[mythtv-users] transcodes to 1.00:1 aspect ratio

[Cool Frood]

On 8/6/06, Scott Johnson <scott-mythtv at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> I am using my PVR 150 card to create MPEG1/2 video files.  Then the
> auto-trancoding is converting them to NUV MPEG4 files.  That is great
> except that the aspect ratio of the NUV file is 1:1.  I used mplayer
> -identify to find that out and of course just looking at the playback
> using VLC it's obvious that the video is square.
>
> Does anyone know of a simple fix to this?  I hope the answer is not as
> complex as following this thread
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/186083?search_string=nuv%20%26quot%3Baspect%20ratio%26quot%3B;#186083
>
> I have been watching the files using VLC.  If there is a simple way to
> force a particular aspect ratio then do tell.  I expect this to be a
> comon problem since the use-case is so common.
>

I tried my first transcoding yesterday and I have the same proble.
I'm using 0.19-fixes.  I have the exact same setup : PVR 150 and
transcoding to NUV MPEG4.

Akshat