[mythtv-users] SD Programs on HD Channels

Tom Lichti tom at redpepperracing.com
Fri Oct 28 14:06:21 UTC 2011


On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 9:51 AM, Roger H <mythtvuser1818 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Tom Lichti <tom at redpepperracing.com>wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 9:34 AM, Roger H <mythtvuser1818 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Michael T. Dean <
>>> mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 10/25/2011 08:42 AM, Roger Horner wrote:
>>>> > Oh, I didn't know that.  I have a capable enough system (Athlon II x2
>>>> 245e).  I am using VDPAU because it is there and figured it
>>>
>>> >would be better.  Don't even need to de-interlace (one frame* is good
>>>> enough) as I have an interlaced display.  I gave it a quick try >this
>>>> morning and it didn't seem to switch to Full when watching a recording of
>>>> Gilligan's Island on an HD channel.  Is there
>>>
>>> >something else I need to set?
>>>>
>>>> You have to make sure auto-detection is enabled:
>>>>
>>>> Zoom
>>>> When enabled, these will apply a predefined zoom to all video playback
>>>> in MythTV.
>>>>
>>>> in mythfrontend, Utilities/Setup|Setup|TV Settings|Playback.  Select one
>>>> of the "auto" ones (likely "Auto Detect (Default Off)")..
>>>>
>>>
>>> It was already set to "Auto Detect (Default Off)."  I played around with
>>> this a bit and wasn't able to get it to auto zoom window-boxed programs.
>>>
>>
>> It doesn't work with VDPAU...
>>
>> I turned off VDPAU.
>
> Sorry, I missed the first part of the conversation. I used to use it (the
auto zoom) and it worked well, but I only use VDPAU, and yes, I miss it. It
drives me bonkers when my family watches a show letterboxed, when it only
takes a couple keypresses to zoom...

Tom
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