[mythtv-users] User Job for cropping HD OTA to 4:3?

John Finlay finlay at moeraki.com
Sat Mar 6 21:33:48 UTC 2010


Jon Upham wrote:
>
> Hi. Anyone have a user job that crops an HD OTA broadcast of a 4:3 
> program such that the black bars on the left and right are trimmed 
> off? The problem I’m encountering is that when I make a DVD to show on 
> my 4:3 TV, the 4:3 image is “letter boxed” and then is “shrunken” with 
> black bars on top, bottom, left, and right of the program. Turns a 35” 
> TV into a 19” TV quite nicely, but that’s not good to impress the 
> family, if you know what I mean.
>
> I’m thinking a mencoder, transcode, or nuvexport user job (or other?) 
> that I can set up after I remove commercials would be nice to start. 
> Any help would be appreciated. (I’ve been searching the web for such a 
> job, and just when some threads about get there, they end. I’ve played 
> with --crop, but I’m obviously missing something to get things to work 
> right).
>
I use the attached script from the command line to crop and convert my 
videos to DVD format. You may be able to modify it to do what you want.

John
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