[mythtv] [PATCH] Overscan for GUI

[Isaac Richards]

On Thursday 09 December 2004 10:25 pm, Jeremiah Morris wrote:
> On 9 Dec 2004, at 6:26 PM, David Härdeman wrote:
> > Currently, the menus (especially in configuration) likes to extend to
> > the edges of the screen which is fine for a computer monitor but gives
> > problems on my TV (which is not completely square).
>
> You can already solve this problem with the existing settings.  Set
> your GUI width and height to be a bit smaller than your screen, and use
> the X and Y offsets to center it.  I do this for my TV; the GUI is
> entirely visible, with a bit of my root window visible on the edges.
> If you pick a root background that complements the theme, it's hardly
> noticeable.  And, you can set different vertical vs. horizontal
> overscan, compensate for the TV chopping off more left pixels than
> right, etc.  Make sure you turn off "Use GUI size for TV playback", so
> your video fills the picture.

Black root background, then you can't notice it. =)

> The only thing this won't do is fill in the edges around the border;
> that could be solved by creating a truly fullscreen-sized window behind
> the main window, or better yet, just change your X background.  (I have
> a contrasting color set, and it actually looks pretty cool.  I've also
> used a black background, which is hardly noticeable.)

The mythui code is able to handle scaling the internal contents of the window 
separately from the background which will take care of this issue nicely.

Isaac