[mythtv] [patch] WS stretch mode

[Christian Hack]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-dev-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-dev-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Jarod C. Wilson
> 
> On Feb 22, 2004, at 12:09, Ed Wildgoose wrote:
> 
> >>>> Here's a patch that adds one more zoom mode. This is for when 
> >>>> stations add
> >>>> black bars to the sides of a 4:3 show to make it a 16:9 
> format. The 
> >>>> new 16:9
> >>>> stretch mode just cuts off those bars.
> >>>
> >>> Does the 16:9 zoom not do the same thing for you?  That's what I 
> >>> have been using to zoom into shows with black borders on every 
> >>> side...?
> >>
> >> I believe he's referring to shows that are broadcast in HD 16:9 
> >> signals, but are actually 4:3 images, so there are black 
> bars on the 
> >> sides, but not the bottom. Using the current 16:9 zoom 
> would cut out 
> >> a good portion of the top and bottom of the picture. (The current 
> >> 16:9 zoom does kicks ass for the stuff broadcast letter-boxed in a 
> >> 4:3 signal though ;-).
> >
> > I thought *THAT* was the 4:3 zoom mode though?
> 
> Nope, that'll only work on an actual 4:3 signal. This is a 
> 16:9 signal, 
> but with only 4:3's worth of actual picture. The black bars on the 
> sides are part of the video stream. Since it is a 16:9 signal, not a 
> 4:3, the 4:3 zoom mode can't zoom it. Or at least, I think that's the 
> case (now I'm not sure)...
> 

Admittedly I only have a 4:3 TV, but I'm pretty sure that the current
zoom modes provide for every situation. It took me a while to get my
head around the Zoom modes that I don't currently use but are there for
16:9 pictures.

However, the patch wouldn't have been submitted if that was the case.
The way I understand it though, this patch stretches in X axis only.
Without my box in front of me I can't say but I though that was already
there.

CH