[mythtv-users] HDPVR HD Recordings are in 4:3 format

[Michael T. Dean]

On 12/12/2013 03:26 PM, Mark Pennock wrote:
> When I do a "sudo cat /dev/video0 > test.ts" the result is in 16:9 
> format, not 4:3.
>

If you're saying that when you play back a recording using MythTV it 
displays as if it's 4:3 (whether you record it using MythTV or cat) but 
when you play it using another media player/system, it's 16:9 (whether 
you record it using MythTV or cat), that means you've either set a 
"Video Aspect Override" in MythTV that tells it to treat all video as if 
it's 4:3, regardless of what the video says (and, FWIW, there is no 
reason anyone in the world should ever set the Video Aspect Override 
setting--except for the never-gonna-exist-in-reality person who has 100% 
of all video sources providing incorrectly-encoded video that gives the 
wrong aspect ratio information), or you've misconfigured X such that 
it's telling MythTV the display is using some incorrect aspect.

Mike