Hi,
Philip Lawatsch wrote:
> I have got vdr running on my xbox and the xbox is connected to a 16:9 tv.
> I am using vdr-xine to display the video stream.
>
> Now my problem is that xine always outputs in 4:3 pixel aspect ratio,
> thus if I view a 16:9 movie I have black bars. I still can zoom in on my
> tv to get a picture without bars but with a loss in qualtiy.
>
> So the question is if it is possible to automagically switch xine to
> output with a 16:9 pixel aspect ratio when such a stream is detected.
> (meaning no black bars on the "x11" window but of course a horizontally
> compressed picture). Then I could simply activate the widescreen mode on
> my tv which would not require zooming but simply displaying the picture
> with a 16:9 aspect ratio.
Maybe it's as simple as setting a fixed aspect ratio for xine:
-r <mode> Set aspect ratio of video output. Modes are:
'auto', 'square', '4:3', 'anamorphic', 'dvb'.
So adding "-r '4:3'" when running xine should do the trick.
Bye.
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