Re: [xine-user] Why is DVD playback so large?

[Manfred T. <Man...@ii...>]

Am Mittwoch, 10. Mai 2006 05:24 schrieb Sage:
> I have my monitor (actually it's my TV, I'm running XFree86 on a
> tv-out) set to 720x480 resolution, and I have noticed that when I
> play a DVD with xine, the playback window is larger than 720x480.

On NTSC 4:3 you are right, films are normaly 16:9 widescreen and have to 
be scaled up to 848x480. The video is also scaled up, when the size and 
therefore aspect ratio in the x configuration isn't correct.

> Mind you, this is not overscan.  Xine actually opens a window larger
> than the display.  If I set the video window to full screen, the
> image is smaller than normal!  The same thing happens when I use the
> --geometry flag to set the video window to 720x480.
>
> Why is this?  I thought native DVD resolution was 720x480.  Is there
> any way for me to fix this?

What's about full screen mode (-f)?

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