[mythtv-users] OT: xyac displays OSD text teeen weeeny!

[Paul Catchpole]

Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 10/12/2007 02:32 PM, Mike Dent wrote:
>   
>> I am using xyac with xosd to display caller ID on the screen of my mythtv box
>> from my Asterisk box.
>>
>> However the text is that small I can barely read it!?
>>
>> I basically followed some of the examples here:-
>> http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+tips+MythTV+integration
>>
>> Which talks about installing xosd and xosd-devel packages first, then getting
>> the source for xyac and compiling.
>> Anybody doing this? I'm wondering if it is something to do with my
>> fonts? Where and
>> how does one specify the size of the osd?
>>     
>
> Most likely, yes.  xosd can only use X fonts (not freetype/fontconfig
> fonts), so you're very limited.
>
> Change the font to:
>
> -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-*-240-100-100-p-*-iso8859-1
>
> And it will likely be much larger.  Basically, specify that you want a
> 100dpi font (so it won't choose a 75dpi font).  Feel free to change the
> 240 to 400 (as in the wiki page)--the 100-100 part is the important part.
>
> BTW, I haven't used whatever you're using, so this is all based on my
> knowledge of xosd.
>
> Mike
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I'm achieving this by running mythphone and having it registered to my 
Asterisk and in the same ring group as the master 'home line' 
extensions. It pops up quite nicely during TV and recordings. I'm using 
FreePBX's simple database of numbers and hence it'll happily report 
"Paul Mobile [xxxxxxxxxxx]" whilst it's ringing.

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