Is this changed in a later SVN or have I missed something in the configuration?
Unfortunately that current state is that it does override the horz. cropping. This is due the fact that that parameter is very hard to get at for the auto cropper. The planned solution was to simply add automatic horizontal cropping, however that has not been done yet (it is however very easy to do, so if someone ones to fix it, please feel free, i will make sure it gets committed).
I also have another thought of how I want to change the behaviour of the plug-in if I'm changing the horizontal cropping. Right now when the autocropper is in DYNAMIC mode it is wrongfully cropping films that are being sent out with black bars because they are wider than 16:9.
I also have another thought of how I want to change the behaviour of the plug-in if I'm changing the horizontal cropping. Right now when the autocropper is in DYNAMIC mode it is wrongfully cropping films that are being sent out with black bars because they are wider than 16:9.
It is quite intentional that the cropper removes black bars even wider than 16:9! It is the responsibility of the *zoom* mode to deal with this. The cropper simply determines which part of the video contains an image, it is up to the zoom mode to decide how to render this.
Unless something has been changed the Normal zoom mode will display a letterboxed movie (16:9 or wider) *aspect correct* (ie people wont look too tall). On the other hand the 'Stretch' mode + autocrop will stretch the image onto the entire display area. It is important to be able to do both, because some people prefer to stretch a 16:9 movie to a 4:3 display or a really wide movie to a 16:9 display. This is consistent with what happens to non-letterboxed movies. If you on a 4:3 display watch a 16:9 movie without black bars, then stretch will give you tall people, while normal will give you the best aspect ratio correct image possible.
Put another way, most people will want to use the *Normal* zoom mode with the autocropper, but if you want to use the entire array no matter what, then use AutoCrop + Stretch.
So I think the best solution for an all automatic experience with live-TV is then to use viewmodeswither-plugin to switch between the zoom modes depending on content AR and then combine this with autocropper-plugin set to dynamic mode to deal with letterbox content that has subtitles in the black bar.
So I will go on and see if I can work out how to modify the source to deal with horizontal cropping as well. I will post in this tread when I have something working.