https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=501054
Bug ID: 501054
Summary: Please add a way to change / correct a video's aspect
ratio
Classification: Applications
Product: Haruna
Version: 1.3.3
Platform: Debian unstable
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: generic
Assignee: georgefb...@gmail.com
Reporter: ilikef...@waterisgone.com
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
Please add a way to change / correct a video's aspect ratio, as the player is
unusable without such a thing for certain videos!
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open a video that doesn't have the same aspect ratio as the screen.
2. Try to make it have the same aspect ratio as the screen.
OBSERVED RESULT
Some videos, especially old movies, have been recorded in the 4:3 aspect ration
because the TV screens had the same aspect ratio, like for example Gone with
the wind.
Strangely and very annoying some assholes directors like Zack Snyder are trying
to do the same now, even though 99% of the TVs and computer monitors have a
16:9 aspect ratio and some are even wider than that.
His latest Justice League movie from 2021 has been recorded in 4:3 aspect
ratio:
https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/zack-snyder-justice-league-4-3-aspect-ratio/
Because he only cared how it looked like in IMAX cinemas which have an almost
square aspect ratio screen.
He didn't gave a crap about the fact that watching in cinema is normally a one
time event and even worse, many of us may have not been to the cinema when it
was launched, so more than 80-90% of the people will see it the first time on
their home screens from Blu-rays or streaming services and the screens there
are overwhelmingly 16:9.
Both Justice League, Gone with the wind and so many other old movies are
unwatchable because of the black bars.
Even the poll here shows that more than 50% of the people prefer to watch it in
widescreen:
https://www.ign.com/articles/zack-snyder-cut-justice-league-widescreen-fullframe
EXPECTED RESULT
1. To have the ability to fix bad aspect ratios.
2. To have the ability to stretch the video to at least the 16:9 aspect ratio.
Similar to how VLC and other video players can do it.
Otherwise Haruna is unusable for these kind of videos.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux (Debian 13 - unstable repository)/KDE Plasma:
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.11.0
Qt Version: 6.8.2
Kernel Version: 6.12.17-amd64 (64-bit)
Mesa Version: 25.0.0-1
Graphics Platform: Wayland
HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS
Hardware: Laptop Dell Inspiron 5770 (17" 1080p@60Hz screen)
CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-8250U CPU @ 1.60GHz
GPU 1: Intel® UHD Graphics 620 (main, Vulkan capable)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 M465 Series
RAM: 8 GiB (7.7 GiB usable)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
As for the Justice League movie, which is a very popular one, I guess I'm not
the only one very annoyed about this crappy format for today's standards:
https://www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/m89wv7/zack_snyders_justice_league_sucks_in_43_aspect/
Or the fact that 99% of the people will see it on a home screen:
https://www.reddit.com/r/imax/comments/lmer7i/comment/gnvd8xr/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
Anyway, please help us fix the bad decisions that some directs like to take!
I saw that some people even try to fix such videos with Handbrake, but that
takes too much space and power, especially for a laptop, so it's better if it's
done by the player on the fly.
If you need a printscreen of how bad it looks now, please let me know.
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