[mythtv] question about creating a wide theme

[Isaac Richards]

On Friday 08 July 2005 07:39 pm, Bruce Markey wrote:
> James Armstrong wrote:
> > I started making a new wide theme. I have one question. I have a
> > background that is 888x508 to match my desktop res. The placement of
> > the objects on the background don't match what I would think they  would
> > be. I had to put the watermark at 890,240 which is over what  the
> > resolution is on the x scale. I think the background and all x,y
> > measurements are done from 1920x1080, is this true? or can someone  tell
> > me why I am having this issue.
>
> Themes are scaled from a baseline size. For 4:3 it is 800x600
> for the GUI theme and 640x480 for OSD. Donavan would know the
> dimensions for 16:9 and 1920x1080 is likely. You may want to
> look at the existing wide example in myththemes. In any case, the
> sizes are not based on the dimension of the background you chose,
> the background would be scaled to fit the baseline dimensions.

Wide themes are based on 1280x720.

Isaac