[mythtv] Making Squished 4:3 -> 16:9 again for mytharchive DVDs?

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 09:36:09PM +0200, Martin M?ller wrote:
> I have recordings recorded at 720x576 that are 4:3 regular and others.
> that are 720x576 but contain a squished image that I can *make*      .
> 16:9 on viewing via the 'W' key but to the best of my knowledge      .
> that video is flagged as 4:3 all through the various chains. Last I  .
> checked, mytharchive will usually look at the resolution for whether .
> a recording is 4:3 or 16:9. If so, it will determine this to be 4:3  .
> and people will be very tall and skinny. I was wondering if there was.
> an override of some sort for cases like this. I'll look into making  .
> a test where I hardcode the aspect to 16:9 and see if it looks right .
> after that This should at present only happen on 2 of the channels I .
> watch, but will probably become more common over time                .
>
> I hope this is clearer to follow. I'll admit that it may not have come
> across properly the first time.

You're discussing the situation where you have a 4:3 signal containing
a 16:9 program, with anamorphic or "scope" compression (as opposed to
letterboxing) as my Sony camcorder produces in "Studio 16:9" mode.

It's a somewhat uncommon combination to find on a MythBox, I think,
which is probably why there's no obvious thing to do: what do you
*want* to do?  Expand and letterbox?  (which is the same thing as
"squish vertically")  Leave scoped, and let the DVD player deal with it
on a possibly wide screen?  Other?

I'd be flat *amazed* if you ended up with a 4:3 scope recording
off-air, BTW: how did you manage that?

Cheers,
-- jra
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