[mythtv-users] PVR-350 & X (not working)

[Dan Christensen]

Dan Christensen <jdc at uwo.ca> writes:

> Rob Greene <robgreene at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 19:26:58 -0800, Frutillar <frutillar at comcast.net> wrote:
>>> 1)  I can only see part of my desktop on the TV.  There is a border all around
>>> which is not being shown... like my desktop is bigger than the TV.  How can I
>>> fix that?
>>
>> See
>> http://www.mythtv.info/moin.cgi/HardWare_2fVideoCaptureCards_2fPvR350_2fHintsAndTips
>
> I'm having a similar problem running mythfrontend in fvwm.
>
> That web page has two parts
>
>   2.1: Utilities/Setup -> Settings -> Appearance
>   2.2. Utilities/Setup -> Setup -> TV Settings -> Playback
>
> Is the first for the GUI when you aren't watching video, and
> the second for the overlay GUI when you are watching video?

It looks like I was basically correct in my understanding, except that
the changes in 2.1 affect the program guide which overlays the video,
while the changes in 2.2 seem to affect the other overlays while
playing video.

I've not got all of these fitting on the screen, but have an
additional problem.  Some of the setup menus are too full.
For example, the 

  Utilities/Setup -> Setup -> TV Settings -> Playback

menu is so large that the Back and Next buttons are below the
bottom of the window that myth is using for the display.  This
isn't an overscan problem, as I can see the bottom edge of the
window.  Any suggestions for this?

Similarly, there are many menus in which I can only see part of the
help text.  (And this was a problem even before resizing the output
window.)  Can the help text be scrolled?

Dan