[mythtv-users] HDMI-Componet Converter/Decoder

[John Pilkington]

On 28/02/15 16:49, Mike Perkins wrote:
> On 28/02/15 16:15, Henk D. Schoneveld wrote:
>>
>> On 28 Feb 2015, at 10:32, Dave Pearson (Lists)
>> <lists at the-pearsons.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> I've just installed an HD-PVR  in my mythtv system. It's connected to
>>> a Virgin V-Plus box via S-Video and I'm only able to record in 4:3
>>> Aspect Ratio, even though the source material is 16:9.
>> The aspect ratio is ‘just’ a replaceable value in your recording,
>> which shouldn’t be too difficult to replace in your recorded file.
>>>
>>> Because of this, I think I have to bite the bullet and get an
>>> HDMI-Component Converter box. Has anyone any experience of using one
>>> of these:
>>>
>>> Liqoo HDMI to Ypbpr Component AV to VGA SPDIF Converter Adapter R / L
>>> 1080P
>>>
>>> The HDFury2 seems to be very expensive in comparison.
>>>
>>> I'd also welcome recommendations for any other devices that people
>>> are using and having success with.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Dave
>>
> That might not be correct. If the signal arrives 4:3, then the recording
> might be cropped to 4:3.
>
You could try this mysql query to see what myth thinks it has.  This is 
for the 'Yesterday' Freeview channel:

select basename, recordedid, aspect from recordedfile  where basenaame 
like '1019%' ;

'Select' should be safe but, as always, direct mysql operations are 
discouraged :-)