[mythtv-users] MythTV only on CRT?

nate s nate.strickland at gmail.com
Tue Oct 5 19:03:14 UTC 2004


I'm running myth only on my moniter, until I rearrange the furniture
in my room so that I can connect a tv.  I didn't realize it could be
run in a window, as it always starts fullscreen, how do you switch it?

Thanks, 
-Nate


On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 12:39:36 -0400, Jay R. Ashworth <jra at baylink.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 09:23:03PM -0700, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> > > Anyway, here are my details:
> > > MythTV1.6
> > > PVR-350
> > > geForce4MX400 (have S-Video working with a beater TV now)
> > > 19" Samsung CRT
> > >
> > > But, seriously, can't I just watch TV on my monitor?
> >
> > Yes.
> >
> > > I am trying to simplify things, you know.
> >
> > Understood.
> >
> > Now, Myth doesn't give a rip what the display device is that you have
> > connected to your box. My main box is hooked to an HDTV through the VGA port,
> > which to Myth, is no different than your setup (save the resolution
> > differences). What exactly isn't working? If you simply set up xorg.conf for
> > a single CRT, Myth should just work.
> 
> More clearly (no offense, Jarod :-), myth doesn't care *what you run
> it's front end on*, and it doesn't even have to run fullscreen.
> 
> Is that enough hint?
> 
> Cheers,
> -- jra
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