2008-10-15, 21:25
Hi there,
I have XBMC up and running on my apple tv (thanks so much to all the developers out there, your work is really appreciated) and I have a problem with the resolution.
My plasma tv (Hitachi PD429700) has a strange resolution as it uses an aLIS panel. It has 1080 lines vertically but only 1280 horizontally. It is a widescreen display however, and has rectangular pixels to conpensate.
Problem is, xbmc detects the full screen res as 1280x1080 correctly yet this presents problems viewing videos. Movies don't show at the correct aspect ratio, appearing squashed as if on a 4:3 tv. A normal 16:9 movie therefore still has bars at top and bottom and the image is not tall enough. Using the preset zoom modes etc I still cant get it right. I assume I could use custom to correct it but have no ideas of the amount to change it by. I guess there is some equation to work out?
Other media devices I use, such as xbox 360 all work fine however, with movies appearing in the correct ratio, not sure why xbmc is different?
Any help would really be appreciated, thanks in advance.
Dan
I have XBMC up and running on my apple tv (thanks so much to all the developers out there, your work is really appreciated) and I have a problem with the resolution.
My plasma tv (Hitachi PD429700) has a strange resolution as it uses an aLIS panel. It has 1080 lines vertically but only 1280 horizontally. It is a widescreen display however, and has rectangular pixels to conpensate.
Problem is, xbmc detects the full screen res as 1280x1080 correctly yet this presents problems viewing videos. Movies don't show at the correct aspect ratio, appearing squashed as if on a 4:3 tv. A normal 16:9 movie therefore still has bars at top and bottom and the image is not tall enough. Using the preset zoom modes etc I still cant get it right. I assume I could use custom to correct it but have no ideas of the amount to change it by. I guess there is some equation to work out?
Other media devices I use, such as xbox 360 all work fine however, with movies appearing in the correct ratio, not sure why xbmc is different?
Any help would really be appreciated, thanks in advance.
Dan