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What's the one feature...

ht guy said:
In the meantime, you can just turn off/unplug the device you don't want it going to and it will go to your preferred server.

I previously did this to put HD content on an Alto to free up space for 4K content on the Terra.
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Yeah, I wrote that too (turn off all other devices). But it's a pain. I want to be able to move stuff around between devices for long-term storage of favorite movies, versus short-term stuff on a Terra with fast downloads. If I delete an HD movie that happens to be on one of my Altos, I want to be able to quickly find another HD movie to replace it with. I have both Altos maxed out to less than 1GB of storage left.
 
threatdisplay said:
I have a 2.40 screen with motorized masking and I really wish I could set the kscape UI and cover gallery to 16:9. I also have a Plex HTPC setup and there’s something magical about seeing the screen open up from 16:9 to 2.40 when a movie comes on that I miss when I’m on kscape.
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I leave my Kaleidescape set to output widescreen. But yeah, I know what you mean. When I use my Apple TV or Nvidia Shield, it's always nice when the the picture goes from 16:9 user interface to a 2.40:1 movie image (I have a MadVR for auto-aspect). One really nice advantage of having a 2.40:1 screen is when the picture goes from a 16:9 to 2.40:1. When I used to have a 16:9 screen, it was always a downer when watching a 16:9 image, and then starting a movie that's 2.40:1. All of a sudden, the picture shrinks and bars on the top and bottom.

EDIT: did you try going to http://my-kaleidescape.local -> Settings -> Components -> Movie Player -> Settings? Under the View tab, you can "Select OSD Aspect Ratio". Did you try setting that to 16:9?
 
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