[mythtv-users] TV Out problems using S-Video to Composite Adapter

[Kyle Sexton]

Ok, I have another piece of the puzzle maybe.  Since my console
sessions display find on the TV, does that rule out the video card and
the converter?  What do you think?


On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 13:43:48 -0400 (EDT), David Wood <obsidian at panix.com> wrote:
> I was going to look it up in the graphics card database maintained by this
> site:
> 
> http://tvtool.info/index_e.htm
> 
> But there was no listing for this card from evga.
> 
> Some older nvidia cards have 3rd party TV encoder chips, and some of those
> chips are not so good. If you had a bad card, we could safely say try a
> new one.
> 
> Your problem sounds "analog." In other words, not in the video
> driver or XFree86. That's just a guess.
> 
> If it isn't the driver/xfree86, all you can do is rule out your 1) video
> card, 2) composite adapter, 3) cables and 4) TV.
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 23 Jul 2004, Kyle Sexton wrote:
> 
> > NVidia GeForce4MX 4000 w/ 128M, made by eVGA I think.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 11:04:21 -0400 (EDT), David Wood <obsidian at panix.com> wrote:
> >> You know, it's tempting to guess that your TV or cable is the problem. I'm
> >> curious though, what specific nvidia card you have?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, 23 Jul 2004, Kyle Sexton wrote:
> >>
> >>> I am having problems with X11 displaying properly to my television and
> >>> I'm wondering if the culprit could be that I'm converting from S-Video
> >>> on the card to Composite on my television.  The television itself is
> >>> an old 24 inch TV.  The output card I'm using is an NVidia GeForce4MX
> >>> 4000 w/ 128M.  Has anyone had any luck doing this type of conversion?
> >>> I've tried just about every output option I could find in my
> >>> XF86Config, including the TVOutFormat as both SVIDEO and COMPOSITE.
> >>> The display that I do get is in color, and has ghosting lines next to
> >>> dialog boxes.  That's what I can see when it's not out of sync and
> >>> jumping everywhere.  So I guess my question is, do I need to either
> >>> downgrade to a card w/ composite outs, or upgrade to a TV w/ SVideo in
> >>> to get this to work?  Or are there other troubleshooting steps I need
> >>> to try?
> >>>
> >>> Slightly OT:  Is there a list of terms for problems so that I can
> >>> describe what I am seeing better?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Kyle
> >>>
> >>> obligatory spec list in case required:
> >>> AMD 1.4Ghz w/ 256M
> >>> PVR-250 In (Even though I haven't gotten that far.. :) )
> >>> NVidia GeForce4MX 4000 w/ 128M
> >>> CMedia Sound (I think, haven't had any problems w/ this)
> >>>
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