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Request: 1280x720 with 4:3 image preset

Open emkultra64 opened this issue 5 years ago • 8 comments

1280x720 mode currently stretches games to 16:9 instead of displaying them with black borders on the side like 1080p or 1280x960 modes

emkultra64 avatar Jun 23 '20 08:06 emkultra64

This is actually intended behavior according to forums. 1920x1080 is intended for TVs, anything else is for monitors, besides it is usually possible to adjust aspect ratio manually.

goutsune avatar Jun 24 '20 12:06 goutsune

In that case, I'm going to edit this to be a feature request, for a new additional preset, because having to take the current 720p preset and squish it back down to 4:3 manually via the Web Interface involves a lot of trial and error, especially with the border mask adjustments

emkultra64 avatar Jun 27 '20 07:06 emkultra64

Check settings of monitor/tv. Some of them are too smart and ignore resolution in favor to aspect ratio guessed by them.

Nuck-TH avatar Jun 27 '20 09:06 Nuck-TH

Check settings of monitor/tv. Some of them are too smart and ignore resolution in favor to aspect ratio guessed by them.

I don't have any problems with my monitor detecting the resolution. The problem is the preset stretches the image to fill all 1280 pixels of horizontal width. My 1080p monitor doesn't have any way to squish this 1280x720 image back down to 4:3; a lot of TVs and monitors still lack this feature, unfortunately. That's why I'm requesting an additional preset.

emkultra64 avatar Jun 27 '20 09:06 emkultra64

Also, my TV (640x480 VGA LCD) disables resizing controls for its VGA input.

gingerbeardman avatar Jun 28 '20 10:06 gingerbeardman

Got to admit this would be a useful feature for me as well to maintain 4:3 inputs aspect ratio on devices that don't support 1080p

YorkieFl avatar Jul 08 '20 10:07 YorkieFl

I wanted to add to this message chain as well, because I would really like this feature too; as my monitor (even when using an aspect option) puts the 1280x720 image in stretched 16x9 rather than 4x3 like the 1920x1080 option does.

ZXRoxas avatar Jun 01 '21 16:06 ZXRoxas

Yeah, it's really annoying that this is an issue. I'm trying to use this on an old arcade cabinet and 720p stretches the picture to hell and back.

iguanatamer avatar Mar 17 '22 00:03 iguanatamer