I'm using Ubuntu 9.10 on a Toshiba Satellite Laptop with 15 inch 16:9
screen (1280x800).
Somehow Totem doesn't detect the right screen size and displays videos
with a very strange aspect ratio (4:3 becomes more like 3:4, etc). When
I change the screen size and change it back (system - preferences -
screen), Totem works fine again, but I'll get the same problem after
rebooting.
Since xorg.conf is no longer used in Ubuntu 9.10, I searched for other
screen settings and found "monitors.xml" in my home directory in
".config".
Inside are two tags (<x> and <y>) that are set to 0 and can be changed
to 16 and 9 if you have a wide screen:
<monitors version="1">
<configuration>
<clone>no</clone>
<output name="VGA1">
</output>
<output name="LVDS1">
<vendor>LPL</vendor>
<product>0x2a00</product>
<serial>0x00000000</serial>
<width>1280</width>
<height>800</height>
<rate>60</rate>
<x>16</x>
<y>9</y>
<rotation>normal</rotation>
<reflect_x>no</reflect_x>
<reflect_y>no</reflect_y>
<primary>no</primary>
</output>
<output name="TV1">
</output>
</configuration>
</monitors>
This file is also changed after using the GUI to change your screen
settings. So, be careful.
After editing this file and rebooting, Totem worked fine. Of course I
tried a lot to fix this. Can anybody confirm this?
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Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic - Wrong aspect ratio in movies.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/488495
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