<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Uploaded some samples 4:3 16:9 conversions 3 x 20MB <a href="http://we.tl/yb7VXqFGrT">http://we.tl/yb7VXqFGrT</a><div><br><div><div>On 28 Feb 2015, at 22:12, Henk D. Schoneveld <<a href="mailto:belcampo@zonnet.nl">belcampo@zonnet.nl</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><br>On 28 Feb 2015, at 19:35, Hika van den Hoven <<a href="mailto:hikavdh@gmail.com">hikavdh@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">Hoi Henk,<br><br>Saturday, February 28, 2015, 7:17:50 PM, you wrote:<br><br><br><blockquote type="cite">On 28 Feb 2015, at 19:06, Hika van den Hoven <<a href="mailto:hikavdh@gmail.com">hikavdh@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Hoi Dave,<br><br>Saturday, February 28, 2015, 6:19:05 PM, you wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">-----Original message-----<br>From:Gordon McCrae <<a href="mailto:gordon.mccrae@gmail.com">gordon.mccrae@gmail.com</a>><br>Sent:Sat 28-02-2015 17:04<br>Subject:Re: [mythtv-users] HDMI-Componet Converter/Decoder<br>To:mythtv-<a href="mailto:users@mythtv.org">users@mythtv.org</a>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>On 28/02/15 16:20, Dave Pearson (Lists) wrote:<br>-----Original message-----<br>From: Henk D. Schoneveld <<a href="mailto:belcampo@zonnet.nl">belcampo@zonnet.nl</a>><br>Sent: Sat 28-02-2015 16:12<br>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] HDMI-Componet Converter/Decoder<br>To: Discussion about MythTV <<a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a>>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite"><br>On 28 Feb 2015, at 10:32, Dave Pearson (Lists) <<a href="mailto:lists@the-pearsons.co.uk">lists@the-pearsons.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br><br><br>I've just installed an HD-PVR in my mythtv system. It's connected<br>to a Virgin V-Plus box via S-Video and I'm only able to record in<br>4:3 Aspect Ratio, even though the source material is 16:9.<br>The aspect ratio is ‘just’ a replaceable value in your recording,<br>which shouldn’t be too difficult to replace in your recorded file.<br><br></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite"><br><br>Because of this, I think I have to bite the bullet and get an<br>HDMI-Component Converter box. Has anyone any experience of using one of these:<br><br></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite"><br><br>Liqoo HDMI to Ypbpr Component AV to VGA SPDIF Converter Adapter R / L 1080P<br><br></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite"><br><br>The HDFury2 seems to be very expensive in comparison.<br><br></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite"><br><br>I'd also welcome recommendations for any other devices that people<br>are using and having success with.<br><br></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite"><br><br>Regards,<br><br>Dave<br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a><br>http://lists.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users<br>http://wiki.mythtv.org/Mailing_List_etiquette<br>MythTV Forums: https://forum.mythtv.org<br><br><br></blockquote><br><br><blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________ mythtv-users<br>mailing list <a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><a href="http://lists.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users">http://lists.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>http://wiki.mythtv.org/Mailing_List_etiquette MythTV Forums: https://forum.mythtv.org<br></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite">Hi Henk,<br></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite"><br><br></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite">I've been trying to find a way of replacing that value in the<br>recordings, but haven't been able to find one yet, any suggestions would be welcome.<br></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite"><br><br></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite">I am able to watch the recordings in mythfrontend by setting the<br>Aspect Ratio override, but that's no good when I'm away from home<br>and watching via Plex, so fixing up the recordings would be good.<br></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite"><br><br></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite">Reagrds,<br></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite">Dave.<br></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite">ffmpeg -i InputFile -vcodec copy -acodec copy -aspect 16:9 OutputFile<br><br></blockquote><br><br><blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________<br></blockquote><br><br><br><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite">Hi Gordon,<br></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite"><br>I've tried that and, unfortunately it doesn't work, here is the<br>mediainfo report on an HD-PVR recorded file:<br></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite"><br>General<br>ID : 0 (0x0)<br>Complete name : 2148_20150227210000.mpg<br>Format : MPEG-TS<br>File size : 893 MiB<br>Duration : 1h 0mn<br>Overall bit rate mode : Variable<br>Overall bit rate : 2 069 Kbps<br></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite">Video<br>ID : 4113 (0x1011)<br>Menu ID : 1 (0x1)<br>Format : AVC<br>Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec<br>Format profile : Main@L3.1<br>Format settings, CABAC : Yes<br>Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames<br>Format settings, GOP : M=4, N=32<br>Codec ID : 27<br>Duration : 1h 0mn<br>Bit rate mode : Variable<br>Bit rate : 1 579 Kbps<br>Maximum bit rate : 20.0 Mbps<br>Width : 720 pixels<br>Height : 576 pixels<br>Display aspect ratio : 4:3<br>Frame rate : 25.000 fps<br>Standard : PAL<br>Color space : YUV<br>Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0<br>Bit depth : 8 bits<br>Scan type : Interlaced<br>Scan order : Top Field First<br>Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.152<br>Stream size : 682 MiB (76%)<br>Color primaries : BT.601 PAL<br>Transfer characteristics : BT.470 System B, BT.470 System G<br>Matrix coefficients : BT.601<br></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite">Audio<br>ID : 4352 (0x1100)<br>Menu ID : 1 (0x1)<br>Format : AC-3<br>Format/Info : Audio Coding 3<br>Mode extension : CM (complete main)<br>Format settings, Endianness : Big<br>Codec ID : 129<br>Duration : 1h 0mn<br>Bit rate mode : Constant<br>Bit rate : 384 Kbps<br>Channel(s) : 2 channels<br>Channel positions : Front: L R<br>Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz<br>Bit depth : 16 bits<br>Compression mode : Lossy<br>Delay relative to video : -72ms<br>Stream size : 166 MiB (19%)<br><br>Regards,<br></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite">Dave.<br></blockquote><br>As far as I know SCART = PAL so 4:3 but with black bars on top and<br>bottom for 16:9. If you want to get rid of the bars I think you have<br>to transcode removing the bars.<br></blockquote>I don’t think so, he said that aspect override in mythtv solved the<br>problem, only plex and others had the problem, by not having a aspect override option.<br></blockquote><br>I record analog PAL and have my old 16:9 CRT TV connected through a VGA to<br>SCART converter. That's what is my experience. Myth zooms in to place<br>the bars outside the image. It took me lot of fiddling to get it<br>right. Even though the tv is 16:9 the image coming in is 4:3 of which<br>I don't use the upper and bottom part.<br></blockquote>PAL is 720x576 displayed as 768x576 in 4:3 format and 1024x576 in 16:9 format. Both have their origin in 720 pixels.<br>720 pixels are displayed over an area that occupies 768 or 1024 pixels, so the pixels have more width than height, non-square.<br>A VGA interface, like that from a computer only has square pixel formats.<br>I think the SCART to VGA conversion looses the non-square information and for that reason you’re getting what you get.<br><blockquote type="cite"><br>Tot mails,<br>Hika <a href="mailto:hikavdh@gmail.com">mailto:hikavdh@gmail.com</a><br><br>"Zonder hoop kun je niet leven<br>Zonder leven is er geen hoop<br>Het eeuwige dilemma<br>Zeker als je hoop moet vernietigen om te kunnen overleven!"<br><br>De lerende Mens<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a><br>http://lists.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users<br>http://wiki.mythtv.org/Mailing_List_etiquette<br>MythTV Forums: https://forum.mythtv.org<br></blockquote><br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users">http://lists.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users</a><br><a href="http://wiki.mythtv.org/Mailing_List_etiquette">http://wiki.mythtv.org/Mailing_List_etiquette</a><br>MythTV Forums:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://forum.mythtv.org/">https://forum.mythtv.org</a></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>