[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #4220: Odd OSD scaling - not using full display resolution

[Daniel Kristjansson]

On Mon, 2007-12-03 at 09:39 +1100, Roo wrote:
> On 03/12/2007, Daniel Kristjansson <danielk at cuymedia.net> wrote:
> > On Sun, 2007-12-02 at 06:04 +0000, MythTV wrote:
> > > #4220: Odd OSD scaling - not using full display resolution
> >
> > >  |              3 |        11 | pref_videorenderer | xshm      |
> >
> > xshm doesn't do any scaling. It's really only there for testing
> > purposes. You really don't want to use that video renderer.
> >
> 
> Hi Daniel,
> 
> Thanks for the heads up. That explains it then :)
> 
> A couple of questions / thoughts:
> 
> * Are there other video renderers that do not support scaling?

Yep, a few.

> * Shouldn't the OSD scaling be disabled for the renderers that don't
> support video scaling?

It should, but it would probably be easier to simply add software
scaling to the renders that don't support hardware scaling.

> * Should the Aspect and Fill menus be disabled when using an
> unsupported video renderer?

Same as above.

> * I am wondering if the "F1" for popup help binding could be used in
> the settings page (throughout) to provided extended help text.
> Probably a separate discussion though.

More help should be added to the video profile editor. I added some
last week for the decoder selection, but I try to spend my time on
fixing bugs before spending time on adding documentation. It doesn't
have to be "F1" help, there is a help area at the bottom of the setup
screen which is going unused for this setting.

> I am willing to tackle the above if there is a consensus, I won't be
> so stupid to say they sound straight forward but I think I should be
> able to do it ;)

Sure, just create some patches and I'll review them.

-- Daniel