[mythtv-theming] Graphite Theme, font/image alignment issues on a couple screens

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Mon Nov 23 00:40:46 UTC 2009


On 11/22/2009 03:32 PM, Robert McNamara wrote:
> The text area sizing issues are surely fixable for a 16:10 monitor,
> but it would largely be trial and error (since themes have a base
> resolution/aspect that govern their coordinate systems and unless you
> set out with a 16:10 aspect, you'll need to do some conversion to see
> what will fit) and maybe a lot of work.  You can just start resizing
> the buttonlist text areas to see what fits, and see if you can get it
> somewhere you like.

Or, put another way:

A theme designed for a 16:9 aspect ratio will look right when displayed 
at 16:9 aspect.

If you want a theme for a 16:10 aspect ratio, someone will need to 
design such a theme.

0.22-fixes and above support the use of any base resolution (and, 
therefore, any base aspect ratio) for theme creation.  Previously, 
MythTV only supported 4:3 themes with a base resolution of 800x600 and 
16:9 themes with a base resolution of 1280x720.  Now, thanks to the 
wonderful work done with the mythui conversion, it's 100% themer's 
discretion.

Therefore, options include a) use a 16:9 GUI size and do not check "Use 
GUI size for TV playback" and then center (or top/bottom align) the GUI 
on your physical display with offsets (i.e. "letterbox" the GUI on your 
display) or b) create a 16:10 theme or c) get a display/monitor whose 
aspect matches that of the theme you want to use.  :)

Note, also, that if you're running on a 16:10 physical aspect screen, 
it's /critical/ that you tell X that you have a 16:10 aspect ratio (see 
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Display_Size ).

Mike


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