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

[Thomas Boehm]

Jeremy Jones wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 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.  Here is the complete mkvinfo on the
> test file:
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I had the same (or a similar) problem some time ago. Back then I was
using mythnuv2mkv and I had problems with the DAP vs. PAR with some
converted recordings. Nobody could really help me back then and I solved
the problem for me by using HandbrakeCLI in a user job instead.

All the videos which had the problem played with the right aspect ratio
in VLC and other players.

Not really help for you, but at least I can confirm that there is a
problem with it.

Thomas