[mythtv-users] Mythfrontend Mac OS X Monitor Aspect Ratio

[Jarod Wilson]

On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 11:40 PM, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 11:21 PM, Dave LeBer <dleber at codeferous.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 11:07 PM, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Dave LeBer <dleber at codeferous.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 10:05 PM, William <william_munson at comcast.net>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Dave LeBer wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Hello all,
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I've just setup a new 0.22 MythTV backend and have upgraded my Mac
>>> >>> Mini
>>> >>> to the matching frontend binary from <http://www.thesniderpad.com>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> If I run the frontend on my MacBook Pro I can configure the 'Monitor
>>> >>> Aspect Ratio' in Utilities/Setup -> Setup -> Appearance -> Screen
>>> >>> Settings.
>>> >>> However on the Mac Mini that option does not exist. This means that
>>> >>> the Mini
>>> >>> thinks that the tv is 4:3 when it is not, and since most of the
>>> >>> content is
>>> >>> 4:3... ugly.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I noticed that parameter was saved in an XineramaMonitorAspectRatio
>>> >>> entry
>>> >>> in the settings table for the MBP so I tried adding that value for the
>>> >>> Mini
>>> >>> and restarting the frontend. Unfortunately that had no effect.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> The Mini is a little over a year or so old:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Intel Core 2 Duo 2GHz
>>> >>> Graphics: Intel GMA 950 64MB
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Basically what I want to be able to do is inform mythfrontend on the
>>> >>> Mini
>>> >>> that the display is indeed 16:9. Any ideas about how (if) I can do
>>> >>> that?
>>>
>>> I haven't paid attention to this thread at all, but why do you need to
>>> tell it that? Mine knows this by the output resolution alone... But I
>>> swear there's a frontend pref somewhere you can twiddle, if need be.
>>
>> I only record 4:3 SD content with my Mythbackend. My problem is that without
>> telling Mythfrontend what the display aspect ratio is, it stretches the 4:3
>> content to fit (I guess assuming that the display is 4:3 - this is without
>> any zoom applied).
>> The same version of Mythfrontend running on my MacBook Pro offers the
>> ability to change the display aspect ratio (as I mentioned in my initial
>> post). This option is not available in the UI on the Mac Mini.
>> If there is another pref I can twiddle I'd love to hear it. I'm also game to
>> try building the frontend from scratch if there is a lower level
>> patch/config that will do what I want.
>
> Utilities/Setup -> TV Settings -> Playback -> Screen 2, you should see

...me accidentally hitting send too early. There's a Video Aspect
Override setting and a Zoom setting there, which may help. Never have
twiddled with any of these settings on either my MacBook Pro or Mac
Mini under Mac OS X though...

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com