[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #8775: Forced display aspect setting not honoured in TV recording playback

[Michael T. Dean]

  On 08/15/2010 06:08 AM, John wrote:
> On 13/08/10 23:15, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>  On 08/13/2010 09:01 AM, MythTV wrote:
>>> #8775: Forced display aspect setting not honoured in TV recording 
>>> playback
>>>
>>>
>>>   I have a 720x576 modeline on a PAL 16:9 TV. By default myth treats 
>>> this as
>>>   a 4:3 display. To overcome this I use the "Seperate modes for gui and
>>>   video" options, and set :
>>>    Gui 720x576 video 720x576 auto 16:9
>>>
>>>   and an Override mode for US content of:
>>>    Gui 720x480 video 720x480 auto 16:9
>>>
>>>   with these setting the display is treated as 16:9 for PAL LiveTV 
>>> playback,
>>>   or PAL/NTSC MythVideo content.  Playing any Recorded TV ( I only 
>>> have PAL
>>>   to test) treats the display as 4:3.
>>>
>>>   If in "Screen Settings" I '''also''' Set the GUI size to 720x576, and
>>>   check "Use Gui Size for TV playback", the 16:9 aspect ratio is 
>>> honored in
>>>   recorded TV.
>>
>> MythTV uses the X configuration to find the aspect ratio of the 
>> display.  You need to configure X properly to use a non-square 16:9 
>> display.
>>
>> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Display_Size
>>
>> and, especially,
>>
>> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Display_Size#Calculating_your_own_values
>>
>> (And if you're using Xinerama or similar, you'll have a Monitor 
>> aspect ratio setting in frontend settings under Appearance Settings 
>> that must be specified properly.)
>
> Done this before, (long time user) and read the wiki entry.
> I am using a nvidia card and changing modes based on content, so using 
> the settings as described above, which I assume is what you mean by 
> "you'll have a Monitor aspect ratio setting in frontend settings under 
> Appearance Settings that must be specified properly.) "
> The ticket was pointing out that the "Separate modes for GUI and 
> video" is inconsistent. If you use it to force aspect ratio, then it 
> works for livetv, but does not affect recorded playback, thats not a 
> feature, its a bug.
>
> Personally I would like to see the mythtv and plugins use a single 
> consistent value to define aspect ratio, rather than messing with X, 
> including for instance mythgallery.

John,

The part I'm concerned about is the part where you say, "I have a 
720x576 modeline on a PAL 16:9 TV. By default myth treats this as a 4:3 
display."  So, I'd just like to verify your system configuration, which 
will make it much easier to duplicate the issue.  Can you please post 
the output (~/settings.txt) of:

xdpyinfo 2>&1 | tee ~/settings.txt &&
cat<< "EOF" | mysql -umythtv -p mythconverg 2>&1 | tee -a ~/settings.txt
SELECT * FROM settings WHERE value IN ('AspectOverride', 'Zoom', 
'GuiWidth', 'GuiHeight', 'GuiSizeForTV', 'UseVideoModes', 
'GuiVidModeResolution', 'XineramaScreen', 'XineramaMonitorAspectRatio');
SELECT * FROM settings WHERE value LIKE 'TVVidModeResolution%';
SELECT * FROM settings WHERE value LIKE 'TVVidModeForceAspect%';
SELECT * FROM settings WHERE value LIKE 'VidMode%';
EOF

Thanks,
Mike