<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 11:41 PM, Jarod Wilson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jarod@wilsonet.com">jarod@wilsonet.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="h5">On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 11:40 PM, Jarod Wilson <<a href="mailto:jarod@wilsonet.com">jarod@wilsonet.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 11:21 PM, Dave LeBer <<a href="mailto:dleber@codeferous.com">dleber@codeferous.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 11:07 PM, Jarod Wilson <<a href="mailto:jarod@wilsonet.com">jarod@wilsonet.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Dave LeBer <<a href="mailto:dleber@codeferous.com">dleber@codeferous.com</a>><br>
>>> wrote:<br>
>>> > On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 10:05 PM, William <<a href="mailto:william_munson@comcast.net">william_munson@comcast.net</a>><br>
>>> > wrote:<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> Dave LeBer wrote:<br>
>>> >>><br>
>>> >>> Hello all,<br>
>>> >>><br>
>>> >>> I've just setup a new 0.22 MythTV backend and have upgraded my Mac<br>
>>> >>> Mini<br>
>>> >>> to the matching frontend binary from <<a href="http://www.thesniderpad.com" target="_blank">http://www.thesniderpad.com</a>><br>
>>> >>><br>
>>> >>> If I run the frontend on my MacBook Pro I can configure the 'Monitor<br>
>>> >>> Aspect Ratio' in Utilities/Setup -> Setup -> Appearance -> Screen<br>
>>> >>> Settings.<br>
>>> >>> However on the Mac Mini that option does not exist. This means that<br>
>>> >>> the Mini<br>
>>> >>> thinks that the tv is 4:3 when it is not, and since most of the<br>
>>> >>> content is<br>
>>> >>> 4:3... ugly.<br>
>>> >>><br>
>>> >>> I noticed that parameter was saved in an XineramaMonitorAspectRatio<br>
>>> >>> entry<br>
>>> >>> in the settings table for the MBP so I tried adding that value for the<br>
>>> >>> Mini<br>
>>> >>> and restarting the frontend. Unfortunately that had no effect.<br>
>>> >>><br>
>>> >>> The Mini is a little over a year or so old:<br>
>>> >>><br>
>>> >>> Intel Core 2 Duo 2GHz<br>
>>> >>> Graphics: Intel GMA 950 64MB<br>
>>> >>><br>
>>> >>> Basically what I want to be able to do is inform mythfrontend on the<br>
>>> >>> Mini<br>
>>> >>> that the display is indeed 16:9. Any ideas about how (if) I can do<br>
>>> >>> that?<br>
>>><br>
>>> I haven't paid attention to this thread at all, but why do you need to<br>
>>> tell it that? Mine knows this by the output resolution alone... But I<br>
>>> swear there's a frontend pref somewhere you can twiddle, if need be.<br>
>><br>
>> I only record 4:3 SD content with my Mythbackend. My problem is that without<br>
>> telling Mythfrontend what the display aspect ratio is, it stretches the 4:3<br>
>> content to fit (I guess assuming that the display is 4:3 - this is without<br>
>> any zoom applied).<br>
>> The same version of Mythfrontend running on my MacBook Pro offers the<br>
>> ability to change the display aspect ratio (as I mentioned in my initial<br>
>> post). This option is not available in the UI on the Mac Mini.<br>
>> If there is another pref I can twiddle I'd love to hear it. I'm also game to<br>
>> try building the frontend from scratch if there is a lower level<br>
>> patch/config that will do what I want.<br>
><br>
> Utilities/Setup -> TV Settings -> Playback -> Screen 2, you should see<br>
<br>
</div></div>...me accidentally hitting send too early. There's a Video Aspect<br>
Override setting and a Zoom setting there, which may help. Never have<br>
twiddled with any of these settings on either my MacBook Pro or Mac<br>
Mini under Mac OS X though...<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Jarod,</div><div><br></div><div>Can I ask what video chipset your Mac Mini has?</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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--<br>
Jarod Wilson<br>
<a href="mailto:jarod@wilsonet.com">jarod@wilsonet.com</a><br>
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