ATV582 Vertical Stretching of 2.35:1 Video

[stoonwg 0]

I was just wondering if anyone has issues with vertical stretching of 2.35:1 video in XBMC. Rather than having horizontal black bars at the top and bottom of the screen, the video stretches to 16:9 full screen and distorts the image. For example, everything such as faces are stretched and elongated vertically.

I have tried playing with the zoom/display settings in the OSM, but nothing really seems to help. Any advice would be appreciated.

[Dlangejc 3]

Try changing display settings in the MBOX, settings display menu. Switch between HDMI auto detection and your desired output setting.

[stoonwg 0]

I'm running the latest firmware upgrade (07/24) with Gotham 13.1. I have the MBOX settings set HDMI Auto-Detect Off and set to 720P/60Hz which is native to my TV.

I noticed that in XMBC settings, the default is set to 1080P and is greyed out; I can't change the settings to 720P.

[tarabostes 0]

That is not the latest version of the firmware.

There was an update pushed over the internet dating 0801. Try that one and see if it makes a difference.

Pay attention, the update will wipe out your settings.

Normally, if you have your updates set to automatically, you should have been notified already I would say (of course if you have the ATV connected to the internet). If you changed the setting to manual, please check for updates.

[stoonwg 0]

Thanks tarabostes. I applied the 0801 update and everything seems to be working as it should. I thought i had updates set to Automatic, but it was in manual mode.

The only other thing that I have noticed on some streams is the presence of horizontal scan lines during motion sequences. Is there a setting that can address this issue?

I'm fairly new to this so any and all help is appreciated. Thanks again!

[tarabostes 0]

What I think you're describing here is interlacing. You would get this mostly on video material recorded from TV sources.

More here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlaced_video

I saw some mentioning real time deinterlacing plugins for XBMC but I have no other details as I don't have streams like yours.

Would be nice to know, tough...

[stoonwg 0]

I believe it is vertical tearing of the video not interlacing as these streams are not recorded from TV sources. I have played around with the Vertical Blank Sync settings a bit, but am still experiencing the tearing (tried "Always Enabled", "Enabled during video playback", and "Disabled", but nothing seems to help). The Vertical Blank Sync is supposed to eliminate tearing.