[mythtv-users] Aspect Ratio questions

[James Pifer]

On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 15:21, Doug Larrick wrote:
> James Pifer wrote:
> > I have a separate frontend setup on FC2 and the display is a 17" flat
> > panel. Everything is fine until I watch LiveTV or a Recording. Then the
> > display looks like 16:9, but it's actually 4:3. I can scroll through
> > using W and see the settings. Still 4:3 has a about 2 inches of black on
> > the top and bottom of the video (16:9 is even more). On another frontend
> > with a CRT the same recording works as expected.
> >
> > I've played around with trying to force the aspect ratio and other
> > settings, but so far nothing seems to make a difference. If I play a
> > recording with mplayer it seems to play it at the right ratio.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> 
> DisplaySize parameter in XF86Config needs to match the aspect ratio of
> your monitor.  If you have multiple heads (Xinerama), search the
> archives for notes.
> 
> -Doug

Where is this at in FC2? Looks like the X configuration has changed a
lot. I tried locate XF86Config and it did not find it.

Also, even though the rest of myth looks correct this setting will
affect the video playback?

Thanks,
James