Re: DVD recorder playback is 'tall and skinny' like me! - Resolved

On Sat, 2004-07-10 at 00:40, H. Hjort wrote:

> > 
> > 
> > I fitted a graphics card this morning to obtain xv.
> > 
> > Using the settings:-
> > <geometry>
> >           <width>400</width>
> >           <height>300</height>

> > 
> You really shouldn't need this, the default should work for you, but no
> major harm having it (fullscreen will be at 800x600 always though).

I installed the new nvidia driver for the card last night and as you say
Ogle no longer needs any settings now and the default .oglerc works
fine.

> 
> > Except that when the half D1 (360x576 - M6) titles are viewed they start
> > of as tall and skinny on a blue background, but if I just stretch the
> > Ogle frame a millimetre the title suddenly fills the frame and shows
> > correctly for me. DVD's recorded at D1 (720x576 - M1) display okay and
> > fill the screen at fullscreen.
> > 
> Humm, that should not be happening either, i.e. it should really have been
> stretched to fill the window directly.  On the other hand it's not as bad
> as never stretching it :)
> 
> Probably one of the tests that checks the wrong size (the output size
> instead of the source).  Or that should also check the source size in
> addition to the output size.

This still happens with the half D1 material and I just have to stretch
down the Ogle frame a fraction of a mm to display it correctly. Not a
problem of course.

On a separate point I too get the scrolling entries:-

** libdvdread: CHECK_VALUE failed in nav_read.c:202 ***
*** for dsi->dsi_gi.zero1 == 0 ***

which I've read up on in the ogle-user archive so I suppose it must be a
feature of the software/firmware in this Philips DVDrecorder and models
using the same software etc. I just mention it for the benefit of any
others concerned about the entry.

-- 
Dave