[mythtvnz] DVB-S Freeview wrong Aspect ratio for TV3

David Zanetti mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
Sat, 18 Aug 2007 23:14:29 +1200


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On Fri, 2007-08-17 at 17:49 +1200, Richard wrote:
> They should change the stream to indicate 4:3 and fill the frame with the
> 4:3 content allowing the STB to give users the option of watching how the=
y
> want to.

Yeah, there's no reason to pillarbox when you can send flags for aspect
ratio very regularly.=20

UKTV via Sky does this perfectly, you get 4:3 content flagged as 4:3,
and 16:9 content as 16:9 letterboxed on a 4:3 display.

I *believe* on 16:9 TVs tho it doesn't work quite right?

--=20
David Zanetti <dave2@wetstring.net>
http://hairy.geek.nz/

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