Videoborders do not adjust to videos with the Unified Theme

[Nanotik]

Hi there,

I used to spend countless hours on my HyperSpin config but it became a never-ending project.

Years have passed since and today, I am discovering the wonders of LaunchBox. Way more user-friendly than HyperSpin imo. It did in a couple of hours what it could take days or weeks to me with HS.

 

Now, I am looking a bit more into details. I am using the Unified Theme and for some systems (mostly Handhelds and HD ones with specifics resolutions), videoborders (see below) do not adjust correctly to videos.

Is there a way to get rid of those black borders easily?

https://prnt.sc/ucdyae     

https://prnt.sc/ucdyg3

[Retro808]

You would have to edit the code for the theme. You need to see which view you are using (in BigBox views setting it will show which game view you are on) and then edit that specific xml. The column or row the ImageVideoView is bound to is likely set to a certain width or height. The video not being the same aspect is why the letterbox borders show.

[Nanotik]

Hmm, can I edit Unified to do this for specific systems only?

I am trying to guess which values to edit in which files and how to apply this but I am pretty clueless right now. I know it's probably somewhere in \Themes\Unified but unlike HyperSpin, there isn't an archive for each theme/system to mess with, everything seems mixed up in one big folder.

For now, I just modified my videoborder.png for GBA to manually adjust it to my emumovies videos resolutions : https://prnt.sc/uchlld

I don't know if I had to do this but it's a progress I guess. I still have to deal with the black background behind like you said but I have no idea where to find the right values to edit. Any help?