[Mplayer-dvb] DVB vertical resolutions

[Manuel Panea-Doblado]

> why?
> as written in docs, teh card only supports a few standard resolutions
> so if your movie is smaller it will be expanded by black bands added

> hmm. don't reduce fps, it kill quality.
> choose resolution like 720x288 or 576x288.
> if you watch it on TV, you won't really notice the vertical quality.

Right, that is how I interpreted the docs about DVB standard
resolutions: if I have an AVI file with a resolution of 720x288 and I
play it through the DVB card, I expect the picture to fill the whole
TV screen, as if it had the "normal" 720x576. But it is not so:
mplayer *always* adds black bands on top and bottom and I see a wide,
flat picture, 288 pixels high. That's why I asked you to clarify. It
doesn't seem to work, or else I'm doing something wrong and I don't
know what.

Thanks.

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