[mythtv-users] MythBrowser and page width

Paul Harrison mythtv at sky.com
Tue Jan 6 14:52:41 UTC 2009


James Klaas wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 6:21 AM, Paul Harrison <mythtv at sky.com> wrote:
>   
>> James Klaas wrote:
>>     
>>> I did a Google search (which I hope would also search myth-users
>>> mailing list) on how to change the page width displayed in
>>> MythBrowser.  Right now, it's set to a 4:3 aspect ratio, but, since I
>>> got a HDTV with a 16:9 aspect ratio, there's a lot of screen not being
>>> used.  Is there a way to change it so it uses the whole width of the
>>> screen?
>>>
>>> James
>>>
>>>       
>> MythBrowser works just like any other web browser in this respect. It
>> depends on the web page you are viewing. Some pages reformat themselves
>> to make use of the available width others are  designed to only look
>> good at a fixed  width,  often 800 pixel wide, and leave the remaining
>> space blank. I agree it can be annoying if you have a 1920 x 1024 HDTV
>> and the web page you are viewing insists on only using a small part of
>> it but I don't think there is anything that can be done :-(
>>
>> Paul H.
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>>     
>
> Ah.  OK, I was using MythNews, which uses MythBrowser.  Could MythNews
> be reformatting the web pages that come from the RSS feed?  Every page
> I viewed that came from the MythNews plugin was formatted for a small
> width?
>
> James
>   

MythNews doesn't display any web pages itself or reformat anything it 
just calls MythBrowser or whatever web browser you have configured it to 
use.  MythBrowser doesn't  re-format anything either it just displays 
the page as  is given in the html. Like I say some pages use a fixed width.

Paul H.


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