[mythtv] 16/9 vs 4/3 dilemma.

[Kenneth Aafløy]

Hi,

I'm posting this to the dev list, because I belive that there would exist more 
technical people on this list to maybe have some idea what I'm talking about.

Basically what the problem consists of is that MythTV when displaying 4/3 on a 
16/9 tv it will just scale the output to fit within the 16/9 screen. Now this 
causes a lot of lost information in the picture. Most new TV screens (at 
least european) support the input of a signal on the scart connector, which 
is just a (iirc) 12V (8V?) feed from the connected equipment. Now, using for 
example the serial or parallel output it should be feasible to make a very 
small and easily home-made relay to output some of the 12V feed from the 
power-supply in your computer to controll this 16/9 vs 4/3 switch in the TV. 
What would come next is exchanging the scaling in MythTV for the control of 
this relay. Is anobody interrested in working out the details with me?

Does anybody have a clue how this is done elsewhere, if different?

Kenneth