Forcing MCE to use widescreen?

[Ol!ver]

Ok, I'm using purevideo to decode freeview, and on some channels it says it's anamorphic widescreen, and on some it says full frame. Now how do I make MCE treat them both as WS material, getting rid of the silly borders I keep getting at the sides? Sometimes it even says the channel is WS, then I come back a minute later and it says full screen. The display type settings in purevideo don't seem to do much to be honest.

Is no-one else having this problem?

Thanks

[sanderton]

Is it widesceen being transmitted? If you mean you want to distort 4:3 to 16:9, use the Zoom function from the Info button.

[Ol!ver]

Take Sky Sports News for example. Sometimes it shows it in WS, sometimes in 4:3. I can't see why !

[Ol!ver]

I'm going to lose my wragg with this. Watch BBC, it's widescreen. Put another channel on for a minute, go back to BBC and I've got a squashed WS image in a 4:3 box ! I refuse to believe no-one else has had this problem. The zoom feature is irrlevant.

[sanderton]

Is the problem at the TV or the MCE end; is the TV definitely forced to 16:9 "Full" and not an "auto" option?

[Ol!ver]

Originally Posted by sanderton

Is the problem at the TV or the MCE end; is the TV definitely forced to 16:9 "Full" and not an "auto" option?

The TV is fine, it doesnt' change at all. It's daft. Was watching Sky news this morning fine in normal mode, no zooming or anything. Switched to UKTV history and got borders down the sides. Back to sky news and the borders are there too ! You're not telling me anything's changed in that 20 secs.

[deksawyer]

I had this exact problem when using Windvd as the decoder. Switched to Purevideo and it cured it.

In your case, it may be the TV that's causing the problems.

Also, you won't be able to have MCE auto stretch 4:3 material to fit the screen; it'll always show black bars down the side unless you manually change the zoom setting.

Try reinstalling Purevideo to see if that cures it........

D.

[andyr300]

sky sports news is always in 4:3,so sounds like your TV is the problem

[Ol!ver]

Originally Posted by andyr300

sky sports news is always in 4:3,so sounds like your TV is the problem

It can't be the TV, I'm using the x360 as an extender and it's outputting 1080i. That's always WS, you don't have a choice.

[Ol!ver]

The 360 seems to do all it's own decoding too. I've uninstalled all the decoders from the MCE machine and th 360 still works, so it doesnt' appear to be a setting at the PC end.

The thing that I really can't get my head round is how it can be showing a problem in 16x9 one minute, then you change channe; and come back, and it's squashing it to a 4:3 image. It's actually squashing it, as everything looks conpressed and tall.