[mythtv-users] Guide too big / fonts too small

[Michael Cheshire (Mailing Lists)]

David,

1) I recommend you dont use 640x480 - use whatever DVD resolution is right 
for your region for the TV OUT (I use 720x576 as its PAL here in Oz) it 
tends to display better on TV, and also makes it handy if you want to cut 
your recordings to DVD.

2) You can adjust the fonts/theme/underscan for the on screen display in the 
frontend : Utilities/Setup -> Setup -> TV Settings -> Playback (in the last 
screen you can set overscan/underscan - a positive integer will REDUCE the 
on-screen overlay size) ( there is a font size selection in here somewhere 
also).

3) I assume you have you installed the ivtv X driver from 
http://membres.lycos.fr/badzzzz/ ? I have found this gives more stable and 
efficient playback (less CPU useage than the framebuffer driver). You need 
to install it in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers then move 
/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libfbdevhw.a somewhere else as they conflict. 
You then have to refer to ivtvdev rather than fbdev in your xorg.conf - see 
below. If you do install this driver, I found that X/Y positioning did not 
work under KDE or ratpoison, so I am using good old twm, which appears to 
work OK.

Interestingly when twm starts up it automatically starts up an xterm which 
you have to position with the mouse before it loads anything else - I dont 
suppose anyone knows how to stop this? - I've checked through all the X 
startup scripts to no avail.

M.

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Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Hauppauge PVR 350 iTVC15 Framebuffer"
        Driver      "ivtvdev"
        # Driver      "fbdev"

        ### change fb0 to whatever your card grabbed
        Option      "fbdev" "/dev/fb0"

        ### change the BusID to whatever is reported by lspci, specify it as 
hex.
        BusID "01:0x04:0"
EndSection

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Carlin" <djc6 at cwru.edu>
To: <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 1:32 PM
Subject: [mythtv-users] Guide too big / fonts too small


> Hey,
>
> Just started using MythTV/Linux following Jarod's guide on a fresh
> Fedora Core 2 install.  I have a brand new PVR350 card and the list
> archives have helped me with many issues related to the new 350's (like
> the new remotes not working, screen appearing in all green, etc..).
>
> Anyways, I've adjusted my mythfrontend appearance settings to get the
> GUI to fit right, but the program guide and such during live TV don't
> seem to have these settings applied.  Worse, when I go back into the
> GUI after using the program guide, my offsets seem to get changed
> slightly.  Restarting the frontend puts them back.
>
> How do I configure the size of stuff during live TV?  Also, why are the
> fonts in the program guide so unimaginably small?  It's totally
> illegible, where as the GUI stuff is crystal clear.
>
> I'm very new to this xorg.conf stuff, I've never really used Linux
> before - I come from a Solaris background.  I'm using 640x480 mode in
> the monitor/screen section settings, and I've set DisplaySize 160 120
> under monitor section per some suggestions I google'd.
>
> Thanks!
>
>


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