[mythtv-users] Downscaling DVD to VESA resolution with xine

[mike choy]

Karl Reichert wrote:
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>> Datum: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:36:12 +0100
>> Von: belcampo <belcampo at zonnet.nl>
>> An: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
>> Betreff: Re: [mythtv-users] Downscaling DVD to VESA resolution with xine
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>>  >Subject: [mythtv-users] Downscaling DVD to VESA resolution with xine
>>  >To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
>>  >Message-ID: <20071218152304.172420 at gmx.net>
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>>  >I'm using Mythbuntu 7.10 and trying to playback DVDs using Xine. The 
>>  >problem is, my TV only supports VESA (640x480) resolution, so I set my 
>>  >MythTV box to this resolution. When I play a PAL DVD with a higher 
>>  >resolution, the picture is cropped.
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>>  >How do I tell xine (or the internal MythDVD player) to downscale the 
>>  >resolution to 640x480, so that it's displayed correctly?
>> xine .... -B -G 640x480
>> -B gets rid of the Borders and -G changes the resolution.
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>> Henk Schoneveld
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> This doesn't make any difference, still the same. I guess it is due to the hardware/driver, see http://www.mail-archive.com/xpert@xfree86.org/msg08981.html
> They say there, that if a application is aware of XvQueryBestSize, it could do scaling in software when the hardware/driver will not. Anyone knows about a video player which can be used within mythtv and is aware of that?
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> Thanks
> Karl
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Have you tried using the internal dvd player, you can then control the
output scaling inside myth

Mike C