James Lee wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I'm just setting up my MVP to run mvpmc, and am having some trouble
> with VLC streaming. Mvpmc connects to the remote VLC fine over the
> telnet interface and plays the file, however the file is appearing
> squashed.
>
> I have a 16:9 PAL CRT TV, and have set the TV-mode to 16:9 and PAL in
> mvpmc. I'm running vlc on the server as:
>
> "vlc -I Telnet --sout-transcode-fps 25.0000
> --sout-transcode-canvas-width=720 --sout-transcode-canvas-height=576"
>
> The output on the television is squashed, in that people appear too
> wide (fat). In other words, an image which should be 16:9 and fill
> the screen, actually has black bars top and bottom. Now I'm guessing
> I just need to fix my VLC command-line, but I'm not quite sure how.
>
Can't say if this will work - I haven't tried vlc yet (I'm still trying
to get mythtv working properly), but have you tried this option?
--sout-transcode-canvas-aspect <string>
Video canvas aspect ratio
This sets aspect (like 4:3) of the video
canvas and letterbox the video accordingly.
(From the videolan wiki)
http://wiki.videolan.org/index.php/VLC_command-line_help
regards,
drbob
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