[mythtv-users] Re: TV-out problems....can you help?

[elfer]

You wrote:
But you should have an OK image during boot (OK
> includes aspect ratio not
> quite right, ragged left and right borders).  Is the
> TV PAL and your card
> defaults to NTSC or vice-versa?  But once X starts

That's the problem. I don't have an OK image, as I described. It is a NTSC
TV and the card is setup in X for NTSC-M i believe? but, again, this happens
before any driver is loaded, and continues to happen throughout the boot
process.

thanks,

elfer




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Snyder" <ax763 at yahoo.com>
To: "'elfer'" <darrel at hostmeister.com>; "'Discussion about mythtv'"
<mythtv-users at snowman.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 2:51 PM
Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Re: TV-out problems....can you help?


> Your experience regarding where the image shows up
> versus what's plugged in
> is the same as my experience with my GForce2-MX400 -
> TV out defaults to ON
> only if it's the only thing present.
>
> But you should have an OK image during boot (OK
> includes aspect ratio not
> quite right, ragged left and right borders).  Is the
> TV PAL and your card
> defaults to NTSC or vice-versa?  But once X starts,
> the system will try to
> use your X config settings and this may screw up the
> TV output.
>
> Once you get a stable image to start, two things
> helped me: editing
> /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 per the nvidia driver README
> (see the special sections
> on multiple heads and TV out) and fiddling with nvtv.
> I have twinview
> enabled in XF86Config-4, so once X starts there's an
> image on both screens.
> From there, I have to do multiple steps with nvtv that
> I've yet to simplify
> or automate, but ultimately a very nice image is
> possible.  With a given TV,
> you may not get ideal overscan with any nvtv setting,
> but you should be able
> to get overscan to be more than necessary and then
> shrink and re-position
> with Myth's GUI size/position settings.
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net
> [mailto:mythtv-users-
> > bounces at snowman.net] On Behalf Of elfer
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 2:53 PM
> > To: mythtv-users at snowman.net
> > Subject: [mythtv-users] Re: TV-out problems....can
> you help?
> >
> > to the 1st answer...I don't think it has anything to
> do with the nvidia
> >
> > driver (av sync and jitter) since this problem
> happens as soon as the PC
> >
> > turns on, and no "driver" is loaded per se, right?
> >
> >
> >
> > as for the 2nd answer, good question. When I boot
> with the monitor
> > attached,
> >
> > the TV will not show any picture. When I boot with
> the monitor "not"
> >
> > attached, I get a picture on the TV screen, but like
> I said it is tearing
> > an
> >
> > flickering and not usable.
> >
> >
> >
> > thanks
> >
> >
> >
> > elfer
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> >
> > mythtv-users mailing list
> >
> > mythtv-users at snowman.net
> >
> >
> http://lists.snowman.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
>
>
> __________________________________
> Do you Yahoo!?
> Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software
> http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com