[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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