[mythtv-users] Resolution / Aspect Ratio Mismatch - Proper Setup?

David Rees drees76 at gmail.com
Thu Sep 21 19:12:37 UTC 2006


On 9/20/06, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> Current SVN can handle non-square pixels.  However, you must specify a
> DisplaySize such that the calculated aspect ratio is that of your
> physical display (i.e. if you have a 16:9 TV, make sure the DisplaySize
> you provide has a 16:9 ratio).  Any DPI (even different DPI's on the X
> and Y axes) works.

Interesting, though that doesn't help me much as I'm running 0.20...
Happen to know if that feature will be folded into 0.20 fixes?

> If you're using NVIDIA display drivers, be very careful--as they will
> ignore DisplaySize and DPI by default.

I found that the one I'm using will use either DisplaySize or DPI just
fine, but not both (if DPI is specified DisplaySize is ignored).

-Dave


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