Understanding Fit, Fill, and Stretch settings in Playlists

when adding content to a playlist, you may notice that the resolution of your media doesn’t perfectly match the screen it will be displayed on this can lead to black bars, cropping, or distortion if not handled correctly to help you control how your content appears, playlists offer three key display settings fit , fill , and stretch why these settings matter screens come in different resolutions and aspect ratios if your content was designed for one resolution but is shown on another, these settings determine how the content scales and adapts without requiring you to redesign it we always recommend to create your content in the exact resolution of the screen it is appearing on, but when this is not possible, these settings can help fit what it does scales the content proportionally so the entire image or video fits within the screen result no part of the content is cut off, but you may see empty space (letterboxing or pillarboxing) on the sides or top/bottom best for preserving the original aspect ratio without cropping fill what it does enlarges the content to completely fill the screen, maintaining its aspect ratio result the screen is fully covered, but parts of the content may be cropped best for when you want a full screen look and are okay with losing some edges stretch what it does stretches the content to match the screen dimensions exactly result no empty space or cropping, but the image may look distorted if the aspect ratios differ best for simple graphics or backgrounds where distortion isn’t noticeable looking for something else? we can’t wait to hear about it reach out to our sunshiney support and we'll be in touch in a flash