Xine features in LinuxMCE? A/V sync / zoom

[kir]

Autodetection of aspect ratio should be present in Xine player, when you do not get correct aspect ratio, this means it failed for certain movie This generates an idea that it would be nicer to have ability to change the aspect ratio 'on fly' - and override the AR when it is set to wrong value.

[cckrobinson]

Are you saying to playback the recorded shows using Kaffeine from inside LinuxMCE?  I didn't think that was possible.

Outside of LMCE, Xine correctly detects the aspect ratio of my content.  Last night I tried to watch a DVD (Click) from within LinuxMCE and it was squished horizontally.  I then exited to the KDE desktop and launched Xine directly without any options except deinterlacing enabled.  It played fine.  I have modified my xorg.conf file to include the "DisplaySize" option.  I'm not sure if Xine would have displayed the movie correctly on my 16:9 TV without that option.  I'll remove that option tonight and try it again.  I'll also post a couple of screen shots so people with 4:3 TV's can see what those of us with 16:9 TV's are complaining about

 

[Eirik]

Audio Track selection isn't working either. Tried -/+ which of course didn't work.

[cckrobinson]

Autodetection of aspect ratio should be present in Xine player, when you do not get correct aspect ratio, this means it failed for certain movie This generates an idea that it would be nicer to have ability to change the aspect ratio 'on fly' - and override the AR when it is set to wrong value.

Xine_Player does appear to detect some content correctly.  I can playback XVID encoded HDTV shows just fine.  It also seems to handle 1080i\720p MPEG2 files,but it doesn't do well with 4:3 MPEG2 TV or DVD's.  The common denominator is that 16:9 content is displayed correctly on my 16:9 TV, but 4:3 or 1.85 isn't.

[cckrobinson]

Here's the libxine that I'm using:

chris@dcerouter:~$ sudo dpkg -s libxine1 | grep Version
Password:
Version: 1.1.4-2ubuntu3

Here are a couple of screen shots of a show that I recorded from analog cable(NTSC) using the mythbackend and my PVR-150 capture card.  The image tvCapture_LMCE.jpg was taken of the video played back inside LMCE.  tvCapture_xine.jpg was taken while playing back the video from xine directly.  The LMCE version is clearly squished horizontally.  See attachments.

[kir]

Indeed, screenshot looks bad I suggest to wait for the beta 3, where aspect ratio change function should become available. Also, to my knowledge, beta3 will contain a fix for detection of display (i.e. monitor, TFT panel, etc.) aspect ratio. Hope this will solve AR issue.

[cckrobinson]

I can't wait for the Beta3.  This issue and my MythTV HD playback woes are the only things that are preventing me from fully enjoying LMCE.

[norcal]

This issue and my MythTV HD playback woes are the only things that are preventing me from fully enjoying LMCE.

I agree, these are big hangups for me as well. Hope the release is coming along. Cheers.