[mythtv-users] mythtv frontend v31 on OSX High-Sierra 10.13.6

[John Hoyt]

On Sun, May 17, 2020 at 8:33 AM jam at tigger.ws <jam at tigger.ws> wrote:

>
>
> > On 17 May 2020, at 8:00 pm, mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org wrote:
> >
> >> John your new dmg did not work for me
> >> Install did not set the low resolution flag, but even setting it by hand
> >>
> >> [plasma] /Users/jam [510]% md5
> >>
> /Volumes/MythFrontend-31-intel-10.13.4-v31.0-40-gce23a0225fv31/mythfrontend.app/Contents/MacOS/mythfrontend
> >> MD5
> >>
> (/Volumes/MythFrontend-31-intel-10.13.4-v31.0-40-gce23a0225fv31/mythfrontend.app/Contents/MacOS/mythfrontend)
> >> = a07638318389a3600b4b47b6ac9ac999
> >>
> >> http://tigger.ws/downloads/mythpic1.png
> >> http://tigger.ws/downloads/mythpic2.png
> >>
> >> James
> >>
> >
> > James, at this point, I'm not sure what next to suggest for your
> issues.  I
> > have opened a ticket in trac about the problem, I would suggest adding
> > details of your system to include the mac model, retina screen, and
> display
> > settings.
> >
> > https://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/13618
> >
> > BTW, on the forums it was suggested (I believe by Craig) to look into the
> > display settings of your computer (Preferences -> Displays).  Possible by
> > changing to scaled or some other setting things will work.  I did not try
> > this route myself as the low res fix worked on my antiquated system.
> >
> > Finally, your last post kicked out the digest subject line again.  Please
> > fix that.
>
> John
>
> I've got lots to learn.
> I built, with your ansible script, in a new VM
> I took mythtv-31 and (sensibly) copied to my laptop.
> I ran it by cli and every thing 'worked' without sig 11. So the basic
> build is good.
>
> I cannot figure this out (identical to your build)
> I have configured seperate GUI and VIDEO resolutions that are sensible.
> I 'launch' the app
>
> http://tigger.ws/downloads/mythpic3.png
>
> I play a recording
>
> http://tigger.ws/downloads/mythpic4.png
>
> I exit
>
> http://tigger.ws/downloads/mythpic5.png
>
> Can anybody explain to me pretty please
>

So I played with matching GUI and VIDEO settings (now set back to the
default values).  The settings Dave sent out previously also work -> you
can ignore the opengl-rgb name as it's a custom profile name (or make one
to match...).

I suspect (making a HUGE assumption here) that given video resolution of
the screen shots VideoToolBox (at least a recent update to it) is the
culprit.  Hence why I submitted a patch as the know how to fix is currently
out of my wheelhouse and I suspect the code was written before retina
displays became standard.

I'd suggest deleting your "~/.mythtv" directory and clearing out the
settings from mythtv's database and so that you can start from scratch.
(Note: deleting the setting in mysql/mariadb is done at your own risk and
you need to be careful to not screw anything else up :) ).  To help you
troubleshoot this, I really need you in a default state with no custom
settings changing one AND ONLY ONE setting at a time.

Also, double check that in get info "Open in Low Resolution" is both
checked and greyed out (it is on my system).  If not edit the Application's
plist file with this command:

nano '/Applications/Mythfrontend.app/Contents/Info.plist'

Find NSHighResolutionCapable and make sure the value is set to false.  If
it has a <true/> next to it, change that to <false/> like below.

<key>NSHighResolutionCapable</key>
<false/>
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