Full Screen limitation in iTunes?

[willrob]

Can someone clarify for me:

G-force screen saver fills my monitor edge to edge, apparently running at a resolution that is higher than the iTunes plug-in (the copyright text at bottom of screen is much smaller, which I see as a resolution switch).

But in iTunes, Full Screen has a half inch border on all sides. I've tried fiddling with the prefs but can't seem to get that border to go away. I don't think its an iTunes issue since I have other visual plug-ins that can fill the whole screen.

[JayPro]

Did you try editing the iTunes specs in the Boot file itself?

[willrob]

No, I tried doing it in the prefs files found in the G-Force pres folder in my System Library. While there I noticed that the prefs for Screensaver, iTunes and standalone had the same NoBo=0 setting; so it's not clar to me how the screensaver gets to its full screen form. I'll have to poke around in the boot.txt, although it's not clr what I'm looking for.

[andy55]

But in iTunes, Full Screen has a half inch border on all sides. I've tried fiddling with the prefs but can't seem to get that border to go away. I don't think its an iTunes issue since I have other visual plug-ins that can fill the whole screen.

what happens when you use the toolbar to edit the max frame size? you can see the results in real-time. you shouldn't need to be editing prefs here on out.

andy

[willrob]

I may not be using the Toolbar properly (is there a manual/read me somewhere?). I launch the Tool Bar either before or after iTunes, and in the advanced pane I select "Keep toolbar on top of other applications." But of course if I switch to fullscreen mode, the Toolbar isn't visible.

When iTunes is open but I haven't started G-Force, or when it's not active (still seeing song lists), the Tool Bar give this message in the Target G-Force Visualizer: "Searching for G-Force..." This appears to be a pop-up menu, but I can't make any other selection from it. When G-Force is running (not in full screen mode), it reads "iTunes (Runnng on Desktop G4)" Perhaps I need to have multiple G-Force capable applications running for this menu to offer other choices.

To answer Andy's question, when I select the resolution of my monitor (1152x870x8) while I'm not in Full Screen mode, but while G-force is running [which is the only time I can make any selection in the Full Screen Mode pop up menu], and then I switch to full screen mode, my entire screen gets filled. And in future restarts of iTunes and G-Force (even without the tool bar launched) this Full Screen mode reamins—which is what I want.

[andy55]

I may not be using the Toolbar properly (is there a manual/read me somewhere?). I launch the Tool Bar either before or after iTunes, and in the advanced pane I select "Keep toolbar on top of other applications." But of course if I switch to fullscreen mode, the Toolbar isn't visible.

When iTunes is open but I haven't started G-Force, or when it's not active (still seeing song lists), the Tool Bar give this message in the Target G-Force Visualizer: "Searching for G-Force..." This appears to be a pop-up menu, but I can't make any other selection from it. When G-Force is running (not in full screen mode), it reads "iTunes (Runnng on Desktop G4)" Perhaps I need to have multiple G-Force capable applications running for this menu to offer other choices.

To answer Andy's question, when I select the resolution of my monitor (1152x870x8) while I'm not in Full Screen mode, but while G-force is running [which is the only time I can make any selection in the Full Screen Mode pop up menu], and then I switch to full screen mode, my entire screen gets filled. And in future restarts of iTunes and G-Force (even without the tool bar launched) this Full Screen mode reamins—which is what I want.

Try playing with the "Max Frame Width" and Height. they will carry over to fullscreen mode whe you switch to fullscreen mode. Edit them to "no limit" while G-Force is in Window mode (not fullscreen mode).

Andy