Aspect ratio issues (1 Viewer)

[skyman102]

Hi,
New to Media Portal so I apologize if my queries are silly. I'm using a DigitalNow TinyTwin USB tuner.
I am having issues with the aspect ratio in MyTV. I am using a 4:3 monitor (17" Dell LCD) and want to watch most TV in 16:9 ratio - leaving black bars at the top and bottom. My problem is that whenever I try this, the picture is distorted - if I use the "4:3 Letterbox" option in aspect ratio, it squashes the picture too much vertically (ratio looks more like 16:5 or something - the black bars are too thick).

Ideally, I'd like to watch most things letterboxed, but if an older show comes on (in 4:3 ratio, like "The Simpsons" for example) just change to "Zoom" mode to fill the screen.

Just wondering where I need to make some adjustments to fix this.

Many thanks,
Mat

 

[Rab]

Hi Mat.

I think if you select the 'Normal' aspect ratio in MP during playback, it should display all video in its correct aspect ratio. No need to zoom in or select letterbox or anything.

At least that's how my setup seems to behave.

Edit:
Didn't realize that you were talking about tv, Hmm, the above should work if MP automatically recognizes the format of the incoming TV signal (16:9 or 4:3) assuming the broadcaster doesn't transmit a 4:3 image inside a 16:9 frame, otherwise, you might need to select 'Zoom' mode to fill the screen with a 4:3 broadcast.

Cheers - Rab.