[mythtv-users] scaling/stretching of video..
Rod Smith
mythtv at rodsbooks.com
Sat Dec 12 19:18:52 UTC 2009
On Saturday 12 December 2009 03:22:01 am Thomas Mørch wrote:
> Is it possible to stretch video horizontally, WITHOUT doing it vertical?
>
> I'm trying to get everything shown, but so far, if I wan't to see the whole
> video frame, then I get black borders on the sides, even with 16:9 content.
> So it seems that the video is squeezed a little.
>
> I tried to set fill to horizontal stretch, but that also stretches the
> video vertically, which I do not want to do..
First, do you see black borders just in the video, or in your MythTV menus, as
well? If the former, then have you configured MythTV to use separate video
modes for menus and for video? If you DON'T see borders in your menus AND if
you've NOT configured MythTV to use different video modes, then it sounds
like the borders are in the source material. If so, you should be able to see
the borders in the previews shown in the recording list, or when playing the
files in mplayer or other tools in a window. IIRC, this can be fixed by
adjusting the displacement and scaling settings in MythTV. Go into the
playback settings; these options are on the second page. I'm not 100%
positive those are the correct settings, though; I could be confusing them
with something else.
If you see black borders in menus OR if you've set the system to use different
video modes for playback, then it sounds to me like your video configuration
is off -- or alternatively, that your TV/monitor isn't properly synced to
your video card's output. (To be sure, if you're using a different mode for
playback than for menus, you should disable this option.) If I'm right, you
might be able to improve matters by using xvidtune to sync your display to
your screen and/or by adjusting the picture's position on your TV/monitor. If
you use xvidtune, you may need to create a custom Modeline from its results
to put in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file.
--
Rod Smith
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