MythVideo stretchs all of my video files so that they are wider than they are supposed to be. I understand that I need to adjust the parameters on the mplayer command in MythVideo setup. I'm currently using the default Knoppmyth parameters.

I have an HDTV, with the obvious aspect ratio of 16:9, which fully displays an HD recording, also with the obvious aspect ratio of 16:9. When I play one of my HD recordings (recorded by Myth), MythVideo (mplayer) squashs the video and adds black bars to the top and bottom.

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Currently running: R5.5, HD5000 x 2, PVR150, Athlon 64 3000+, Chaintech VNF4, 1GB RAM, 2 x 250GB in LVM, MSI NX6200TC -> AA 9A60 -> HDTV

So, what is the problem? Change it. If memories serves -monitoraspect 16x9. You can also, search or man mplayer...

Ok, I tried using this on my 16:9 TV:



...which continues to squash my video files. So I tried this...



....which for some reason makes my 16:9 HDTV videos play perfectly. (I don't understand, at I am running Myth at 1920x1080.

Unfortunately, this mode squashes my 4:3 videos. Isn't there a way to get mplayer to adjust automatically? It is really annoying to go into Mythvideo setup and change the command line everytime I want to go from watching a 16:9 video to a 4:3 video.

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Currently running: R5.5, HD5000 x 2, PVR150, Athlon 64 3000+, Chaintech VNF4, 1GB RAM, 2 x 250GB in LVM, MSI NX6200TC -> AA 9A60 -> HDTV

Just taking a guess, but based on the mplayer man page, "-aspect" is used to specify the aspect ratio of the video you are playing; "-monitoraspect" is used to specify the aspect ratio of the monitor. Did you try "-monitoraspect 16:9"? The outcome might be very different than using "-aspect".

Marc

ed3120, I had the same problem and this is what solved it.

Thanks, that fixed it. My new mplayer line is:

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Currently running: R5.5, HD5000 x 2, PVR150, Athlon 64 3000+, Chaintech VNF4, 1GB RAM, 2 x 250GB in LVM, MSI NX6200TC -> AA 9A60 -> HDTV