[mythtv-users] aspect ratio troubles

[Andrew Herron]

> G'day all
> When I watch live tv, with aspect ratio set to Off, it looks exactly the same
> as if it's set to 16:9. I automatically transcode all my recordings.
> When watching a recording that was recorded/transcoded with 0.15/.16, I always
> have to switch to 16:9 when starting to watch a recording, as it starts off
> looking the same as 4:3 (with aspect ratio set to Off). With 0.17/0.18
> recordings however, they look fine - I don't have to change ar - having it
> set to None is the same as 16:9.

I'm using the same settings as you with 0.17 and had this happen on
the only transcode I've tried so far.  I'm glad I checked "save
original files after transcoding", now I just have to work out how to
restore the original file so I can try transcoding again...