Videos and movies are sometimes created or shown in differing screen formats, such as wide screen, letterbox, pillarbox, and others. SlingPlayer can easily be adjusted to handle various formats. If you're using Windows, go to the View menu and select Video Size. On a Mac, go to the View menu and select Aspect Ratio. Either will show you all of the options available. You may need to experiment with the Aspect Ratio options to get the best picture.
Below are photos of the same flower as shown in the different formats.
Format |
Description |
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Fullscreen
(4:3) |
This is the standard television format
(4:3 aspect ratio) |
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Widescreen
(16:9) |
New movies are often filmed in widescreen format.
(16:9 aspect ration) |
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Letterbox |
This fits a widescreen image within the width of a standard format screen. Instead of cutting off the sides of the image, it's reduced in size and black bars appear at the top and bottom. |
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Pillarbox |
This fits an image in standard format within a wide screen. There are black bars on both sides of the image that fill the extra space. |
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Windowbox |
An image that may have been widescreen originally, but was reduced and cropped to fit into standard format. |
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