Movies now seem to be zoomed in

[tso617]

Hi,

When I play an avi through mplayer classic I see the full widescreen, before GB-PVR used to play it exactly, now it seems to have zoomed in and I'm missing parts of the movie from the left and right.

Any ideas please?

Regards.

[SniperDude]

what happens when you press F7 (Change Aspect Ratio)

edit: Just noticed this was in the MVP forum... Perhaps Z-Process is what you are looking for...

[tso617]

Thanks for the suggestion but it works fine using the MVP sofware - it was also working on the previous release of GBPVR so it's this release.

I've just uninstalled/re-installed everything to confirm this.

Any idea where I can download the previous version of GBPVR please?

Thanks.

[Shwa]

I'm having the same problem. If I change the aspect ratio fron 4:3 to 16:9 in the config, nothing happens.

Should this be very hard?

[bubblehelp]

Hiya

To set the aspect ratio you need to do this in the original hauppauge MPV softwear. I think this is then stored in the MPV.

The switch to gbpvr and the aspect ration will be correct on your TV

col

[tso617]

This is what I did to confirm the problem was the current release of GB-PVR:

1. Uninstalled GBP-PVR and Hauppauge MediaMVP software
2. Install Hauppauge MediaMVP software
3. Check aspect ratio is 16:9 - confirmed
4. Play widescreen movie - works
5. Install GB-PVR
6. Ensure aspect ratio settings are all 16:9.
7. Play movie - zoomed.

Now, when the movie starts for a split second it is widescreen then it stretches and zooms in.

Oh, and before I did all this I also un-installed all my codec/encoding files and re-installed these (I use the K-LITE codec pack), with numerous reboots in-between each process.

Regards.

[Stevie77]

What aspect ratio is set in your config.xml for your MVP. I don't know if sub has any control over the hauppage dongle's internal configuration, but maybe worth trying. Change it also in the MVP-standard entries.
Is your TV a 16x9 or 4x3 one?

[Jeff]

I find my MVP gets "stuck" in a slightly zoomed in mode now and again. Power cycling the MVP gets it back to normal.

Jeff

[tso617]

Thanks for your replies. OK, I checked the following file:

C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\config.xml

and searched on the string "mvp", and found this section:

<MVP16x9Mode>false</MVP16x9Mode>
<!-- 0=RGB,1=composite,2=svideo -->
<MVPOutput>1</MVPOutput>
<!-- position -->
<MVPWidth>640</MVPWidth>
<MVPHeight>500</MVPHeight>
<MVPOffsetX>44</MVPOffsetX>
<MVPOffsetY>40</MVPOffsetY>
</MAC-DEFAULT>
<MAC-000DFE008BF8>
<MVPVideoStandard>auto</MVPVideoStandard>
<MVPFlickerFilter>none</MVPFlickerFilter>
<MVP16x9Mode>false</MVP16x9Mode>

I will try changing each false to true and report back my findings.

My TV is 16:9.

Regards.

[tso617]

No - doesn't work