[mythtv-users] 16:9 stretched on 1920x1280 display?

[Andrew Gallatin]

I'm configuring a machine that I plan to use as a front end.  It is
hooked to a monitor with a 1920x1280 resolution.  MythTV will playback
a 1080i and 720p 16:9 recording using the full screen (eg, stretched
vertically).  480i 4:3 material is displayed correctly.

Mplayer -fs (and Boxee, and XBMC) will put black bars at the top and
bottom of the screen, and display 16:9 recordings in the (correct)
16:9 aspect ratio.  How do I coerce MythTV into doing the same thing?
I've gone through the menus during playback, and none of the settings
there seem to result in a non-stretched display.

If it matters, this is an Ion running Ubuntu 9.04 with the Nvidia 190
drivers, and MythTV coming from the avenard repo.  xrandr
and xdpyinfo report the display resolution correctly.


Many thanks,

Drew