[mythtv-users] TV/GUI FE in Window/Fullscreen Mode

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Wed Jan 16 19:15:12 UTC 2013


On 01/16/2013 02:08 PM, doa379 wrote:
>> MythTV doesn't really support dynamic resizing of the screen.  You'll
>> need to create 2 different "profiles" for your system (sets of
>> settings)--one for windowed use and one for full-screen use.  Then,
>> start MythTV with the appropriate profile.
>>
>> The profile names are specified with <LocalHostName> in your
>> ~/.mythtv/config.xml.  You'd need 2 different config.xml files, each
>> specifying one profile name.  As for how to specify which config.xml to
>> use, either put the 2 files in ~/.mythtv and make ~/.mythtv/config.xml a
>> symlink to the one you want to use, or create a new directory (i.e.
>> /home/youruser/fullscreen/.mythtv ) and put the "other" config.xml in
>> there.  Then, to start MythTV, simply use:
>>
>> export HOME=/home/youruser/fullscreen
>> mythfrontend
>>
>> BTW, we do plan to fix it so that using multiple profiles is much easier
>> in the future.
>
> Will this mean supporting dynamic screen resizing in multiple profiles?
>
> MythTV has already installed three copies of the FE start-up link. Two 
> copies start the FE in two different window sizes, the other one 
> starts the FE in fullscreen, all under the same profile. I just have 
> to start whichever mode appropriately but can not switch between 
> screen modes which is something I would dearly like to do.

No. That's a problem that goes way beyond the profile and 
profile-handling code.  It would have to be done by someone doing 
serious work on the graphics subsystem, mythui, and with knowledge of 
(and/or a desire to dig around to find) all the fixed-size assumptions 
in the current code.

Mike


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