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<blockquote data-quote="lkuech" data-source="post: 139543" data-attributes="member: 46526"><p>Hi tourettes.</p><p></p><p>yes I know the auto cropper. It was the plugin that had "inspired" me to build the ViewModeSwitcher. Of course, merging this two plugins is possible. But these plugins are developed with different "goals". Auto cropper main task is to zoom as best as possible into the picture without loosing subtitles. And ViewModeSwitcher adds mainly the possibility to have a default zoom mode for every kind of signal. (You can still choose the zoom mode yourself by using the s key)</p><p></p><p>Here in Germany we have normally 4 kinds of signals.</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">HDTV - is always 16:9 with pretty good borders, so no overscan necessary.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">PAL 4:3 - as I mentioned before, I don't want to watch such programs with black bars left and right. Borders maybe cr.... so a little overscan comes handy.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">PAL 16:9 - Also not always clean borders so overscan is also mandatory.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">PAL Letterbox - Is not really a "signal kind" but different to handle as the other ones. This signal is a 16:9 picture in a 4:3 broadcast. There are normally no necessary information in the black bars (no subtitles etc.)</li> </ul><p></p><p>The idea of ViewModeSwitcher was to help MediaPortal (connected to a wide screen) handle all these kind of signals without change the zoom mode via remote all the time. </p><p> </p><p>Letterbox is the only signal type where the plugin can't help so far. Those signals are best viewed in the mode "zoom", but you have to switch to it via remote. </p><p>An automatically detection of letterbox signals is already included in the auto cropper, but unfortunately it seems to leave the bottom black bar visible pretty often and generates small black borders around the whole picture frequently.</p><p></p><p>So we have two options. Merge these two plugins and make auto cropper also useful for the "German" letterbox broadcasts, or let these plugins coexist ... but I guess sooner or later I will have to implement a letterbox detection function that simply switches to the already implemented "zoom" mode... that is pretty near to what auto cropper is trying to do, but still with a little bit different focus.</p><p></p><p>Did you test the plugin?</p><p>I would like to have some feedback before I make it "more" public by uploading it on the main site.</p><p></p><p>CU</p><p>Lars</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lkuech, post: 139543, member: 46526"] Hi tourettes. yes I know the auto cropper. It was the plugin that had "inspired" me to build the ViewModeSwitcher. Of course, merging this two plugins is possible. But these plugins are developed with different "goals". Auto cropper main task is to zoom as best as possible into the picture without loosing subtitles. And ViewModeSwitcher adds mainly the possibility to have a default zoom mode for every kind of signal. (You can still choose the zoom mode yourself by using the s key) Here in Germany we have normally 4 kinds of signals. [LIST] [*]HDTV - is always 16:9 with pretty good borders, so no overscan necessary. [*]PAL 4:3 - as I mentioned before, I don't want to watch such programs with black bars left and right. Borders maybe cr.... so a little overscan comes handy. [*]PAL 16:9 - Also not always clean borders so overscan is also mandatory. [*]PAL Letterbox - Is not really a "signal kind" but different to handle as the other ones. This signal is a 16:9 picture in a 4:3 broadcast. There are normally no necessary information in the black bars (no subtitles etc.) [/LIST] The idea of ViewModeSwitcher was to help MediaPortal (connected to a wide screen) handle all these kind of signals without change the zoom mode via remote all the time. Letterbox is the only signal type where the plugin can't help so far. Those signals are best viewed in the mode "zoom", but you have to switch to it via remote. An automatically detection of letterbox signals is already included in the auto cropper, but unfortunately it seems to leave the bottom black bar visible pretty often and generates small black borders around the whole picture frequently. So we have two options. Merge these two plugins and make auto cropper also useful for the "German" letterbox broadcasts, or let these plugins coexist ... but I guess sooner or later I will have to implement a letterbox detection function that simply switches to the already implemented "zoom" mode... that is pretty near to what auto cropper is trying to do, but still with a little bit different focus. Did you test the plugin? I would like to have some feedback before I make it "more" public by uploading it on the main site. CU Lars [/QUOTE]
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