[mythtv-users] SD Programs on HD Channels

[Roger H]

 On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 9:34 AM, Roger H <mythtvuser1818 at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
>  On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Michael T. Dean <
> mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>
>> On 10/25/2011 08:42 AM, Roger Horner wrote:
>> > Oh, I didn't know that.  I have a capable enough system (Athlon II x2
>> 245e).  I am using VDPAU because it is there and figured it
>>
>  >would be better.  Don't even need to de-interlace (one frame* is good
>> enough) as I have an interlaced display.  I gave it a quick try >this
>> morning and it didn't seem to switch to Full when watching a recording of
>> Gilligan's Island on an HD channel.  Is there
>
>  >something else I need to set?
>>
>> You have to make sure auto-detection is enabled:
>>
>> Zoom
>> When enabled, these will apply a predefined zoom to all video playback
>> in MythTV.
>>
>> in mythfrontend, Utilities/Setup|Setup|TV Settings|Playback.  Select one
>> of the "auto" ones (likely "Auto Detect (Default Off)")..
>>
>
> It was already set to "Auto Detect (Default Off)."  I played around with
> this a bit and wasn't able to get it to auto zoom window-boxed programs.
>

Sorry to resorect an old thread, but I did some digging around and found
comment:22 in Ticket#4872 says, "It is possible modify this patch to allow
also the zoom on 16:9 content when displayed on 4:3 tv ?"

So it sounds like it was never designed to detect pillar boxes, only letter
boxes (and yes, I did have VDPAU turned off). :(

Roger
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