[mythtv-users] different mythfrontend resolutions in cloned twinview mode

[Allen Edwards]

On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 8:17 AM, bastard mail <birdman.bastard at gmail.com> wrote:
> What I am looking for is a way to display the SAME mythfrontend instance on
> two different displays with two different resolutions at the same time.
> The 7" tft should display the mythfrontend with 800x600 and the projector
> with 1280x720 at the same time. But there is no way set a resolution per
> display. I can tell mythfrontend which display to use as a primary one even
> in a cloned mode. mythfronted is setting its resolution to that one
> automatically (depends on the setting). If the smaller display is set as the
> primary one mythfrontend is shown with 800x600 on the projector. The other
> way around if the projector is being chosen as the primary display
> mythfrontend resolution on the 7" tft is 1280x720.
> I haven't picked up a particular display yet. There are a lot of them in the
> internet.
>

It has been a while since I played with twinview.  I found it
disagreeable from several standpoints.  At the time, i was using a
rather limited machine and it took up so much CPU power that I found
better ways.  Some potential solutions come to mine.  1 is to set up
your 800x600 as a virtual 1280x720 in twinview.  This may or may not
work for you, I think you would have to try it.  Next idea is to
appraoch the problem differently.  It is much easier, imo, to schedule
recordings using mythweb.  You can also play CDs from mythweb.  So,
something to consider is to set up the screens as non twinview and put
mythweb in the smaller one.  Finally, there is no reason you cannot do
what you want with different isntances of mythfront running on the two
screens.  That way you could even schedule a recording on the small
screen while you were watching something on the projector.  The
problem my system would have with this is that the remote would work
both screens and this would produce havoc on one of them.  If  you had
an IR Keyboard based remote, this would not be a problem but you need
to either use a mouse to switch active screens or put in some code to
do it.  I think this last setup with the IR Keyboard remote would be
very nice.

Again, hope this is useful,

Allen