so what you're saying I can just write an X application and plug that into myth some how?
How does one set a screensaver app that is activated from an idle myth menu? --- David Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But what constitutes burn-in is a pixel left in an > unchanged state for > an extended period. It doesn't have to be in a > random state, or a state > different than an adjacent pixel, like in static -- > it just needs to > change. So if you, say, changed the background > color at regular > intervals that would change every pixel on the > screen. To make it less > jarring you could use muted colors and fade/gradient > them in. To me > that would be the most effective and easiest to > achieve result -- every > pixel would change at the same time for the same > length of time and > therefore be more uniform in their "wear" pattern. > Seeing random > channel changing would be more disruptive (to me) > than seeing blank > color transitions. > > Just a thought... > > Jason H wrote: > > >Because screensavers exhibit patterns. They are > loops. > >It varies per screensaver, but there are ones that > are > >never touch the corners(window's mystify, bouble - > >anything that bounces on the edges are > statistically > >more likely to wear the middle and seldom venture > into > >the corners) > > > >The thing we are going to go for is no pattern. > Static > >is best, but hard to come by. Real TV samples > switched > >regularly is the next best. The number of channels > >(70+) provides a nice long rotation cycle and > >sufficiently varied data. > > > > > >--- Dan Wilga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > >>At 9:30 PM -0700 6/19/05, Andy Alsup wrote: > >> > >> > >>>If your plasma has a RF tuner, just tune it to a > >>> > >>> > >>non-existant channel > >> > >> > >>>with snow for burn-in. As long as the image is > >>> > >>> > >>changing it doesn't > >> > >> > >>>really matter where it comes from. > >>> > >>> > >>Or, since you're probably running X anyway, why > not > >>just turn the > >>screensaver on with something non-blank? Then all > >>you have to do is > >>remember to leave the TV on for the next 41 days. > >> > >>-- > >>Dan Wilga > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Web Administrator > >>http://www.mtholyoke.edu > >>Mount Holyoke College > > >>Tel: 413-538-3027 > >>South Hadley, MA 01075 "Who left the > >>cake out in the rain?" > >> > >> > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>> > >>> > >>mythtv-users mailing list > >>[email protected] > >> > >> > >> > >http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > >http://mail.yahoo.com > >_______________________________________________ > >mythtv-users mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour: http://tour.mail.yahoo.com/mailtour.html _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
