On Sun, 27 Jul 2003, Richard Walker wrote: > > On Friday, July 25, 2003, at 02:00 pm, Andrew de Quincey wrote: > > > On Friday 25 July 2003 06:36, Robert Schlabbach wrote: > >> > >> The BBC method is called AFD and described here: > >> > >> http://www.dtg.org.uk/publications/books/afd.pdf > >> > >> I don't know if there is any AFD implementation for Linux yet... > > > > This is actually part of the DVB-T standards now. Look at ETSI TR 101 > > 154 > > v1.41 Annex B. > > > > AFD is in addition to the standard MPEG2 aspect ratio stuff.. > > basically, it > > lets the broadcaster describe which area within the frame is relevant, > > so you > > can a 14:9 picture within a "physical" 16:9 one. > > > > Its quite easy to implement; I'd recommend using libmpsys to parse the > > MPEG > > transport stream. > > Hmm... I'd quite like to see this implemented, as the BBC and five (in > the UK) broadcast all their terrestrial 4:3 output in a 16:9 frame > (complete with black pillars) and include an AFD to notify STBs that > it's really 4:3. > > Annoyingly, DVB/VDR/Dxr3 do not support AFDs, so any such 4:3 output > looks very silly on a 4:3 TV (you get a black border around all four > sides). > > Is it possible for the DVB cards to support AFDs? I don't suppose a > Dxr3 can...? > >
It would be nice if it's possible :) I find it very distracting watching these channels when they appear like this. -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.
