[mythtv-users] Full screen

[Daryl McDonald]

On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 11:00 PM, Thomas Mashos <thomas at mashos.com> wrote:

> So I did a quick test today on Ubuntu 13.04 and MythTV 0.26 and using the
> legacy fullscreen option in compizconfig-settings-manager works.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Thomas Mashos
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 7:49 PM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com>wrote:
>
>> On 07/02/2013 04:43 PM, jedi wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 02, 2013 at 03:30:33PM -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 07/02/2013 11:52 AM, jedi wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Jul 01, 2013 at 10:41:39PM -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 06/30/2013 05:01 PM, John Pilkington wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I mostly run the frontend in a window on my monitor, DISPLAY=:0.0
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This puts it onto the TV.  Fedora, 0.26-fixes, but it may still be
>>>>>>> usable.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> #!/bin/bash
>>>>>>> # Run MythTV front end on display 1
>>>>>>> # For Panasonic TX-L32E5B HDMI1 via DVI-I adapter
>>>>>>> # This is for use if Overscan is OFF
>>>>>>> #
>>>>>>> # It seems that that requires _both_
>>>>>>> #  that the TV overscan is OFF
>>>>>>> #  and that the TV aspect ratio is set to [16:9]
>>>>>>> #  If aspect ratio is AUTO it seems that Overscan is ON
>>>>>>> #
>>>>>>> #
>>>>>>> export DISPLAY=:0.1
>>>>>>> mythfrontend --geometry 1920x1080+0+0
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> There's absolutely no reason to always run mythfrontend with a
>>>>>> geometry override.  Instead, just set mythfrontend's settings to
>>>>>> specify a size of 1920x1080 (or 0x0 if running on a 1920x1080
>>>>>> monitor/if you want full screen) with an X&   Y offset of 0.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In other words, you should set the settings to tell MythTV what you
>>>>>> want rather than use a settings override on every start of MythTV.
>>>>>>
>>>>>      Using the bog standard X command line options is a perfectly
>>>>> sensible approach.
>>>>>
>>>>>  The point was that using it *every* time (see the "always" in
>>>> there?) is wrong because we allow you to specify it once, instead.
>>>>
>>>      Calling it wrong is just nonsensical bullshit. It's easy enough to
>>> make it part of your standard way of calling the program. There's really
>>> no good reason to tell people to avoid it.
>>>
>>>      MythTV following and old convention like this is actually a good
>>> thing.
>>>
>>
>> It's wrong because specifying every time implies that you've set the
>> width/height/offset settings in MythTV to something other than what you're
>> specifying--meaning other than what you want.
>>
>> It's also wrong to set up MythTV to "Automatically Skip" commercials, and
>> then start it every single time with a -O override to disable automatic
>> commercial skip since you don't ever want automatic commercial skip.
>>
>> I will also say it's /wrong/ to create a recording rule to record "Jerry
>> Springer" at any time on any channel and then go into Upcoming Recordings
>> every day and click "Don't Record" on every "Jerry Springer" episode on
>> there because I don't ever want to record "Jerry Springer."
>>
>> Likewise, I'll say it's wrong to not create a recording rule to record
>> "Under The Dome" and then look at the guide in MythTV and notice that
>> "Under the Dome" is on at 10pm on Monday the 8th and create a 1-hr manual
>> rule at 10pm on the 8th, then do the same thing on the 15th and ...
>>
>> If you want something to behave one way, set the setting correctly and
>> there's no reason, whatsoever, to override it.
>>
>> But, hey, if you really insist on overriding settings, why not just start
>> mythfrontend like so:
>>
>> mythfrontend -geometry 1920x1080+0+0 -O Theme=Steppes -O
>> AutoCommercialSkip=0 -O EndOfRecordingExitPrompt=0 -O AutomaticSetWatched=1
>> -O HaltCommand='sudo shutdown' -O SetupPinCode='1234' -O RunInWindow -O
>> UseFixedWindowSize=1 -O DateFormat='yyyy-MM-dd' -O TimeFormat='hh.mm' -O
>> ThemePainter='Auto' -O LongChannelFormat='<num> <sign>' -O
>> ChannelFormat='<num>' -O ChannelGroupDefault='**Favorites' -O
>> WatchTVGuide=0
>>
>> and all the rest... Oh, and to make it really worthwhile, you can change
>> all the settings to have the wrong values in mythfrontend settings.
>>
>> Mike
>>
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> Please accept my apologies for starting such controversy. My jaw hit my
> lap tonight as I was watching a recording and I noticed, drum roll, full
> screen display. The only other thing I did was set screen size to 0 - 0.
> Thanks again Mythizens.
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