Mi Box S - scaling / zooming doesn't work

[AndrewLe 3]

I'm trying to fit the movie to the full screen, without black bars. Using Mi Box S with the latest firmware (Android 9.0) Emby's built-in player doesn't scale the movies properly - proportions are distorted. Other players behave the same if hardware acceleration is turned on. Once the hardware acceleration is turned off, zooming/scaling is fine.

Is it possible to configure how the video is rendered (using hardware/opengl/surface etc. or not - like VLC or nPlayer does)?

Edited December 21, 2020 by AndrewLe

[Luke 42078]

Hi there, what version of the Emby app are you running?

[AndrewLe 3]

Hi Luke,

 

The latest public - 1.8.54g

[ebr 16184]

Hi.  What exactly happens when you use our zoom feature in the app?  Can you show a picture?

Thanks.

[AndrewLe 3]

Hi erb,

Using Zoom the movie just scaling vertically. I'm sure tha this is something wrong with Mi Box S firmware (I have 3 boxes - the same). Other playes fix that turing off hardware rendering / acceleration.

[ebr 16184]

So the "zoom" option and the "vertical stretch" option do the same thing?

Can I ask why you are wanting to crop off part of the image...?

[AndrewLe 3]

Yes, Zoom and Vertical Stretch do the same.

Usually, far left and right parts of the movie are not so important and doesn't have significant details, so I prefer to sacrifice them in favour of the bigger picture

Edited December 21, 2020 by AndrewLe

[AndrewLe 3]

Hi guys,

I'm so tired using external app (VLC) to play the movies - because of:

• If I pause the video and screensaver turns on - the progress is reset
• It asks to mark watched or not every time
• It turns on the subtitles every time

Any updates on the software rendering in the natve player? Share the sources - I'll do it by myself

[ebr 16184]

I cannot say exactly when we'd be able to investigate this specific thing further.  Does your display not have zoom options?

[AndrewLe 3]

Unfortunately, no - it doesn't have autozoom. Does nvidia shield / pro have such an issue? 

[ebr 16184]

1 hour ago, AndrewLe said:

Does nvidia shield / pro have such an issue?

No.

[AndrewLe 3]

I've workarounded this issue - downgraded Mi Box S to Android 8.1 (you need USB A male - USB A male cable for this, Amlogic USB burning tool and two special recovery images).

So this thread can be closed.

[ebr 16184]

Interesting. Thanks for the info.