[mythtv-users] TV/GUI FE in Window/Fullscreen Mode

[Michael T. Dean]

On 01/16/2013 07:16 AM, doa379 wrote:
> I am usually running FE in a Window then switch to Fullscreen TV on 
> and off with ALT+F11. However if I do this I am unable to get FE GUI 
> features (like menus, EPG, etc) in Fullscreen. The FE automatically 
> switches to a Window mode from Fullscreen.
>
> This is an exception unless I start the FE in Fullscreen mode. But 
> then I am unable to switch to a Window mode without quitting the FE 
> entirely.
>
> Is there any way around this?

MythTV doesn't really support dynamic resizing of the screen.  You'll 
need to create 2 different "profiles" for your system (sets of 
settings)--one for windowed use and one for full-screen use.  Then, 
start MythTV with the appropriate profile.

The profile names are specified with <LocalHostName> in your 
~/.mythtv/config.xml.  You'd need 2 different config.xml files, each 
specifying one profile name.  As for how to specify which config.xml to 
use, either put the 2 files in ~/.mythtv and make ~/.mythtv/config.xml a 
symlink to the one you want to use, or create a new directory (i.e. 
/home/youruser/fullscreen/.mythtv ) and put the "other" config.xml in 
there.  Then, to start MythTV, simply use:

export HOME=/home/youruser/fullscreen
mythfrontend

BTW, we do plan to fix it so that using multiple profiles is much easier 
in the future.

Mike