[mythtv] [PATCH] 16:9 vertical stretch

[Martin Rehfeld]

BTW, can the TV-Out of the PVR-350 output a 16:9 signal? Has anyone
tried that?! (probably rather a ivtv question though...)

Martin


> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-dev-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-dev-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Steve Davies
> Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 8:53 PM
> To: Development of mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv] [PATCH] 16:9 vertical stretch
> 
> 
> steve at nexusuk.org wrote:
> 
> > 
> >>My JVC TV has "Regular" (4:3), "Full" (16:9), "Panoramic" (16:9 
> >>variable
> >>stretch), "14:9 Zoom", "16:9 Zoom" and "16:9 Zoom 
> (subtitled)" modes.
> > 
> > I've noticed a slight bug with Myth's aspect ratio handling:  It 
> > always
> > uses the monitor's aspect ratio to determine the output 
> ratio, even if the 
> > window isn't full screen.  So, my monitor's aspect ratio is 
> 4:3 but I 
> > set Myth to run in a small 16:9 window in the corner of my 
> desktop (hey, I 
> > like to watch music videos while I'm working :).  With 
> Myth's aspect ratio 
> > set to 4:3 is fills the window (i.e. it displays the video 
> at 16:9, which 
> > is wrong.  At 4:3 it should be leaving black bars down the 
> side since the 
> > window has a 16:9 aspect).  If you set Myth to 16:9 then it 
> shows the 
> > video really really wide as it stretches it as if the 
> window was 4:3.
> 
> I _think_ this is fixed in current CVS. At least there was a 
> lot of activity 
> around this code a little while back, and after some 
> problems, it seems to 
> work here on both 16:9 and 4:3 targets, and last time I 
> checked, windowed too.
> 
> FYI I am using Xv output. There are a couple of setup options 
> related to this, 
> so that may also explain the different behaviour.
> 
> YMMV IMHO TBA PDQ etc...
> 
> Regards,
> Steve
> -- 
> Steve Davies                   steve at one47.co.uk
> 
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