Reviews for UltraWideo
UltraWideo by dvlden
Review by LocCatPowersDog
Rated 5 out of 5
by LocCatPowersDog, 5 months agoSome trash megacorps like "Bally" or Paramount or countless others slap bars or trash interfaces meant to work for ads onto streaming and call it a day. This app helps fix full-screen problems like Star Trek not wanting to work with 21:9 screen ratios even though the shows are basically filmed that way now... or streaming sports apps that auto-zoom and cut off players heads. Occasionally requires some math to re-squish things via the X:Y ratios.
Could maybe use a way to stay "on top" for fullscreen adjustments but I usually just open another window behind it to access menu.
Could maybe use a way to stay "on top" for fullscreen adjustments but I usually just open another window behind it to access menu.
Developer response
posted 4 months agoHey there!
Glad it helps in those situations that you were having issues with.
Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find a solution for the extension popup interface to stay on the top. It seems to be default behaviour on Chrome for example, but Firefox doesn't do it.
I'll do further research on this topic and if possible, I will definitely work on it.
Thank you for the review!
Glad it helps in those situations that you were having issues with.
Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find a solution for the extension popup interface to stay on the top. It seems to be default behaviour on Chrome for example, but Firefox doesn't do it.
I'll do further research on this topic and if possible, I will definitely work on it.
Thank you for the review!
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- Rated 5 out of 5by TheInfidel, 19 days agoIve been using Ultrawidify for long, but it has major performance issues with 4k 60fps ultrawide (on very powerful hardware you will have 1% frame drops with it enabled). This extension is far slicker, lower footprint, does not cause ANY issues with the same footage, and it offers a very convenient way of adapting a quite troubled aspect ratio of superultrawide 5120x1440 32:9 to the needs of the user. It must be said that 5120x1440 32:9 is basically a failed concept of aspect ratio implementation on a monitor that is supposed to play content NOT natively made in that same format. It will NEVER work properly fullscreen without cropping or distortion. This resolution should have received a 32:10 monitor solution. Sadly cheaping out on the panel size made it a sad affair for scaling video content. The solution for me is to set X to 0:9 and Y 1.3 in stretch mode.This will have small horizontal black bars but they are a acceptable trade off , minimal cropping the content,and have a natural viewing experience with no distortion.
Alternatively setting it to NORMAL with X at 1.9 and Y at 1 will not crop anything, while having minimal black bars vertically.
Conclusion. No software solution can provide the perfect 32:9 5120x1440 experience. It is inherently a unbypassable hardware problem to display content not natively provided in that format. A video game that offers the resolution settings does this. A video not recorded in that same format can not, no upscaling or stretching can remedy this to perfection.
What i do not like is the paywall for pro features, at least name a price and the added functionality in your UI.Developer response
posted 5 days agoAppreciate the thorough review, TheInfidel.
Duly noted, regarding the paywall. As you may conclude from that, I am not really pushing people to upgrade to Pro. It's more of a support the development - type of thing.
Aside, I did not want to bloat the extension size by adding a bunch of text into the Popup window. At some point, I might describe it a bit better and have a page dedicated to the features and pricing, before authentication lock. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 16128282, a month agoThank you for this extension! I can watch full screen on my 4:3 TV
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- Rated 3 out of 5by Classy Car, 2 months agoWorks fine but begs for a review every time you update with no way to disable it.
Developer response
posted 5 days agoNoted! Thanks for the review. In the latest update I have disabled update notifications.
That is, until I think of a good solution where everyone will be satisfied. A way to toggle update notifications on/off, somewhere outside of the popup I assume. - Rated 5 out of 5by Hereiam, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13086535, 2 months ago
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- Rated 5 out of 5by Guilherme, 2 months ago
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- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13523731, 2 months agolove this extension but I just wish they'd add a whitelist already, using this on sites like twitter or tiktok where vertical videos are common is just painful.
Developer response
posted 2 months agoThank you for the 5 stars! Do you think that whitelist is preferrable over blacklist? I kind of think that *maybe* there would be less sites to add as "do not run the extension here at all".
To be honest, I did not know that you can put fullscreen video on TikTok. Are we talking about desktop or Android?
Let me know, please. Best regards!