[mythtv-users] Discovery HD is driving me nuts
Raphael Pooser
rpooser at gmail.com
Fri Mar 3 17:42:30 UTC 2006
Steven Adeff wrote:
> On 3/3/06, Raphael Pooser <rpooser at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> Can someone comment on a good method to display SD letterboxed content
>> on an HD screen?
>> To clarify: I record some of the Discovery channel stuff that comes
>> through broadcasted in a letterbox 16:9 image with black bars on the top
>> and bottom. The broadcast itself is still 640x480i, SD; the black bars
>> on the top and bottom are actually information, creating an overall 4:3
>> video stream. The image you see on screen is a 4:3 image consisting of
>> a 16:9 image sandwiched in the middle. Think of some popular shows that
>> get broadcasted in this format like Nip-Tuck on FX to see what I'm saying.
>> The thing I want to do is find a way to display the image as if it were
>> just a 16:9 on my widescreen TV. Currently I have a PC hooked up to the
>> TV through the "PC input" (vga connector) on the TV and I'm streaming
>> the video from the mythtv backend. Because of this I can't use the TV
>> controls to zoom or crop the image - I have to do it on the PC. But I
>> just can't seem to find a way to get rid of the black bars. Has anyone
>> with a similar set up found a good way?
>> Raphaek
>>
>
> Have you tried changing the aspect ratio? I think one of the modes is
> for this case.
> --
> Steve
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I tried the aspect ratios, the problem is all the aspect ratios always
keep the black bars. If I select the 16:9 aspect ratio, it squinches
the image even more. Sort of going in the opposite direction; it takes
the whole 4:3 image including bars and makes it 16:9 so that everything
gets stretched out. I would need something that would stretch the image
vertically the other way, pulling the black bars out of the screen above
and below. I suppose manual zoom could achieve this... but too much
messing with it and it crashes the frontend :( I suppose if I figure
that one out I would have the problem solved.
Raphael
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