[mythtv-users] TV-out settings for old PAL TV using Intel 945

[Richard Taylor]

Paul Gardiner wrote:
> David Watkins wrote:
>> I'm running SVideo into a 28" 16:9 CRT, and using an 800x600 modeline.
>>  The myth menu screens look excellent.  The TV picture is [mostly]
>> indistiguishable from my TV's analog tuner.  The exceptions are sports
>> (such as football or tennis) where the action is noticeable blurred
>> and not quite smooth; and scrolling text, that moves a bit unevenly.
> 
> It's possible to do better than that. If you use a 720x576 mode,
> avoid all scaling and deinterlacing, configure off any graphic card
> features like TVDeflicker, (and with a bit of luck) you can get MythTv
> to output smooth SD content into an SD TV.  I have a miniITX VIA-based
> board that can do it (and another that I couldn't get smooth -
> hence why I said there's luck involved). Also I've had a Radeon
> 9000 connected via a VGA to Scart circuit work, although so far
> only under SuSE. I haven't gotten it to work smoothly under Minimyth
> yet.
> 
> It takes only one little thing not being quite right to destroy
> the smoothness, but it can be achieved.
> 
> Cheers,
>     Paul.
> 
> 
> 

The mention of overscan and 720x576 led me to here:
	
	 http://smackmini.dax.nu/tv-out.html

and these instructions solve it!

Fantastic, now I can use MythTV for my Xmas tele watching.

Brilliant!

Thanks for the pointers.

Regards

Richard