[mythtv] Widescreen support

Tom Howard tomhoward at users.sourceforge.net
Wed Jan 21 17:09:04 EST 2004


Hi Doug,

On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 01:17 pm, Doug Larrick wrote:
> The current state of affairs is:
> 1. Video playback should handle the various aspect ratio modes  
> properly, possibly requiring your assistance through the "w" key
> 2. The GUI assumes your display is 4:3 and stretches everything  
> horizontally if it's not.
>
> If you're talking about doing something about #2, more power to you,

Yep, that's exactly what I'm planning.
  
> but I think you're likely to hit problems when you encounter themes.

So do I ;)

> You shouldn't need a setting for this either... take a look at how  
> video playback detects the display aspect ratio.

Will do, but would I be right in guessing that it's based on the aspect ration 
of the display?

Cheers,

-- 
Tom Howard



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