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

Raymond Wagner raymond at wagnerrp.com
Fri Dec 13 02:06:56 UTC 2013


On 12/12/13 21:07, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 12/12/2013 07:15 PM, Raymond Wagner wrote:
>> On 12/12/13 18:24, Scott Smith wrote:
>>> I have this problem or one simiar to it. All my HD content appears to be
>>> in a 4:3 aspect. It is compressed horizontally. Forcing the aspect can
>>> make it better.
>>> Im not sure what changed.
>>>
>>> But i did notice the output from the frontend is reporting the desktop
>>> as 2560x1080. Maybe the frontend thinks it needs to compress the
>>> 1920x1080 into this?
>> If your monitor is reporting its dimensions accurately, that should not
>> matter.
> 
> Except, based on that screen resolution, I'd bet that Scott is using X
> configured with Xinerama (or one of its ilk, such as TwinView) enabled
> (even if he thinks there's only one monitor) /and/ using an old version
> of MythTV (not 0.27).  Since we can't get accurate aspect when Xinerama
> is enabled, we use the user-specified value for the "Monitor aspect
> ratio" setting, which defaulted to 4:3 until 0.27 (when it was changed
> to default to 16:9).  Even if you were to upgrade to 0.27 and it started
> playing back properly, you shouldn't rely on the defaults.  Anyone who
> has Xinerama enabled should specify the value properly.

Were it 2560x1024, I would agree with you. At 2560x1080, the OP could
have 1920x1080 and 640x480 monitors, but one of these is more likely.

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