Aspect ratio

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The video I get from my cable receiver is always in 720p format even for SD content. I want to set the aspect ratio to fill the screen.

1. Is there a way to switch the aspect ratio within a plugin either setting the aspect ratio with an API call or to send a keypress F7.

2. Can I get the channel number of a recording?

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1. Is there a way to switch the aspect ratio within a plugin either setting the aspect ratio with an API call or to send a keypress F7.

Plugins are typically screens that show data. They can ask the app to start play a video file, or to start live tv on (and specify the start channel if they wish), but after they do this the app takes over control. The plugin doesnt then play any part in that playback (including control of the aspect ratio etc).

A plugin can get notification of any system events occurring though, including the live tv channel number, so I guess if you really needed to go down that path you could send fake F7 keystrokes. (you might also use the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Devnz\LastAspectRatio registry setting in that logic)

2. Can I get the channel number of a recording?

Plugins dont run in the recording service, so they dont have visibility of stuff happening then. When recordings start though, the app runs the ParallelProcessing.bat, passing in the channel number as the first argument. You can do whatever you want in that batch file.