[mythtv-users] HD black bars on top and bottom of screen

[Omari Norman]

On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 06:12:57AM -0500, Omari Norman wrote:
> > Thanks. I have fiddled around with xorg.conf and xrandr. xrandr now says
> > that my output resolution is 1360x768. My TV manual says that a
> > supported resolution is 1366 x 768. It seems 1360 x 768 is a 16:9
> > resolution, yet I am still getting gray bands on the top and bottom of
> > the screen. They are taking up about a fourth of the screen, total.
> 
> I tried playing the recorded files in mplayer instead of MythTV; when I
> hit "f" to make mplayer full screen, the recordings look perfect. MythTV
> adds the grey bands when it plays back the exact same files.

Alright, finally fixed this. Went to Utilities/Setup -> Setup ->
Appearance -> Video Mode Settings, I specified "Separate video modes for
GUI and TV playback." Then I could specify the exact resolution
(1360x768) and aspect ratio of 16:9.