Hi, I just got a WD TV Live Hub. If I have it play video with the resolution of a conventional DVD, which has a vertical resolution of 480 pixels, it displays with a black frame around the picture, as a video monitor/TV set has more than 480 vertical lines of video resolution. DVD players resize the video they play so it fills the screen. Is there a configuration setting in the Live Hub to make it do this - resize the video so it fills the screen? Thanks. ::Jack
No, every DVD I’ve played displays at the “full” resolution…
Please post the full TEXT output of MEDIAINFO for such a file.
Okay… here’s the MediaInfo output for this video.
The DVD from whence this video originated did play in a DVD player full screen, that is, there was no black frame around it when the DVD player played it, but there is a black frame around it when the WD hub plays it.
Thanks again.
::Jack
General
Complete name :
Format : MPEG-4
Codec ID : M4V
File size : 1.19 GiB
Duration : 45mn 57s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 3 706 Kbps
Writing application : Lavf52.93.0
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L3.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 45mn 57s
Bit rate : 3 531 Kbps
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.384
Stream size : 1.14 GiB (96%)
Writing library : x264 core 112 r1834 a51816a
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=1 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x1:0 / me=dia / subme=0 / psy=1 / psy_rd=0.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=0 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=0 / 8x8dct=0 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=0 / threads=1 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=0 / weightp=0 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=0 / intra_refresh=0 / rc=abr / mbtree=0 / bitrate=3531 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.41 / aq=0
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 45mn 57s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 152 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 49.9 MiB (4%)
If your TV is 16:9, and your WD is (properly) configured for “Widescreen”, then the WDTV is displaying it correctly.
It’s a 4:3 monitor, and the hub is set to Widescreen. (If I set the hub to Normal, the video plays in letterbox and all the actors in the video look like they’ve gained 50 pounds.)
That was a helpful clue, however.
The hub is connected to the TV using the component video interface.
If I connect the hub using the composite video interface and set the hub to Normal, rather than Widescreen, the image fills the screen correctly. It’s not exactly the solution I was looking for, but it’s a start.
Any ideas how I can configure the hub to achieve a full-screen playback through the component interface?
Thanks.
::Jack
If your TV is 4:3, then you should be setting the video to NORMAL, not WIDESCREEN … regardless of whether you use component or composite.
That’s how I have it configured - set to Normal - but the picture is compressed veryically if I look at component video. It looks normal if I look at composite video.
Thanks.
::Jack
