[mythtv-users] Permanently overriding aspect ratio for specific recordings

[Karl Dietz]

On 20.08.2013 11:00, Marius Schrecker wrote:
> Hi again,
>
> For a period, my set top box was spitting out to my hd-pvr in the wrong
> format (4:3 instead of 16:9). This was handled okay by the tv, but the
> recordings made during this time are all windowboxed and compressed
> horizontally.
>
> I know I can cycle through the aspect ratios for these recordinbgs at
> playback, and I also know how I can override the aspect globally, but
> haven't found out how to store the override persistently for the
> specific recordings.

Another idea.

You could use MKVtoolnix and convert the recording to a Matroska file.
The tool reportedly allows to set a crop area and a different aspect
ratio. But the MythTV player is reported not to respect the crop headers

http://www.videohelp.com/tools/MKVtoolnix
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mythtv/+bug/1070090

But we are in good company, GStreamer / Totem doesn't support it either
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=693971

So this only answers the question for the aspect ratio until the crop
information is used.

Regards,
Karl