Changing Aspect Ratio (Video Zoom)

Broadcast video can be shown in differing screen formats, among them: standard television aspect ratio (4:3), Letterbox, Pillarbox, Windowbox, and Anamorphic. SlingPlayer can be adjusted to handle these various formats.

Try each of the different options to see which one gives you the best picture.

To change video aspect ratio:

Choose Video Zoom from the View menu, then choose the zoom setting that you want.

Below are photos of the same flower as shown in the different formats.

Zoom setting	Keyboard shortcut	Description	What it looks like
None (4:3)	Alt+Shift+N	This is the standard television format. (4:3 aspect ratio)
Letterbox	Alt+Shift+L	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.
Anamorphic(16:9)	Alt+Shift+A	New movies are often filmed in anamorphic, or widescreen format. (16:9 aspect ratio)
Windowbox	Alt+Shift+W	An image that may have been widescreen originally, but was reduced and cropped to fit into standard format.
Pillarbox	Alt+Shift+P	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.