[PROBLEM] SDTV: 16:9 video is being compressed to 4:3

[Darkguy]

Hi,

I'm running Xbian on an old 16:9 PAL CRT (SDTV, I use the TV's "zoom to 16:9" mode to stretch the 720×576 to 1024×576). I just updated to the latest build running Kodi 16 (coming from 15.2) and have a strange problem: Kodi plays all 16:9 video compressed to 4:3; 4:3 video (which is set to display as normal) is compressed even further. The Xbian boot logo and the Kodi GUI display as expected (16:9, covering the whole screen). Everything was fine and worked as expected on Kodi 15.2.

In my /boot/config.txt, I set the correct PAL/16:9 resolution (didn't change anything recently):

Code:

sdtv_mode=2            # normal PAL
sdtv_aspect=3          # 16:9
disable_overscan=0     # enable overscan
hdmi_ignore_cec_init=1 # doesn't sent initial active source message
hdmi_ignore_cec=1      # pretends CEC is not supported at all by TV

Is there any explanation for this, or any setting in Kodi 16 I could tweak to get things to work as expected?