[LINUX] Allow custom resolutions in window mode - Printable Version +- Kodi Community Forum (https://forum.kodi.tv) +-- Forum: Discussions (https://forum.kodi.tv/forumdisplay.php?fid=222) +--- Forum: Feature Requests (https://forum.kodi.tv/forumdisplay.php?fid=9) +--- Thread: [LINUX] Allow custom resolutions in window mode (/showthread.php?tid=36001) |
[LINUX] Allow custom resolutions in window mode - stormking - 2008-08-17 Hi there, In order to use XBMC with my BigDesktop setup (TV connected to my laptop), I need it to start in window mode with the size of 1024x768. Unfortunately, there are only a few predefined resolutions like "720p 16:9" or "PAL" available. All other resolutions switch the display to fullscreen mode. But leaving fullscreen by pressing "\" gets me a garbled screen. So please, make it somehow possible to launch XBMC in window mode with a custom resolution. I don't care if I have to edit some obscure advancedsettings.xml file, I just need this to work. Thank you very much. - jmarshall - 2008-08-17 Hi there, and welcome to the forums. Currently this is not possible, unless you build yourself, where you could alter some of the current resolutions. See guilib/GraphicContext.cpp. We're thinking about simply allowing you to resize the window in the usual way - can you do this under linux already? Cheers, Jonathan - stormking - 2008-08-17 jmarshall Wrote:Currently this is not possible, unless you build yourself, where you could alter some of the current resolutions. See guilib/GraphicContext.cpp.Okay, I will look into it. Building XBMC myself should be no big problem. jmarshall Wrote:We're thinking about simply allowing you to resize the window in the usual way - can you do this under linux already?I want to start XBMC with my remote control. I can use a tool named "Devilspie" to force windows to a specific position and/or size. But somehow the content of the xbmc window doesn't get updated when I do that. When resizing the window "by hand", the content adapts itself to the new size. But when resizing it by devilspie, it does not. So I get a window that fills the whole screen but XBMCs interface still has the original size. In the mean time, I helped myself by choosing a predefined size that is greater than my TV resolution and using the overscan prefs to match the screen size. But I will look into GraphicContext.cpp ... So thank you and have a nice Sunday. |