[mythtv-users] aspect ratio of home video recordings in video library

[Jim Stichnoth]

On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Jeremy Jones
<jeremy.dwain.jones at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am having trouble getting my home video files to display using the correct
> aspect ration in mythtv.  The files should be displayed as 16:9, but when
> played in mythtv they open as 4:3. I'm sure this is due to something
> incorrect in the file itself, but for the life of me I can't seem to make a
> change that tells myth the correct DAR.  I tried sticking them in an mkv
> file and setting the DAR to 16:9 using mkvmerge.  After doing so mkvinfo
> reports the resulting file as having a DAR of 853x480, yet mythtv still
> shows it as 4:3.

If you can create a short sample and open a new ticket, I will have a look.

Jim