[mythtv] Ticket #4872: Detect if video is letterboxed and switch to corect fill mode

[Kevin Kuphal]

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 6:20 AM, Doug Larrick <doug at parkercat.org> wrote:

> Mårten Bohlin wrote:
> > Yes "2" means "XVMC_IDCT_MPEG2". Unfortunately I do not know how all
> > that stuff works.
> >
> > Could anybody tell me if it is possible to analyze a decoded frame
> > when you run XvMC? And if that is possible where should I look for the
> > decoded frame?
>
> No, I'm afraid MythTV has no access to the decoded frame when using
> XvMC.  The decoding takes place on the video card into its own memory.
> For the same reason, the deinterlacers available when using XvMC are
> severely limited.
>
That's too bad.  I was really looking forward to this code.  Oh well, one
more check on my list of reasons to upgrade from this P4 3.2ghz machine to
something more powerful that can just handle HD without XvMC.

Kevin
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