full screen on new 14" macbook pro adds black bars on the side

[er1cnl]

when I'm trying to watch a video in full screen it shrinks the video by adding black bars on the side.

if I play it in the regular window I can drag the screen size to fit snugly to the sides of the screen, but when I enter full screen it shrinks the video size.
if I play the same videos in Quick Time player it wil just fill the screen.

[ePirat]

Can you please provide a screenshot showing the issue?

[er1cnl]

on the screenshots, where I take a screenshot with command+shift+3 you can't see the difference, it looks like it spans from side to side, so let me try taking photos of the screen instead.



https://ibb.co/HX73tQJ

[ePirat]

Can you try if it makes any difference wether you use native/non-native fullscreen mode?

You can change it at: Preferences ‣ Video ‣ Use the native fullscreen mode
Then restart VLC for the change to actually have an effect.

[er1cnl]

ah, that works, but that brings window decorations back as well. : )

but at least I can watch full screen now. : (

[ePirat]

Just to make sure, which of the modes works?

[er1cnl]

checking "use the native fullscreen mode" works.

putting a checkmark on that automatically checks the "window decorations" option, and greys it out to prevent toggling it off again..

[ePirat]

Thanks for the feedback, I've opened a ticket about the wrong fullscreen size: https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/26291

This will probably not get fixed in time to make it into the upcoming 3.0.17 though.

[er1cnl]

thanks for looking into it!

[jeromec]

For me, on a notch-equipped 16" MacBook Pro, just unchecking "Scale to fit below built-in camera" in VLC's Finder info window removed the left and right black bars in full screen.
(I have "Use the native fullscreen mode" unchecked in VLC's preferences").

This box was checked by default - I suppose that, unless there are issues with it, it would be nice if it was unchecked by default.