[mythtv-users] Resolution Questions

[Jeremy Crandell]

Try adding this line to your xorg.conf:

Option "TVOverScan" "0.7"

You might need to use trial and error to adjust the "0.7" to fit your 
screen.  Decreasing the number shrinks the screen and increasing the 
number will expand the screen.

-Jeremy
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> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 07:44:40 -0500
> From: JDeGraw <coffee412 at comcast.net>
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Resolution Questions
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Message-ID: <1138797880.23561.13.camel at coffee.athome.net>
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> Iam new to the group and just have a quick question.
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> I have a mythtv dedicated box running fedora core 4 with kde. I set it
> up and everything seems to be working fine. One minor problem though.
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> My output to the tv is through a nvidia 4mx video card via s-video but
> my screen runs off the tv edges by about an inch or so of the desktop.
> My tv is a rear projection panasonic 49 inch model. My mythtv menus do
> the same thing as well as live tv. It would be nice to be able to see
> the whole desktop kinda shrunk down to fit the tv screen. Im running the
> video card in 1024x768 mode. It seems thats the upper limit for this
> card. Now, Im thinking that getting a video card with a possible higher
> resolution would fix this? Im already running mythtv in a window on
> fedora but cannot resize the window for some reason. I bet even if I
> could it will still cut off the edges.
>
> To give an idea of how much is cut off from the picture, If I go into
> the setup menus for the frontend (as an example) I dont see the
> <next>,<back> ect.. buttons. I have to kinda guess with the remote.
> Makes it pretty hard to configure things. 
>
> I sure would appreciate any comments on this. This is a brand new setup
> for me. First time getting it to work on my tv.
>
> Also noticed that my network card goes into sleep mode so my network
> connection to it goes down after so many minutes. So, I cannot give you
> my xorg.conf settings but there are only 2 lines added. They are -->
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> Option      "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
> Option      "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
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> In the device area of xorg.conf.
>
> Thanks in advance for anyones experience with this.
>
> coffee412
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