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Xibo client does not use entire display, black strip on bottom of screen

Asked by Jmccabe

I’m using both 32 & 42 inch LCD´s (models 32LG20H and 42LG30R) set to a screen resolution of 1280x768 (LCD & PC), these screens are 16:9 and that is the template I’m using for the layouts (Full Screen 16:9) but on the LCD I get a black stripe on both size displays, hiding part of the content at the bottom of the screen, we realized this when we uploaded a web page designed for the 1280x768 resolution, which shows fine on the same screen / PC running the browser IE full Screen(F11).
I´m assuming for some reason you’re reserving some portion of the screen for some reason? Maybe to hide a task bar, or something else?
We would like to be able to use the LCD´s full screen.

Thanks for your help

Best Regards
James

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Dan Garner (dangarner) said : 		#1

James,

Xibo will always try to "best fit" the layout resolution it is given with the resolution available on the screen and does not attempt to reserve any of the screen for other use.

I think the problem you are seeing is because 1280x768 is not a 16:9 display (its actually 5:3)... so Xibo cannot fit that resolution on screen.

We can resolve this, no problem... but unfortunately Xibo doesn't have an interface for adding resolutions yet... so this will require some database work.

Resolutions in Xibo are generally downsized so that they can be seen in the layout designer (would be no good designing a layout at 1280x768 - unless you had a very large display on your admin pc). By my reckoning 5:3 should be... 800 x 480

Here is the SQL to run on your database:
INSERT INTO resolution (resolution, width, height) VALUES ('5:3 WXGA Brightview', 800, 480);

I hope this helps!

Cheers,
Dan

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