[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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