[mythtv-users] MythTV Raspberry Pi 2+ MythFrontend Setup Tutorial

[Curtis Gedak]

On 16-03-27 05:37 PM, JP Moitinho de Almeida wrote:
> On Saturday, March 26, 2016 22:10:22 airdrummer wrote:
>> i just got around to reinstalling
>>
>> 	2016-02-26-raspbian-jessie.zip
>>
>> with /boot/config.txt using my overscan params to get the x desktop
>> on-screen, commenting out
>> 	#hdmi_drive=2
>> (which i read somewhere, was it u, curtis?) and also adding
>> 	overscan_scale=1
>> as per https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=67&t=15700
>>
>> i am happy to report that curtis's
>>   	mythtv-v0.27.6-69-g41a2a8d-RPI2-jessie.tar.bz2
>> vidoe is fully onscreen(finally;-)
>>
>> only problem is sound is absent on the weather channel, and drops out on
>> others:-( oh, & i haven't gotten lirc sorted yet:-\
>>
>> unfortunately peter's
>> 	mythtv-light_0.27.6-67-g070378a-0_armhf_jessie.deb
>> is still shrunk up&left:-\
>>
>> so close...
>>
> 
> I also had problems with overscan not being honoured (old lcd from around 
> 2003, 1368x768). 
> 
> Including the 
> overscan_scale=1
> option in config.txt corrected that. 
> 
> Now my frontend 
> (using Curtis Gedak's mythtv-v0.27.6-69-g41a2a8d-RPI2-jessie.tar.bz2 with and 
> eglfs) works just fine.
> 
> ZP


Thanks ZP for reporting back with how you were able to get mythfrontend
running on your Raspberry Pi.

Your confirmation of airdrummers suggestion of using the /boot/config
parameter of "overscan_scale=1" may help other users to get mythfrontend
working properly on their RPi's too.  :-)

Regards,
Curtis