diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/jeena/jtubetv/ui/screens/PlayerScreen.kt b/app/src/main/java/net/jeena/jtubetv/ui/screens/PlayerScreen.kt
index 6c21ee1..64e1d61 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/net/jeena/jtubetv/ui/screens/PlayerScreen.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/jeena/jtubetv/ui/screens/PlayerScreen.kt
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ import android.net.Uri
 import android.os.Handler
 import android.os.Looper
 import android.view.KeyEvent
+import android.view.LayoutInflater
 import android.view.ViewGroup
 import android.widget.Toast
 import androidx.activity.compose.BackHandler
+import androidx.media3.ui.AspectRatioFrameLayout
 import androidx.compose.foundation.background
 import androidx.compose.foundation.focusable
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Box
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.MutableStateFlow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.StateFlow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
 import net.jeena.jtubetv.AppGraph
+import net.jeena.jtubetv.R
 import net.jeena.jtubetv.data.PeerTubeRepository
 import net.jeena.jtubetv.data.api.VideoDetailDto
 import net.jeena.jtubetv.data.auth.TokenStore
@@ -366,8 +369,13 @@ private fun PlayerSurface(
     ) {
         AndroidView(
             factory = { ctx ->
-                PlayerView(ctx).apply {
+                // TextureView surface (layout file): SurfaceView goes through the
+                // vendor video plane on Amlogic boxes and gets stretched full
+                // screen regardless of the letterbox geometry (issue #1).
+                (LayoutInflater.from(ctx)
+                    .inflate(R.layout.player_video_view, null) as PlayerView).apply {
                     useController = true
+                    resizeMode = AspectRatioFrameLayout.RESIZE_MODE_FIT
                     this.player = player
                     isFocusable = false
                     descendantFocusability = ViewGroup.FOCUS_BLOCK_DESCENDANTS
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/player_video_view.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/player_video_view.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c603b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/player_video_view.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!-- Player view with a TextureView surface: SurfaceView is routed through the
+     vendor video plane on some TV SoCs (Amlogic/HiMedia), which scales the
+     decoded video to the whole panel and ignores the letterbox geometry that
+     AspectRatioFrameLayout sets up, so portrait videos end up stretched full
+     screen. A TextureView renders in the normal view tree and honors the
+     aspect ratio everywhere (git issue #1). -->
+<androidx.media3.ui.PlayerView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
+    android:id="@+id/player_view"
+    android:layout_width="match_parent"
+    android:layout_height="match_parent"
+    app:surface_type="texture_view" />
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