This problem is kind of frustrating me and I think I've given up on Google. I think compiz either can or should solve it, but I'll put it before you all first to see what you think.
I have two monitors; the primary has a 16:9 aspect and the secondary has a 4:3. My machine is also next to my TV, so I split the output from one of the monitors to the TV. For whatever reason, the (16:9) TV and the 16:9 monitor do not support any of the same resolutions (I think this is wrong... but I have no idea how to convince the TV otherwise), but the TV and the 4:3 monitor do. I don't mind it too much, since MythTV has a scaling feature that adjusts the video so that it displays correctly on the TV rather than the monitor. Unfortunately, this season the only two shows I care about air at the exact same friggin' time. Feel free to guess which two shows they are if you want. :) Anyway, this means I'm now using Hulu a lot more often. Both the web version and huludesktop work fine, except as you might guess I can't convince the hulu player to change the aspect ratio to something that would ordinarily look scrunched (and honestly, I'm kind of surprised that MythTV supports what I'm guessing is a pretty obscure feature). Oh, one final constraint. I do use the 4:3 monitor for other stuff including coding, so I don't want to just change the aspect ratio on there since it would strain my eyes with wide text. So, I guess my questions are the following: Can I do something to fix this aspect problem? I suspect that compiz is the right place to put this; does such a feature already exist? What I'd like is to be able to click on the window management button and select a different aspect ration for a window... should I just be sending this to the compiz folks? Thanks, -Randy
