[mythtv] zoom for non-4:3/16:9

Steve Adeff adeffs at gmail.com
Tue Jan 3 21:37:07 UTC 2006


On Tuesday 03 January 2006 16:01, Preston Crow wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-01-03 at 20:16 +0000, Simon Kenyon wrote:
> > On Tuesday 03 January 2006 19:31, Preston Crow wrote:
> > > I have a 16:9 TV, so when watching a standard-definition letterboxed
> > > show, I hit 'w' to zoom in and fill the screen.  Great feature!
> > >
> > > I've noticed that some shows are in some in-between format, where they
> > > have smaller black bars at the top and bottom.  I don't know the exact
> > > aspect ratio, but it seems to be common on BBC America.  Having the
> > > zoom feature for this aspect would be really nice.  (Is there a name
> > > for that format?)
> >
> > my tv has a 14:9 mode - that could be it
>
> Yup!
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14:9
>
> It's a format developed by the BBC for 16:9 material that is broadcast
> on a 4:3 (12:9) channel.  Apparently they found that 14:9 is the best
> compromise between cropping footage and black bars.
>
> Oh, and shouldn't the zoom mode be a setting in the recording options
> along with other playback defaults like the speed?  (I don't ask for
> much, do I?)
>
> --PC

I see that in many of the BBC shows I download (BBC America is crap. there, I 
said it.), they're already cropped, etc, so it doesn't matter, but I can see 
how a 14:9 zoom mode would be helpful for those channels.

-- 
Steve


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