[mythtvnz] Per video aspect ratio?

[Curtis Walker]

On 5 May 2012 11:34, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 11:22 AM,  <banksie at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>> Quoting Hadley Rich <hads at nice.net.nz>:
>>
>>> On 05/05/12 11:07, Nick Rout wrote:
>>> > 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.
>>>
>>> That's what I was wondering. If it's 4:3 it's displaying correctly if it
>>> has black bars on the sides.
>>
>>   If he has a TV that has some funky stretching modes on it, then it could make
>> perfect sense to force 4:3 content to go full screen. My panasonic 16:9 has a
>> stretch mode that does this and tries to 'intelligently' display a 4:3 image
>> over the whole screen.
>
> Yes my panasonic has that mode, it stretches more at the edges than in
> the middle, so the effect is not so obvious. I haven't used it much.
>
> However in that case you would still want myth to present the picture
> in 4:3 and let the TV do the smart stretching.
>
> Frankly I prefer to watch as the author/broadcaster intended, and not
> stretch at all.
>
> Anyway, if the OP wants to change the presented aspect ratio on his
> videos, mpeg4modifier will do the trick.
>
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It's Hairy Maclary - and an avi rip at that - hardly videophile
quality. It actually looks pretty unnoticeable when stretched to 16:9,
and on balance, is preferable to the side black bars.

Don't get me wrong, I'm as pixel-perfect-aspect-ratio-correct a kind
of guy as the next geek on here, but in this instance was wondering
whether there was a setting, as opposed to editing the avi container's
information.

I'll take the above collective replies as a "no" :)