[mythtv-users] Slight Pauses in Playback/Live TV

[Tim Sawyer]

On Thursday 20 Dec 2007, Brion Swanson wrote:
> As far as the left-hand side of the screen gone missing, you simply need
> to go into the frontend settings and adjust the appearance such that the
> width (and usually position) of the screen is smaller than the default.
> It starts at 0 (which is auto-fill the screen) and you must raise it
> slowly (holding the right arrow on the keyboard is fastest -- don't know
> why we can't type in a value) until you get to a number that is less
> than your known resolution.  From then on, it's a matter of continuously
> shrinking that number, applying the settings, waiting for Myth to
> rescale the images, and repeat until you can see what you need to.
>
> You may also need to adjust the horizontal position of the screen as you
> shrink it.
>
> The reason you have to do this is because most televisions "overscan"
> the image, so while it claims to to 1280x720 (720p for example), it's
> actually displaying a smaller area than the full resolution (though it
> is displaying at that resolution.  I believe this is primarily so you
> will never see the "edge" of the screen and any garbage that hangs out
> there.  But it does make reading the edges of Myth a bit more difficult.
>
> There are ways to tune the overscan on your TV but it's not recommended
> and you can actually damage your television (not to mention they way to
> do it involves a service menu that is "hidden").  Using Myth is much
> easier.
>
> Brion

Excellent, fixed that bit!  Many thanks.

Tim.