[mythtv-users] Playing 16:9 recordings on a 4:3 monitor

R KANNAN rk111810 at gmail.com
Wed Dec 19 00:57:33 UTC 2012


On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 7:00 AM, <mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org> wrote:

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> Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:34:22 -0500
> From: R KANNAN <rk111810 at gmail.com>
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: [mythtv-users]  Playing 16:9 recordings on a 4:3 monitor
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> On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 7:00 AM, <mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org> wrote:
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> > Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2012 17:47:37 -0500
> > From: "Michael T. Dean" <mtdean at thirdcontact.com>
> > To: Discussion about MythTV <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Playing 16:9 recordings on a 4:3 monitor
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> > On 12/15/2012 03:41 PM, R KANNAN wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > When I play my 16:9 recordings (or Live TV)  on my 4:3 monitor, the
> > > image is stretched vertically to fill the screen I have tried playing
> > > around with Zeoom settings under Setup->Video->Playback, 'w' settings
> > > when the video is being played or 'Video->Aspect Ratio" in the dynmaic
> > > menu from pressing "m" when the video is being played. Nothing seems
> > > to help.
> > >
> > > xrandr retuns
> > >
> > > xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
> > > Screen 0: minimum 640 x 480, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 1280 x 1024
> > > default connected 1280x1024+0+0 0mm x 0mm
> > >    1280x1024       0.0*
> > >    1024x768        0.0
> > >    800x600         0.0
> > >    640x480         0.0
> > >
> > > How can this be corrected?
> > >
> > > I am using MythTV  0.25.3 + fixes2012  on Mythbuntu12.04.
> >
> > Your X config is broken.  Please post the output of
> >
> > xdpyinfo | grep -B2 resolution
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > This is what I get
>
> screen #0:
>   dimensions:    1280x1024 pixels (382x302 millimeters)
>   resolution:    85x86 dots per inch
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> I am not sure if it changes when I run the frontend.
>
> Thanks for your help.
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Any ideas on why I cnanot change zoom levels in the frontend.
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