Autoresolution

[Ev0]

The issue has been found & fixed, so in next ViX build you can use tha AR-plugin again. Surely BH will take aboard this fix as well.

We will

[Nitemare]

We will

Great Ev0 ... thanks so much!!!!

[DaMacFunkin]

OBH stealing a march heh, C'mon Vix sort them out.

[Nitemare]

Hi all,
Just to confirm that Autoresolution IS now working again on the OBH image ...

Wanted to says thanks to those who confirmed the issue I'd seen and then corrected the coding to fix it!!! Wish I was that talented ... lol

So for any others here is my settings:

Main AV Settings: Mode 2160p with Multi Refresh Rate

Autoresolution Plug-in: All modes set to 1080p50 EXCEPT for HD Progressive which is set to Default (i.e. 2160p) Refresh Rates set to Multi for all modes

This then lets my 4K TV (Panasonic DX700) auto switch from 2160 to 1080 as I zap between 4K and HD/SD channels. On my non-4K TV's they default switch to 1080p ... all show as normal EXCEPT 2160p channels (black screen due to no 2160p capability) but I knew that'd be the case ... means I need more 4K TV's!! lol ...

Thanks again to all involved sorting the issue and much appreciate the time and effort that goes into making the images!!!

[Nitemare]

Hi,
Looking at this Autoresolution again ...

Is it possible to add a mode for 1280*720 broadcasts to the plugin? (i.e. for German ARD channels etc.) They broadcast in this standard and with there being no mode available to set as 1080P in the plugin my TV defaults to the 2160P default in the AV settings menu.
This is fine on my sole 4K TV but obviously not on my 1080P TV's (black screen)

Just wondered if you coders can add this mode?

Thanks,
Nitemare

[Rob van der Does]

I was wondering the same thing. Trying to make a setting to get those services to output the same resolution as the source failed here.

[Nitemare]

I was wondering the same thing. Trying to make a setting to get those services to output the same resolution as the source failed here.

The Autoresolution plugin in the VTi image is the best I've tried so far ... it has UHD modes added for Interlace and Progessive scanning too ... but like the Vix/OBH images no modes for 1280*720 ...

I'm sure Autoresolution could be adapted to add the modes required???

Nitemare

[Rob van der Does]

FYI: @Birdman, being our in-house AR-expert, will have a look at this.

[birdman]

FYI: @Birdman, being our in-house AR-expert, will have a look at this.

Hmmm...I look at a file once, for a coding issue, and become The Expert!!

But let's see....

[birdman]

Is it possible to add a mode for 1280*720 broadcasts to the plugin? (i.e. for German ARD channels etc.)

That looks like 720p to me. But there is 720p24 and 720p25.

Could you switch to one of these channels and you'll see entries in the debug log from these statements:

                                print "[AutoRes] new content is %sx%s%s%s" %(width, height, prog, frate)
...
                                        print '[AutoRes] determined videomode', new_mode

What do they report? Indeed, any [AutoRes] lines would be of interest.

They broadcast in this standard and with there being no mode available to set as 1080P in the plugin my TV defaults to the 2160P default in the AV settings menu.

Not sure what you mean by "there being no mode available to set as 1080P in the plugin".

It sounds as though what is actually needed here is a maximum resolution to set (i.e. the user should be able to remove things from modes_available on the box if they aren't available on the TV that will be displaying them).

[birdman]

Is it possible to add a mode for 1280*720 broadcasts to the plugin?

It might help if you could record a few minutes of this and post the file somewhere for me to pick up?

[Nitemare]

That looks like 720p to me. But there is 720p24 and 720p25.

Could you switch to one of these channels and you'll see entries in the debug log from these statements:

                                print "[AutoRes] new content is %sx%s%s%s" %(width, height, prog, frate)
...
                                        print '[AutoRes] determined videomode', new_mode

What do they report? Indeed, any [AutoRes] lines would be of interest.

Not sure what you mean by "there being no mode available to set as 1080P in the plugin".

It sounds as though what is actually needed here is a maximum resolution to set (i.e. the user should be able to remove things from modes_available on the box if they aren't available on the TV that will be displaying them).

Hi Birdman,
Glad someone with "brains" on the case!! lol

OK ... here's a resume of my set-up (which I'm sure many others have now too at home)

TV1 - Panasonic 4K 2016 model
TV2 & 3 - Panasonic HD 2014 & 2015 models

(all TV's set to Auto Change according to resolution received, i.e. auto switch from 2160-1080-720-576 dependent on signal)

Sat Box - VU+ Ultimo 4K

Images (on Multiboot) Vix 4.2.027/OBH 0.6.027/VTi 11.0.1

AV Settings (VU+ Ultimo 4K) - Set to: Mode=2160p Refresh Rate=Multi

AutoResolution Plugin - Enabled (and each mode configured as follows)
ALL Modes set to 1080p50 EXCEPT ... HD Progressive which is set to DEFAULT (i.e.2160p as per AV settings see above)

This results in my 4K TV auto switching to 2160p for 4K received signals (e.g Astra UHD Demo10994H 22000 5/6 on Astra 1 @ 19.2°) and then back to 1080p50 for all other non UHD channels ... brilliant!
However, on my Standard HD TV's they obviously don't have 2160 resolution capability so if i tune to a 4K channel on VU+ box it shows black screen ... (that's OK as at mo not a lot of 4K programming and its just means an expense to get another 4K capable TV lol ...)

All was fine until tuned to the FTA HD German channels on Astra 1 ... (e.g. 3 Sat 11347 V 22000 2/3) ... my 4K TV switched to the DEFAULT AV Setting of 2160p for these channels even though they show a Broadcast resolution of 1280*720p50 ... and so on my NON 4K TV's the screen is now black as the VU+ Box thinks its a 4K signal being received!!

The ONLY thing I put this down to is that the AUTORESOLUTION plugin needs an extra "Mode" added to deal with this resolution ...

When using the VTi Image the problem DOESN'T occur ... the German channels show as expected in 1080p resolution ... and I BELIEVE because their AUTORESOLUTION plugin has two EXTRA modes ...

UHD Progressive and UHD Interlace modes ... so this means that HD Progressive can be set to 1080p and not 2160p as it is in VIX/OBH images (IS THIS THE ISSUE???)

My settings are as per VIX/OBH - 1080p for all modes EXCEPT for the UHD modes which are set to DEFAULT (i.e. 2160 in AV Settings Menu)

This is probably as clear as MUD but please say if you need more??

I added pics for AR plugin from VIX and VTI image and you can see UHD modes added.

Cheers,
Nitemare.

VIX AR.jpgVTI AR.jpg

[birdman]

Have you considered not using AutoResolution at all, fixing the output of your box to match the resolution of TV set to which it is connected and letting the box scale to that resolution?

[birdman]

All was fine until tuned to the FTA HD German channels on Astra 1 ... (e.g. 3 Sat 11347 V 22000 2/3) ... my 4K TV switched to the DEFAULT AV Setting of 2160p for these channels even though they show a Broadcast resolution of 1280*720p50 ... and so on my NON 4K TV's the screen is now black as the VU+ Box thinks its a 4K signal being received!!

The ONLY thing I put this down to is that the AUTORESOLUTION plugin needs an extra "Mode" added to deal with this resolution

The box can only output resolution that are available to it. Does it actually have a 720p50 capability? (I suspect it does, but worth checking).

So login to the box, run cat /proc/stb/video/videomode_choices and post the result.

[Ev0]

The box can only output resolution that are available to it. Does it actually have a 720p50 capability? (I suspect it does, but worth checking).

So login to the box, run cat /proc/stb/video/videomode_choices and post the result.

root@vuultimo4k:~# cat /proc/stb/video/videomode_choices
pal ntsc 480i 576i 1080i 1080p 720p 480p 1080i50 1080p24 1080p25 1080p30 1080p50 1080p60 720p24 720p50 576p 2160p50 2160p 2160p24 2160p25 2160p30