[mythtv-users] Aspect ratio

John Morris jmorris at beau.org
Thu Dec 5 19:31:37 UTC 2013


On Wed, 2013-12-04 at 23:49 -0500, Daryl McDonald wrote:

> Suggestions on how to restore W key functionality?

Check your TV and make sure it isn't set to fill the display.  Easiest
way to check I can think of is to launch a normal Linux desktop and set
a 4:3 video mode like 1024x768 and watch what happens.  If your set
displays it with black bars on the sides, it probably isn't the problem.
But if you get a fat picture you probably need to play with the TV's
menu.  You want the TV to be 'dumb' and just display whatever it is
given with as little second guessing as possible.  On mine it is 'Just
Scan' that kills reshaping AND overscanning; yours almost certainly
calls it something else.

Unless of course you have the NVidia driver running and it has been told
to rescale and/or stretch the picture before it even leaves the HDMI
port.... grrr.  Too many options.  :)
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