[mythtv-users] HDTV on svideo with nvidia?

[Joe Barnhart]

--- Ian <hindumagic at telus.net> wrote:
> To reply to my own post...
> 
> Ian wrote:
> 
> > Issues:
> > 1) Unfortunately, it seems that the card/driver
> wants to only alllow 
> > what it thinks are valid tv modes.  Now I don't
> know if this is a 
> > hardware limitation or a driver limitation.  I'm
> hoping that it is 
> > just the driver trying to protect the end-user and
> there is an 
> > (undocumented?) option to turn off this
> validation.  See below for my 
> > setup and log output.
> 
> OOPS - I glossed over the driver option "TVStandard"
> that can be set to 
> HD modes - I'll try setting it to HD720p instead of
> NTSC-M when I get 
> home.  That is probably the culprit.

The answer is even simpler: The S-Video port can't be
used to display anything above "standard" TV
resolution, i.e. 480i.  To use any of the high-def
modes, you must use VGA or component video outputs. 
VGA to component adapter boxes exist to enable such
connections for TVs which do not have VGA inputs.



		
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