More aspect ratio changes

[NumberFive]

Hi,

I was wondering could some further aspect ratio options be made available. For some stupid reason the BBC broadcast 4:3 shows in pillarbox format in a 16:9 frame on DVB-T (strangely on DVB-S they simply broadcast a 4:3 frame).

I've attached an image suggesting the additional aspect ratios. They are:

a) crop the black bars at the left and right (shown as stripy in the picture). Stretch the remaining picture to fit the full 16:9 frame (effectively outputing a 4:3 frame. Many widescreen TVs offer their own 4:3 corrections).

b) crop the black bars at the left and right. Crop a little bit from the top and bottom of the remaining frame and stretch to 16:9 (effectively giving a 14:9 image).

c) [not pictured] same as b) but have a non-linear stretch to keep the aspect ratio in the middle 80% of the screen okay and stretch the outside 20% more. (my Philips TV does this, it's actually really effective, but could be difficult to achieve in GB-PVR, dunno ).

Thanks

[sub]

a) crop the black bars at the left and right (shown as stripy in the picture). Stretch the remaining picture to fit the full 16:9 frame (effectively outputing a 4:3 frame. Many widescreen TVs offer their own 4:3 corrections).

You should be able to use the existing 'Center Cut' aspect ratio mode to do this one.

b) crop the black bars at the left and right. Crop a little bit from the top and bottom of the remaining frame and stretch to 16:9 (effectively giving a 14:9 image).

I wont be adding this one to the default install, but you can easily add it yourself in the config.xml's <AspectRatioModes> section.

c) [not pictured] same as b) but have a non-linear stretch to keep the aspect ratio in the middle 80% of the screen okay and stretch the outside 20% more. (my Philips TV does this, it's actually really effective, but could be difficult to achieve in GB-PVR, dunno ).

Unfortunately this isnt something I can do. Only the video decoder authors could do this.

[NumberFive]

Sub,

Thanks for your advice. I was able to get it working with a look at this wiki page http://gbpvr.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Tips/AspectRatios.