[mythtv-users] Can't see whole picture on playback or live TV

[ffrr]

Michael T. Dean wrote:

> ffrr wrote:
>
>> Initially, the bottom 10% or more is missing, a bit too much to 
>> ignore.  I tried adjusting the overscan/underscan in the playback 
>> setup section, but it doesn't seem to do what I expected. When I set 
>> it to about 10%, the top and bottom 5% or more of the picture are 
>> missing.  In other words, making the overscan positive, makes the 
>> missing bits symetrical but doesn't really get me to see any more.
>>
>> I should mention that this is a widescreen picture I am looking at, 
>> on a 4:3 TV.  So there is ample room (black space) above and below 
>> the picture on the actual TV screen.  I just can't get it to show it.
>
>
> Did you try cycling through zoom and fille modes with 'w'?


Just tried it then.  16:9 zoom, and Fill, come a lot closer but still a 
bit is missing.  For example, recall the Paramount Pictures logo at the 
start of a movie. The one with a mountain peak with a circle of white 
stars around it.  In normal mode, both a bit of top of the circle, and a 
lot of the bottom are missing, when overscan is set to 0.   When I use w 
and get to Fill, for example, the top is visible, but the bottom is 
cut-off.  With a bit of fiddling with overscan I could get this mode to 
work I think, but I really want to get normal widescreen (letterbox) to 
work.