[mythtv-users] DVI to HDMI what about th eaudio??? [FIXED]

A JM vbtalent at gmail.com
Mon Mar 2 02:06:33 UTC 2009


Well I've got it working.. actually it looks like it's working as it should
after modifying the EDID.bin. I was having lock-up issues not only with
Rythmbox but also with OpenOffice due to "Visual Effects" being enabled -
all lockups disappeared and I have sound and correct resolution on the TV,
very cool!!!

I want to thank everyone who posted, it's been a learning experience for me
for sure...

So for posterity I'm going to post how I got it working in the hopes to help
someone in the future...

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Firstly I tested the audio was working on my PC before even hooking to the
TV and after hooking it to the TV I modified the xorg.conf to test that
infact the sound would work by adding the following  *Option
"UseEdid" "FALSE"* in the* **Section "Screen" *and opening Rythmbox then
selecting a Radiostation to play - the resolution was jacked up but the
sound played.

The first part was getting my TV EDID.bin, I did this by booting my computer
(Ubuntu) on my TV going to Aplications>System Tools>Nvidia X Server Settings
then to the section DFP-0 and clicking on the button "Acquire EDID", saved
it and transferred that file to my Windows box.

I downloaded the application Monitor Asset Manager from (
http://www.entechtaiwan.com/util/moninfo.shtm - Windows only) launched that
program and copied out the modelines for use in the my xorg.conf. I'm sure
there are other ways but this was very simple.


    Modeline............... "1920x1080" 148.500 1920 2008 2052 2200 1080
1084 1089 1125 +hsync +vsync

    Modeline............... "1280x720" 74.250 1280 1390 1430 1650 720 725
730 750 +hsync +vsync

    Modeline............... "720x480" 27.000 720 736 798 858 480 489 495 525
-hsync -vsync


After acuiring the Modelines, I had to modify the EDID file itself and did
this with a cool utility on this site (http://analogbit.com/node/23) it's
called edid_disable_exts <http://analogbit.com/software/edid_disable_exts>.
It actually did all the modification to the EDID file for me by simply
feeding it the input and output file names (./edid_disable_exts [input_file]
[output_file] ). The original file was 256bytes and the modified file was
128bytes if I remember correctly.

Once that file was created and saved back on Ubuntu in /etc/X11/ I needed to
assemble my xorg.conf and needed to include the following which directs xorg
to use the new EDID file I had just created.

Section "Device"
Identifier "nVidia"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "CustomEDID" "DFP-0:/etc/X11/L2410NM-modified.edid"
EndSection

Some important areas of xorg:

*Section "Monitor"
...
Vertrefresh 59.0-71.0
modeline "1920x1080" 148.500 1920 2008 2052 2200 1080 1084 1089 1125 +hsync
+vsync
modeline "1280x720" 74.250 1280 1390 1430 1650 720 725 730 750 +hsync +vsync
modeline "720x480" 27.000 720 736 798 858 480 489 495 525 -hsync -vsync

Section "Device"
...
#This should point to the FIXED edid file as described on that webpage after
fixing the edid file should
#be 128 bytes. Fix filename and path below accordingly.
Option "CustomEDID" "DFP-0:/etc/X11/edid_mod.bin"
Option "ModeValidation" "AllowNon60HzDFPModes, NoVESAModes, NoXServerModes
Option "ExactModeTimingsDVI" "true"
Option "DPI" "100x100"
*

*Section "Screen"*
...
*Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP"*


My completed xorg:

 *# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister at builder58) Tue Jan 27 12:47:59
PST 2009


Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
Vendorname "Samsung"
Modelname "LN-T4665F"
Horizsync 30.0-70.0
Vertrefresh 59.0-71.0
modeline "1920x1080" 148.500 1920 2008 2052 2200 1080 1084 1089 1125 +hsync
+vsync
modeline "1280x720" 74.250 1280 1390 1430 1650 720 725 730 750 +hsync +vsync
modeline "720x480" 27.000 720 736 798 858 480 489 495 525 -hsync -vsync
Gamma 1.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
#This should point to the FIXED edid file as described on that webpage after
fixing the edid file should
#be 128 bytes. Fix filename and path below accordingly.
Option "CustomEDID" "DFP-0:/etc/X11/edid_mod.bin"
Option "ModeValidation" "AllowNon60HzDFPModes, NoVESAModes, NoXServerModes
Option "ExactModeTimingsDVI" "true"
Option "DPI" "100x100"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
Defaultdepth 24
Option "UdeEDID" "False"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "DynamicTwinView" "False"
Option "TVOverScan" "0.00000"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
Option "NoLogo"
Option "XvmcUsesTextures" "false"
Option "UseEvents" "True"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1920x1080" "1280x720" "720x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
*
A reboot loaded the new xorg.conf and the resolution was set correctly. I
would suggest taking a look in xorg.log for any issues that might arise also
that you turn off any "Visual Effects" System>Preferences>Appearance, this
was important for me, YMMV.

I hope I didn't miss anything...

Many thanks to Calvin for hanging in there with me, much appreciated.

AJM,
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