[mythtv-users] Permanently changing aspect ratio on a recording

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Michael,

Tuesday, December 2, 2014, 3:47:59 AM, you wrote:

> On 12/01/2014 09:27 PM, Hika van den Hoven wrote:

>> having aspect override to 4:3 and zoom to auto works ok on my 16:9
>> screen with both 16:9 and 4:3 shows.

> If you set aspect ratio override to 4:3, you're telling MythTV to play
> every single video as if it were 4:3, regardless of what the video 
> says.  The reason this seems to work is because your auto-zoom setting
> is then cropping and stretching things (after MythTV first squished 
> them).  So, you've basically set two dueling settings that are actually
> just reducing image quality for you.

> You're much better off setting up X properly (so that it knows the TV's
> physical aspect ratio as well as its pixel aspect ratio) and letting 
> MythTV do the right thing based on what the video says (meaning disable
> the aspect ratio override).  For those occasional shows that are 
> broadcast incorrectly, auto-zoom may actually work around the issue, but
> if not you could then manually zoom or use the one-off playback aspect
> ratio setting to say that the video is improperly coded or, if keeping
> the recording long term, fix the broken video to properly specify its 
> aspect ratio.

> Mike
> _______________________________________________

I shouldn't matter wether I set it to off or 4:3, since all I record
is PAL, which by default is 4:3.


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