[mythtv-users] Blue lines along left and top of screen

[Trey Thompson]

> I had this problem a while back and had the same issues with the
> commands not working.  Try to run xvattr -a XV_COLORKEY -v 0 from the
> command line and you will probably receive a message stating that xvattr
> does not exist.  If memory serves me correctly you will need to install
> the xvattr program and I think I did that with the command "yum install
> xvattr".  Hopefully this will tell you that there is one program to
> install and once it is installed try to run the command again from the
> command line.  If the program runs now it should then work on reboot and
> your blue line problems should be gone.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Trey Thompson
> Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 1:04 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Blue lines along left and top of screen
>
> >> For a while I've had an issue where  viewing live or recorded TV was
> >> "fuzzy", with blue lines along  the top and left of the screen. Video
> >> and live tv looked fine on my XBMCMyth Xbox and on my Windows PC via
> >> SMB, so I know the problem lies with the myth box. I switched the
> >> preferred playback in the front end setup to libmpeg, and that seemed
> >> to fix the fuzziness, but the blue bars remain.
> >>
> >> From reading the archives, I tried putting xvattr -a XV_COLORKEY -v 0
> >> in my ~/.kde/Autostart file, but that did nothing - I read that that
> >> may not work with newer NVidia drivers, but it was worth a shot.

I did this, and it "worked".  But, upon further examination, all it
did was color the borders black instead of blue.  Switching to another
input on my TV shows a significant border on the Myth side.  Any other
things to try to get it to fit right?