[mythtvnz] FW: Wide screen setup

[Alan Walls]

I was hoping the theme would generate an image similar to broadcast wide
screen, ie black bars top and bottom.  This would allow my TV to auto
switch as it does today.=20

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[mailto:mythtvnz-admin@lists.linuxnut.co.nz] On Behalf Of Steven Ellis
Sent: Friday, 2 February 2007 11:08 a.m.
To: mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
Subject: RE: [mythtvnz] FW: Wide screen setup


On Fri, February 2, 2007 9:55 am, Alan Walls wrote:
> I'm using MythCenter-wide as my theme.  The minimyth resolution is set
> to PAL 720x576Noscale.   The TV is set to auto switch between 4:3
shown
> in the middle and 12:9 zooming to fill the screen.  The MythTV=20
> background appears like a 4:3 box in the middle of the screen.

This is to be expected. The output is 720x576 4:3 so your TV is showing
it 4:3. If you want it wide you need to select a stretch profile on your
TV as MythTV has no way to signal that it is sending an anamorphic
output.

Steve

>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtvnz-admin@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
> [mailto:mythtvnz-admin@lists.linuxnut.co.nz] On Behalf Of Steven Ellis
> Sent: Friday, 2 February 2007 9:42 a.m.
> To: mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
> Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] FW: Wide screen setup
>
>
> On Fri, February 2, 2007 9:04 am, Alan Walls wrote:
>>> Can anybody send me a reference to documentation on configuring=20
>>> modeline, xorg.conf, etc.
>>>
>>> I have a VIA Minimyth system outputting S-Video to a wide screen TV=20
>>> and I can get the menus filling up the entire screen.
>
> Tuning for a widescreen CRT over S-Video can be a pain.
>
> 1. Does the background fill the entire screen?
>
> 2. Is the background image wide
>
> 3. If the background image isn't wide have you tried changing the TV=20
> mode to make it wide.
>
> 4. Is the problem with your overscan settings? Don't know how to tweak

> this on a Via board.
>
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