[mythtv-users] MythTV strange problem (Solved)

[Art Fore]

On Mon, 2006-02-06 at 07:38 -0600, Kevin Kuphal wrote:
> Art Fore wrote:
> > On Mon, 2006-02-06 at 01:46 -0500, Isaac Richards wrote:
> >   
> >> On Monday 06 February 2006 01:44, Art Fore wrote:
> >>     
> >>> On Mon, 2006-02-06 at 00:36 -0600, Kevin Kuphal wrote:
> >>>       
> >>>> Art Fore wrote:
> >>>>         
> >>>>> On Mon, 2006-02-06 at 00:16 -0600, Kevin Kuphal wrote:
> >>>>>           
> >>>>>> Art Fore wrote:
> >>>>>>             
> >>>>>>> I execute the following statement on the command line
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> ivtvctrl -c aspect=3
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I open /dev/video0 with mplayer, the aspect is correct. I go out, and
> >>>>>>> open with mplayer again, still correct.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I open mythfrontend, the aspect is incorrect. I execute the ivtvctl
> >>>>>>> statement again, I have to change channels in myth to get it to take
> >>>>>>> effect. I go out of mythfrontend, then back in, the aspect is again
> >>>>>>> incorrect.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> WHY and how can I fix it?
> >>>>>>>               
> >>>>>> What exactly are you trying to achieve?  Myth has numerous zoom modes
> >>>>>> that provide various aspects for playback.
> >>>>>>             
> >>>>> I am trying to get the aspect ration to 16:9 and for it to stay there
> >>>>> without having to go through the hassle everytime I go in and out of
> >>>>> mythfrontend. I would expect there is something somewhere to make this
> >>>>> permanent, but where?
> >>>>>           
> >>>> Have you tried just setting the Aspect Override in Setup->TV
> >>>> Settings->Playback->General in mythfrontend?
> >>>>
> >>>> Kevin
> >>>>         
> >>> That solved it. Thanks. It sure was hidden. Personally, the gui in
> >>> Mythfrontend leaves a lot to be desired.
> >>>       
> >> Yeah, hidden on the first page of the tv playback settings.  Guess I should 
> >> have put it in the audio configuration or something and made it _really_ 
> >> difficult to find.
> >>
> >> Isaac
> >> _______________________________________________
> >>     
> > Now how can I set the brightness. With ivtvctl -y brightness=170 does
> > the same as the aspect did.
> >   
> Read the documentation?
> 
> http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-11.html#ss11.1
> 
> (Look for "F")
> 
> Kevin
> _______________________________________________
"F" does nothing. Same with "F9", and various other keys. Some work,
"F10, F11, W", others do not.

Art