[mythtv-users] AppleTV Fontend and picture aspect ratio

John Thomas jwt9478 at gmail.com
Wed Oct 3 20:05:40 UTC 2007


I'm confused.

Exactly what method did you use to get Myth up and running on your Apple
TV?  Which method allows you to install dmg packages?

Any help you could provide would be helpful.  I've had a few failed attempts
at getting Myth running on my Apple TV.

On 9/22/07, robl <robl at monkeyhelper.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm using an AppleTV as a mythtv frontend (using some of the prebuilt
> dmg packages) but I'm having a problem with the size of the picture on
> my screen.  My mythtv frontend downstairs (a linux machine) seems to
> output a picture that fits the screen perfectly when 16:9 widescreen is
> chosen on the TV. On the AppleTV it seems to output a (live tv) picture
> that seems to fit more of a 4:3 aspect ratio even when 16:9 is chosen on
> the TV.  The MythTV menu screens fill the screen perfectly however, so
> it shows mythtv can output a picture that is the correct size, it just
> doesn't seem to do it for live/recorded TV.
>
> Is there a setting somewhere on the MythTV frontend that controls the
> size of the picture/aspect ratio displayed when watching live/recorded TV
> ?
>
> Thanks
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