[mythtv-users] Scaling HD content for SD screen
Tom Lichti
tom at redpepperracing.com
Thu Nov 16 17:21:46 UTC 2006
Kevin Kuphal wrote:
> Tom Lichti wrote:
>> I've recently dipped my toes in the HD water, and while for the most
>> part I am extremely pleased, I did notice one thing that isn't great,
>> and I'm not sure if there is anything I can do. Basically any recorded
>> HD content is not scaled correctly, in that I do see a letterbox effect,
>> but the left portion of the display is cut off by about 5%, and the
>> right is cutoff by probably 25-30%. By cutoff, I mean the image fills
>> the full width of the screen, but it's not the actual full width of the
>> feed. If I view it on my desktop (running 1024x768) the full width image
>> is there, when it runs through the TV (800x600) it displays the cropped
>> image. The TV display is a 5200, running VGA into a converter that
>> outputs component to the TV.
>>
>> Thoughts on how I can get the full width image to display on the TV?
>>
>>
> I could never get my FX5200 to do HD properly at 800x600. I run Myth at
> 1024x768 now and it is perfect. I'm doing the same as you. FX5200 VGA
> to converter to TV showing HD on an SD set.
>
> Kevin
Ok, thanks for the confirmation that it *can* work. I'll probably just
do that, just never thought to try it until now, and of course I'm at
work... :) Or I could swap the 6200 out of the backend that is doing
nothing (only card I had on hand at the time that would fit the AGP slot).
Tom
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