Mailing List Archive: TV-out and resolutions and such

----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Kleeschulte
To: mythtv-dev@snowman.net
Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 4:21 PM
Subject: TV-out and resolutions and such

I finally got around to hooking my myth box up to my sony 27" TV. I have a GeForce4 MX 440 TV-out card and I am using the closed-source nvidia driver in the "TwinView" mode so I can run a monitor and the tv simultaneously. For some reason I can't find the right combination to get the whole picture on the TV. I used the option "Clone" to have the same desktop on both outputs, but for some reason only the top left portion of the X desktop appears on the TV. So everything is shifted for me on the TV. I was wondering what you (Isaac) are running as far as your XF86Config to get a good picture on your tv? Is there something I should know here besides what's written in the README for the Nvidia drivers?

here is my XF86Config...just in case it helps

_____________________________________________
Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubSection
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "Keyboard"
Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc101"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "My Monitor"
HorizSync 30-70
VertRefresh 50-120
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Standard VGA"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
Driver "vga"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA GeForce"
#Driver "nv"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NvAGP" "1"
Option "NoLogo" "1"
Option "DigitalVibrance" "1"
Option "SWCursor" "1"
Option "HWCursor" "0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "NVIDIA GeForce"
Monitor "My Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT, TV"
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60"
Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024, 640x480; 1024x768, 640x480"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT, TV"
Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Simple Layout"
Screen "Screen 1"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

thanks!
Chris

On Tuesday 03 September 2002 10:10 pm, Chris Kleeschulte wrote:
> I finally got around to hooking my myth box up to my sony 27" TV. I have a
> GeForce4 MX 440 TV-out card and I am using the closed-source nvidia driver
> in the "TwinView" mode so I can run a monitor and the tv simultaneously.
> For some reason I can't find the right combination to get the whole picture
> on the TV. I used the option "Clone" to have the same desktop on both
> outputs, but for some reason only the top left portion of the X desktop
> appears on the TV. So everything is shifted for me on the TV. I was
> wondering what you (Isaac) are running as far as your XF86Config to get a
> good picture on your tv? Is there something I should know here besides
> what's written in the README for the Nvidia drivers?

I've only used either a monitor attached or a tv attached, not both. Should
keep in mind, though, that the tv out resolution is limited (most likely), to
800x600. Some cards have encoder chips that'll handle an input of 1024x768,
but those aren't as common, from what I've seen.

Isaac