely, so spacing according to the actual image aspect ratio makes complete sense.

On checking, I have exactly two series whose aspect ratio changes between seasons (one of which covers 35 years, so that's no surprise); but even then, it is simply a single switch from 4:3 to 16:9, which doesn't strike me as a cosmetic nightmare, really.

Paul

Edited September 2, 2020 by pwhodges

[Luke 42077]

@pwhodges I've merged your topic into here as it is discussing the same issue. Thanks.

[Emby Tower 34]

I've installed Server 4.5, but the problem still exists ...

[Luke 42077]

We're looking into it. Thanks for reporting.

[softworkz 5066]

3 hours ago, Emby Tower said:

I've installed Server 4.5, but the problem still exists ...

Did you refresh metadata (including images)?

Are we talking about videos that are showing "Anamorphic=yes" ?

[Emby Tower 34]

@softworkz: Yes for both!

[softworkz 5066]

@pwhodges - is it fixed in your case?

(I'm asking because I had tested the fix against sample videos he had provided)

[pwhodges 2012]

Where do I find the chapter images to delete the wrong ones so I can check?

Paul