[mythtvnz] Per video aspect ratio?

[Nick Rout]

On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 9:28 AM, Curtis Walker <sultanoswing at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have some Hairy MacClary videos in mythTV (under the newly revamped
>> 0.25 Video setup). They are 4:3 ratio, which means I have to manually
>> set the aspect ratio each time ('w' key) the video is played on my
>> 16:9 TV.
>>
>> Question: is there a way to automatically set a 'per video' aspect
>> ratio so that 4:3 vids start playing stretched to 16:9? I suppoes I
>> could use an external player for the affected videos and set the
>> parameters up there, but would prefer to continue to use the internal
>> player if possible.
>>
>> If not possible, I reckon this would be a useful feature request.
>
> It is not a myth problem, it is a problem with the video files. Use
> mpeg4modifier to set the proper aspect ratio in the file itself.
> http://moitah.net/

Actually having re-read your question, why would you want to stretch
to 16:9 when the correct aspect ratio for the video is 4:3? Everything
will be stretched and look fat.