[mythtv-users] GeForce2 Card & A Wide Screen TV Via SVideo

jonr jonr at destar.net
Wed Jun 29 20:44:37 UTC 2005


Ijaaz A. Ullah wrote:
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Drew Tomlinson
> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 3:41 PM
> To: john sturgeon; Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] GeForce2 Card & A Wide Screen TV Via SVideo
> 
> On 6/29/2005 11:30 AM john sturgeon wrote:
> 
> 
>>On 6/28/05, Drew Tomlinson <drew at mykitchentable.net> wrote:
>> 
>>
>>
>>>Is there any way to configure X to fill up my wide screen HDTV via
>>>SVideo with a GeForce 2 card?  I can get the regular 4:3 (640x480)
>>>resolution but would like to have the "desktop" fill my 16:9 display.
>>>
>>>I also use nvtv to shift the display to fill the 4:3 screen but have
>>>been unable to find a way to make those settings permanent.  Is this
>>>possible?
>>>
>>>Or have I reached the limits of the card and need something newer.
>>>Suggestions?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>Drew
>>>   
>>>
>>
>>If you have HDTV, why don't you get a VGA -> Component adapter like
>>the Audio Authority 9A60?  Do you have any HDTV content to view?
>> 
>>
>>Ultimately, I suspect I will go that route.  However this box is more a 
>>"proof of concept" that was built with spare hardware I already owned.  
>>As it's only an AMD Athlon 750mhz processor, an HDTV card at this point 
>>is out of the question from my understanding.  But as it is, the 
>>performance is quite good (probably thanks to the Win-TV 250 mpeg 
>>encoder) unless I try to transcode files.  Then there's a wait.  :)  
>>Anyway, when I buy the components to build my "real" system, an HDTV 
>>card and component video will be the way I go.  But for now, I was just 
>>hoping to make the system "better".
> 
> 
> 
> SVID is only going to give you 640x480.  You can change the screen
> resolution in myth to something 16:9 and use your tv to stretch the picture.
> But ultimately, it's still 640x480 that's coming out of the TV out on your
> card.
> 
If the settings in nvtv are custom settings then there is no way to make 
them stay after a reboot. If they are settings that the app knows about 
then read the README or INSTALL file that comes with nvtv, the answer is 
in one of those two files.

Jon


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