BoinKlasik
November 29th, 2008, 07:36 PM
Ok, gonna have to make this long winded to get all potential issues into the post.
First: when I use my MacBook Pro at a friends house to connect to his TV using a DVI connection, everything looks fine without having to change any settings.
However, at home I do not have a connector that will let me directly connect my mac to my TV so i use a DVI->VGA adapter to connect my laptop to the tv. Whenever I run a movie in this mode boxee acts very strange. It seems to use the TV's resolution (1080p) when going fullscreen on the laptop's display (1440x900) which is then sent to the TV as a mirrored image.
I don't know if what I wrote makes any sense, but basically it feels as if boxee is using the TV's resolution instead of the laptop's resolution when going fullscreen, while keeping boxee mirrored from the laptop.
boxee's options only allow me to pick resolutions usable on the TV while in mirrored mode as well.
I do have a workaround which is to unlink the displays and set the TV as the main display. But I would much rather have them simply mirror because that is the default setting and is a bit easier to set up.
Any suggestions? I cant tell if the difference between the two locations is because I'm using a VGA cable instead of a DVI connection, or simply because my house is 1080p and his is 720p (the smaller resolution allowing mirrored mode to work properly)
Thank you
First: when I use my MacBook Pro at a friends house to connect to his TV using a DVI connection, everything looks fine without having to change any settings.
However, at home I do not have a connector that will let me directly connect my mac to my TV so i use a DVI->VGA adapter to connect my laptop to the tv. Whenever I run a movie in this mode boxee acts very strange. It seems to use the TV's resolution (1080p) when going fullscreen on the laptop's display (1440x900) which is then sent to the TV as a mirrored image.
I don't know if what I wrote makes any sense, but basically it feels as if boxee is using the TV's resolution instead of the laptop's resolution when going fullscreen, while keeping boxee mirrored from the laptop.
boxee's options only allow me to pick resolutions usable on the TV while in mirrored mode as well.
I do have a workaround which is to unlink the displays and set the TV as the main display. But I would much rather have them simply mirror because that is the default setting and is a bit easier to set up.
Any suggestions? I cant tell if the difference between the two locations is because I'm using a VGA cable instead of a DVI connection, or simply because my house is 1080p and his is 720p (the smaller resolution allowing mirrored mode to work properly)
Thank you