cropping automatically?

[shanenin]

I noticed my very widescreen movies which when played with windows media player are letterboxed on the top and bottom on my 16:9 tv. When I play the same movie using GB-PVR their is no letter boxes. Does that mean GB-PVR is cropping my movies? If it is cropping them, am I able to disbale this feature?

[stefan]

You can cycle through different aspect ratios with the F7 key.

[shanenin]

Thanks for the suggestion :-)

Is their a way to just set it to play all video at the correct ratio with no distortions(stretching)?

[sub]

There is no automatic aspect ratio control.

[djtaylor]

You can cycle through different aspect ratios with the F7 key.

Not when played via an MVP you can't.

[shanenin]

Not when played via an MVP you can't.

what does that mean?

[djtaylor]

It means exactly that, if you're playing the video out to an MVP then pressing F7 has no effect. The MVP is the secret weapon to gain wife approval.

It's a little box that you sit next to the tele while keeping the noisy f***off PC tucked away. The MVP (or should I say our MVP's) is what for me makes gbpvr rock.

David.

[shanenin]

cool. So the mvp is a piece of hardware that attaches to your tv. Then this hardware recives a signal(ethernet?) from the gbpvr server?

[smeghead]

The one here shows A/V connections

http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/...iamvp.html

If your'e in Europe it comes with a SCART connection (like mine)

[djtaylor]

cool. So the mvp is a piece of hardware that attaches to your tv. Then this hardware recives a signal(ethernet?) from the gbpvr server?

Correct. Worth pointing out that you ditch the Hauppauge software and you get the gbpvr interface instead.