[mythtv-users] dual head, menus on one, video on another?

[Lachlan McIntosh]

I'd really like to know if there is a... Um... Sane/WAF solution to
this.  I'm about to purchase myself an early xmas gift of an Origen AE
case, mainly for the reason that I don't want to have to turn on the TV
to play music (oh and I don't have to have a PC in the living room
anymore)

Would the video size change mode that I've seen in the front end of late
help?

Ideally the same menus would appear on both screens, but only video on
the TV screen (that I have connected by s-video)

A 7" screen I think would be a bit hard to read from the Couch.


Thanks
Lachlan 

-----Original Message-----
From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Doug's Junk
Sent: Friday, 6 October 2006 2:16 AM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] dual head, menus on one, video on another?

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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