[mythtv-users] Aspect Ratio questions

[Doug Larrick]

James Pifer wrote:
> I have a separate frontend setup on FC2 and the display is a 17" flat
> panel. Everything is fine until I watch LiveTV or a Recording. Then the
> display looks like 16:9, but it's actually 4:3. I can scroll through
> using W and see the settings. Still 4:3 has a about 2 inches of black on
> the top and bottom of the video (16:9 is even more). On another frontend
> with a CRT the same recording works as expected.
>
> I've played around with trying to force the aspect ratio and other
> settings, but so far nothing seems to make a difference. If I play a
> recording with mplayer it seems to play it at the right ratio.
>
> Any ideas?

DisplaySize parameter in XF86Config needs to match the aspect ratio of
your monitor.  If you have multiple heads (Xinerama), search the
archives for notes.

-Doug
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