[mythtv-users] nuvexport to DVD distorts aspect ratio

[gary dawes]

Hamish Moffatt wrote:

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>On Fri, Apr 15, 2005 at 09:22:38PM -0700, Chris Petersen wrote:
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>>>Do I need to configure nuvexport in some way to get 16:9 output files?
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>>I believe that Gavin stuck with 4:3 for the recent changes with 
>>nuvexport because we know of no way in linux to make an anamorphic DVD. 
>> Should probably add some kind of option to choose aspect ratio, 
>>though, since there are a fair amount of people who actually run Windows 
>>for their personal machines.
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>Ok.. I don't understand all the issues involved obviously as I didn't
>quite understand your answer! Especially the Windows part.
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>What about cropping the image to 4:3 first? I'm trying to export some
>shows for my parents who only have a 4:3 TV anyway. Cropped would be
>better than stretched which is what I've given them so far.
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>.. with the odd exception of that one show which appeared to be
>letterboxed instead.
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>Hamish
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I found that I had the same problem. Playing on a PC in a window, or on 
a 4:3 tv caused the display to be squashed up.

All my recordings are in 16:9 format, and I forced ffmpeg to export as 
16:9  by adding the option *-aspect 1.7777* in line 142 of dvd.pm in 
nuvexport/export/ffmpeg/dvd.pm

It does not seem to have any adverse affects, at least I haven't come 
across any and all my dvds seem to be fine.

regards

Gary


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