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

[Dave LeBer]

On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 11:41 PM, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:

> 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,

Can I ask what video chipset your Mac Mini has?


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