[mythtv-users] MythTV and Widescreen displays?

[Doug Larrick]

vze2hn5x at verizon.net wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I recently installed mythtv on my linux system (Source Mage Linux 0.9.3 
> if that matters), and I have a question - I have a standard cable tv 
> card (4:3 aspect ratio) and a wide-screen monitor (1280x768 screen 
> resolution).  When I try to use my tv tuner with xawtv in full-screen 
> mode, I get black boarders on the left and right sides of the video.  
> When I do the same thing with mythtv using the live tv option, the 
> program stretches the video out left and right to fill the entire 
> monitor.  I've tried using the w key to switch between different aspect 
> ratio's, but the video goes from the left to the right of the monitor 
> regardless of which setting I use.  Is there anyway to get mythtv to 
> display the tv broadcast correctly?

Set your DisplaySize appropriately in your X config file.  Search the 
archives for details.

-Doug
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