[mythtv-users] Second Monitor

Steven Adeff adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com
Mon Feb 6 15:31:32 UTC 2006


On 2/6/06, Chris Hembrow <chris.hembrow at pixelseventy2.net> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm thinking of adding a small lcd (5inch) to a second, old 8mb matrox
> pci graphics card, to make it easier to play music and schedule
> recordings without needing to turn the TV on, or if someone is using
> the TV for other purposes.
>
> Because this is going to be off an old, basic graphics card, I don't
> want video to play on this card. I believe I can set mplayer to only
> play on a second card, using -xineramadisplay=X, but is it possible to
> do the same for the internal player.
>
> e.g. both displays should show the mythfrontend, but only the TV,
> through my nvidia card, should show videos or live TV
>

You could also run a seperate X session for the 5" LCD. If you want
different settings from what you use for your TV, setup a second user
to run Myth for the LCD. I don't know if you can specificly disable
WatchTV or Watch Recordings though.

--
Steve


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