[vdr] Re: [ANNOUNCE] vdr-xine-0.5.2 plugin

[Reinhard Nissl <rnissl@gmx.de>]

Hi,

syrius.ml@no-log.org wrote:

> I always run xine with -r 4:3 (and a fixed screen size:800x600) to
> force it to use a 4:3 aspect ratio.
> Most of the time we're not annoyed by the stretched picture, when we
> are i toggle the aspect ratio. 
I've just tried that yesterday. The problem is that xine's OSD is blended into 
 the original video frame. So I cannot render the OSD at the same size as for 
a 4:3 image as I cannot access the black bars on top and bottom.

But you might want to try the "expand" post processing plugin. It adds black 
bars on top and bottom by allocating a larger frame than the stream is coded 
in. Then I can access the black bars and show the OSD in original size without 
any further changes.

To give it a try just go to post processing dialog and add the "expand" plugin 
and then the "vdr" plugin. A further advantage will be that you wont even have 
to toggle the apect ratio as the plugin takes care to convert 16:9 into 4:3 
while keeping 4:3 as 4:3.

BTW: If post processing plugins "expand" and "vdr" are in the wrong order then 
you wont see any effect on the OSD.

Bye.
--
Dipl.-Inform. (FH) Reinhard Nissl
mailto:rnissl@gmx.de