Consider aspect ratio when playing back YT videos

[virtualritz]

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Feature description

When playing back any video itgets stretched to 16:9 aspect in thumbnail view and to whatever aspect my phone has, in fullscreen. I.e. the original aspect of the video is ignored.

This means unless the video's aspect matches 16:9 in thumbnail or my phone's (16:10) by accident, everything in the video is squeezed.

THe settings should have an option for either adding black bars when the aspect mismatches or using zoom & crop.
Lacking this, the defaylt behaviour should be to use black bars.

Why do you want this feature?

Why would you ever watch a video where people look like they have been squeezed in a hydraulic press? 😁

Additional information

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[virtualritz]

[opusforlife2]

Toggling between fit/fill/zoom didn't fix this?

[virtualritz]

Toggling between fit/fill/zoom didn't fix this?

I didn't know this existed.
It's probbaly because it is a text, not an icon. And the fact it's a three-state toggle widget is oblivious.

So Fit is exacly what I am looking for.

I suggest:

• Make Fit the default, not Zoom.
• Moving this widget one level up, i.e. put it in the row with the resolution/speed/etc icons.
• Making this an icon (that doesn't change, just tapping it cycles through the states as does tapping on the text does now).
  • Print the fill/fit/zoom word in the bottom right corner of the icon w. a small font size, to reflect state

[opusforlife2]

Make Fit the default, not Zoom.

It is already the default. If not you, someone else might have fiddled with that setting, possibly by accident.

[virtualritz]

That is weird. I'm the only one using my phone.
But fair enough.
The other points still stand. Hard to discover/understand. I.e..once changed, even by accident, ...

[opusforlife2]

Let's wait for the player to be refactored.