[mythtv-users] X Dispaly Size too large for my TV?

[Joe Votour]

This is "normal" with a PVR-350 when using it's
TV-Out.

Please search the mailing list archives, numerous
people (including myself) have run across this issue
and detailed solutions for it.

-- Joe

--- Tony Paterra <apaterra at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've seen a few mentions of overscanning and issues
> with X and
> mythfrontend displaying bigger than an NTSC screen
> size (720x480). 
> The behavior I'm currently noticing is that TV
> playback seems to fit
> on the screen properly, but when I view X or the
> mythfrontend GUI they
> are slightly larger than the screen.  My XF86Config
> file is below if
> that can help at all:
> 
> I tried playing with the mythfrontend Appearance
> settings and noticed
> that I could pull the resolution down a bit and get
> everything on the
> screen, but the top/bottom of the X desktop would be
> visible then.
> 
> -Should I just readjust my X display settings?
> -If so how do I do that?
> -Will this affect my capture resolution?
> 
> Add'l info:
> Slackware 9.1
> Athlon 1200
> Myth-0.16
> PVR-350 using ivtv-0.2.0rc2q
> 
> As always whatever help is appreciated greatly.
> 
> 
>
##########################################################################
> 
> #
> # Keyboard section
> #
> Section "InputDevice"
> 
>     Identifier "Keyboard1"
>     Driver     "Keyboard"
>     Option     "AutoRepeat"  "250 30"
> 
>     Option "XkbRules"  "xfree86"
>     Option "XkbModel"  "pc105"
>     Option "XkbLayout" "us"
> 
> EndSection
> 
> 
> #
> # Pointer section
> #
> Section "InputDevice"
> 
>     Identifier  "Mouse1"
>     Driver      "mouse"
>     Option      "Protocol"    "IMPS/2"
>     Option      "Device"      "/dev/psaux"
> 
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Module"
>     Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
>     Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
>     Load "extmod"
>     Load "type1"
>     Load "freetype"
>     Load "glx" # 3D layer
> EndSection
> 
> Section "ServerLayout"
>         Identifier     "XFree86 Configured"
>         Screen  0 "TV Screen"
>         InputDevice    "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
>         InputDevice    "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Monitor"
>         Identifier  "NTSC Monitor"
>         HorizSync  30-68
>         VertRefresh 50-120
>         Mode "720x480"
>           # D: 34.563 MHz, H: 37.244 kHz, V: 73.897
> Hz
>           DotClock 34.564
>           HTimings 720 752 840 928
>           VTimings 480 484 488 504
>           Flags    "-HSync" "-VSync"
>         EndMode
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier  "Hauppauge PVR 350 iTVC15
> Framebuffer"
>         Driver      "ivtvdev"
> 
>         ### change fb1 to whatever number you got in
> the previous section
>         Option      "ivtvdev" "/dev/fb0"
> 
>         ### change the busid to whatever is reported
> by lspci. Note that
>         ### output of lspci is hex, so add a
> preceding "0x" to the BusID
>         BusID "0:0x0b:0"
> root at www:/home/apaterra/temp/myth# less
> /etc/X11/XF86Config
>
##########################################################################
> # Sample XF86Config file for NVIDIA XFree86 drivers.
> #
> # Refer to the XF86Config(4/5) man page for details
> about the format of
> # this file.
> #
> # Be sure to replace the monitor values with correct
> values for your
> # monitor!
>
##########################################################################
> 
> 
> Section "Files"
> 
>     RgbPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
>     FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts"
> 
> EndSection
> 
> 
>
##########################################################################
> # Server flags section.
>
##########################################################################
> 
> Section "ServerFlags"
> 
>     # Uncomment this to cause a core dump at the
> spot where a signal is
>     # received.  This may leave the console in an
> unusable state, but may
>     # provide a better stack trace in the core dump
> to aid in debugging
>     #NoTrapSignals
> 
>     # Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><BS>
> server abort sequence
>     # This allows clients to receive this key event.
>     #DontZap
> 
>     # Uncomment this to disable the
> <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> mode switching
>     # sequences.  This allows clients to receive
> these key events.
>     #DontZoom
> 
>     # This  allows  the  server  to start up even if
> the
>     # mouse device can't be opened/initialised.
>     AllowMouseOpenFail
> 
> EndSection
> 
> 
>
##########################################################################
> # Input devices
>
##########################################################################
> 
> #
> # Keyboard section
> #
> Section "InputDevice"
> 
>     Identifier "Keyboard1"
>     Driver     "Keyboard"
>     Option     "AutoRepeat"  "250 30"
> 
> root at www:/home/apaterra/temp/myth# cat
> /etc/X11/XF86Config
>
##########################################################################
> # Sample XF86Config file for NVIDIA XFree86 drivers.
> #
> # Refer to the XF86Config(4/5) man page for details
> about the format of
> # this file.
> #
> # Be sure to replace the monitor values with correct
> values for your
> # monitor!
>
##########################################################################
> 
> 
> Section "Files"
> 
>     RgbPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
>     FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts"
> 
> EndSection
> 
> 
>
##########################################################################
> # Server flags section.
>
##########################################################################
> 
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