2021-06-04, 03:18 PM
Hi. This new update has some sort of issue with the Auto aspect ratio. It works OK on most channels but for some reason misinterprets the correct layout on at least 2 channels. The issue seems to be when a station is transmitting an old tv show in 480i. I imagine these old tv shows were 4:3 ratio. However NPVR displays them in strange squashed format where people look really thin and tall... so I guess it must be adding black bars on the sides ??? where none are needed. The 2 channels I am sure it does this on are 29.2 TBD networks and 29.3 Charge network. This same thing happens whether I watch with the NPVR client or watch with the browser (EDGE). If I select FILL aspect in the client then the picture appears to have normal proportions.
The odd thing is that I would have expected other tv channels showing old programs in 480i to have the same issue but they do not appear to at this time. Why would only these ones be affected?
If I check my regular TV (LG) these same channels dont have any aspect issue. I did not see this issue happening on the old version of NPVR from March.
Hope this helps you. I watched each of the 2 channels I am posting about just before creating the logs.
Ed
The odd thing is that I would have expected other tv channels showing old programs in 480i to have the same issue but they do not appear to at this time. Why would only these ones be affected?
If I check my regular TV (LG) these same channels dont have any aspect issue. I did not see this issue happening on the old version of NPVR from March.
Hope this helps you. I watched each of the 2 channels I am posting about just before creating the logs.
Ed
