On Mar 10, 2006, at 12:41 PM, Andrew Barr wrote: > On Friday 10 March 2006 11:39, bregadjul doank wrote: >> Thanks Keith for your response. I think there is no >> problem with the source since when I use it under >> Windows Media Center or using the original >> application, there are no spaces. I also used Winfast >> tuner before and there were no spaces too. On some >> channels, there is also alternating black and white >> space at the top. So I think the problem might be the >> ivtv or the debian. Any further suggestions? Thanks in >> advance. > > Whatever application you are using to capture your video, you need to > configure to do an overscan. It sounds like the Windows > applications you are > talking about already do this for you. > > The "alternating black and white space" is the VBI (vertical blanking > interval), containing captions and other program data. Depending on > the > source material it could also contain analog copy protection (DVDs, > satellite > and cable premium/pay-per-view). This will also go away if you > configure > overscan. > > Does anyone know if overscan is the responsibility of the playback > program or > does ivtvctl have an option for this? I know MythTV has an overscan > option... >
I'm pretty sure its always going to be a playback option. The PVR is going to grab the whole signal. While its nice that Windows MCE does this for you, I like being able to configure it myself. In the end, I only overscan about 1%, instead of the standard 4%. I don't see much extra stuff, and I get more content. Keith C _______________________________________________ ivtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users
