[mythtv] [patch] WS stretch mode
Ed Wildgoose
lists at wildgooses.com
Sun Feb 22 15:09:27 EST 2004
Jarod C. Wilson wrote:
> On Feb 22, 2004, at 03:58, Ed Wildgoose wrote:
>
>> Jason Schloer wrote:
>>
>>> Here's a patch that adds one more zoom mode. This is for when
>>> stations add
>>> black bars to the sides of a 4:3 show to make it a 16:9 format. The
>>> new 16:9
>>> stretch mode just cuts off those bars.
>>
>>
>> Does the 16:9 zoom not do the same thing for you? That's what I have
>> been using to zoom into shows with black borders on every side...?
>
>
> I believe he's referring to shows that are broadcast in HD 16:9
> signals, but are actually 4:3 images, so there are black bars on the
> sides, but not the bottom. Using the current 16:9 zoom would cut out a
> good portion of the top and bottom of the picture. (The current 16:9
> zoom does kicks ass for the stuff broadcast letter-boxed in a 4:3
> signal though ;-).
I thought *THAT* was the 4:3 zoom mode though?
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