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lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Mediaspelar" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oprogramowanie_odtwarzacza_multimedialnego" title="Oprogramowanie odtwarzacza multimedialnego – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Oprogramowanie odtwarzacza multimedialnego" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reprodutor_de_m%C3%ADdia" title="Reprodutor de mídia – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Reprodutor de mídia" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Software that can play video and audio data</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MPlayer.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/MPlayer.png/220px-MPlayer.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/MPlayer.png/330px-MPlayer.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/MPlayer.png/440px-MPlayer.png 2x" data-file-width="760" data-file-height="561" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/MPlayer" title="MPlayer">MPlayer</a>, an example of a cross-platform media player</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Media player software</b> is a type of <a href="/wiki/Application_software" title="Application software">application software</a> for playing <a href="/wiki/Multimedia" title="Multimedia">multimedia</a> <a href="/wiki/Computer_file" title="Computer file">computer files</a> like audio and video files. Media players commonly display standard <a href="/wiki/Media_controls" class="mw-redirect" title="Media controls">media control icons</a> known from physical devices such as <a href="/wiki/Tape_recorder" title="Tape recorder">tape recorders</a> and <a href="/wiki/CD_player" title="CD player">CD players</a>, such as play ( <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Octicons-playback-play.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="▶️" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/10px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/15px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/20px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span> ), pause ( <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Octicons-playback-pause.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="⏸" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Octicons-playback-pause.svg/10px-Octicons-playback-pause.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Octicons-playback-pause.svg/15px-Octicons-playback-pause.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Octicons-playback-pause.svg/20px-Octicons-playback-pause.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span> ), fastforward (⏩️), rewind (⏪), and stop ( <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Octicons-primitive-square.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="⏹️" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Octicons-primitive-square.svg/10px-Octicons-primitive-square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Octicons-primitive-square.svg/15px-Octicons-primitive-square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Octicons-primitive-square.svg/20px-Octicons-primitive-square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span> ) buttons. In addition, they generally have <a href="/wiki/Progress_bar" title="Progress bar">progress bars</a> (or "playback bars"), which are sliders to locate the current position in the duration of the media file. </p><p>Mainstream <a href="/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">operating systems</a> have at least one default media player. For example, <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> comes with <a href="/wiki/Windows_Media_Player" title="Windows Media Player">Windows Media Player</a>, <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Movies_%26_TV" title="Microsoft Movies & TV">Microsoft Movies & TV</a> and <a href="/wiki/Groove_Music" title="Groove Music">Groove Music</a>, while <a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a> comes with <a href="/wiki/QuickTime_Player" class="mw-redirect" title="QuickTime Player">QuickTime Player</a> and <a href="/wiki/Music_(software)" class="mw-redirect" title="Music (software)">Music</a>. <a href="/wiki/Linux_distribution" title="Linux distribution">Linux distributions</a> come with different media players, such as <a href="/wiki/SMPlayer" title="SMPlayer">SMPlayer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amarok_(software)" title="Amarok (software)">Amarok</a>, <a href="/wiki/Audacious_(software)" title="Audacious (software)">Audacious</a>, <a href="/wiki/Banshee_(media_player)" title="Banshee (media player)">Banshee</a>, <a href="/wiki/MPlayer" title="MPlayer">MPlayer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mpv_(media_player)" title="Mpv (media player)">mpv</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rhythmbox" title="Rhythmbox">Rhythmbox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Totem_(media_player)" class="mw-redirect" title="Totem (media player)">Totem</a>, <a href="/wiki/VLC_media_player" title="VLC media player">VLC media player</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Xine" title="Xine">xine</a>. <a href="/wiki/Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a> comes with <a href="/wiki/YouTube_Music" title="YouTube Music">YouTube Music</a> for audio and <a href="/wiki/Google_Photos" title="Google Photos">Google Photos</a> for video, and smartphone vendors such as Samsung may bundle custom software. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Functionality_focus">Functionality focus</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Media_player_software&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Functionality focus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Clementine-1.2-Debian-it.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Clementine-1.2-Debian-it.png/220px-Clementine-1.2-Debian-it.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Clementine-1.2-Debian-it.png/330px-Clementine-1.2-Debian-it.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Clementine-1.2-Debian-it.png/440px-Clementine-1.2-Debian-it.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1167" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Clementine_(software)" title="Clementine (software)">Clementine</a> v1.2, an audio player with a media library and online radio</figcaption></figure> <p>The basic feature set of media players are a seek bar, a timer with the current and total playback time, playback controls (play, pause, previous, next, stop), playlists, a "repeat" mode, and a "shuffle" (or "random") mode for curiosity and to facilitate searching long timelines of files. </p><p>Different media players have different goals and feature sets. <i>Video players</i> are a group of media players that have their features geared more towards playing <a href="/wiki/Digital_video" title="Digital video">digital video</a>. For example, <a href="/wiki/Windows_DVD_Player" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows DVD Player">Windows DVD Player</a> exclusively plays <a href="/wiki/DVD-Video" title="DVD-Video">DVD-Video</a> discs and nothing else. <a href="/wiki/Media_Player_Classic" title="Media Player Classic">Media Player Classic</a> can play individual audio and video files but many of its features such as color correction, picture sharpening, zooming, set of <a href="/wiki/Hotkey" class="mw-redirect" title="Hotkey">hotkeys</a>, <a href="/wiki/Digital_Video_Broadcasting" class="mw-redirect" title="Digital Video Broadcasting">DVB</a> support and <a href="/wiki/Subtitle_(captioning)" class="mw-redirect" title="Subtitle (captioning)">subtitle</a> support are only useful for video material such as films and cartoons. <i>Audio players</i>, on the other hand, specialize in <a href="/wiki/Digital_audio" title="Digital audio">digital audio</a>. For example, <a href="/wiki/AIMP" title="AIMP">AIMP</a> exclusively plays audio formats. <a href="/wiki/MediaMonkey" title="MediaMonkey">MediaMonkey</a> can play both audio and video formats, but many of its features including media library, lyric discovery, <a href="/wiki/Music_visualization" title="Music visualization">music visualization</a>, online radio, audiobook indexing, and <a href="/wiki/Tag_editor" title="Tag editor">tag editing</a> are geared toward consumption of audio material; watching video files on it can be a trying feat. General-purpose media players also do exist. For example, Windows Media Player has exclusive features for both audio and video material, although it cannot match the feature set of Media Player Classic and MediaMonkey combined. </p><p>By default, videos are played with fully visible field of view while filling at least either width or height of the viewport to appear as large as possible. Options to change the video's scaling and aspect ratio may include filling the viewport through either stretching or cropping, and "100% view" where each pixel of the video covers exactly one pixel on the screen.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Zooming_user_interface" title="Zooming user interface">Zooming</a> into the field of view during playback may be implemented through a <a href="/wiki/Slider_(computing)" title="Slider (computing)">slider</a> on any screen or with <a href="/wiki/Pinch_zoom" class="mw-redirect" title="Pinch zoom">pinch zoom</a> on touch screens, and moving the field of view may be implemented through <a href="/wiki/Scrolling#UI_paradigms" title="Scrolling">scrolling by dragging</a> inside the view port or by moving a rectangle inside a miniature view of the entire field of view that denotes the magnified area.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Media player software may have the ability to adjust appearance and acoustics during playback using effects such as mirroring, rotating, cropping, cloning, adjusting colours, <a href="/wiki/Deinterlacing" title="Deinterlacing">deinterlacing</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Audio_equalizer" class="mw-redirect" title="Audio equalizer">equalizing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Music_visualizer" class="mw-redirect" title="Music visualizer">visualizing audio</a>. Easter eggs may be featured, such as a puzzle game on <a href="/wiki/VLC_Media_Player" class="mw-redirect" title="VLC Media Player">VLC Media Player</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Still snapshots may be extracted directly from a video frame or captured through a screenshot, the former of which is preferred since it preserves videos' original dimensions (height and width).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Video players may show a tooltip bubble previewing footage at the position hovered over with the mouse cursor.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A preview tooltip for the seek bar has been implemented on few <a href="/wiki/Smartphone" title="Smartphone">smartphones</a> through a <a href="/wiki/Stylus_(computing)" title="Stylus (computing)">stylus</a> or a <a href="/wiki/Touchscreen#Self-capacitance" title="Touchscreen">self-capacitive touch screen</a> able to detect a floating finger. Such include the <a href="/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_series" title="Samsung Galaxy S series">Samsung Galaxy S4, S5</a> (finger), <a href="/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Note_series" class="mw-redirect" title="Samsung Galaxy Note series">Note 2, Note 4</a> (stylus), and <a href="/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Note_3" title="Samsung Galaxy Note 3">Note 3</a> (both). </p><p><a href="/wiki/Streaming_media" title="Streaming media">Streaming media</a> players may indicate <a href="/wiki/Buffer_(computer_science)" class="mw-redirect" title="Buffer (computer science)">buffered</a> segments of the media in the seek bar.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="3D_video_players">3D video players</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Media_player_software&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 3D video players"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/3D_film" title="3D film">3D</a> video players are used to play <a href="/wiki/2D_to_3D_conversion" title="2D to 3D conversion">2D video in 3D</a> format. A high-quality <a href="/wiki/3D_film" title="3D film">three-dimensional video presentation</a> requires that each frame of a motion picture be embedded with information on the depth of objects present in the scene. This process involves shooting the video with special equipment from two distinct perspectives or modeling and rendering each frame as a collection of objects composed of 3D vertices and textures, much like in any modern video game, to achieve special effects. Tedious and costly, this method is only used in a small fraction of movies produced worldwide, while most movies remain in the form of traditional 2D images. It is, however, possible to give an otherwise two-dimensional picture the appearance of depth. Using a technique known as <a href="/wiki/Anaglyph_image#Traditional_anaglyph_processing_methods" class="mw-redirect" title="Anaglyph image">anaglyph processing</a> a "flat" picture can be transformed so as to give an illusion of depth when viewed through anaglyph glasses (usually red-cyan). An image viewed through anaglyph glasses appears to have both protruding and deeply embedded objects in it, at the expense of somewhat distorted colors. The <a href="/wiki/Anaglyph_image#History" class="mw-redirect" title="Anaglyph image">method itself is old enough</a>, dating back to the mid-19th century, but it is only with recent advances in computer technology that it has become possible to apply this kind of transformation to a series of frames in a motion picture reasonably fast or even in real-time, i.e. as the video is being played back. Several implementations exist in the form of 3D video players that render conventional 2D video in anaglyph 3D, as well as in the form of 3D video converters that transform video into stereoscopic anaglyph and transcode it for playback with regular software or hardware video players.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Examples">Examples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Media_player_software&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Well known examples of media player software include <a href="/wiki/Windows_Media_Player" title="Windows Media Player">Windows Media Player</a>, <a href="/wiki/VLC_media_player" title="VLC media player">VLC media player</a>, <a href="/wiki/ITunes" title="ITunes">iTunes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Winamp" title="Winamp">Winamp</a>, <a href="/wiki/Media_Player_Classic" title="Media Player Classic">Media Player Classic</a>, <a href="/wiki/MediaMonkey" title="MediaMonkey">MediaMonkey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Foobar2000" title="Foobar2000">foobar2000</a>, <a href="/wiki/AIMP" title="AIMP">AIMP</a>, <a href="/wiki/MusicBee" title="MusicBee">MusicBee</a> and <a href="/wiki/JRiver_Media_Center" title="JRiver Media Center">JRiver Media Center</a>. Most of these also include music library managers. </p><p>Although media players are often multi-media, they can be primarily designed for a specific media. For example, Media Player Classic and VLC media player are video-focused while Winamp and iTunes are music-focused, despite all of them supporting both types of media. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Home_theater_PC">Home theater PC</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Media_player_software&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Home theater PC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Home_theater_PC" title="Home theater PC">Home theater PC</a></div> <p>A home theater PC or media center computer is a <a href="/wiki/Technological_convergence" title="Technological convergence">convergence</a> device that combines some or all the capabilities of a personal computer with a software application that supports video, photo, audio playback, and sometimes <a href="/wiki/Digital_video_recorder" title="Digital video recorder">video recording</a> functionality. Although computers with some of these capabilities were available from the late 1980s, the "Home Theater PC" term first appeared in mainstream press in 1996. Since 2007, other types of consumer electronics, including gaming systems and dedicated media devices have crossed over to manage video and music content. The term "media center" also refers to specialized computer programs designed to run on standard <a href="/wiki/Personal_computer" title="Personal computer">personal computers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ArsHTPC2010_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ArsHTPC2010-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Media_player_software&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_video_player_software" title="Comparison of video player software">Comparison of video player software</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_audio_player_software" title="Comparison of audio player software">Comparison of audio player software</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Media_player_software&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vlchelp.com/fix-stretched-video-in-vlc-by-changing-aspect-ratio/">"Fix Stretched Video in VLC by Changing Aspect Ratio"</a>. <i>VLC Help</i>. 16 February 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 November</span> 2021</span>. <q>You will see a small picture-in-picture like video on the top-left section of your media window. There will be a rectangle on it that denotes the area that is magnified. Use the mouse to click and drag the rectangle. 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