[mythtv-users] 1920x800 videos stretched vertically, cutting off left and right sides

Hika van den Hoven hikavdh at gmail.com
Thu Sep 18 02:05:37 UTC 2014


Hoi Michael,

Thursday, September 18, 2014, 3:52:45 AM, you wrote:


> On Sep 17, 2014, at 8:37 PM, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote:

>> Hoi Michael,
>> 
>> Thursday, September 18, 2014, 3:20:55 AM, you wrote:
>> 
>>> I just discovered on a 1920x800 video that the screen is being
>>> “stretched" vertically to fill the screen vertically and cutting off
>>> the left and right sides of the video.
>> 
>>> I’ve tried to use different aspect ratio for GUI and playback,
>>> setting X to 1920 and then display using 1920x1080, but it didn’t help.
>> 
>>> I think I’m missing something painfully obvious, but I cannot find
>>> it.  It’s making me feel rather clueless right now.
>> 
>>> Mike
>> 
>> If you go to the menu and then to video while watching, next to aspect
>> ratio you also have filling or something like that (I have to
>> translate from dutch). It contains automatic, off, half, full, H
>> stretch, V strecht, H fill and V fill. Maybe you can get it right with
>> one of those. The same options are also in config to set a default.
>> 
>> Tot mails,
>>  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com
>> 

> Hika—

> Thanks!!  That was getting me on my way.  But, it would not stay
> between viewings, so I had to turn off using separate ratios for GUI
> and playback, and then had to change the “AdjustFill” value from 6
> to 0 in the database itself.  I couldn’t find where it was in the setup, and that was fast.

> All is well.  Thanks again!

> Mike
> _______________________________________________

Probably you set the default for this setting to off or automatic.
It's on the same page as aspect ratio in the video play settings.
possibly called zoom in English.


Tot mails,
  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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