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

[Nick Rout]

On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Andrew Gallatin<gallatin at cs.duke.edu> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
>

Just to clarify, what is the physical aspect ratio of the monitor? Are
its physical dimensions 1.5:1 in line with the pixel dimensions?