diff --git a/Yattee/Services/Player/MPVBackend.swift b/Yattee/Services/Player/MPVBackend.swift
index 6e08f32d..c46209f5 100644
--- a/Yattee/Services/Player/MPVBackend.swift
+++ b/Yattee/Services/Player/MPVBackend.swift
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ final class MPVBackend: PlayerBackend {
     // MARK: - Private Properties
 
     private var mpvClient: MPVClient?
+    #if os(iOS)
+    private var videoFillsFrame = false
+    #endif
     #if os(macOS)
     private var renderView: MPVOGLView?
     #elseif targetEnvironment(simulator) && (os(iOS) || os(tvOS))
@@ -173,6 +176,14 @@ final class MPVBackend: PlayerBackend {
         _playerView?.pauseRendering()
     }
 
+    /// Stretch the video over the whole view (ignoring its aspect ratio)
+    /// instead of letterboxing it.
+    func setVideoFillsFrame(_ fills: Bool) {
+        guard fills != videoFillsFrame else { return }
+        videoFillsFrame = fills
+        mpvClient?.setProperty("keepaspect", !fills)
+    }
+
     /// Resume video rendering
     func resumeRendering() {
         MPVLogging.log("MPVBackend.resumeRendering called")
diff --git a/Yattee/Views/Player/MPVRenderViewRepresentable.swift b/Yattee/Views/Player/MPVRenderViewRepresentable.swift
index 0f84221d..e680f0a4 100644
--- a/Yattee/Views/Player/MPVRenderViewRepresentable.swift
+++ b/Yattee/Views/Player/MPVRenderViewRepresentable.swift
@@ -18,10 +18,16 @@ struct MPVRenderViewRepresentable: UIViewRepresentable {
     /// Optional player state to update PiP availability
     var playerState: PlayerState?
 
+    /// Stretch the video to fill the view instead of letterboxing it (the mini
+    /// player's tiny preview, where bars look like a glitch).
+    var fillsFrame = false
+
     func makeUIView(context: Context) -> UIView {
         // Create a container that will hold the actual player view
         let container = MPVContainerView()
         container.backgroundColor = .black
+        container.backend = backend
+        container.fillsFrame = fillsFrame
 
         MPVLogging.log("MPVRenderViewRepresentable.makeUIView: creating container",
             details: "hasPlayerView:\(backend.playerView != nil)")
@@ -64,6 +70,10 @@ private class MPVContainerView: UIView {
     private weak var currentPlayerView: UIView?
     private let containerID = UUID()
 
+    /// Applied to the backend whenever this container takes the player view
+    weak var backend: MPVBackend?
+    var fillsFrame = false
+
     // Track all living containers to enable view transfer on deinit
     private static var livingContainers = NSHashTable<MPVContainerView>.weakObjects()
 
@@ -159,6 +169,9 @@ private class MPVContainerView: UIView {
             playerView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: trailingAnchor)
         ])
         currentPlayerView = playerView
+        #if os(iOS)
+        backend?.setVideoFillsFrame(fillsFrame)
+        #endif
         // Size it (and re-render its framebuffer) before anyone reacts to the move
         if !bounds.isEmpty {
             layoutIfNeeded()
diff --git a/Yattee/Views/Player/MiniPlayerView.swift b/Yattee/Views/Player/MiniPlayerView.swift
index 2a7f7892..64a502f8 100644
--- a/Yattee/Views/Player/MiniPlayerView.swift
+++ b/Yattee/Views/Player/MiniPlayerView.swift
@@ -344,8 +344,13 @@ struct MiniPlayerView: View {
             if let backend = playerService?.currentBackend as? MPVBackend,
                let playerState,
                shouldMountVideoView {
+                #if os(iOS)
+                MPVRenderViewRepresentable(backend: backend, playerState: playerState, fillsFrame: true)
+                    .allowsHitTesting(false)
+                #else
                 MPVRenderViewRepresentable(backend: backend, playerState: playerState)
                     .allowsHitTesting(false)
+                #endif
             }
 
             // Thumbnail layer - on top so it can cover the black MPV view during PiP