[mythtv-users] Scaling HD content for SD screen

[Tom Lichti]

Tom Lichti wrote:
> 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
Took me a bit of trial and error to get a modeline that worked with the 
converter, but 1024x768_60 works fairly well. I played Elephants Dream 
and it looks like it's correct. I'll be recording the hockey game in HD 
on Saturday night, that will be the real test... :)

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

Tom