[mythtv] [PATCH] Specify aspect ratio cycle

Hamish Moffatt hamish at cloud.net.au
Sat Jun 5 04:37:48 EDT 2004


On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 06:15:57PM +0100, Jon Burgess wrote:
> Kristof Pelckmans wrote:
> 
> >I prefer to let the user decide : there are always exotic formats that you
> >cannot detect.
> > 
> >
> Yes are correct, but there is some info transmitted in the MPEG stream 
> of the UK DVB broadcasts that can help determine the correct mode.
> 
> The AFD field contains further information describing the transmission 
> format, for example one of the codes indicates "4:3 picture transmitted 
[...]

Interesting stuff Jon. Do you have any information on whether this has
been implemented outside of the UK?

I checked dba.org.au (for example) but it is not very technical.

Is there a way to extract this information with dvbsnoop or a similar
tool, to your knowledge?

Hamish
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