diff -ur decode_display/src/ilclient.c decode_display.modified/src/ilclient.c
--- decode_display/src/ilclient.c	2012-08-13 11:06:35.000000000 +0100
+++ decode_display.modified/src/ilclient.c	2012-08-13 11:05:23.000000000 +0100
@@ -80,6 +80,60 @@
 #include <omx_vfdc.h>
 #include <omx_ctrl.h>
 
+
+#include <OMX_TI_Index.h>
+#include <OMX_TI_Common.h>
+
+// Hackery to dynamically modify scaler resolution.
+// After being called 100 times, it modifies the scaler input cropping parameters
+// to upscale the middle quarter of the image rather than the whole image.  Numbers
+// are correct for 720p decoder output, for other resolutions this will likely just
+// hang because it modifies the whole image resolution dynamically.
+
+static IL_CLIENT_COMP_PRIVATE *hack_scaler_component;
+static int hack_scaler_input_frames, hack_scaler_output_frames;
+
+static void hack_scaler_input_hook(IL_CLIENT_COMP_PRIVATE *comp)
+{
+  ++hack_scaler_input_frames;
+  printf("scaler input frame %d\n", hack_scaler_input_frames);
+
+  if(hack_scaler_input_frames == 100) {
+    OMX_ERRORTYPE err;
+    OMX_CONFIG_VIDCHANNEL_RESOLUTION res;
+
+    OMX_INIT_PARAM(&res);
+    res.eDir          = OMX_DirInput;
+    res.nChId         = 0;
+    res.Frm0Width     = 1280;
+    res.Frm0Height    = 720;
+    res.Frm0Pitch     = 1408;
+    res.Frm1Width     = 0;
+    res.Frm1Height    = 0;
+    res.Frm1Pitch     = 0;
+    res.FrmStartX     = 320;
+    res.FrmStartY     = 180;
+    res.FrmCropWidth  = 640;
+    res.FrmCropHeight = 360;
+
+    err = OMX_SetConfig(comp->handle,
+                        (OMX_INDEXTYPE) OMX_TI_IndexConfigVidChResolution,
+                        &res);
+    if(err != OMX_ErrorNone) {
+      ERROR("failed to modify scaler input channel resolution\n");
+    } else {
+      printf("successfully modified scaler input channel resolution\n");
+    }
+  }
+}
+static void hack_scaler_output_hook(IL_CLIENT_COMP_PRIVATE *comp)
+{
+  ++hack_scaler_output_frames;
+  printf("scaler output frame %d\n", hack_scaler_output_frames);
+}
+
+
+
 OMX_U8 PADX;
 OMX_U8 PADY;
 extern void IL_ClientFbDevAppTask (void *threadsArg);
@@ -273,6 +327,9 @@
   OMX_ERRORTYPE eError = OMX_ErrorNone;
   int retVal = 0;
 
+  if(thisComp == hack_scaler_component)
+    hack_scaler_output_hook(thisComp);
+
   /* get the pipe corrsponding to this port, portIndex is part of bufferheader
      structure */
   outPortParamsPtr =
@@ -499,6 +556,9 @@
   pBufferIn->pMarkData = pipeMsg->bufHeader.pMarkData;
   pBufferIn->nTickCount = 0;
 
+  if(thisComp == hack_scaler_component)
+    hack_scaler_input_hook(thisComp);
+
   /* call etb to the component */
   err = OMX_EmptyThisBuffer (thisComp->handle, pBufferIn);
   return (err);
@@ -817,6 +877,8 @@
   }
   pAppData->scILComp->handle = pAppData->pScHandle;
 
+  hack_scaler_component = pAppData->scILComp;
+
   printf (" scalar compoenent is created \n");
 
   /* omx calls are made in this function for setting the parameters for scalar