[mythtv-users] Different aspect ratio in windowed mode

[Phill Edwards]

> On my desktop machine, I often run Mythfrontend in windowed mode to
> watch TV while I do other things on the computer.  I've been using a 4:3
> window size, which also matches the aspect ratio of my monitor.  I got
> to thinking it would be nice to run it in a 16:9 window so I could take
> advantage of the various zoom modes.  Is there a flag I can pass on the
> command line to tell Myth to use a 16:9 aspect ratio?  I tried just
> feeding in 16:9 window dimensions with -geometry, but Myth still assumes
> the window is 4:3 and gives everyone squashed heads. ;)

There's a setting in mythfrontend that allows you to force an aspect
ratio. I think it's under TV playback settings.