[mythtv-users] How to fix overscan through Onkyo Receiver

[dargllun]

On 24.11.2010 14:58, James Berwick wrote:
> On 11/24/2010 5:37 AM, Andre wrote:
>> Was worth a try, that mode solved some similar (but not the same)
>> problems for me.
>>
>> Maybe there is some subtle difference when passed through the receiver
>> that triggers some auto setting in the TV? There has been some
>> discussion in other threads about TVs that automatically choose
>> overscan/1:1 or rgb-full/rgb-limited depending on the input signal,
>> maybe this related to your problem?
>>
>> There is something in the Samsung's where you must name the input PC
>> (I think) to get 1:1 (no overscan) and RGB-full. Panasonic Viera's
>> only allow 1:1 when set to game mode.
>>
>> Andre
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> Hmm, that's a possibility. I currently have my input named MythTV on the
> receiver, I could try naming it back to PC when I get home.
>
> That being the case, how hard would it be to just tell MythTV to center
> itself inside the display area with a smaller working area? I tried the
> 'Screen Setup Wizard', which resized the screen but left it hugging the
> top left corner so things were overscanned with a ton of blank space on
> the bottom and right.

The OSS radeon driver's xrandr implementation supports the overscan 
property for this. You could check if the nvidia driver offers something 
similar.

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