[mythtv-users] Nvida card choice for mythtv and gaming

[John Marshall]

On 5/12/2020 1:19 PM, BP wrote:
> I had been running Xfce for years on my frontend before buying a 4k tv. 
> While Xfce will honor your existing setting on initial boot, it will 
> automatically switch based on edid when a monitor is plugged in (such as 
> changing the input on an AVR).  The only way I could find to prevent 
> that in Xfce was by patching and compiling.  Not something I wanted to 
> maintain.

I had this issue on my Mythbuntu 16.04 BE/FE when we got a new TV and it 
was annoying.  I finally gave up and wrote a script that runs 
continuously to check and run xrandr if the resolution isn't 1080p, so 
now it fixes itself when I switch inputs.  Turning my soundbar on or off 
also tended to screw up the video connection and the script fixes that 
as well.  My Kubuntu desktop/FE connected to a different TV tends to 
have handshake issues coming out of sleep, so I mapped an xrandr script 
to a global hotkey.  If it doesn't connect I can type my password and 
hit ctrl-alt-z and fix it right up.