[mythtv-users] mplayer resolution wrong on TV

[Tom Weichmann]

On Friday 06 April 2007 01:33, Mitch Gore wrote:
> try using -monitoraspect 16:9 or -monitoraspect 4:3, which ever is correct
> for you.
>
> Mitchell
>
> On 4/6/07, Tom Weichmann <tomcw at adelphia.net> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I started using MythTV on my PC and I have an icon that just runs
> > MythFrontend.  Recently, I put a couple of hols through the wall and ran
> > TV
> > out and audio to my TV which happens to be on the other side of my
> > wall.  So
> > I created a small script on my box that turns on TV out and starts
> > mythfrontend at the proper resolution for TV out.
> >
> >
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >------ #!/bin/sh
> >
> > dcop kdesktop KScreensaverIface enable 0
> >
> > nvtv -r 768,576 -s Large -C SVIDEO -t -S NTSC
> >
> > mythfrontend -nw --geometry 760x576+10+0
> >
> > nvtv -r 1024,768 -s small -m -S NTSC
> >
> > dcop kdesktop KScreensaverIface enable 1
> >
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >------
> >
> > The problem I have is that when I just start mythfrontend on my PC
> > everything
> > is fine, but when I change to the TV out, everything works fine except
> > for mplayer when I am playing a movie from mythvideo.  I see that you can
> > set mplayer arguements in the settings menu, but I tried adding -x 760 -y
> > 576 to
> > the default arguements, but that didn't work.  The video was the right
> > size
> > to fit the screen, but the 16x9 video was distorted to fit this window.
> >
> > How do others handle starting on both PC and TV out?  Does anyone know
> > how to
> > get the mplayer window to size correctly?
> >
> > SuSE 10.2
> > MythTV 0.20
> > Mplayer 1.0 rc1
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Tom Weichmann
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Mitchell,

Thanks, I tried your suggestion and I still get a distorted picture.  Does 
anyone have another idea?

Thanks,

Tom Weichmann