[mythtv-users] MythArchive Aspect Ratio problem?

Simon Dyson sdyson at themaelstrom.co.uk
Sat Sep 23 17:38:51 UTC 2006


I've now found and fixed the exact cause of this. The problem was with 
themes that didn't have main or chapter menus (i.e. the autoplay 
themes). The MythBurn script wasn't setting the aspect ratio for videos 
unless there was a menu. You can find the fix here:
http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/2449

Simon


Simon Dyson wrote:
> Ok, I think I've got to the bottom of this. It was the menu I was using 
> that was screwing it up (MythCenter - autoplay I think it was called). 
> It seems that the menu was 4:3 and so the whole DVD was ending up 4:3. 
> Once I made a DVD without menus it was 16:9 as expected. I haven't used 
> any of the other menu themes available so I don't know if they all have 
> this problem.
>
> Glad to have worked this out - I can now start clearing out a bit of 
> space on my very full hard drive!
>
> Simon
>
> Simon Dyson wrote:
>   
>>> Have you tried changing the Menu aspect ratio settings? MythArchive 
>>> Settings second page.
>>>
>>> Paul H.
>>>     
>>>       
>> The main menu is set to 16:9 and the chapter menu is set to 'video'. I 
>> suppose I could try setting the chapter menu to 16:9 but I can't see 
>> that would help.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Simon
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