[mythtv-users] dual head, menus on one, video on another?
Doug's Junk
dj at sebabeach.org
Thu Oct 5 16:16:12 UTC 2006
Brad Fuller wrote:
> Doug's Junk wrote:
>
>> Hi. Has anyone tried to accomplish the following? I have a dual head
>> mythtv 0.20 setup with an lcd monitor and a plasma tv. (nvidia 5500,
>> vga->lcd, dvi->plasma, twinview config). I want to run the myth
>> frontend on the lcd monitor but watch tv/video on the plasma. Besides
>> not wanting to wear out the plasma, I don't want to have to turn it on
>> just to listen to my music collection. :-)
>>
>> So, has anyone ever tried this?
>>
>>
> Did you try running two instances mythfrontend, one on each monitor? It
> works for me, but gets kinda weird.
>
Sorry, should have mentioned that. Yes, that's what I currently do, but
it's hacky. I'm (almost) ok with it. To each his own of course. No
claim is made that this is a preferred solution for anyone else.
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