[mythtv-users] Displaying 1080i on 4:3 standard TV
Mario Limonciello
mario.mailing at gmail.com
Wed Mar 29 18:14:03 UTC 2006
On Tue, 2006-03-21 at 14:25 -0500, Steve Skarda wrote:
> On 3/21/06, Lee Koloszyc <teething12 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Mike Schlottman wrote:
> >
> > First a question. Is it even possible to display all of a
> 1080i
> > broadcast on a standard 4:3 TV?
> >
> > When I try to do this I get a display that looks like the
> picture has
> > been shifted to the right. There is a wide black bar on the
> right,
> > with the expected black bars on top and bottom. If I use the
> aspect
> > override settings, the best I can do is a larger picture
> that is
> > butted against the left side and has a portion of the right
> side cut off.
> >
> > I'd like to hear from anyone who has ever seen this work,
> just so I
> > know it can be done. If you have pointers on how it might be
> done,
> > that would be great too.
> >
>
> I output 1080i to a 4:3 screen. My device settings are setup for
> TVFormat "HD1080i" through component on a Nvidia 6600. It get a full
> 1080i desktop with black bars on the top and bottom. HDTV is the
> same. Only downside is that while watching SDTV, there are bars on
> all four sides so I need to adjust the aspect ratio in Myth to "16:9
> stretch" and the TV to 4:3 which forces it to full screen. Sort of a
> pain but it works. There may be a better way to do it but I haven't
> figured it out if there is.
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An option for you may be to use xrandr settings to switch resolutions
depending on the resolution of your source video.
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