[mythtv-users] MythTV strange problem (Solved)

[Kevin Kuphal]

Art Fore wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-02-06 at 01:46 -0500, Isaac Richards wrote:
>   
>> On Monday 06 February 2006 01:44, Art Fore wrote:
>>     
>>> On Mon, 2006-02-06 at 00:36 -0600, Kevin Kuphal wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Art Fore wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> On Mon, 2006-02-06 at 00:16 -0600, Kevin Kuphal wrote:
>>>>>           
>>>>>> Art Fore wrote:
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>> I execute the following statement on the command line
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ivtvctrl -c aspect=3
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I open /dev/video0 with mplayer, the aspect is correct. I go out, and
>>>>>>> open with mplayer again, still correct.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I open mythfrontend, the aspect is incorrect. I execute the ivtvctl
>>>>>>> statement again, I have to change channels in myth to get it to take
>>>>>>> effect. I go out of mythfrontend, then back in, the aspect is again
>>>>>>> incorrect.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> WHY and how can I fix it?
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>> What exactly are you trying to achieve?  Myth has numerous zoom modes
>>>>>> that provide various aspects for playback.
>>>>>>             
>>>>> I am trying to get the aspect ration to 16:9 and for it to stay there
>>>>> without having to go through the hassle everytime I go in and out of
>>>>> mythfrontend. I would expect there is something somewhere to make this
>>>>> permanent, but where?
>>>>>           
>>>> Have you tried just setting the Aspect Override in Setup->TV
>>>> Settings->Playback->General in mythfrontend?
>>>>
>>>> Kevin
>>>>         
>>> That solved it. Thanks. It sure was hidden. Personally, the gui in
>>> Mythfrontend leaves a lot to be desired.
>>>       
>> Yeah, hidden on the first page of the tv playback settings.  Guess I should 
>> have put it in the audio configuration or something and made it _really_ 
>> difficult to find.
>>
>> Isaac
>> _______________________________________________
>>     
> Now how can I set the brightness. With ivtvctl -y brightness=170 does
> the same as the aspect did.
>   
Read the documentation?

http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-11.html#ss11.1

(Look for "F")

Kevin