[mythtv-users] MythTV + HD

Rich West Rich.West at wesmo.com
Fri Jan 12 20:01:19 UTC 2007


Mitchell Gore wrote:
> Henry,
>  
> I have figured out how to enable Component out on nVidia Cards.  Im 
> going to right a How-to soon on fedora forum but in the mean time here 
> is the basic install.
>  
> Install the nvidia drivers
> add this to the Screen section of your monitor...
>  
>
> Option     "UseEDID" "FALSE"
> Option     "ConnectedMonitor" "TV"
> Option     "TvOutFormat" "Component"
>
>  
>
> #------------480p Group-----------------------------
>
> #Option     "TVStandard" "HD480p"
> #Option     "metamodes" "CRT: 720x480 +0+0"
>
>  
>
> #------------720p Group-----------------------------
>
> Option     "TVStandard" "HD720p"
> Option     "metamodes" "CRT: 1280x720 +0+0" 
>
>  
>
> #------------1080i Group-----------------------------
>
> #Option     "metamodes" "CRT: 1920x1080 +0+0" 
> #Option     "TVStandard" "HD1080i" 
>
>  
>
> Option      "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
> SubSection  "Display"
>       Depth     24
>       Modes    "720x480" "1280x720" "1920x1018"
> EndSubSection
>
> To select the resolution (480p, 720p, or 1080i) uncomment that group 
> of options.  Only have one group uncommented at a time.  For me all 
> modes work great!  This was a huge pain for me to figure out but after 
> many hours of reading and testing there you go!.
>
>  
>
> Giving back to the MythTV/Linux community...
>


Thank you!  This works rather well.  Changing modes (for testing 
purposes) was extremely easy.

Now if I could just get the Recorded SD programs to look "normal" as 
opposed to being more grainy...  The xorg.conf settings definitely help 
A LOT.

-Rich


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