[mythtv-users] zoom aspect ratio issues on mac g5 frontend

[Jason S. Preston]

salut,

so i got this g5 running os x, and downloaded a frontend build from  
thesniderpad, after not being able to compile the source without  
errors... anyway, my issue is this.  when watching tv, most of my  
programs are in 4:3  so i get some black barrs on the side because im  
widescreen.  no biggee.  however, when something is recorded, or  
watched live in widescreen, i try to zoom, so i'm not watching a show  
with black borders all the way around, however, the image gets  
unwatchable.  like it doesn't turn to fuzz, but it looks like lots of  
frames are being skipped, and the motion is horrific, and just not  
watchable.  i have also tried switching the option to view 4:3 to  
16:9 and the other options, however, they literally do nothing.  i  
did have one interesting idea, os x lets you zoom in, so i tried  
that, figured out how far to zoom and all.... but then something  
interesting happens.  the mythtv interface, and even os x if i exit  
out are zoomed, but as soon as a recording or live tv come on, it  
just takes over the display as if nothing has changed.  its still in  
it's normal non zoomed mode.  exit out, and everything else is zoomed.

   im displaying myth on a 20 inch cinema display, 1680x1050,  gig  
and a half of ram, a radeon 9800 something edition and have noticed  
i'm not really taxing my system at all.

is this common in linux frontends as well?  am i skipping quickly  
past a setting i should have clicked?

any insight appreciated.

regards,
preston