[mythtv-users] Command-line window dimensions?

[Jarle Thorsen]

2010/4/4 E. Westbrook <mythtv-users at westbrook.com>

> Hello all,
>
> I have a dual monitor setup (each with different size and resolutions, but
> one big virtual desktop) and I want to watch video via mythfrontend on just
> one monitor's (or the other's) portion of the desktop.
>
> When I specify "-geometry" on the command line to size and place the
> window, it places and sizes the window correctly, but aspect and scaling are
> all wrong.
>
> I know that mythfrontend uses millimeter dimensions in its calculations --
> indeed, on my other single-display system I use DisplaySize in xorg.conf to
> properly specify that.  But obviously that's not practical in my
> dual-monitor situation (and would mess up other applications).
>
> How can I tell mythfront at launch time to either (a) ignore physical size
> and trust me that 1440x810 is 16:9 (for example), or perhaps (b) specify
> calculated sizes from the command line?
>

Have you tried configuring in mythfrontend which screen the frontend should
open at? (in Mythfrontend, Setings->Appearance, probably a couple of pages
in you can select to open on screen 1 or 2 (etc..))

-- 
Jarle Thorsen
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