Pascal Bleser (pascal.bleser@xxxxxxxxx): > Ronald Bultje wrote: > >On Sat, 2003-07-19 at 12:13, Pascal Bleser wrote: > >>The black border is 1 to 2 pixels high on top and bottom (in the middle > >>of the image it gets from 1 pixel to 2 pixel high). > >You're having black borders in the middle?!? Can you upload a screenshot > >somewhere? > > No, in fact the borders are around the picture, not in the middle ;) > I've uploaded a capture here: > > http://guru.unixtech.be/v4l/image.gif > > This one is made in 768x576 with 8bit depth, PAL, in VIDEO_PALETTE_GREY > mode (bt878 chipset). I then convert it into 8bit grayscale GIF with > ImageMagick, but it isn't an issue with that (webcam has the same problem). > > As said, I get the same result using the webcam cmdline tool: > > http://guru.unixtech.be/v4l/webcam.jpg Those are normal. That's just where the camera starts sending picture inside the active area of the PAL signal. You won't see it on a television since TVs push about maybe 8% of the active image out into the overscan. -Billy
