[mythtv] Ticket #13400: Video playback wrong aspect ratio

[John Pilkington]

On 06/02/2019 19:59, Peter Bennett wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2/6/19 1:40 PM, MythTV wrote:
>> #13400: Video playback wrong aspect ratio
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>>   Reporter:  Klaas de Waal            |          Owner:  Peter Bennett
>>       Type:  Bug Report - General     |         Status:  closed
>>   Priority:  minor                    |      Milestone:  31.0
>> Component:  MythTV - Video Playback  |        Version:  Master Head
>>   Severity:  medium                   |     Resolution:  Invalid
>>   Keywords:  video playback gui qt    |  Ticket locked:  0
>> -------------------------------------+-------------------------------
>>
>> Comment (by jpilk):
>>
>>   Perhaps I misunderstand; but I can (and do) stop and restart either
>>   frontend display 'instantaneously' from the command line.  Logging 
>> in as a
>>   different user takes minutes.  'Restriction' seems an  understatement.
>>
> It really depends on how you use it. I have a computer in the basement 
> that I used for watching recordings and also for development.
> 
> Asking my wife to log on, run xrandr or go into "screen setup" and turn 
> off one screen and then start MythTV using a mouse is extremely low. She 
> will forget every time and I will get a frantic call saying MythTV is 
> not working.
> 
> However, telling her to login as xx with yy password and MythTV just 
> starts is totally acceptable.
> 
> Peter
> 
I agree:  I'm (usually) the sole user of general-purpose machines that 
also run MythTV, from 2 of several Konsole tabs.  In one tab I type 
'mythbackend' and in the other either 'mythfrontend' or 'mythfrontend 
-nw --geometry 1920x1080+1680+0'   Entered once, and thereafter 
accessible by the up-arrow.  Or the complexity could be hidden in a 
micro-script.  'Escape' (with mouse) stops the frontend.  No 'services' 
to restart processes in sequence and confuse me.  I can do both myself.

OK, it isn't family friendly, it sounds primitive, it doesn't use a 
10-foot interface;  but it works for me, and if reasonably possible I 
would like it to continue.

Cheers,

John P