[mythtv-users] 0.21 and aspect ratios

[Stuart Larson]

> First up, let me say how stoked I am with 0.21. My upgrade was easy,
> despite
> being a bit ham-fisted at things Linux, and the new features are
> excellent.
> Better performance, better WAF, better interface -- a big thumbs up all
> round. I am particularly enjoying the revamped MythWeb, which is a thing
> of
> great beauty.
>
> But one odd problem troubles me. I use a dedicated frontend with an Nvidia
> card outputting via VGA to a 1080p LCD TV at 1920x1080. But because I have
> DirecTV, most things I'm playing come in at SD and 4:3. This was never a
> problem with 0.20, which would automatically add black pillars to the left
> and right sides of the video frame so as to maintain proper aspect ratio.
> 0.21, though, seems to automatically stretch it out to fill the 16:9
> display. I'm sure there's some checkbox I'm not seeing somewhere to fix
> this. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
>
> (Other possibly relevant info is that my backends both use PVR-150s, and
> when I upgraded the frontend to .21 I did a full OS rebuild, so it is
> possible there is something different in xorg.conf or some other config
> files that are not directly related to Myth.)

Check the second screen of playback settings, there are two boxes, video
aspect override, and zoom.  I have these set to "off" and "half" on my
16:10 LCD pannel frontends, and "off" "off" on my SD tv.  messing with
those settings might do what you want.

Stuart