[mythtv-users] OSD fonts badly rendered on a 16:9 TV

[Paul Harrison]

Nicolas Will wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 18:07 +0100, Nicolas Will wrote:
>   
>> On Wed, 2007-10-03 at 20:06 +0100, Nicolas Will wrote:
>>     
>>> On Wed, 2007-10-03 at 11:08 -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Does your system show Xinerama enabled?  If so, are you only using
>>>>         
>>> one
>>>       
>>>> monitor?  (I.e. do you see settings "Xinerama screen" and "Monitor
>>>> Aspect Ratio" in the "Screen settings" section of the frontend
>>>> settings
>>>> under, I think, "Appearance settings"?)
>>>>         
>>> I have only one monitor, the HDTV, nothing else.
>>>
>>> OK, I went in the mythtv appearance stuff.
>>>
>>> Yes, Xinerama is mentioned. I can select either "all" or "0". Both
>>> settings give me the same results wrt font rendering.
>>>
>>> The aspect ration iwas set to 16:9.
>>>       
>> Michael,
>>
>> it sounds like you got a good clue about this, what do you recommend?
>>
>> nico
>>
>>     
>
> Just a ping about this.
>
> The last one, I promise.
>
> After that, I'll consider my issue as not interesting to anyone except
> me. :o(
>
> NIco
>   

I've never seen this problem myself but it looks like Mike gave you the
answer to your problem in his first reply to you.
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/293867#293867

also take a look at this changeset.
http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/changeset/14520

Paul H.