Edge of Kodi not displaying

Lybster · June 27, 2017 at 8:36 AM

I've just received my RPi 3, loaded LibreELEC onto it and connected to my TV and started playing.

If I set the display to DESKTOP movies display properly both 19:9 and 4:3 but the edges of the Kodi display are cut off. This is in the list of movies as well as the settings. EG the first (or possible the first 1.5) character if the movie plot is not displayed. In the options the cogwheel in the bottom left is only partially shown.

I can get the display right by setting it to 1024x768 but then movies don't display properly.

Can someone point me to the right setting?

**Klojum** · June 27, 2017 at 9:50 AM Official Post

Do you have an old CRT (tube) television? Normally if edges are not displayed, it is tends to be an overscan problem.

On such an older TV you will have to re-calibrate the Kodi screen.

For newer, flat LED TVs, there is usually some setting to match the output of a PCor RPi.

Lybster · June 27, 2017 at 11:50 AM

Nope its a fairly new (bought last year) Panasonic Tx40CX680B

**Klojum** · June 27, 2017 at 12:05 PM Official Post

In that case, browse the TV's manual once more for disabling the overscan.

extremeaudio · June 27, 2017 at 12:43 PM

You could also go to Settings>Appearance>Zoom and reduce it to fit the screen

**lrusak** · June 27, 2017 at 6:50 PM Official Post

Quote from extremeaudio

You could also go to Settings>Appearance>Zoom and reduce it to fit the screen

do no do this. It is not the correct way to do it.

In the config.txt you can disable overscan

Code

disable_overscan=1

extremeaudio · July 3, 2017 at 2:31 PM

Which config.txt is this?

**Klojum** · July 3, 2017 at 4:56 PM Official Post

This one: Config.txt - LibreELEC

Lybster · July 4, 2017 at 5:14 PM

I found the Configuration under Display in the settings when at expert level. Squeezed the left in by 40 (I assume pixels) and the right by 30 and its fine.

brightonguy · July 4, 2017 at 9:08 PM

Also changing your TV's input setting to "PC" fixes this on most TVs.

**lrusak** · July 5, 2017 at 5:51 AM Official Post

Quote from Lybster

I found the Configuration under Display in the settings when at expert level. Squeezed the left in by 40 (I assume pixels) and the right by 30 and its fine.

I'd avoid this. It should be used as a last resort.

Quote from brightonguy

Also changing your TV's input setting to "PC" fixes this on most TVs.

This is also a good suggestion

Lybster · July 6, 2017 at 2:54 PM

Quote from lrusak

I'd avoid this. It should be used as a last resort.

This is also a good suggestion

Question: why is it a last resort.

My old tv had a PC mode. This one doesn't, but I wouldn't have wanted to use it anyway unless I was using the Kodi as the only source for the tv because trying to persuade my wife to go through switching into and out of PC mode is not a prospect I contemplate with joy.

**DaVu** · July 6, 2017 at 11:01 PM Official Post

It's a last resort because you will loose native resolution. Any newer TV is able to display 1920*1080 natively even if the source is a PC. If you use Kodis screen calibration or something like that, it's nit the native resolution anymore which sould be avoided generally.

Lybster · July 7, 2017 at 3:08 PM

Thnaks for that

I've had a bit more of a play and it seems that it only affects the display of Kodi itself, films display correctly accoring to their aspect ratio.

It does mean that the Kodi items are displayed in a different window but that's what I needed anyway. If anyone has a Panasonic TX40CX680 and knows what to change I'm happy to give it a go

**lrusak** · July 7, 2017 at 5:59 PM Official Post

films typically need adjusting also if you use the video calibration settings. Again, not ideal.

Set you tv to "just scan", "16:9", "hd mode", or similar and disable overscan in config.txt and that is perfect.

Lybster · July 8, 2017 at 5:20 PM

Quote from lrusak

films typically need adjusting also if you use the video calibration settings. Again, not ideal.

Set you tv to "just scan", "16:9", "hd mode", or similar and disable overscan in config.txt and that is perfect.

I have no need to adjust the flms (at least on the ones I've tested so far). Turning overscan on or off makes no difference

I've tried tweaking every setting I can find on the TV but the only thing that works is altering the calibration

**Klojum** · July 8, 2017 at 6:44 PM Official Post

Okay, problem fixed I'd say.

SanMarz · August 24, 2020 at 6:07 PM

This post finally worked for my 2014 Samsung 65 inch TV

10.10 - How do I fix overscan on my HDMI HDTV? - Ask Ubuntu

The issue was with the TV, not Ubuntu.

Samsung TV - go to Menu / Picture / Picture Options / Size / Screen Fit (instead of 16:9).
LG TV - go to Settings / Picture / Aspect Ratio / Just Scan (instead of 16:9)
Sony TV - hit Home button, go to Settings / Screen / Display Area / Full Pixel
Sharp TV - hit View Mode button, select "Dot by Dot" or "Full screen"

The post above has more info for specific TVs.