[mythtv-users] HDTV?

[John Patrick Poet]

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Cory Papenfuss wrote:

>  	So this patch would be changing the X resolution to match the video
> being played, or does it change the mythtv scaling routine?
>
> -Cory
>

It changes the X resolution, and *can* adjusts Myth's concept of the aspect
ratio.  It would be up to the TV to then scale/stretch the video.


John


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> On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, John Patrick Poet wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, John Sturgeon wrote:
> >
> >> Depending on your modeline, you can trick your HDTV set into doing it
> >> for you.  If you can change your output resolution to 4:3 480p then your
> >> TV should recognize this and let you stretch it.  Right now, my output
> >> resolution is 16:9 540p so my TV (Toshiba 51S500) only gives me 16:9 and
> >> 16:9 zoom.  I'm willing to live with it.  I don't know of a way to
> >> toggle output resolutions on the fly.  If I could, then switching to a
> >> 4:3 resolution on demand would be great.
> >
> >
> > I have been working on this feature for the past couple of days.  Pretty
> > much works, but I need to do some more testing.
> >
> > I can now specify a display resolution based on the input video
> > resolution.
> >
> > I have taken Doug Larrick work which allows separate GUI and video
> > resolutions, and expanded it.
> >
> > The reason this is useful to me, is I have a 4:3 HDTV.  My TV automatically
> > goes into a vertical squeeze mode (resulting in a 16:9 aspect) when
> > presented with vertical resolutions above 480P.  I generally use Myth to
> > watch HDTV, but would like it to be "full screen" when I watch SDTV
> > material.
> >
> > I should have a patch ready to submit by this weekend.
> >
> > John
> >
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