Ren'Py Resizing videos from 1080p to 720p but they are not scaling to display in the full game screen

[Kondorito]

Hello everybody,
I have a potato Mac that in some rare cases it struggles with playing videos within Renpy without choppiness.
I realized that it is because the 1080p resolution, because I resized with Handbrake one of the webm to 720p to test it out, and it plays beautifully in-game, but it is not resizing to fit in the entire game screen.



Does anybody know if there is a variable/value or something I should check within one of the rpyc or rpy files that is either restricting the video to stretch and fit, or either something I could add in a file for videos to take the full game screen?

Thanks!

 

[LightmanP]

You need to set the size argument for

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to size=(1920, 1080) (needs to match the game resolution) wherever they are defined in the game.

 

[anne O'nymous]

You need to set the size argument for

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to size=(1920, 1080) (needs to match the game resolution) wherever they are defined in the game.

And like what OP said make me think that it's a game he's playing, not one he made, this mean editing all the rpy files. While leading to video a bit bigger, or of less quality, increasing the compression factor without changing the resolution, stay the easiest way to solve the issue.

 

[Kondorito]

Thanks guys; yeah, it is one I am playing, so touching the code might be difficult.
I tried compressing the videos and decreasing the quality but maintaining the resolution, but I just saw improvement in the fluidity when the quality was very compromised already.
I will try playing a little bit more on the videos quality keeping 1080p, to see if I can find the sweet spot.
anne O'nymous do you know what can be added to the rpy files and to which ones? I can batch the process to add them to all the required rpy files so I don't mind doing it if it is a generic command and not one specific per video file

 

[anne O'nymous]

anne O'nymous do you know what can be added to the rpy files and to which ones?

I don't want to be harsh, but the simple fact that you ask is the proof that you should not do it.
The answer to your what/where question is in LightmanP post. What is to add is, the resolution that need to be used to display the movie, and where to add it is "everywhere a movie is defined.

 

[Kondorito]

No worries, and you are not being harsh
I will check LightmanP link and otherwise try to change around some settings in handbrake for a 1080p video. Thanks again.

EDIT:
Ok, I managed to kinda resolve this issue by reencoding the webm videos with VP8 instead of AV1 (as it seems it's less CPU intensive), and reducing the bitrate a little. I kept the 1080p resolution.
The quality got hit, but at least the videos are now going at almost a steady fps.