[mythtv-users] Lightweight window manager recommendation

Cory Papenfuss papenfuss at juneau.me.vt.edu
Wed Dec 8 18:47:27 UTC 2004


>> I think I am missing something here, why is xrandr important?
>
> If you're using HDTV, you need xrandr to display 1080i and 720p
> natively.  Otherwise, you have to scale one to the other.
>
 	I could probably also be useful if you use different recording 
profiles for SDTV.  If you were to cook up a 480x480, 640x480, and 720x480 
modeline, for instance... no scaling necessary for anything.

 	Alas, my mythtv box is still running RH9 with XFree86... no xrandr 
there until I redo it.

-Cory


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* Cory Papenfuss							*
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student               *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 			*
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