[mythtvnz] FW: Wide screen setup

[Alan Walls]

Thanks, maybe I will change my thinking!!

Perhaps its time to convince my wife we need a new TV :-)=20

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[mailto:mythtvnz-admin@lists.linuxnut.co.nz] On Behalf Of Steven Ellis
Sent: Friday, 2 February 2007 11:31 a.m.
To: mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
Subject: RE: [mythtvnz] FW: Wide screen setup


On Fri, February 2, 2007 11:18 am, Alan Walls wrote:
> I was hoping the theme would generate an image similar to broadcast=20
> wide screen, ie black bars top and bottom.  This would allow my TV to=20
> auto switch as it does today.

The theme is designed for widescreen LCD/Plasma output such as 720p and
1080i. There are two types of switching for CRT widescreen TVs.

1. Black border detection

2. Anamorphic signal detection

You really don't want to do 1 with MythTv as it will generally look
crap.

Best way to deal with it is to setup your X config so that X knows your
monitor is 16:9, and set your TV mode to stretch to fill.

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 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=20
> showing it 4:3. If you want it wide you need to select a stretch=20
> profile on your TV as MythTV has no way to signal that it is sending=20
> an anamorphic output.
>
> Steve
>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mythtvnz-admin@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
>> [mailto:mythtvnz-admin@lists.linuxnut.co.nz] On Behalf Of Steven=20
>> 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

>>>> 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=20
>> tweak
>
>> this on a Via board.
>>
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