[mythtv-users] gui offset not sticking

[Nick Rout]

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 9:40 AM, Kevin Johnson <dabears_rule at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I go into setup-appearance and change the offset of the picture, GUI Y
> offset to be exact, so that my screen is centered. I am sure the I choose
> Use GUI size for TV playback. Everything is great until I watch live tv or
> recordings. I can see the video image jump back down and the video will not
> be centered. Then everything (frontend main screen) will be off center until
> I go thru the setup-appearance again. The numbers that I put in will still
> be there but the screen will not be centered until i finish going through
> the setup.
>
> Can anyone help me out here?  It was suggested that the offset would only
> work if I run windowed mode, so I tried that and the offset still jumps
> back.
> Is there a file I can manually edit?
>
>
> Any ideas?
>
> 8.04.01
> nvidia

To repeat something I said in another thread, look at your tv's
controls. There is usually a setting to centre the picture. I futzed
for ages with xorg.conf and xvidtune before I simply went into my flat
panel's setup menus and fixed it quite simply.