Screen resolution detection

Shaka Player is able to detect the screen resolution and limit the resolution on certain devices:

Chromecast

We can detect if the device supports 1920x1080 or 3840x2160 (4K).

By default, the maximum resolution supported is 1280x720.

Tizen

We can detect if the device supports 3840x2160 (4K) or 7680x4320 (8K).

By default, the maximum resolution supported is 1920x1080.

WebOS

We can detect if the device supports 1280x720, 1920x1080, 3840x2160 (4K) or 7680x4320 (8K).

By default, the maximum resolution supported is 1920x1080.

Xbox

We can detect if the device supports 3840x2160 (4K).

By default, the maximum resolution supported is 1920x1080.

Note: in order to use this feature in a UWP app, you must add the URI of your web app in the ContentURIs section of the Package.appxmanifest file and set the WinRT access field to All.

Hisense

We can detect if the device supports 3840x2160 (4K).

By default, the maximum resolution supported is 1920x1080.

PlayStation 4 & PlayStation 5

We can detect if the device supports 3840x2160 (4K).

By default, the maximum resolution supported is 1920x1080.