diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 767a7957..cb809786 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -1151,6 +1151,7 @@ Marco Schl
  for fixing calling cStatus::MsgChannelSwitch() in cDevice::SetChannel()
  for increasing POLLTIMEOUTS_BEFORE_DEVICECLEAR in transfer.c to 6 to avoid problems
  with the larger buffer reserve
+ for adding support for setting the video display mode
 
 Jürgen Schmitz <j.schmitz@web.de>
  for reporting a bug in displaying the current channel when switching via the SVDRP
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 1dd31404..a62f28c1 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -3429,3 +3429,4 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Increased POLLTIMEOUTS_BEFORE_DEVICECLEAR in transfer.c to 6 to avoid problems
   with the larger buffer reserve (thanks to Marco Schlüßler).
 - Fixed the call to SetVideoFormat() in cDvbDevice::cDvbDevice() (parameter is _bool_).
+- Added support for setting the video display mode (thanks to Marco Schlüßler).
diff --git a/device.c b/device.c
index 8685e3c0..629ad8eb 100644
--- a/device.c
+++ b/device.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: device.c 1.93 2005/02/19 12:20:39 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: device.c 1.94 2005/02/20 11:41:03 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "device.h"
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ bool cDevice::SetPrimaryDevice(int n)
         primaryDevice->MakePrimaryDevice(false);
      primaryDevice = device[n];
      primaryDevice->MakePrimaryDevice(true);
+     primaryDevice->SetVideoFormat(Setup.VideoFormat);
      return true;
      }
   esyslog("ERROR: invalid primary device number: %d", n + 1);
@@ -327,6 +328,28 @@ bool cDevice::GrabImage(const char *FileName, bool Jpeg, int Quality, int SizeX,
   return false;
 }
 
+void cDevice::SetVideoDisplayFormat(eVideoDisplayFormat VideoDisplayFormat)
+{
+  cSpuDecoder *spuDecoder = GetSpuDecoder();
+  if (spuDecoder) {
+     if (Setup.VideoFormat)
+        spuDecoder->setScaleMode(cSpuDecoder::eSpuNormal);
+     else {
+        switch (VideoDisplayFormat) {
+               case vdfPanAndScan:
+                    spuDecoder->setScaleMode(cSpuDecoder::eSpuPanAndScan);
+                    break;
+               case vdfLetterBox:
+                    spuDecoder->setScaleMode(cSpuDecoder::eSpuLetterBox);
+                    break;
+               case vdfCenterCutOut:
+                    spuDecoder->setScaleMode(cSpuDecoder::eSpuNormal);
+                    break;
+               }
+        }
+     }
+}
+
 void cDevice::SetVideoFormat(bool VideoFormat16_9)
 {
 }
@@ -836,6 +859,7 @@ void cDevice::Detach(cPlayer *Player)
      player->device = NULL;
      player = NULL;
      SetPlayMode(pmNone);
+     SetVideoDisplayFormat(vdfLetterBox);
      Audios.ClearAudio();
      }
 }
diff --git a/device.h b/device.h
index 80587992..1e747028 100644
--- a/device.h
+++ b/device.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: device.h 1.55 2005/02/06 11:43:04 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: device.h 1.56 2005/02/20 11:30:11 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __DEVICE_H
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "ringbuffer.h"
 #include "sdt.h"
 #include "sections.h"
+#include "spu.h"
 #include "thread.h"
 #include "tools.h"
 
@@ -56,6 +57,11 @@ enum eVideoSystem { vsPAL,
                     vsNTSC
                   };
 
+enum eVideoDisplayFormat { vdfPanAndScan,
+                           vdfLetterBox,
+                           vdfCenterCutOut
+                         };
+
 enum eTrackType { ttNone,
                   ttAudio,
                   ttAudioFirst = ttAudio,
@@ -83,7 +89,6 @@ struct tTrackId {
 class cChannel;
 class cPlayer;
 class cReceiver;
-class cSpuDecoder;
 class cPesAssembler;
 
 /// The cDevice class is the base from which actual devices can be derived.
@@ -301,6 +306,10 @@ public:
 // Video format facilities
 
 public:
+  virtual void SetVideoDisplayFormat(eVideoDisplayFormat VideoDisplayFormat);
+         ///< Sets the video display format to the given one (only useful
+         ///< if this device has an MPEG decoder).
+         ///< A derived class must first call the base class function!
   virtual void SetVideoFormat(bool VideoFormat16_9);
          ///< Sets the output video format to either 16:9 or 4:3 (only useful
          ///< if this device has an MPEG decoder).
diff --git a/dvbdevice.c b/dvbdevice.c
index c937428e..ed12c543 100644
--- a/dvbdevice.c
+++ b/dvbdevice.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: dvbdevice.c 1.122 2005/02/20 11:05:50 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: dvbdevice.c 1.123 2005/02/20 11:31:39 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "dvbdevice.h"
@@ -599,10 +599,35 @@ bool cDvbDevice::GrabImage(const char *FileName, bool Jpeg, int Quality, int Siz
   return false;
 }
 
+void cDvbDevice::SetVideoDisplayFormat(eVideoDisplayFormat VideoDisplayFormat)
+{
+  cDevice::SetVideoDisplayFormat(VideoDisplayFormat);
+  if (HasDecoder()) {
+     if (Setup.VideoFormat) {
+        CHECK(ioctl(fd_video, VIDEO_SET_DISPLAY_FORMAT, VIDEO_CENTER_CUT_OUT));
+        }
+     else {
+        switch (VideoDisplayFormat) {
+          case vdfPanAndScan:
+               CHECK(ioctl(fd_video, VIDEO_SET_DISPLAY_FORMAT, VIDEO_PAN_SCAN));
+               break;
+          case vdfLetterBox:
+               CHECK(ioctl(fd_video, VIDEO_SET_DISPLAY_FORMAT, VIDEO_LETTER_BOX));
+               break;
+          case vdfCenterCutOut:
+               CHECK(ioctl(fd_video, VIDEO_SET_DISPLAY_FORMAT, VIDEO_CENTER_CUT_OUT));
+               break;
+          }
+        }
+     }
+}
+
 void cDvbDevice::SetVideoFormat(bool VideoFormat16_9)
 {
-  if (HasDecoder())
+  if (HasDecoder()) {
      CHECK(ioctl(fd_video, VIDEO_SET_FORMAT, VideoFormat16_9 ? VIDEO_FORMAT_16_9 : VIDEO_FORMAT_4_3));
+     SetVideoDisplayFormat(vdfLetterBox);
+     }
 }
 
 eVideoSystem cDvbDevice::GetVideoSystem(void)
diff --git a/dvbdevice.h b/dvbdevice.h
index 99456e73..4a705367 100644
--- a/dvbdevice.h
+++ b/dvbdevice.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: dvbdevice.h 1.33 2005/02/13 14:14:31 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: dvbdevice.h 1.34 2005/02/20 11:17:07 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __DVBDEVICE_H
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ public:
 // Video format facilities
 
 public:
+  virtual void SetVideoDisplayFormat(eVideoDisplayFormat VideoDisplayFormat);
   virtual void SetVideoFormat(bool VideoFormat16_9);
   virtual eVideoSystem GetVideoSystem(void);
 
diff --git a/dvbspu.h b/dvbspu.h
index 88812347..c60567a3 100644
--- a/dvbspu.h
+++ b/dvbspu.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  * parts of this file are derived from the OMS program.
  *
- * $Id: dvbspu.h 1.7 2005/01/08 09:59:44 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: dvbspu.h 1.8 2005/02/20 11:20:43 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __DVBSPU_H
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ class cDvbSpuDecoder:public cSpuDecoder {
 
     int setTime(uint32_t pts);
 
+    cSpuDecoder::eScaleMode getScaleMode(void) { return scaleMode; }
     void setScaleMode(cSpuDecoder::eScaleMode ScaleMode);
     void setPalette(uint32_t * pal);
     void setHighlight(uint16_t sx, uint16_t sy, uint16_t ex, uint16_t ey,
diff --git a/spu.h b/spu.h
index 9ab4da5b..0437a322 100644
--- a/spu.h
+++ b/spu.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * This code is distributed under the terms and conditions of the
  * GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE. See the file COPYING for details.
  *
- * $Id: spu.h 1.3 2005/01/08 09:58:35 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: spu.h 1.4 2005/02/20 11:21:31 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __SPU_VDR_H
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@ class cSpuDecoder {
     typedef enum { eSpuNormal, eSpuLetterBox, eSpuPanAndScan } eScaleMode;
   public:
     //    cSpuDecoder();
-     virtual ~ cSpuDecoder();
+    virtual ~cSpuDecoder();
 
     virtual int setTime(uint32_t pts) = 0;
 
+    virtual cSpuDecoder::eScaleMode getScaleMode(void) = 0;
     virtual void setScaleMode(cSpuDecoder::eScaleMode ScaleMode) = 0;
     virtual void setPalette(uint32_t * pal) = 0;
     virtual void setHighlight(uint16_t sx, uint16_t sy,