[mythtv-users] nvtv or XF86config?

[ope]

Thanks for the response.  Based on everyone's
responses it does not sound like using nvtv is a huge
difference in my situation.  I am reasonably happy
with the quality of the output using the nVidia
driver.  Like you said, once the settings are made you
don't really need to adjust them anymore (at least I
don't).

Thanks for everyone's input.

--- "Jarod C. Wilson" <jcw at wilsonet.com> wrote:
> On Jan 7, 2004, at 15:23, ope wrote:
> 
> > Before I start playing with the nvtv driver I
> thought
> > I would ask those who know if there is anything to
> be
> > gained by using it.
> 
> A very tiny bit, perhaps. You can set chroma, luma,
> brightness and 
> contrast w/either nvtv's gui or with command-line
> switches. However, 
> you can do all that in the MythTV frontend already,
> so its kinda 
> redundant. The biggest place nvtv is useful is if
> you have a 
> pre-GF4-series card and want/need overscan.
> 
> > I have a GeForce4 MX card and have configured the
> > TV-OUT per the nVidia documentation.  My question
> is,
> > what is the advantage of using nvtv over just
> setting
> > the TV settings in the XF86config file?
> 
> You can modify settings on the fly with nvtv, while
> overscan 
> adjustments in XF86Config will require a reload of
> X. I don't touch 
> nvtv on my GF4MX-equipped system, since you should
> really only have to 
> tweak the settings once and leave 'em. Only my
> secondary system (w/a 
> GF2MX) uses nvtv.
> 
> > Does it look better?
> 
> Certainly not in my case. The GF4MX system is hooked
> to a 47" HDTV, the 
> GF2MX system to a 27" analog tube. ;-)
> 
> > What features does nvtv have over the nVidia
> driver?
> 
> Along with the other stuff I already mentioned, I
> believe it may 
> support a wider variety of TV encoder chips than the
> nvidia driver.
> 
> Also, note that you can use both the nvidia driver
> and nvtv at the same 
> time. That's what I'm doing on my GF2MX.
> 
> -- 
> Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE
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