Re: [Freevo-users] Re: Bad default config - Xine (messes up widescreen videos on regular TVs)

[Ow M. H. <Ow....@wd...>]

On Sat, 2005-11-26 at 11:57 +0100, Dirk Meyer wrote:
> Adam Williamson wrote:
> > The default xine config in 1.5.4 appears to be
> > duff. /usr/share/freevo/freevo_config.py contains these two settings:
> >
> > XINE_COMMAND = '%s --hide-gui -pq -g -B --geometry %sx%s+0+0
> > --no-splash' % \
> >                  (CONF.xine, CONF.width, CONF.height)
> >
> > XINE_ARGS_DEF = '--no-lirc --post=pp:quality=10;expand'
> >
> > Combined, these settings cause Freevo to play any widescreen videos -
> > e.g. several 1024x576 .avi files I have - in 4:3, when you're running it
> > at 4:3 resolution (e.g. 800x600) and using Xine as the default video
> > player. The video is stretched to the 4:3 resolution and consequently
> > looks completely wrong. I think the culprit is the 'expand' option in
> > the XINE_ARGS_DEF. 

I was having this issue as well last night. I knew what the problem was
(btw, how come the 'expand' option is not documented in xine's manual
page?) but was unable to locate the command line. I was searching
in /usr/lib/python-2.4/site-packages/freevo instead of
in /usr/share/freevo


> Sorry, I have a 4:3 tv and so I never saw the problem. I guess the
> best way to fix this is to use a 16:9 resolution in Freevo,
> too. Someone needs to create a nice 16:9 skin to make it all working. 

The problem here is that xine will expand it no matter what the res of
the TV is. (I use a laptop monitor and it expands/stretches the video to
fit!!!)



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