[mythtv-users] Full screen

[Daryl McDonald]

On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 11:52 AM, jedi <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:

> 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.
>
> [deletia]
>
Could you elaborate on how to use the "bog standard X command" so that a
novice such as myself could implement it?

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