[mythtv-users] Yet Another PVR-350 tvout question :)

[Matthias Badaire]

try
./ivtvfbctl /dev/fbX -osdstride 1440 -osdlines 576 -osdx 0 -osdy 0 -osdoffset 0 -alpha 255
change 576 by 480 for ntsc

Brian May <bam at snoopy.apana.org.au> writes:

>>>>>> "John" == John Kuhn <kuhn at razorsys.com> writes:
>
>     John> now here is where it gets weird... if i issue the (ivtvfbctl
>     John> /dev/fb1 -noglobalalpha -localalpha) command and go back
>     John> into X.. its all messed up.. meaning its a little scrambled
>     John> and i can hardly read the text.. but if i hit "enter enter"
>     John> on my remote.. i can then view TV properly
>
> Not sure if this is your problem or not, but on my system, if I run
>
> ivtvfbctl /dev/fb0
>
> (which I thought was a read-only command?), it doubles the screen
> height, and as a result distorts all OSD (it is now twice as high).
>
> To me this doesn't make sense. Is this similar to what you have
> experienced?
>
> For me, the solution is simple: don't run ivtvfbctl ;-).