[mythtv-users] Playing 16:9 recordings on a 4:3 monitor

[R KANNAN]

On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 7:57 PM, R KANNAN <rk111810 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 7:00 AM, <mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org> wrote:
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>> Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:34:22 -0500
>> From: R KANNAN <rk111810 at gmail.com>
>> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
>> Subject: [mythtv-users]  Playing 16:9 recordings on a 4:3 monitor
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>> On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 7:00 AM, <mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org> wrote:
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>> > Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2012 17:47:37 -0500
>> > From: "Michael T. Dean" <mtdean at thirdcontact.com>
>> > To: Discussion about MythTV <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>> > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Playing 16:9 recordings on a 4:3 monitor
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>> > On 12/15/2012 03:41 PM, R KANNAN wrote:
>> > > Hello,
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>> > > When I play my 16:9 recordings (or Live TV)  on my 4:3 monitor, the
>> > > image is stretched vertically to fill the screen I have tried playing
>> > > around with Zeoom settings under Setup->Video->Playback, 'w' settings
>> > > when the video is being played or 'Video->Aspect Ratio" in the dynmaic
>> > > menu from pressing "m" when the video is being played. Nothing seems
>> > > to help.
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>> > > xrandr retuns
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>> > > xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
>> > > Screen 0: minimum 640 x 480, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 1280 x 1024
>> > > default connected 1280x1024+0+0 0mm x 0mm
>> > >    1280x1024       0.0*
>> > >    1024x768        0.0
>> > >    800x600         0.0
>> > >    640x480         0.0
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>> > > How can this be corrected?
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>> > > I am using MythTV  0.25.3 + fixes2012  on Mythbuntu12.04.
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>> > Your X config is broken.  Please post the output of
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>> > xdpyinfo | grep -B2 resolution
>> >
>> > Mike
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>> > This is what I get
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>> screen #0:
>>   dimensions:    1280x1024 pixels (382x302 millimeters)
>>   resolution:    85x86 dots per inch
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>> I am not sure if it changes when I run the frontend.
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>> Thanks for your help.
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> Any ideas on why I cannot change zoom levels in the frontend.
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