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Hello all,
I've just upgraded from Vfx and I see that there's no Stretch mode for the video output. There's Crop and Preserve alright, but no Stretch. Is this situation likely to be resolved?
Cheers,
Tony

Hi,

What did you use stretch for?
This mode is not available in the plugin as it's considered as useless (deforming the image to fit a screen is never a good idea...)

It didn't make it into the video plugin because not satisfying with the quality it deliver.
Can you explain why you need it and how you use it please ?

Hello,
I want to use Stretch because all my videos are in standard PAL format. Some videos are 16:9, but many are 4:3 format. If I output via HDMI, the PAL image has too few pixels to fill the screen. This makes upscaling necessary. Right now, my only option is to use Crop, but this mode cuts off the top and bottom of the video.
I can't see how Stretch mode reduces quality by more than Crop. In effect, in Crop mode, there is even less quality than in Stretch mode, when playing back 4:3 videos. This is because there is something like 11% less of the original pixels to fill the screen.... Less pixels, less quality.
Since I have to lose quality anyway, would it not be better to fill the screen without the cropping, so that at least I have all of the original pixels to show on screen? I would prefer to have that option.
Incidentally, when the first standards converters from PAL to NTSC were made, the cheap ones used to crop off the extra lines that PAL videos had... Until people noticed that foreheads and text graphics were all cut off!
Thanks,
Tony, an old TV engineer

Alright, transmiting your request.