[mythtv-users] RE: nvidia new drivers hdtv/interlacing, any benefit for us non HDTV people?

David myth at dgreaves.com
Tue Jul 6 16:43:44 EDT 2004


Thomas Börkel wrote:

> HI!
>
> David wrote:
>
>>>> Sh*t! Apparently, I am using 640x480, because:
>>>>
>>>> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "720x576x50i" (vrefresh out of range)
>>>> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "720x576x50" (width too large for 
>>>> virtual size)
>>>
>>>
>>> Thats what I was wondering, mine was "silently" bumping me down to 
>>> 640x480 and I only saw the invalid mode messages in the log. At 
>>> least yours
>>> looks like you might be able to work around it with a modeline :)
>>>  
>>
>> I doubt it - I got those messages and then adjusted things (like 
>> vrefresh, hsync and virtual) until it eventually came back with the 
>> old " ". I think
>
>
> You are right. 720x576 just does not work (with the new driver). I'll 
> ask at the NVidia forum.

You may want to follow up a post I made a little while back with "not a 
valid TV mode" in the header.

of course TV is too short a term to search on in the nvidia forum, and 
'not' and 'a' are common terms and 'valid mode' isn't much help in a 
video forum.... <sigh>

David


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