[mythtv-users] Full screen

[Michael T. Dean]

On 07/02/2013 04:31 AM, John Pilkington wrote:
> On 02/07/13 03:41, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>> On 06/30/2013 05:01 PM, John Pilkington wrote:
>>> I mostly run the frontend in a window on my monitor, DISPLAY=:0.0
>>>
>>> This puts it onto the TV.  Fedora, 0.26-fixes, but it may still be
>>> usable.
>>>
>>> #!/bin/bash
>>> # Run MythTV front end on display 1
>>> # For Panasonic TX-L32E5B HDMI1 via DVI-I adapter
>>> # This is for use if Overscan is OFF
>>> #
>>> # It seems that that requires _both_
>>> #  that the TV overscan is OFF
>>> #  and that the TV aspect ratio is set to [16:9]
>>> #  If aspect ratio is AUTO it seems that Overscan is ON
>>> #
>>> #
>>> export DISPLAY=:0.1
>>> mythfrontend --geometry 1920x1080+0+0
>>
>> There's absolutely no reason to always run mythfrontend with a geometry
>> override.  Instead, just set mythfrontend's settings to specify a size
>> of 1920x1080 (or 0x0 if running on a 1920x1080 monitor/if you want full
>> screen) with an X & Y offset of 0.
>
> I seem to be upsetting all the gurus, but I /do/ have a reason. My 
> video card has two outputs.  My 'normal' settings give me a MythTV 
> display in a 1024x576+64+64 fixed-size-but-movable 
> window-with-a-border on my KDE desktop on the monitor.  The script 
> above gives me a borderless fullscreen dedicated MythTV display on my 
> HD TV.  In both cases the frontend logs go to the Konsole tab on the 
> monitor, which usually has several other Konsole tabs, Firefox, 
> Thunderbird, Konqueror, K3b and VLC either active or ready for action.
>
> My initial intention was to have both Myth displays showing the same 
> thing but I don't remember that working.  Having them as alternatives 
> is generally OK.  I suppose I could define a new 
> MythTV-frontend-with-a-unique-identifier to feed the TV instead, but I 
> haven;t tried it.  I probably ought to implement an auto 
> one-or-the-other lockout, too.

Ah, yeah, if you're using that sometimes and different settings other 
times, an override is fine.  I thought you were using that every time.

Mike