[mythtv-users] Mythvideo and closed caption in picture...

[Jeff]

On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 4:11 PM, Douglas Mayle <dmayle at dmayle.com> wrote:

> Hi again,
>        I've got a number of videos that were recorded by an external
> program and they have caption data in the top 2 or 3 pixels of the mpeg
> file.  Is there any way to tell Myth on a per file (or even just globally)
> to chop off the top couple of lines and play only the rest?
>
> Thanks,
> Doug
>
Doug,

I just set Myth to overscan 2% - chops off just enough to remove the
closed-captioning lines.

In Mythfrontend:
Utilities/Settings -> Settings -> TV Settings -> Playback -> General
Playback (2/9)
Vertical Scaling: 2
Horizontal Scaling: 2

J-e-f-f-A
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