>> I use a PVR-350, Debian Etch, ivtv-0.10-cvs, MythTV-0.20. >> >> First, let me say that I have a known-good configuration when I use >> ivtv-fb with osd_compat=1 and 720x576 resolution, while correcting for >> overscan in MythTV. >> >> I want to correct for overscan in ivtv-fb/X instead of in MythTV (for >> obvious reasons). That's what's giving problems. >> >> When I load ivtv_fb without osd_compat=1, and with: >> osd_xres=616 osd_yres=544 osd_left=62 osd_upper=17 osd_depth=32 >> While playing a MythTV recording, I get a black square (with the >> dimensions of the supplied module parameters), while video is playing >> behind it (you can see a bit of video at the edges of the TV). >> When I enable globalalpha with ivtvfbctl, the black square disappears >> and I can see the entire video, though of course, the OSD disappears >> along with the black square (and the alpha gets reset when you stop >> playing). >> >> I read on one of the ivtv lists, that I should add osd_compat=1 as >> ivtv-fb module parameter to get rid of this black square. When I do >> that, MythTV starts up/displays fine, however, when I start playing a >> recording, the OSD part of the screen gets fscked up, and stays that way >> when I exit playing (see photo). > > MythTV will only work properly with a width of 720, but you're running X at > 616. If you're willing to build MythTV yourself, you can grab a recent svn > version of the code & apply a patch to resolve this problem. It will also > remove the need for the 'osd_compat=1' option. > > The patch will apply to 0.20 & 0.20-fixes, but requires a small change to > allow it to compile. > > Patch -> http://www.iarmst.demon.co.uk/test/mythtv-osd-v2.patch > As it's such a small problem, compiling MythTV myself is too much trouble. I'll just wait for the binaries to get updated someday.
At least I now know it's a known issue. Thanks for your help and work :) Gert Robben _______________________________________________ ivtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users
