[mythtv-users] TV aspect ratio problem

[Paul Woodward]

I did another CVS upgrade this am and the problem has been (kind of) fixed. With the screen size, offsets set to zero the TV will appear full screen (but right aspect ratio), however in order to see the picture appear (rather than a black screen) you have to untick the TV same size as GUI box which seems like a bug to me.

Paul

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> 	I, too, have the same problem.  Does mythtv assume that the display
> uses traditional computer 4:3 square pixels?  If so, that might be something
> worth adding to a configuration, since tvout inherently blows away the notion
> of square pixels.  I'm running a homebrew 720x480 modeline (at NTSC
> frequencies), and I have to set the PVR-250 to record at 16:9 for it to play
> correctly without adjustment.
> 
> 	Thoughts, comments?  I guess the real deal is three different aspect
> ratios:
> - What it's recorded at
> - What X on the computer runs at
> - What they TV physically is (4:3 or 16:9)
> 
> -Cory
> 
> On Wed, 11 Feb 2004, Paul Woodward wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've just upgraded to the very latest CVS from CVS 2 days before 0.14
> > was released.
> >
> > I'm using a monitor as a TV, running at 1024x768. The TV picture now
> > appears to scale to the full size of my screen (both vertically and
> > horizontally) so that 16:9 broadcasts look more like 4:3 and 4:3 is very
> > squashed. I've tried playing with the appearance settings, but nothing
> > makes it look as it used to.
> >
> > 1.	Is this an intentional change?
> > 2.	Do I need to configure X to run my monitor at a non-conventional
> > resolution?
> >
> > If no.2 is the solution, any pointers would be useful.
> >
> > Thanks, Paul
> >
> 
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