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Bug 564447 - Totem dosn't display 16:9 correct on a 16:10 screen
Totem dosn't display 16:9 correct on a 16:10 screen
Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE
Product: totem
Classification: Core
Component: Movie player
2.24.x
Other All
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: General Totem maintainer(s)
General Totem maintainer(s)
: 610985 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-12-14 07:49 UTC by Claus M
Modified: 2010-02-25 11:02 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.23/2.24


Description Claus M 2008-12-14 07:49:53 UTC 
Please describe the problem:
I own a 16:10 TFT display and I use a screen resolution on 1680 x 1050 pixels (16:10). When I want to see a 16:9 movie, or a DVD in widescreen, then Totem won't display the 16:9 / widescreen correctly.

The movie looks like it is width. But if you play the same movie with the VLC Player it will look corectly.

The problem won't be fixed by using the display in 16:9 option in Totem! Watching a DVD with Totem is painful with a 16:10 TFT. 

Steps to reproduce:
1. Use a 16:10 resolution (1680 x 1050 pixels)
2. Open a movie in 16:9 for example
3. Make a screenshot
4. Open the same movie with the VLC Player 
5. Make a 2nd screenshot
6. Compare the screenshots
7. They have the same  height, but the Totem will have the wrong width (more than wanted)

Actual results:


Expected results:


Does this happen every time?
Yes

Other information:
The same problem comes with mplayer, but the VLC Player show the correct 16:9 on a 16:10 screen!

Here a picture for better understanding:
http://img166.imageshack.us/my.php?image=totembugqw7.jpg
Comment 1 Claus M 2008-12-14 07:52:19 UTC 
OS I use: Ubuntu 8.10 (64bit)
Comment 2 Bastien Nocera 2008-12-14 21:36:39 UTC 
Which backend are you using? Could you please make the file to reproduce the problem available?
Comment 3 Claus M 2008-12-14 22:02:32 UTC 
Hm, I try to use in Totem the "Help / Submit bug" (Hilfe / Fehler melden) in the Menu, but after collecting all the information I find my self in "launchpad.net". There is a similar bug reported by an other user and they said, that the bug must be reported here (bugzilla.gonme.org).

Where can I find this file? So I can upload it here.

Some more Information:
Im using Ubuntu 8.10  (64bit)
Kernel Linux 2.6.27-9-generic
Gnome 2.24.1
3,6 GB Ram
Motherboard GA-MA78GM-S2H
AMD Dual Core 4850e
ATI Radion HD 3200 (256 MB Ram)
OpenGL Version 2.1.8087

But I think it is a generally problem with Ubuntu 8.10 + Totem + the screen resolution 1680 x 1050 (16:10).
Comment 4 Tobias Mueller 2009-06-15 19:01:20 UTC 
Claus, launchpad is perfectly fine :)

Bastien, could you give an advise on how to obtain the used backend?
Comment 5 Bastien Nocera 2009-06-15 19:21:09 UTC 
(In reply to comment #4)
> Claus, launchpad is perfectly fine :)
> 
> Bastien, could you give an advise on how to obtain the used backend?

You look at the about box.
Comment 6 Tobias Mueller 2010-01-06 23:14:05 UTC 
Closing this bug report as no further information has been provided. Please feel free to reopen this bug if you can provide the information asked for.
Thanks!
Comment 7 Bastien Nocera 2010-02-25 11:02:13 UTC 
*** Bug 610985 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***