[mythtv-users] Nvidia component out to SDTV

[Jason Weida]

On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 1:09 PM, John Finlay <finlay at moeraki.com> wrote:

> Jason Weida wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 7:59 PM, John Finlay <finlay at moeraki.com
> > <mailto:finlay at moeraki.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     Tom Lichti wrote:
> >     > On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 5:10 PM, Bill Williamson
> >     <bill at bbqninja.com <mailto:bill at bbqninja.com>> wrote:
> >     >
> >     >> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 9:07 AM, John Finlay
> >     <finlay at moeraki.com <mailto:finlay at moeraki.com>> wrote:
> >     >>
> >     >>> I have an old Sony TV that has component inputs that I tried
> >     to connect
> >     >>> to a FE using a Nividia component out dongle. The Nvidia
> >     graphics is an
> >     >>> integrated MB 7050 out thru a svideo connector. The svideo
> >     works fine
> >     >>> but I wanted to see if I could get a better picture using the
> >     component
> >     >>> out. The problem is that I get a good component out picture
> >     but the blue
> >     >>> is missing from the output. I followed the mythtv guide for
> >     component
> >     >>> out but it mostly seems aimed at HDTVs with component in.
> Googling
> >     >>> hasn't turned up any references to anyone using Nviidia
> >     component out to
> >     >>> a SDTV but I also didn't find anything that said it won't work.
> >     >>>
> >     >>> Has anyone tried this and had success? Or am I just trying the
> >     impossible?
> >     >>>
> >     >> Mine just plain worked.  Did the dongle come with your card?
> >      Does your mobo
> >     >> actually support component?
> >     >>
> >     >> Is your TV RGB or ypbpr?
> >     >>
> >     >
> >     > You have to select 'HD480i" as the TV out standard in the xorg.conf
> >     > file. Took awhile to figure that one out...
> >     >
> >     Did that which made the green and red work. If I use NTSC-M I just
> get
> >     the red working - same as if I specify svideo for the TVOutFormat.
> >
> >     Since you (and the OP) got  this to work it seems likely that my MB
> >     doesn't support component out.
> >
> >     John
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> >
> > When I tried getting this to work on my 7600 board (which came with
> > the dongle) I noticed that the Ubuntu splash screen was in full color
> > during startup, but after the nvidia driver loaded (I assume),
> > everything was a bluish/purple hue.  I never got it working right
> > (after several hours of trying), but the splashscreen seemed to
> > indicate to me that my hardware setup was capable, just needed to
> > tweak driver settings somewhere.  I'm quite the noob, so take my
> > observation with a grain of salt, but maybe check your splashscreen
> > for another data point?
> My nvidia logo splashscreen exhibits the same color problem. I'm using
> Mythdora.


I had the "nologo" option enabled, so I don't know if the nvidia logo was
color challenged or not.  The "splashscreen" I'm talking about is the ubuntu
progress bar shown during boot.  I presume mythdora has something similar.


>
> >
> > I ended up insatlling mythbuntu on another machine with only the
> > dongle plugged in and everything just worked, so I gave up and
> > dedicated Mr. Blue Hue to backend duty.  On the blue hue setup I tried
> > to switch to component after running dual head s-vid+analog monitor.
> > Might be worth trying a mythbuntu install with just the dongle plugged
> > in to see if that gets things working.
> >
> Sounds worth trying.
>
> John
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