[mythtv-users] Myth GUI too big for TV??

Tim Harvey tharvey at alumni.calpoly.edu
Thu Jan 15 22:04:14 EST 2004



> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
> bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Keith Davey
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 1:00 PM
> To: crax at crax.dk; Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Myth GUI too big for TV??
> 
> Hi Thomas,
> 
> Just go in to Setup within mythfrontend.
> 
> Choose appearance and you follow through the screens, you can set the
> width, height and X and Y offsets off the myth
> gui.

In addition you'll want to go to the 'TV Settings/Playback
Settings/Overscan' page and set your vertical/horizontal percentages to
probably 5 to get the OSD to 'underscan' and fit on the TV.

Tim

> 
> We must be at the exact same stage in deploying myth, I just figured
> this bit out after our earlier problems.
> 
> Keith
> 
> 
> Thomas Rokamp wrote:
> 
> >Weee - got TV-out on PVR-350 to run smooth...
> >
> >But one problem I have had all the time is the "clipping" of the
mythtv
> >gui...
> >I have set up X to use the geometry of a PAL TV (720x576), but what I
> >get look a bit smaller. Small enough to almost hide the "Next"
buttons
> >in the setup app. of myth.
> >
> >It's a 16:9 TV, so later on it would be nice to have Myth use it all
-
> >what are the dimensions of that?
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> >/Thomas
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