[mythtv-users] HDPVR HD Recordings are in 4:3 format

[Karl Newman]

On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 8:08 PM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com>wrote:

> On 12/14/2013 01:37 AM, Karl Newman wrote:
>
>> Okay, not terribly surprised given my history with X and this
>> motherboard, but this didn't work at all. DisplaySize is accepted, but Myth
>> apparently doesn't use it.
>>
>
> Does X use it (as it's not a MythTV setting, MythTV can't use it)?  Did
> you see the line in the Xorg.log saying it was being used to compute the
> DPI?  What's the output of:
>
> xdpyinfo | grep -B2 resolution
>
> when you're trying to set a proper aspect ratio (which, it seems from the
> below, would be 4:3, right?)?
>

Thanks for pushing me on this. I forgot to try to set the DisplaySize with
xrandr (--fbmm argument), because instead of preserving the specified
DisplaySize, xrandr inexplicably preserves the DPI instead. So now with
specifying the correct Display Size, I can eliminate the Video Aspect
Override. As a bonus, now that the DPI is correct for the display the fonts
are bigger too, which my wife appreciates for readability.

Karl
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