[mythtv-users] HDTV?

Cory Papenfuss papenfuss at juneau.me.vt.edu
Wed Jun 23 12:29:47 EDT 2004


 	So this patch would be changing the X resolution to match the video 
being played, or does it change the mythtv scaling routine?

-Cory


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On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, John Patrick Poet wrote:

> On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, John Sturgeon wrote:
>
>> Depending on your modeline, you can trick your HDTV set into doing it
>> for you.  If you can change your output resolution to 4:3 480p then your
>> TV should recognize this and let you stretch it.  Right now, my output
>> resolution is 16:9 540p so my TV (Toshiba 51S500) only gives me 16:9 and
>> 16:9 zoom.  I'm willing to live with it.  I don't know of a way to
>> toggle output resolutions on the fly.  If I could, then switching to a
>> 4:3 resolution on demand would be great.
>
>
> I have been working on this feature for the past couple of days.  Pretty
> much works, but I need to do some more testing.
>
> I can now specify a display resolution based on the input video
> resolution.
>
> I have taken Doug Larrick work which allows separate GUI and video
> resolutions, and expanded it.
>
> The reason this is useful to me, is I have a 4:3 HDTV.  My TV automatically
> goes into a vertical squeeze mode (resulting in a 16:9 aspect) when
> presented with vertical resolutions above 480P.  I generally use Myth to
> watch HDTV, but would like it to be "full screen" when I watch SDTV
> material.
>
> I should have a patch ready to submit by this weekend.
>
> John
>


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