[mythtv-users] Full screen

[jedi]

On Mon, Jul 01, 2013 at 10:41:39PM -0400, 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.
> 
> In other words, you should set the settings to tell MythTV what you
> want rather than use a settings override on every start of MythTV.

    Using the bog standard X command line options is a perfectly sensible approach.

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