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

[Michael T. Dean]

On 10/25/06 19:27, Trey Thompson wrote:

>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?
>
That's normal.  NTSC/PAL were designed such that display devices must 
overscan the video so that users don't see the borders (having black 
borders/rainbow borders/jagged edges/other visually-displeasing 
characteristics).  Black borders are extremely common on 
composite/S-Video inputs.  Tuner inputs often have jagged edges and 
"purple/green rainbow" borders.

So, overscan your video output (using either MythTV's overscan setting, 
your video driver's overscan setting) or crop the edges during playback 
(with MythTV's crop playback filter).

Mike