[mythtv-users] Samsung 4:3 TV with nVidia / MythTV

[Nick Rout]

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 7:16 PM, Dan Armbrust
<daniel.armbrust.list at gmail.com> wrote:
> I also got this out of the nvidia drivers:
>
> parse-edid edid.bin
> parse-edid: parse-edid version 2.0.0
> parse-edid: EDID checksum passed.
>
>        # EDID version 1 revision 3
> Section "Monitor"
>        # Block type: 2:0 3:fd
>        # Block type: 2:0 3:fc
>        Identifier "SAMSUNG"
>        VendorName "SAM"
>        ModelName "SAMSUNG"
>        # Block type: 2:0 3:fd
>        HorizSync 15-46
>        VertRefresh 59-61
>        # Max dot clock (video bandwidth) 80 MHz
>        # Block type: 2:0 3:fc
>        # DPMS capabilities: Active off:no  Suspend:no  Standby:no
>
>        Mode    "1280x720"      # vfreq 60.000Hz, hfreq 45.000kHz
>                DotClock        74.250000
>                HTimings        1280 1390 1430 1650
>                VTimings        720 725 730 750
>                Flags   "+HSync" "+VSync"
>        EndMode
>        Mode    "720x480"       # vfreq 59.940Hz, hfreq 31.469kHz
>                DotClock        27.000000
>                HTimings        720 736 798 858
>                VTimings        480 489 495 525
>                Flags   "-HSync" "-VSync"
>        EndMode
>        # Block type: 2:0 3:fd
>        # Block type: 2:0 3:fc
> EndSection
>
>
> I really don't understand why a 4:3 screen is only advertising modes
> of 16:9 and 3:2.
>
> I tried putting together some other mode lines with a 4:3, but it has
> rejected them all, to date.
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There is a frontend setting to tell it that the retio is different to
what X is running at. Set it to 4:3. Where the setting is I can't tell
you right now as I am not in front of a frontend.