[mythtv-users] aspect ratio of home video recordings in video library

[Jeremy Jones]

On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Jim Stichnoth <stichnot at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Jeremy Jones
> <jeremy.dwain.jones at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I am having trouble getting my home video files to display using the
> correct
> > aspect ration in mythtv.  The files should be displayed as 16:9, but when
> > played in mythtv they open as 4:3. I'm sure this is due to something
> > incorrect in the file itself, but for the life of me I can't seem to
> make a
> > change that tells myth the correct DAR.  I tried sticking them in an mkv
> > file and setting the DAR to 16:9 using mkvmerge.  After doing so mkvinfo
> > reports the resulting file as having a DAR of 853x480, yet mythtv still
> > shows it as 4:3.
>
> If you can create a short sample and open a new ticket, I will have a look.
>
> I hate to open a ticket yet.  I'm still not convinced this is mythtv
issue. If after looking at the video files you think it is worthy of a
ticket, I'll open one.    -->By the way I am still running .25

Thanks a bunch.

Here is a 2-second unaltered sample:
 test.mpg <http://db.tt/O5QKHqrM>

both ffprobe and mediainfo report the DAR as 16:9 and the resolution as
720X480.

Just to see what would happen I ran the file through mkvmerge with the
following command:
mkvmerge -o test.mkv --aspect-ratio 0:'16/9' test.mpg

here is the resultant file:
test.mkv <http://db.tt/oCOoeWYM>

Both open and play in myth scaled to 4:3 aspect ratio.

Thanks again,

Jeremy
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