[mythtv-users] Custom aspect ratios for myth frontend? For recording?

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Tue May 2 02:23:13 UTC 2006


On 05/01/2006 12:44 PM, Bo Parker wrote:

>I'm running the myth frontend on a Mac dual 2 GHz G5 tower. I'm
>using a Sharp LCD TV (16:9) hooked to the second output of my
>video card.
>
>I know I can use the W key during playback to control the aspect
>ratio, but I was wondering if it is possible to give the W key
>more "choices", as it were. 4:3 content looks OK but has big
>black bars on either side. The only other real choices with the W
>key other than that are to stretch the 4:3 image to fill the 16:9
>screen or to crop/zoom the 4:3 image to fill the 16:9 screen. The
>first produces a distorted image that I don't care much for, and
>the second cuts off too much at the top and bottom: scores,
>crawls, etc., get cut about halfway off and so are unreadable.
>  
>

Manual zoom.  http://mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-11.html#ss11.1

>Is there any way to add or access a custom aspect ratio mode like
>this in mythfrontend?
>  
>

Only through code...

>Failing that, is there a way to make it so that 4:3 shows are
>recorded in such an aspect ratio setting? I'm using a Hauppauge
>PVR-150MCE capture card.
>

Nope.

Mike


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