[mythtv-users] widescreen TV out

[Mark Smith]

In message <20050401153840.GA21528 at cloud.net.au>
          Hamish Moffatt <hamish at cloud.net.au> wrote:

> At the risk of repeating a recent thread I'm still confused about
> widescreen TV out. I'm now connecting my Myth box (with GF4 440MX) to a
> new widescreen TV. Currently via composite but I'll change that later.
> 
> [Snip]
>
> Is the correct way to handle this to use one of Myth's zoom/stretch 
> modes to stretch the 16:9 source image to a 4:3 output image, then
> use a TV zoom mode to stretch it back? I think that should work.

You might be able to do that, but it would be at the expense of losing
vertical resolution.

The best way to solve it is to add a DisplaySize line to your xorg.conf file
to specify a display size with an aspect ration of 16:9. Something like:

DisplaySize 400 225

Myth will then output 16:9 to fill the screen and 4:3 with vertical black
bars either side.

-- 
Mark Smith - Surrey, UK
http://www.chez-moi.org.uk/