[ivtv-users] [ivtv-devel] NTSC & WSS (was: ivtv TODO list)

[Jay R. Ashworth]

----- "Devin Heitmueller" <dheitmueller at kernellabs.com> wrote:
> Like I said, I would be thrilled to see more content providers
> properly denoting widescreen NTSC content.  It's pretty frustrating
> watching a "widescreen DVD" on an "widescreen television" and still
> getting black bars on the top/bottom (and currently the only way to
> work around it nowadays is if the television is smart enough to
> heuristically detect the black bars).
> 
> If they had actually followed the recommendations in EIA-608 (setting
> the aspect ratio in the line 21 VBI data), none of this would be a
> problem.

No, but they'd take the rap for the fact that the image would look Even Worse,
and if they make you set it, then they don't have to.  :-)

And, to be pedantic about it again, there is *no such thing* as "widescreen 
NTSC content".  If it's NTSC, it's 4:3.  Period.  End of report.  If you want
to put letterboxed or anamorphic content in that image well, that's your own 
lookout.  But we're sure as hell not going to encourage you: NTSC looks bad
enough.

Well, unless you have Faroudja SuperNTSC encoders and a clean analog chain at
the station.  :-)

Cheers,
-- jra

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