[mythtv] RE: [mythtv-commits] mythtv commit: r7983 by danielk

[Torbjörn Jansson]

mythtv-dev-bounces at mythtv.org <> wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 19:42 +0100, Torbjörn Jansson wrote:
>>> Closes #667. By applying modified patch.
>>> This doesn't actually fix the OSD font size in the letterbox modes
>>> as stated in the ticket summary.
>>> But what it does do is keep the aspect ratio of the fonts correct.
> 
>> Not sure i like the result of this one.
>> If i watch a recording in 16:9 the fonts in the osd menu is too big
>> to fit properly resutling in the text being cut off.
> Are you using a letterbox mode? This doesn't attempt to shrink the
> fonts if you are zoomed into a portion of the video.
> 
> The font shrink for letterbox feature should be coming soon..
> 

No, i'm not using leterbox (i think).
I have a wide screen tv, the frontend a epia box is set to use 720x576.
When i watch a 4:3 recording i get black bars at the right and left.
At this point, the osd menu looks fine, all the menu entries fit.

If i change to a recording from my dvb card that is in 16:9, normal wide
screen, no black bars.
At this point what i get is a picture with black borders at the right and
left and the image looks stretched verticaly.
To fix this i always have to go to the osd menu and change aspect ratio
manualy to 16:9.

No matter if i change aspect manualy to 16:9 in the menu or not the text for
the menu entries are too fat so all of the text does not fit, for example
"Change Aspect Rat" and "Commercial Auto-"


>> Don't know if this has anything to do with it, but the frontend does
>> not change aspect by itself so i have to use the menu to change
>> aspect ratio to 16:9
> A letterbox mode then?
> 

If you count black borders at the right and left a leter box mode, then yes.

> What is the aspect ratio of the source video and which "16:9"
> letterbox mode did you select exactly.
> 
> -- Daniel

The problem is with 16:9 recordings, no black borders at all.