Other aspect ratio

Laurens · September 3, 2016 at 4:41 PM

Hi

How can I select an other aspect ratio?
My screen has a 16:10 ratio and I can't select that resolution in the screen options.
Must say that I have a Denon receiver in between (hdmi pass through) so maybe he's messing with my output?

**Klojum** · September 3, 2016 at 5:16 PM Official Post

Take out the receiver and connect your Kodi box directly with the monitor, and find out.

FYI, Kodi's skin are not 16:10 compatible. The default skin has a 16:9 aspect ration, so playing on a 16:10 will distort the view a bit.

If you have an Intel based htpc box, try to SSH in and type in the following commands:

Code

xrandr | pastebinit
cat ~/.kodi/temp/kodi.log | pastebinit

and share the URLs here.

Laurens · September 3, 2016 at 5:30 PM

Kodi:~ # xrandr | pastebinit
jJYH
Kodi:~ # cat ~/.kodi/temp/kodi.log | pastebinit
dNJZ

**chewitt** · September 3, 2016 at 5:45 PM Official Post

It normally depends on the device (the GPU in use) and what's in the HDMI chain. It's simple to test without the AVR inline.

Laurens · September 3, 2016 at 5:55 PM

This is directly:

Kodi:~ # xrandr | pastebinitPVHPKodi:~ # cat ~/.kodi/temp/kodi.log | pastebinitHbOj

So then I do have "1920x1200".
But then I have no HMDI sound passthrough. Or is the spdif passthrough exactly the same as the HDMI one?
My Denon AVR-X4200W has no option to change aspect ratio. So this leaves me to a missing part on the screen untill I buy a new TV? Unless pdif passthrough passes the same protocols as HDMI?

**nickr** · September 3, 2016 at 10:35 PM Official Post

Spdif passthrough is not equivalent to hdmi passthrough. Spdif is limited to stereo pcm or compressed 5.1 via dts or ac3. You won't get hd audio like dts-ma, truehd or greater than 2 channel pcm.

Is it that bad running 1080p 16:9? Not sure how distorted that would be in practice.

**Klojum** · September 4, 2016 at 6:02 AM Official Post

It's odd. Any decent Intel gpu should be able to display 1920x1200. I have such a monitor here and never had problems with it. Haven't tried it with the very latest LE builds though.

Perhaps you should rename your guisettings.xml temporarily, and reboot so a fresh settings file is created. Something might got stuck along the way. Or use Kodi's video calibration to make the screen smaller to 16:9, but that will give you black bars over and under the displayed video.

Laurens · September 4, 2016 at 8:23 AM

It does provide me 1920x1200 if I leave out the Denon tranceiver (and use a HDMI to HMDI to the screen - because I get a lower resolution when using a HDMI to DVI). It's not that bad Nickr, we can leave with it like this untill we buy a new TV in a year or something. Now and then a subtitle fall's off, but that doesn't happen much.