[greenguy]

Hi, first time posting here. I've made some research before posting this question.

I have kodi V18 on my android box and with some movies/shows that are not in a standard aspect ratio of 1:77, I have whites bars on the top and bottom of the screen instead of ''regular black bars''. The white color is very bright and I would like to change it to black. If it's not a possibility, is there another player I could add-on to achieve this?

Thanks.

[nickr]

Very odd. Kodi has always given me black bars.

[greenguy]

Indeed. Never had this kind of problem with the version 16. It even seems odd why someone would prefer white bars.

[Prof Yaffle]

You say "some" - a source issue? Where are they coming from?

[greenguy]

You say "some" - a source issue? Where are they coming from?

All shows/movies that is not a regular 1:77 ratio (ones that would normally have the black bars on top and bottom), have white bars instead. Like it was configured that way in the player directly.

[Gracus]

Seems hard to have information

Read the link below and come back here if your issue has nothing in common...

http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=293115

[Badheadged]

This has just recently started happening on my set up. Approx 80% showing white bars but there are still some with black bars.

Did you find a solution?

[Prof Yaffle]

This thread is, sadly, going to go nowhere without more information or a sample. If no-one can confirm otherwise, I have to assume that these are dodgy streams and/or sources, and thus Kodi will plead innocent of all charges...

Please prove me wrong otherwise.

[Badheadged]

Here is a sample with side bars on BBC iPlayer. Similar problems exist with white letterbox ingredients on other sources. I know I can zoom/stretch etc but I would prefer these bars to be black.

[Prof Yaffle]

That's very odd... I can't immediately comment on the bars, although there appears to be some text in the top-left that my be relevant. However, it also looks to me like that's in 4:3 and not the 16:9 that iPlayer is carrying (I just checked). So the bars shouldn't be there at all, unless your TV is a very odd aspect ratio.

I would point a finger at configuration, therefore. Just iPlayer? If so, it's presumably an addon problem; other local sources as well? If so, it's a Kodi configuration problem; Kodi interface as well? If so, it's an overscan/scaling poblem (either Kodi output or TV).

[Prof Yaffle]

FWIW, this is the central piece of the image you posted - I've trimmed it and sheared it straight, but it's basically just your picture, scaled to 33% to fit on the forum page. You can follow the links to see the ful-size originals.



Link.

Not surprisingly, that's a 1.35 aspect ratio - so 4:3, allowing for my fat GIMP fingers. This is the same image, scaled horizontally to be 16:9:



Link.

Definitely an aspect ratio problem as a starting point.

[Badheadged]

I apologise for that image it was misleading. I was looking for an instance of letterboxing on iPlayer but couldn't find one so I purposely adjusted the aspect ratio to illustrate the white background.

I have attached a new image below from the trailer addict addon which shows a movie trailer in original letterbox form along with the white bar issue. I can zoom in and eliminate the bars but I would prefer to watch in original format.

[Prof Yaffle]

Then it's debug_log (wiki) o'clock, I suspect - I've never seen that, although I haven't tried v18 on Android (assuming you're using that) so perhaps it's that. Let's see if someone can tell from the log, then.

[greenguy]

So I've finally give up and went back to V16.1 and everything is fine now.

[nickr]

Well greenguy thanks for your fabulous contribution to debugging potential bugs in Krypton. Without your debug log our developers' crystal ball will be busy.