2012-07-16, 16:47
I've got an XBMC setup on a HP T5735 thin client with XP SP3. This doesn't seem to be powerfull enough to output a 1080 images to my TV (lots of skipping at this resolution). As an added annoyance my TV does not support any 16:9 screen resoulution other than 1080 (ie 1920 x 1080 there is no support for 1280x720)
If I drop the PC down to a 4:3 resolution - for example 1024x768, the XBMC compresses any widescreen content to have black bars at the top and bottom, when this image gets displayed, then the TV stretches the X axis to 16:9 format (so everyone is short and fat ...)
Is there anyway I can force XBMC to instead of adding black bars, it stretches the image vertically (so everyone is tall and skinny), so that when the TV stretches it horizontally it turns back into a 16:9 image.
If I drop the PC down to a 4:3 resolution - for example 1024x768, the XBMC compresses any widescreen content to have black bars at the top and bottom, when this image gets displayed, then the TV stretches the X axis to 16:9 format (so everyone is short and fat ...)
Is there anyway I can force XBMC to instead of adding black bars, it stretches the image vertically (so everyone is tall and skinny), so that when the TV stretches it horizontally it turns back into a 16:9 image.