[mythtv-users] Downscaling HD to SD in .21

[Michael T. Dean]

On 05/22/2008 11:45 PM, Don Porter wrote:
> Myth is in full screen and not offset.  I'll check overscan.
>   

I also recommend checking other driver versions.  If using NVIDIA 
drivers, try way back in the 99xx series or the very low 100.xx series.

> I was able to work around the problem by transcoding my HD recordings
> to 640x480.  Post-transcoding, they look like what I want.  I never
> needed transcoding on my PVR-250.
>
> This makes sense if the output of the hdhomerun unit is a 1080i stream
> and the player is just cropping off the overflow.
>
> Is there support for pipelined transcoding of live tv?  I think I have
> the cpu to spare, and am willing to wait for buffering.  I am guessing
> not, though.

Right, we don't yet have that.

Mike