[mythtv] Widescreen support

Andy Grundman andy at hybridized.org
Tue Jan 20 19:14:53 EST 2004


Tom Howard wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Just wondering if anyone is working on widescreen support in MythTV?  
> Currently it assumes the screen is 4:3 and scales the images accordingly, 
> which results in a stretched out appearance on 16:9 screens.
> 
> I happy to add an option (actually I've already started) to tell MythTV if the 
> screen aspect ratio is 4:3 or 16:9 and behave accordingly, I just wanted to 
> make sure I wasn't duplicating someone else's work.

I was just thinking this would be great to have... you could probably 
fit 3 hours of guide data on the screen this way.


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