[mythtv-users] Playback problem

[William]

> 
> I have a similar problem with Myth stretching the image 
> vertically so only the top half of the image is displayed on 
> the TV.  This happens in Myth when watching recordings and on 
> Live TV.  When in the Program guide, again, only the top half 
> of the picture is displayed.  Even the OSD is stretched vertically.
> 

You might try setting a display size in your monitor section or a virtual
screen size. Here is the approriate section of my conf. Please note my
monitor (tv) is 16:9 so your values will be different.

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "NEC MultiSync A700+"
	DisplaySize  824	468
	HorizSync    31.0 - 77.0
	VertRefresh  55.0 - 120.0
	#Option	    "dpms"
	Option      "NoLogo" "1"
	#Option      "NoDDC" "1"
	#Option      "RenderAccel" "1"
	ModeLine    "824x468in540p" 37.26 824 944 1048 1104 468 514 528 563
+hsync +vsync
	ModeLine    "1080i" 74.175824 1920 1960 2008 2200 1080 1084 1094
1125 interlace -hsync -vsync
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Videocard0"
	Driver      "nvidia"
	VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
	BoardName   "NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic)"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Videocard0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     24
		Modes     "824x468in540p"
		Virtual 824 468
	EndSubSection
EndSection