[mythtv-users] Xbox overscan work around

[Bruce]

Hi Dennis,

That fix worked for me.However, I notice quite a bit of difference in the
quality of the picture. It is definitely not as clear as before.
Did you notice this? It looks as if it was compressed to mpeg2 and has some
faint snow. Thats what it reminds me of.

Bruce

Dennis Cartier wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I pleased to say that Derek Watson has found a usable workaround for the
> over scan issue with the xbox. As Derek mentioned a few days ago, you
> can use xbv to alter the over scan, but you have to disable double
> buffering to get decent frame rates after doing this.
>
> To use this method, edit the /root/.xinitrc file contained in myth.tgz
> be as follows:
>
> =====.xinitrc=====
>
> xset -dpms s off &
> #irxevent &
> /usr/bin/X11/xmodmap ~/.xmodmaprc &
> /usr/local/bin/mythfrontend &
> xbv -auto 640 480 6.0 6.0
> xvattr -a XV_DOUBLE_BUFFER -v 0
> blackbox
>
> ======end=========
>
> You can alter the last 2 parameters of the xbv command (6.0 and 6.0) to
> adjust the horizontal and vertical over scan to suit your particular needs.
>
> Please note, you may getting some minor tearing in the video stream when
> running in single buffered mode, but it is trivial compared to those big
> black borders.
>
> I still plan on releasing another version based on Xebian 1.0 to
> accommodate version 1.5+ xboxes as well as HDTV. I am also planning on
> experimenting with QT-embedded to eliminate X11 all together.
>
> Dennis
>
>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> _______________________________________________
> mythtv-users mailing list
> mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users