[mythtv-users] Cant get rid of the blue border lines (NVidia GForce 5200FX Card)

Matt skd5aner at gmail.com
Wed Nov 30 13:27:23 EST 2005


On 11/30/05, Jonathan Tidmore <jtidmore at gmail.com> wrote:
> Using xvattr doesn't really get rid of the line, it just gets rid of the
> blue by changing its color to blend in better with your TV border.  The way
> I got rid of the line altogether was adjusting my TVOverScan setting in
> xorg.conf so the video fit my TV better.
>
> You can do this by adding "Option" "TVOverScan" "0.61" to your Device
> section.  The values TVOverScan can take are between 0 and 1.  For my 27" TV
> and 800x600 resolution that 0.61 worked best.  If you go too high, your
> video will span past the edge of your TV and crop your image.  Each TV and
> video card is different, so my setting of 0.61 won't necessarily look best
> on your setup.  I had to play with the TVOverScan a lot before I found the
> right value.  Unfortunately, you have to restart X everytime you change
> TVOverScan.
>
>
> My device section in xorg.conf looks like:
>
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier  "Videocard0"
>         Driver      "nvidia"
>         VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
>         BoardName   "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200"
>         Option      "NoLogo" "True"
>         Option      "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
>         Option      "ConnectedMonitor" "TV"
>         Option      "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
>         Option      "TVOverScan" "0.61"
>         Option  "RenderAccel" "true"
>         Option "Overlay" "True"
> EndSection
>
> Good luck.
>
>
>
> On 11/30/05, Jos Hoekstra <joshoekstra at gmx.net> wrote:
> >
> > Shardayyy schreef:
> >
> > > Any suggestions would be helpful.
> > >
> > > Can't seem to get rid of what I have seen online as the "The blue line
> > > problem", the blue border is on top and on the left side of the screen.
> > >
> > > I have also added this to my
> /home/mythtv/.kde/Autostart/myth-load.sh
> > > file as suggested. (xvattr -a XV_COLORKEY -v 66048)
> > >
> >
> > "xvattr -a XV_COLORKEY -v 0" I have here ;)
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jos Hoekstra
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Either way works... I prefer the xvattr way.


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