TV or resolution - what's wrong?

ridderdk · 2008-10-07, 23:55

Hi
First, fantastic plugin, incredible how easy and fast movie search are being done.
Just one question though, movie titles in list view seems to be leaping out on the left, meaning the first character is gone.
My pc running 1280*720 on a Philips 42 LCD (1366*768 native), it's only when activating this plugin left edge seems to be cut of.
I have tried messing with movingpictures.xlm adjusting posx and width and hight and so on, but nothing seems to help.
Anybody got a hint for me?

Paranoid Delusion · 2008-10-08, 00:44

If the native resolution is 1366x768, why do you not use it.

Wish my philips would do that, but it has a 4:3 native resolution for pc, actually use TV's widescreen pc function in combination with 1280x768 res to get correct aspect ratio, but then mines old now (2yrs)

ridderdk · 2008-10-08, 08:34

Well, i also have an Optima Projector connected through the same output from my Onkyo receiver via a hdmi splitter.
That means the same signal are sent to my projector and the tv, the projector having a native resolution of 1280*780.
I must admit, i haven't seen how it looks on the projector yet, but still, it should be possible to get the output scaled correctly on my tv?
By the way, editing the resolution in movingpictures.xml, adjusting resolution 1366 to 1280 just gives me a 5 cm black bar on the right!??

5Hundred · 2008-10-08, 23:14

@paranoid delusion - My Sony Bravia TV's native resolution is 1360 x 768 however i also use 1280 x 720 as it will not do 1360 x 768 @ 50HZ, only 60HZ. As i live in a PAL country the slight loss of resolution by not operating at the native resolution is more than made up for by the lack of stuttering by running at the correct frequency.

ridderdk · 2008-10-10, 10:13

just a note - last night watching a movie on the projector, text on the right did not get cut of.... it's only when showing on my TV!?
Point's me to believe there is nothing "wrong" with Moving Pictucres plugin, perhaps my TV then? i don't get it.

Seeco · 2008-10-11, 11:12

I have also noticed that the menu in Moving Pictures is placed really far out in the edge of the screen. At first I couldn't see the leftmost characters of any titles either, I solved this by adjusting "flat panel scaling" in the Nvidia config. However, I suspect that this takes some sharpness off my image so it's not an optimal solution. I think a lot of the MP users have some overscan on their sets, so I really think that the menu could have been placed a bit further to the right.

ridderdk · 2008-10-13, 01:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seeco

I have also noticed that the menu in Moving Pictures is placed really far out in the edge of the screen. At first I couldn't see the leftmost characters of any titles either, I solved this by adjusting "flat panel scaling" in the Nvidia config. However, I suspect that this takes some sharpness off my image so it's not an optimal solution. I think a lot of the MP users have some overscan on their sets, so I really think that the menu could have been placed a bit further to the right.

Ahh, and how did you do that?
In my NVIDIA control Panel, all these options are "greyed out" and "Use my display's built in scaling" are selected for me.

Seeco · 2008-10-13, 09:17

I don't know really, those options aren't greyed out for me? Maybe you have to activate "advanced" settings or something, I don't remember if there is such an option in the Nvidia config.

karakas · 2008-10-15, 04:19

I don't use Nvidia, but for us AMD users what we can change varies from driver version to driver version. Mostly in the way that they open up more and more settings from one version to the next, so be sure that you're running the latest version of both your driver and the controll panel.

2008-10-07, 23:55	#1 (permalink)
ridderdk Portal Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 22 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country:	TV or resolution - what's wrong? Hi First, fantastic plugin, incredible how easy and fast movie search are being done. Just one question though, movie titles in list view seems to be leaping out on the left, meaning the first character is gone. My pc running 1280720 on a Philips 42 LCD (1366768 native), it's only when activating this plugin left edge seems to be cut of. I have tried messing with movingpictures.xlm adjusting posx and width and hight and so on, but nothing seems to help. Anybody got a hint for me?

2008-10-08, 00:44	#2 (permalink)
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2008-10-08, 08:34	#3 (permalink)
ridderdk Portal Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 22 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country:	Well, i also have an Optima Projector connected through the same output from my Onkyo receiver via a hdmi splitter. That means the same signal are sent to my projector and the tv, the projector having a native resolution of 1280*780. I must admit, i haven't seen how it looks on the projector yet, but still, it should be possible to get the output scaled correctly on my tv? By the way, editing the resolution in movingpictures.xml, adjusting resolution 1366 to 1280 just gives me a 5 cm black bar on the right!??

2008-10-08, 23:14	#4 (permalink)
5Hundred Portal Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 106 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Country: My System	@paranoid delusion - My Sony Bravia TV's native resolution is 1360 x 768 however i also use 1280 x 720 as it will not do 1360 x 768 @ 50HZ, only 60HZ. As i live in a PAL country the slight loss of resolution by not operating at the native resolution is more than made up for by the lack of stuttering by running at the correct frequency.

2008-10-10, 10:13	#5 (permalink)
ridderdk Portal Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 22 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country:	just a note - last night watching a movie on the projector, text on the right did not get cut of.... it's only when showing on my TV!? Point's me to believe there is nothing "wrong" with Moving Pictucres plugin, perhaps my TV then? i don't get it.

2008-10-11, 11:12	#6 (permalink)
Seeco Portal Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 55 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Country:	I have also noticed that the menu in Moving Pictures is placed really far out in the edge of the screen. At first I couldn't see the leftmost characters of any titles either, I solved this by adjusting "flat panel scaling" in the Nvidia config. However, I suspect that this takes some sharpness off my image so it's not an optimal solution. I think a lot of the MP users have some overscan on their sets, so I really think that the menu could have been placed a bit further to the right.

2008-10-13, 09:17	#8 (permalink)
Seeco Portal Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 55 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Country:	I don't know really, those options aren't greyed out for me? Maybe you have to activate "advanced" settings or something, I don't remember if there is such an option in the Nvidia config.

2008-10-15, 04:19	#9 (permalink)
karakas Portal Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 81 Thanks: 4 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	I don't use Nvidia, but for us AMD users what we can change varies from driver version to driver version. Mostly in the way that they open up more and more settings from one version to the next, so be sure that you're running the latest version of both your driver and the controll panel.