[olug] Mythtv TV S-Video out
webtrekker at cox.net
webtrekker at cox.net
Sat Jan 13 04:47:48 UTC 2007
WOW!!!
It works!!! I can not express my thanks enough. After countless hours of scouring the web and numerous rebuilds/config changes/general hair pulling (which I don't really have enough to spare), all I really needed to do was just ask this awesome group.
I should have started here first! Thank you all !! Now I can really start learning the depths of Myth.
Patrick
---- Jon Larsen <relayer at levania.org> wrote:
> You should first try to get the TV working without running two displays,
> it will be easier to troubleshoot.
>
> Remember, a standard 27inch regular TV is 500 lines of resolution, or
> essentially 640x480, so setup your Monitor1 to be 640x480.
>
>
> This is my working xorg.conf for my Myth box on Fedora Core 5, what
> MythDora is based on.
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
> Identifier "Default Layout"
> Screen 0 "Screen1" 0 0
> InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> EndSection
>
> --- stuff cut out ---
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Monitor1"
> VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
> ModelName "NTSC TV"
> HorizSync 30.0 - 50.0
> VertRefresh 60.0 - 60.0
> DisplaySize 640 480
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Videocard1"
> Driver "nvidia"
> VendorName "Videocard vendor"
> BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX (generic)"
> Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
> Option "Connected Monitor" "TV"
> Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
> Option "RenderAccel" "1"
> Option "NoLogo" "On"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen1"
> Device "Videocard1"
> Monitor "Monitor1"
> DefaultDepth 24
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 24
> Modes "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> --- stuff cut out ---
>
>
> Connected Monitor is a Nvidia-specific option, and not a reference to
> the Monitor1 device. See the Nvidia README.
>
> Option "Connected Monitor" "TV"
>
> Once you get the TV out working, you should look into adding second
> display. You may want to look into the Nvidia README for the 'TwinView'
> section. I don't use TwinView myself, or dual displays for my Myth box.
>
> I hope this gives you some ideas.
> Jon L.
>
>
>
> webtrekker at cox.net wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I am trying again to get MythTV setup... I used the newest MythDora and so far am pretty happy with how things are working. My only problem now is getting the output on to a TV.
> > Here is what I have:
> > Dell GX-260 pc
> > NVidia GeForce FX 5200
> > Hauppauge 250
> >
> > Here is my xorg.conf
> > # XFree86 4 configuration created by pyxf86config
> > Section "ServerLayout"
> > Identifier "Default Layout"
> > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
> > Screen 1 "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
> > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Files"
> >
> > # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
> > # By default, a font server independent of the X server is
> > # used to render fonts.
> > ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
> > ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions"
> > ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
> > FontPath "unix/:7100"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Module"
> > Load "dbe"
> > Load "extmod"
> > Load "fbdevhw"
> > Load "glx"
> > Load "record"
> > Load "freetype"
> > Load "type1"
> > Load "v4l"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "InputDevice"
> > Identifier "Keyboard0"
> > Driver "kbd"
> > Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
> > Option "XkbLayout" "us"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "InputDevice"
> > Identifier "Mouse0"
> > Driver "mouse"
> > Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
> > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Monitor"
> >
> > ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
> > ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
> > Identifier "Monitor0"
> > VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
> > ModelName "Dell 1707FP (Analog)"
> > DisplaySize 340 270
> > ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
> > HorizSync 30.0 - 81.0
> > VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0
> > Option "dpms"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Monitor"
> > Identifier "Monitor1" #TV
> > HorizSync 30-50
> > VertRefresh 60
> > EndSection
> > Section "Device"
> > Identifier "Videocard0"
> > Driver "nvidia"
> > VendorName "Videocard vendor"
> > BoardName "nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
> > screen 0
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Device"
> > Identifier "Videocard1"
> > Driver "nvidia"
> > Screen 1
> > Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
> > Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
> > Option "ConnectedMonitor" "Monitor1"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Screen"
> > Identifier "Screen0"
> > Device "Videocard0"
> > Monitor "Monitor0"
> > DefaultDepth 24
> > SubSection "Display"
> > Viewport 0 0
> > Depth 16
> > Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> > EndSubSection
> > SubSection "Display"
> > Viewport 0 0
> > Depth 24
> > Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> > EndSubSection
> > EndSection
> > Section "Screen"
> > Identifier "Screen1"
> > Device "Videocard1"
> > Monitor "Monitor1"
> > DefaultDepth 24
> > SubSection "Display"
> > Depth 24
> > Modes "1024x768_60"
> > EndSubSection
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "DRI"
> > Group 0
> > Mode 0666
> > EndSection
> >
> >
> > Sorry for the long posting, but I didn't know how else to post the info...
> > Can anyone help me with this? As this is the last piece of the puzzle it would be nice to start using Myth on my TV. I have tried different resolutions for the TV, but nothing works. There is S-Video output when I'm not in X, but that doesn't really help... :)
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> > Patrick
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