[mythtv-users] overscan problems with nvidia 8400 GS

[Allen Edwards]

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Bill Williamson <bill at bbqninja.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 5:04 AM, Allen Edwards <allen.p.edwards at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> This wiki says it has a solution to the overscan problem using modlines.
>> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Working_with_Modelines
>>
>> See section: "Getting rid of overscan and centering the image"
>>
>> It references this for getting a starting modline:
>> http://www.tkk.fi/Misc/Electronics/faq/vga2rgb/calc.html
>>
>>
> I'll give this a try tonight (AU time) and report back.
>
> Is there any way to "dump" your current modeline?  I'm using one of the
> nvidia auto-config ones (HD576i), so something to output it would be great.
>
> This one might be helpful as well.
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Modeline_Database

I am unsure of a way to read what is being used although there is some
indication in the log file for xorg.

Allen
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