[mythtv-users] OT: Wide Mode Video player on linux?

[James L. Paul]

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On Thursday 25 December 2003 13:15, Jamison Wilde wrote:
> I'm curious if there are any Wide Mode linux video
> players, or if it even makes sense for there to be
> one. I use Wide Mode from my DVD player (& PS2 for
> Gran Turismo3) on my HDTV to good effect, as it
> outputs a full screen amount of data for a wide screen
> display that compresses the data onto the HDTV screen
> creating it's own black bars.
>
> Is something like this available or even useful on
> linux?  I imagine it might be useful for composite or
> SVideo output, but I am using 800p (800x600) on my
> HDTV.
>
> Any thoughts or info?  Thanks.

Not having HDTV, I might not understand correctly. I have a widescreen TV, but 
NTSC inputs only, no HDTV tuner. My hardware DVD player can output in a 
widescreen mode, it's 16:9 aspect ratio. mplayer and xine do this just fine 
also, so I don't know what you are asking for. All that is required to my 
knowledge is outputting in the aspect ratio that you want.

Of course, to present widescreen aspect ratios in NTSC with it's 4:3 aspect 
ratio requires either "letterboxing" the image area or scaling it 
anamorphically (which is my preferred method.) Most movie DVDs use anamorphic 
widescreen these days, and the DVD player does the letterboxing when 
outputting to a 4:3 display. In fact, many movies are wider than 16:9 and are 
slightly "letterboxed" even when displaying on a widescreen display. :)

So, as far as I know, "Wide Mode" on a linux player is just like on any other 
player, simply outputting at the desired aspect ratio. It works great with 
the "Wide Mode" of my TV, anyway. :) If you are talking about some 
HDTV-specific feature that I'm unfamiliar with though, I have probably missed 
the point, sorry!

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