[mythtv-users] MythTV with Dual Head?

[Doug Larrick]

On 12/14/03 12:27:46, Stephen L. Ulmer wrote:
> On 14 Dec 2003, ricko73 at yahoo.com stated:
> > Dale,
> >
> > Yeah you should be able to do that with the xinerama
> > extensions.  I'm running triple headed on my desktop
> > right now and force myth to use one desktop.
> >
> > Just tell myth to use which ever screen you have your
> > 53" screen connected to and you should be golden.
> >
> > Darrick
> >
> 
> Why would you want to use Xinerama? Just start Myth on the screen
> attached to the HDTV.  If you never want to move windows from one to
> the other, why involve Xinerama?

This is particularly true if the screens are different aspect ratios,  
as Xinerama is not capable of reporting the aspect ratio per head,  
whereas a simple dual-head setup can do so.

-Doug
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