Hi guys,
The original video app does not allow the pinch in - pinch out to zoom in the videos, am I right? I can see an option that messes up the aspect ratio, but no zooming.
The pinching thing works great with youtube, though. Do you use any video app that works with the zooming options without messing up with the aspect ratio?
Thanks!
Use MX Player https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad
You can pinch in and zoom to get the perfect balance or keep clicking the button in the bottom right corner to get to the crop option (same as YouTube)
Thanks for that, exactly what I wanted.
Cheers
I´ve also used VLC player, it let´s you choose between different aspect ratios
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I encoded a video that came in 1920x800 down to 1267x528 (the closest to 1280x720 for that ratio) and it won't play in landscape. It tries to play it in portrait and is absurdly small. Videos on youtube rotate fine to fill up the screen, but when I turn the phone sideways it stays in portrait mode.
Is there a setting somewhere I have to hit to allow the 'Videos' app to rotate? Do any other video players other than "Videos" and "Youtube" take up the entire screen, including the buttons?
Slingplayer, Xfinity, MX player etc...aside from Google Play movies, I have not found a video app that uses the full 6" screen. Slingplayer and Xfinity leave what looks to me to be over 1/4" of the screen on the right side blacked out. Is this universal or an issue with my phone? Is there a setting somewhere I haven't found to force full screen for video?
I am completely stock 8.1 at the moment...I don't think I should have to do something via adb like forcing immersive mode for something like being able to use my whole screen to watch video???
thanks for any and all input
I think this has to do with the apps themselves being updated to support the aspect ratio. As of now some apps support it and others dont, in time they will update.
It's likely because our screen is 1440 pixels x 2880 pixels (an 18:9 ratio). Most video conform to the regular 16:9 ratio. Because our screen is slightly wider than traditional, there are basically three options:
- Leave empty space as unused on the left/right side of the screen, which is default for most video apps that would otherwise be full screen. The video remains properly proportioned.
- Stretch the video to fill the screen. This would cause slight distortion on the video.
- Zoom the video to fill the screen. This causes you to lose a tiny bit on the top/bottom of the image, and might result in a tiny tiny bit of loss-of-clarity. But the video remains properly proportioned and unskewed. You can zoom in on YouTube videos with a pinch gesture to see this in action.
I'm sure that some more apps will likely adapt similarly to YouTube, but it may take some time.
1. Some apps seem to not have the ability to pinch to zoom video. Is there a way to have zoomed in those apps?
2. For apps that already support zoomed full screen video, is there a way to set that as the default?
Thanks!
No way around this annoyance!!?!
Unfortunately some haven't offered that feature.
Hello everyone,
I did some searches on this and all I can find is i have to pinch the screen to zoom, problem is with apps like youtube and hulu the zoom cuts off the top or bottom of the video.
Is there a way to get fullscreen without cutting off the video?
I went into settings and fullscreen display but no apps display in there
Did anyone else have problem with gallery video player.. When i play some videos, animated slider that follows time on video doesnt move. It stays locked on end. Like on screenshot. When i slide it with finger it moves where i want, but when release it, again stays at end.
It really bother with slow motion videos.