[mythtv-users] Full screen

[Thomas Mashos]

So I did a quick test today on Ubuntu 13.04 and MythTV 0.26 and using the
legacy fullscreen option in compizconfig-settings-manager works.

Thanks,

Thomas Mashos


On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 7:49 PM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com>wrote:

> On 07/02/2013 04:43 PM, jedi wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Jul 02, 2013 at 03:30:33PM -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>
>>> On 07/02/2013 11:52 AM, jedi 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.
>>>>
>>>>  The point was that using it *every* time (see the "always" in
>>> there?) is wrong because we allow you to specify it once, instead.
>>>
>>      Calling it wrong is just nonsensical bullshit. It's easy enough to
>> make it part of your standard way of calling the program. There's really
>> no good reason to tell people to avoid it.
>>
>>      MythTV following and old convention like this is actually a good
>> thing.
>>
>
> It's wrong because specifying every time implies that you've set the
> width/height/offset settings in MythTV to something other than what you're
> specifying--meaning other than what you want.
>
> It's also wrong to set up MythTV to "Automatically Skip" commercials, and
> then start it every single time with a -O override to disable automatic
> commercial skip since you don't ever want automatic commercial skip.
>
> I will also say it's /wrong/ to create a recording rule to record "Jerry
> Springer" at any time on any channel and then go into Upcoming Recordings
> every day and click "Don't Record" on every "Jerry Springer" episode on
> there because I don't ever want to record "Jerry Springer."
>
> Likewise, I'll say it's wrong to not create a recording rule to record
> "Under The Dome" and then look at the guide in MythTV and notice that
> "Under the Dome" is on at 10pm on Monday the 8th and create a 1-hr manual
> rule at 10pm on the 8th, then do the same thing on the 15th and ...
>
> If you want something to behave one way, set the setting correctly and
> there's no reason, whatsoever, to override it.
>
> But, hey, if you really insist on overriding settings, why not just start
> mythfrontend like so:
>
> mythfrontend -geometry 1920x1080+0+0 -O Theme=Steppes -O
> AutoCommercialSkip=0 -O EndOfRecordingExitPrompt=0 -O AutomaticSetWatched=1
> -O HaltCommand='sudo shutdown' -O SetupPinCode='1234' -O RunInWindow -O
> UseFixedWindowSize=1 -O DateFormat='yyyy-MM-dd' -O TimeFormat='hh.mm' -O
> ThemePainter='Auto' -O LongChannelFormat='<num> <sign>' -O
> ChannelFormat='<num>' -O ChannelGroupDefault='**Favorites' -O
> WatchTVGuide=0
>
> and all the rest... Oh, and to make it really worthwhile, you can change
> all the settings to have the wrong values in mythfrontend settings.
>
> Mike
>
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