[mythtv-users] Permanently overriding aspect ratio for specific recordings

[Christian Hack]

mkvmerge should be able to override aspect ratio. There's a GUI interface
too if you need it.

CH


On 25 August 2013 18:46, Marius Schrecker <marius.schrecker at lyse.net> wrote:

>
> On Sunday, August 25, 2013 08:15 CEST, Karl Dietz <
> dekarl at spaetfruehstuecken.org> wrote:
>
>
> On 20.08.2013 11:00, Marius Schrecker wrote:
> > Hi again,
> >
> > For a period, my set top box was spitting out to my hd-pvr in the wrong
> > format (4:3 instead of 16:9). This was handled okay by the tv, but the
> > recordings made during this time are all windowboxed and compressed
> > horizontally.
> >
> > I know I can cycle through the aspect ratios for these recordinbgs at
> > playback, and I also know how I can override the aspect globally, but
> > haven't found out how to store the override persistently for the
> > specific recordings.
>
> Another idea.
>
> You could use MKVtoolnix and convert the recording to a Matroska file.
> The tool reportedly allows to set a crop area and a different aspect
> ratio. But the MythTV player is reported not to respect the crop headers
>
> http://www.videohelp.com/tools/MKVtoolnix
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mythtv/+bug/1070090
>
> But we are in good company, GStreamer / Totem doesn't support it either
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=693971
>
> So this only answers the question for the aspect ratio until the crop
> information is used.
>
> Regards,
> Karl
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> Thanks for both new replies Karl!
>
> Cheers
>
> --Marius--
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