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    another question... regarding TV's as MM monitors.

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    • justjim1220J Offline
      justjim1220 Module Developer @Mykle1
      last edited by

      @mykle1
      I will take a couple pics…

      "Life's Too Short To Dance With Ugly People"
      Jim Hallock - 1995

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      • Mykle1M Offline
        Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @justjim1220
        last edited by Mykle1

        @justjim1220

        It sounds like a “zoom in” is being deployed. Try this while MM is running:

        Zoom Out = Control and - (That’s a dash/minus sign)

        Default Display Size = Control and 0 (That’s a zero)

        This should survive restart and reboot.

        EDIT

        Just thought of something else. If you played with margins in css already, you may not have cleared those changes. Negative margins would do the same thing

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        • Mykle1M Offline
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          last edited by

          @justjim1220

          Never mind about the zoom in and out. I just tested both. They both stay within the margins of the display so investigate the css further

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          • S Offline
            sdetweil @Mykle1
            last edited by

            @mykle1 on one of my tvs this is called overscan in the tv display settings

            Sam

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            • Mykle1M Offline
              Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @sdetweil
              last edited by

              @sdetweil

              Ahhh, ok, I did not know this, never having used a tv with MM. Thanks for the info

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              • justjim1220J Offline
                justjim1220 Module Developer @Mykle1
                last edited by

                @mykle1

                yeah, I don’t have any negative margins set

                "Life's Too Short To Dance With Ugly People"
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                • Mykle1M Offline
                  Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @justjim1220
                  last edited by

                  @justjim1220

                  Ok, was just touching upon things to try to help

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                  • justjim1220J Offline
                    justjim1220 Module Developer @sdetweil
                    last edited by

                    @sdetweil
                    I don’t see any overscan in my settings…

                    "Life's Too Short To Dance With Ugly People"
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                    • justjim1220J Offline
                      justjim1220 Module Developer @Mykle1
                      last edited by

                      @mykle1

                      Yeah, I understand.
                      Just giving feedback is all! :winking_face:

                      "Life's Too Short To Dance With Ugly People"
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                      • justjim1220J Offline
                        justjim1220 Module Developer @Mykle1
                        last edited by

                        @mykle1

                        Believe me, I looked to make sure!

                        "Life's Too Short To Dance With Ugly People"
                        Jim Hallock - 1995

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                        • Mykle1M Offline
                          Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @justjim1220
                          last edited by

                          @justjim1220

                          Just out of curiosity, what does you css body look like?

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                          • S Offline
                            sdetweil
                            last edited by

                            my roku tv has zoom, stretch, normal, auto for picture in glass… I use auto or normal…

                            Sam

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                              justjim1220 Module Developer @Mykle1
                              last edited by

                              @mykle1

                              
                              
                              body {
                              	margin: 20px;
                              	position: absolute;
                              	height: calc(100% - 40px);
                              	width: calc(100% - 40px);
                              	background: #000;
                              	color: #aaa;
                              	font-family: Englebert;
                              	font-weight: 400;
                              	font-size: 2em;
                              	line-height: 1.5em;
                              	-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
                              }
                              

                              "Life's Too Short To Dance With Ugly People"
                              Jim Hallock - 1995

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                              • S Offline
                                sdetweil
                                last edited by

                                for testing, use one of the fullscreen styles… gets rid of the border etc…

                                Sam

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                                • justjim1220J Offline
                                  justjim1220 Module Developer @sdetweil
                                  last edited by

                                  @sdetweil

                                  I will in a little bit
                                  Grandkids just showed up and want me to get out of my shop and see them for a few minutes!
                                  I also need to replace the batteries in my TV remote. They just got dead!

                                  I’ll be back in a little bit.

                                  Thanks everyone!

                                  "Life's Too Short To Dance With Ugly People"
                                  Jim Hallock - 1995

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                                  • justjim1220J Offline
                                    justjim1220 Module Developer
                                    last edited by

                                    ok, the solution is in the custom css
                                    the issue is the TV screen is a wide-screen
                                    I just didn’t play around with it enough to see any differences
                                    everything on screen now. removed the border, increased the border size.

                                    "Life's Too Short To Dance With Ugly People"
                                    Jim Hallock - 1995

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                                    • Mykle1M Offline
                                      Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @Mykle1
                                      last edited by

                                      @mykle1 said in another question... regarding TV's as MM monitors.:

                                      so investigate the css further

                                      Well, I’ll be . . .

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                                      • justjim1220J Offline
                                        justjim1220 Module Developer @Mykle1
                                        last edited by

                                        @mykle1 :rolling_on_the_floor_laughing: :rolling_on_the_floor_laughing: :rolling_on_the_floor_laughing:

                                        yeah, realized the main issue was trying to get it to have a border and it just wouldn’t work with the wide screen monitor of the TV.

                                        "Life's Too Short To Dance With Ugly People"
                                        Jim Hallock - 1995

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