[mythtv-users] MythExport - iPod Touch / iPhone Settings

[Nicolas Will]

On Sun, 2010-04-25 at 17:54 +1000, Christopher Kerr wrote:
> Personally, I think the handbrake iPod Touch preset is wrong - it
> should be 320 pixels high and lock the aspect ratio, not 480 pixels
> wide. Why does this matter? Well, for movies which are presented in
> 2.11:1, fixing the width leaves you with only 228 pixels of vertical
> resolution, wasting about a third of the screen. Fixing the height at
> 320 still allows you to view the content that way if you so desire
> (except slightly horizontally cropped, because the iPod Touch can't
> handle videos wider than 640 pixels), but also allows you to view it
> "zoomed in" without any stretching. 

Well, this is an acceptable point of view.

On my side, I do not mind. I never zoom, so it doesn't bother me.

Nothing stops you from creating your own custom preset with what you
want.

I have one preset giving me higher resolution than the built-in screen,
as I regularly plug the iPhone into hotel room TVs.

Nico