Steven Aquino (he/him)Sep 7, 2025
I’m not a fan of the @getchannels change that made the show thumbnails rectangular from square. It cuts off text and there’s less information density in the On Now screen.
Show threadChannelsSep 8, 2025

@steven_aquino This was a change that Silicon Dust made in their guide data. Their art is now 16x9. The latest update to Channels for HDHomeRun (version 6.3.1) should have fixed it.

Are you seeing something different? Screenshots would be helpful.

Show threadSteven Aquino (he/him)Sep 8, 2025
@getchannels I’m running 6.3.1 (see second photo) and getting the rectangular thumbnails.
Show threadChannels

@steven_aquino Yes, this is correct. Their guide data is now using images with a 16:9 aspect ratio. This is not something we can control. We adjusted the layout of Channels when using their guide data for their guide data.

I don't see any text cut off? Had we not made the change on our end in 6.3.1, it would have been cut off because the old aspect ratio was 4:3, but now they return 16:9.

Our subscription product, using our provided guide data, still uses 4:3 aspect ratio images.

Sep 8, 2025 at 10:07pmWeb