[mythtv-users] Make MythCenter theme consistent with MythCenter-wide

faginbagin mythtv at hbuus.com
Wed Apr 17 04:50:09 UTC 2013


On 4/14/2013 2:40 AM, John P Poet wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 11:29 PM, faginbagin <mythtv at hbuus.com <mailto:mythtv at hbuus.com>> wrote:
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> 
>     On 4/7/2013 8:11 AM, Simon Hobson wrote:
>      > Steven Adeff wrote:
>      >> Is it me or is any screen wit 1280 or greater width resolution
>      >> capable of 720p which is considered HD?
>      >
>      > No, I don't think it's just you. However, I get the impression that
>      > the goal is not so much around SD vs HD displays, but square and
>      > widescreen - there's a problem finding a theme (or pair of themes)
>      > which are very similar except for being optimised for wide or square
>      > screens. The HD vs SD thing is a bit of a red herring, other than
>      > there bing a significant correlation between SD and square, and HD
>      > and wide.
>      >
>      > There is of course a minor detail of a good SD theme allowing for the
>      > low res of the display - and so may well be significantly different
>      > (visually) to an HD theme to allow for this. This may be behind the
>      > OPs problem - he's wanting a "square" theme, but the square thems are
>      > SD and so designed differently to HD themes, and he can't find a pair
>      > of themes that are alike other than the width.
> 
>     As the OP, I apologize for not replying sooner (broke mt collarbone on Saturday). Simon has it right. The problem was finding themes appropriate for both 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratio displays and that were consistent with each other.
> 
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> Steppes comes in both 16:9 and "-narrow" 4:3  versions.
> 
> John

Thanks for the tip. I'll check it out.
Helen


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