OrangePi PC+ TVout overscan issue (SOLVED)

[Pasha Ram]

Hello everyone,

Is there any utility to deal with overscan when using TVout? I'm using Armbian Legacy kernel. 

There is a tool called Allwinner_TVOUT_manipulator, anyone have used it?

[Pasha Ram]

So, the solution:

 

For dealing with tvout overscan you need first to set up lower resolution (fb0_width = 0 and fb0_height = 0) in [disp_init] section of a script.bin file. For me it was fb0_width = 680 and fb0_height = 530. After that, you will get smaller picture, but probably on wrong x,y coordinates.

 

To fix that "coordinates" you need to install Allwinner TVout tool. Install instruction: https://projects.nwrk.biz/projects/allwinner-tvout/wiki

When you installed TVout tool, just simply run it and follow the instructions. For example, moving picture by x coordinates with following command: tvout -m -x 5 (means +5 pixels to the right), or for example: tvout -m -x -5 (means +5 pixels to the left. And so with Y axis, use n or -n to move up and down.

 

Thanks for the attention,

Paul.

[Pasha Ram]

The only question now, how to put tvout utility with commands to the auto-boot? (I'm newbie, sry).

[martinayotte]

add your needed commands in /etc/rc.local just before the exit 0; ...