[mythtvnz] FW: Wide screen setup

[Steven Ellis]

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
> 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 i=
t
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

>
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> 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
>>> modeline, xorg.conf, etc.
>>>
>>> I have a VIA Minimyth system outputting S-Video to a wide screen TV
>>> 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
> 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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Steven Ellis - Technical Director
OpenMedia Limited - The Home of myPVR
email   - steven@openmedia.co.nz
sales   - sales@openmedia.co.nz
support - support@openmedia.co.nz
website - http://www.openmedia.co.nz