> > > [...] > > > 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. > > > [...] > > > > 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). > > Yes, the hardware is the same. But now that you mentoned Xv I > remembered to look at loadaded XFree86 modules. And guess what > I found: I did forget to load the v2l module. After adding it > to the XFree86 configuration file and restart the XFree86 > server I got the expected behaviour on Skipjack: no restriction > on the tv image size (except that the aspect ratio is kept). > [...] I'm playing with Skipjack and am also having a problem with xawtv. When I try to run the application in fullscreen mode, the video takes up only the top half of the screen. This results in a television which has been stretched horizontaly. The bottom half of the screen is a blue field. Everything worked fine with Redhat 7.2. I was going to address this with Redhat until I saw José's similar message. Is anyone else seeing similar behavior? -- Mike :wq
