[mythtv-users] Auto-expanding SD programs on HDTV?

Nick Rout nick.rout at gmail.com
Mon Jan 16 03:51:44 UTC 2012


On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 9:18 AM, TJ Harris <tjharris at weaselworkz.com> wrote:
> Back when I had a mix of SD and HD stations, I think I had MythTV set
> to auto-expand the SD programs to my preferred zoom settings.   Now
> that all of my stations are HD, I seem to have forgotten the right
> setting.   The Big Ten Network is only SD on my comcast service, and
> when I watch programs from that channel, they are by default shown in
> window-boxed mode, with black bars all around,

Does the network send them out with black bars all around? (try
playing in a window (ie not full screen) mplayer or vlc to find out).

If so, they should be shot.

>and I need to zoom it
> by hitting "w" which is not mapped on my remote.
>
> So, the question is:  How can I make zoomed the default setting for SD
> programs, or at least for this particular channel?
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