[mythtv-users] Internal Player w/ HD

[Jake Palmer]

>From: "Michael Wisniewski" <wiz561 at gmail.com>
>
>Hi!
>
>    I'm using mythtv .20 on ubuntu.  My goal is to get it to play HD videos
>in, well, hi-def, while everything else is SD.  The reason for this is
>because my tv is 4:3 and it bugs me when I use the 16:9 resolution on it.
>
>    So, my question...  Is it possible to have the internal player use a 
>4:3
>ratio (640x480) for everything except movies in the video manager?  Then,
>when you play a video in the video manager section, send a switch to the
>internal player to force 1280x1024?
>
>    I'm pretty sure (but not positive) that you can do this with
>mplayer...but I really like the internal player's features, such as volume
>control, bookmarking, and no need to remap all the keys.
>
>
>Thanks!

I'm confused.  Why not scale everything to 1280x1024?  The internal player 
will scale whatever video you play to whatever your standard output 
resolution is.  I have a 720p modeline in xorg.conf and every video I play 
(480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i) is scaled to that resolution automatically by the 
internal player.

Also, if you're TV is 4:3, then it's not HD and regular TV's won't handle a 
1280x1024 signal.  I believe s-video will handle 800x600, but regular TV's 
can't actually display that high a resolution.

Jake

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