[mythtv-users] RE: Feature request or pointer to code

[Michael J. Sherman]

 > Can the OSD be changed to always use the screen
 > width and height instead of the display / recording width
 > / height? I have a 16:9 monitor and watch most of the 4:3
 > shows in the 4:3 Zoom mode. The OSD is off the screen for
 > the most part.

Yes, I also have a 16:9 TV and notice this.  It's a significant issue 
when watching something in 16:9 Zoom mode.  If something is recorded 
from my 4:3 source, but there is letterboxing (sci-fi channel does 
this a lot), then I like to put it in 16:9 mode to fill up my screen 
perfectly.  However, the OSD is way off the bottom of the screen when 
used in this mode.

It would probably just be a matter of checking the current zoom mode 
and repositioning/stetching the OSD accordingly.

 > I wonder if it might be better to have the OSD within the
 > 4:3 safe area of the 16:9 image which would then meant that
 > if you were in zoomed 16:9 on a 4:3 device that you would
 > still get the OSD fully on screen.

No, that would not work on the 16:9 Zoom mode, since the bottom would 
still be cut off below.  I think he's talking about viewing on a 16:9 
TV, not on a 4:3 TV.