xawtv window size

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=?iso-8859-1?Q?Jos=E9?= Romildo Malaquias writes:
 > Hello.
 > 
 > When I call xawtv in my Skipjack (Red Hat Linux beta 7.2.92) system,
 > it opens its default 384x288 and works without problems. Resizing the
 > window also works ok, fitting the tv image into the window size,
 > respecting the aspect ratio of 4:3 accordingly. If I resize the
 > window, the tv image is also resized to fit the window size, BUT
 > within the limits of 640x480. That is, the tv image is not
 > getting bigger than 640x480, regardless of the window size. Full
 > screen mode also is giving me this limit.
 > 
 > The _same_ xawtv does not have this restriction when running
 > in my Enigma (Red Hast Linux 7.2) system. I have even tried compiling
 > my own kernel (2.4.19-pre5) on both systems to test, but xawtv behaves
 > the same as described above: the problem appears in Skipjack, but
 > not in Enigma.
 > 
 > I am relatively new to xawtv and maybe this behaviour can be
 > configured somewhere.
 > 
 > Is this a problem with my Skipjack system, with xawtv configuration,
 > with bttv, or whatever?
 > 
 > Any clues?
 > 

Do both system's graphics cards support Xv?
640x480 is the maximum size for NTSC (if the aspect ratio has to be
correct). You can only enlarge it if you have a hardware scaler in
your graphics card which is supported by the X11 driver, or if you do
it by software (slower).

Marcus





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