[vdr] Re: Black Border on BBC TV sport transmissions

[Tony Grant <tony@tgds.net>]

Le jeu 24/06/2004 à 16:43, Brian Dorling a écrit :
> Hi,
> anyone else watching the European Football on BBC via sat?
> Even the Wimbledon transmissions have the same effect.
> I have the strange effect that there is a black border around the screen.
> I checked the properties and according to projectX they are sending;
> 
> -> video basics: 720*576 @ 25fps @ 0.7031 (16:9) @ 15000000bps,
> 
> So it really looks as if they are sending a black border. I tried 4*3 and 
> 16*9 seettings in VDR and that just screws up the proportions.
> 
> Is this normal for BBC Sport?

I know the answer, I know the answer!!!! =:-D

The BBC is receiving a PAL feed from Portugal and are sticking it in the
middle of a usually wide screen 16:9 stream. So you have black borders
down both sides like when you ask for 4:3 on a 16:9 TV set. Other sports
shows are broadcast as 16:9 or full screen 4:3 depending on the origin.

Cheers

Tony Grant

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