[mythtv-users] recording/playback issues, audio sync

[Michael Keller]

> My second problem has to do with playback.  MythTV, mplayer and xine all
> have the same problem with displaying blue lines at the edge of the video,
> namely the top and left edges.  This isn't visible when bright colors are
> on the screen but it shows up when the screen is displaying dark colors or
> black.  The top line is very visible and somewhat annoying when playing
> DVD video or files recorded at 16:9 aspect ratios as the blue line runs
> along the top of the video image, not the screen.

I cured this with xvattr. I set XV_COLORKEY 2 higher than its default, right 
before I start mythfrontend. Google was my friend in finding this cure.

-Michael