[mythtv] 4:3 content on 16:9 HDTV & Black bars - revisited

[Isaac Richards]

On Tuesday 14 September 2004 07:06 pm, Moasat wrote:
> I've done a version of a non-linear horizontal image scaling function that
> would stretch the edges of the video to the edge of the TV but keep the
> center more or less at 1-to-1.  My Hitachi HDTV has this mode built-in, as
> do many other HDTV's I imagine.  The problem with the code right now is
> that it is written in C and only has MMX code for Intel assembly syntax and
> I assume it needs to be AT&T assembly.  The C code would most likely not be
> fast enough, even on the fastest systems right now.  If someone would like
> to convert it, I could make it available.  Otherwise, I'll continue to work
> on converting it to AT&T.
>
> Besides that, I currently have no idea how it would get integrated into
> MythTV or MythVideo.  I planned to jump off that bridge when I got to it.

If your TV has the mode built in, why not simply send 4:3 content and let your 
TV stretch it?

Isaac