Video Snap Aspect Ratio

[DJoneK]

It seems GameEx has trouble keeping up the correct aspect ratio of a video snap while inside the "Image box" of a theme, but seems it has no trouble at all when displaying videos in the "Image2 box" of a theme. I have both 16:9 and 4:3 videos in my PC emulator section, and while they all show as 4:3 (widescreen ones are squished) when browsing the PC game list, they display just fine in the "image2 box" while browsing the emulator list. The box where videos show for just a few seconds randomly.

So it seems that the "Image2" box has some aspect ratio code that keeps the correct aspect ratio on stuff (not just snaps, but videos too) and the main snap window (Image) does not.

Just thought I would point this out. Would really like to have videos keep the correct aspect ratio while browsing game lists.

BTW, I just noticed this on the latest version 12.82. I have no idea if this happens on previous versions as well. Never took notice of that.

[Draco1962]

What theme are you using and is this occurring regardless of the theme you are using? You might want to provide a copy of your gameex.ini file along with this information.

[DJoneK]

Sorry. Forgot to mention I'm using my own theme. It's a simple 1360x768 theme. I didn't try one of the newer fancier themes because even though GameEx seemed to download them, it wouldn't switch theme. I did try one of the old default ones and it had the 2 image boxes and the same thing happened. I'm also attaching my theme.ini just in case.

Theme.ini

GameEx.ini

[Draco1962]

Not a problem. Have you tested this on a theme where Image1 is set at 640x480 or 800x600 to see if the issue occurs there or only when down-converting from the video's default size to a smaller image size in the same 4:3 aspect?

[DJoneK]

Yes, I also have a 2nd theme I did and I made both image1 and image2 as 640x480 boxes and the same thing happens. It's as if the image2 is coded to stretch while keeping the aspect ratio, and image1 is coded to stretch to fill screen.

[Gildahl]

Was this ever solved? I have a similar issue on the Default - Deep Purple theme. When viewing videos in the MAME list videos seem to always be shown with correct aspect (horizontal games show horizontal, vertical games show vertical). However, when videos are shown under other emulators, vertical game videos are squashed. In my case, videos are always shown on top, so I'm not sure its an image1/image2 issue.