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

[Scott Smith]

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 From: Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com>
To: Discussion about MythTV <mythtv-users at mythtv.org> 
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 10:07 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] HDPVR HD Recordings are in 4:3 format
 

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.

So, Scott, if you do have Xinerama enabled, you need to specify values for:

Display on screen
Run on the specified screen or spanning all screens.

and

Monitor aspect ratio
The aspect ratio of a Xinerama display cannot be queried from the display, so it must be specified.

(which will only appear in the Appearance Settings section of frontend setup if you actually have Xinerama enabled).

Mike

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Im not running any multiple monitor configuration (at least intentionally). I have a single 1080p TV im using as a monitor through HDMI using Nvidia 430 card.
Everything was working perfect until about a couple days ago. Im not sure what changed to cause this.
Ive checked my screen res both through KDE and nvidia and both are 1920x1080.
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