Overscan Control in Ubuntu

From:	Ken (SHIELDSIT)	23 Dec 2014 05:25
To:	ALL	1 of 20

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Is there a way to control overscan settings in 'nix? When I pick 720p or 1080p the image is nice and pretty, except all the menus and taskbars are off the screen. It makes it hard to do much because I suck at guessing! This is when hooked up to my TV, I haven't tried a real monitor yet. The TV has no overscan controls in its menu. Everything I read seems to indicate it's a setting in the TV. Since this is a cheap TV and I can't find the remote I guess I'll try a monitor! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you don't like donut, then leave it alone. Nobody force you to eat it.

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From:	ANT_THOMAS	23 Dec 2014 08:38
To:	Ken (SHIELDSIT)	2 of 20

41326.2 In reply to 41326.1
I assume this is for the ODROID-C1? I doubt the config is the same but with the Raspberry Pi these things are all controlled by the /boot/config.txt file (http://elinux.org/RPiconfig). Is there something similar to play with? From the TV side, and only if your TV supports it, the aspect ratio to use for no overscan is usually labelled something like: Just, 1:1, Pixel Direct And sometimes these modes are only possible on a "DVI" or "PC" labelled input. Edit: Looks like boot.ini might eventually be useful - http://odroid.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=en:c1_tips#how_to_change_u-boot_configuration_by_bootini ┌─────┐ │ │ │ ┌─┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─┘ │ │ │ │ ┌─┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─┘ └─┘

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From:	Ken (SHIELDSIT)	23 Dec 2014 11:35
To:	ANT_THOMAS	3 of 20

41326.3 In reply to 41326.2
Yup, been messing with boot.ini, but only to set the resolution when I pissed it up. I can't see where overscan can be set in it. But I'll have a look at the link you provided. Thanks! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you don't like donut, then leave it alone. Nobody force you to eat it.

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From:	Ken (SHIELDSIT)	23 Dec 2014 11:37
To:	ANT_THOMAS	4 of 20

41326.4 In reply to 41326.2
What do you suppose bpp mode is for? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you don't like donut, then leave it alone. Nobody force you to eat it.

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From:	ANT_THOMAS	23 Dec 2014 11:48
To:	Ken (SHIELDSIT)	5 of 20

41326.5 In reply to 41326.4
Colour depth I assume. 32bit, 24bit, 16bit etc. ┌─────┐ │ │ │ ┌─┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─┘ │ │ │ │ ┌─┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─┘ └─┘

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From:	Ken (SHIELDSIT)	23 Dec 2014 11:50
To:	ANT_THOMAS	6 of 20

41326.6 In reply to 41326.5
That's my guess too. Fuck it, I'll just go get a monitor from the garage. I'm going to want to test Android on it anyway. It runs Ubuntu very nicely I will say! I was also very surprised in how quickly it arrived. I'd say if I can get as familiar with this as I did with the Pi that I'll be getting these from now on. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you don't like donut, then leave it alone. Nobody force you to eat it.

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From:	koswix	23 Dec 2014 11:52
To:	Ken (SHIELDSIT)	7 of 20

41326.7 In reply to 41326.6

You should definitely try Xbmc on it and see if it's any more stable Han on a Pi (particularly with regard to networking). And if it is, you should buy me one for Xmas.


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From:	Ken (SHIELDSIT)	23 Dec 2014 11:55
To:	koswix	8 of 20

41326.8 In reply to 41326.7
I will as soon as you play the game I told you about! There is an option to install XBMC right from a script similar to raspi-config. I'd say it runs it very well. I can't really test it other than to install it and boot it because I've moved everything over to Plex. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you don't like donut, then leave it alone. Nobody force you to eat it.

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From:	Matt	23 Dec 2014 13:25
To:	koswix	9 of 20

41326.9 In reply to 41326.7
Doesn't look favourable from their demo video (~18fps@1080p):

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From:	99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)	23 Dec 2014 13:30
To:	Matt	10 of 20

41326.10 In reply to 41326.9
Quod core. :') bastard by name bastard by nature
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From:	ANT_THOMAS	23 Dec 2014 13:36
To:	Matt	11 of 20

41326.11 In reply to 41326.9
I'd ignore that. That's just for the menu interface. Obviously not great but doesn't matter if the video is accelerated. ┌─────┐ │ │ │ ┌─┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─┘ │ │ │ │ ┌─┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─┘ └─┘

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From:	ANT_THOMAS	23 Dec 2014 13:38
To:	Matt	12 of 20

41326.12 In reply to 41326.9
Though the video stats show the FPS is lower than the framerate for the video, that's not a good sign. ┌─────┐ │ │ │ ┌─┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─┘ │ │ │ │ ┌─┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─┘ └─┘

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From:	CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)	23 Dec 2014 14:11
To:	99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)	13 of 20

41326.13 In reply to 41326.10
Prison version? ---- "Ninety percent of Americans use the Internet. The other ten percent use the banjo."

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From:	koswix	23 Dec 2014 17:34
To:	Matt	14 of 20

41326.14 In reply to 41326.9

:-(


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From:	Ken (SHIELDSIT)	24 Dec 2014 04:43
To:	Matt	15 of 20

41326.15 In reply to 41326.9
I must be strange, it seemed fine to me at that frame rate. It's not the fastest thing I've ever used but certainly much faster than the Pi. I opened Kodi, wtf is that name anyway? and it locked up the whole machine. Kodi is still beta right? That could be some of it. I've moved to Plex, at least it's not a stupid kids toy name or a fucking dog or something. Anyway, for the price of a Pi it's decent, but not earth shattering. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you don't like donut, then leave it alone. Nobody force you to eat it.

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From:	koswix	24 Dec 2014 10:06
To:	Ken (SHIELDSIT)	16 of 20

41326.16 In reply to 41326.15

Kodi is the same as Xbmc, isn't it? Just a new name.


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From:	ANT_THOMAS	24 Dec 2014 10:15
To:	koswix	17 of 20

41326.17 In reply to 41326.16
Yep, I just think they've done the rename for their new release (which is still in Beta/RC stage) ┌─────┐ │ │ │ ┌─┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─┘ │ │ │ │ ┌─┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─┘ └─┘

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From:	koswix	24 Dec 2014 14:17
To:	ANT_THOMAS	18 of 20

41326.18 In reply to 41326.17

Ah. I always assumed it was in permanent beta.


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From:	ANT_THOMAS	24 Dec 2014 15:25
To:	koswix	19 of 20

41326.19 In reply to 41326.18
I think it was like that at one point. But it seems like they now do a major release with a couple of point releases. Currently on 13.2 with the betas/RCs being for 14. ┌─────┐ │ │ │ ┌─┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─┘ │ │ │ │ ┌─┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─┘ └─┘

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From:	Ken (SHIELDSIT)	25 Dec 2014 03:58
To:	koswix	20 of 20

41326.20 In reply to 41326.16
Yes, but a stupid name. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you don't like donut, then leave it alone. Nobody force you to eat it.

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