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More info: cscreen required.
Authored by: stevebr on Sep 11, '06 08:13:48AM

The hint doesn't mention that the script requires having cscreen installed on your system. Although in fairness, it is in the comment header of the script itself.

Unfortunately, it appears that the developer has removed it (and all other web site content).

If you already have cscreen, you can use it to assist with some of the caveats in the script itself:

cscreen -l

Lists the screens attached. It looks like you'll need the number at the script line "set monitor to 1" if you want to use an external monitor.

cscreen -v

Lists available modes (bit depth, x resolution, y resolution, refresh rate) on attached screens. From what it looks like in the script, having foreknowledge of these might save you some aggravation when customizing "presets" in the script.

This is a really great idea, BTW. With a little polishing it could be excellent. Thinking on particular of using the output of the list of modes to find a best match for the video playing, instead of editing the script before compiling it.



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cscreen app
Authored by: dood on Sep 11, '06 09:25:33AM
Here's a link to cscreen
http://www.macosxguru.net/downloads/CScreen.zip

I'm on an XP box at work so I can't verify the file, but it looks like it might be what you'd need.

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