[mythtv-users] GeForce4 MX440SE and Overscan

Jeff Williams JeffW at rockstargames.com
Fri Sep 5 18:04:36 EDT 2003


Easiest thing to do first is just set it to 1.0.  You will definitely know if overscan is working at that point.  If it is, then adjust to taste.  If it's not working, you will know that too, as it'll look exactly the same as what you have now.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wayne Veilleux [mailto:wayne.veilleux at sympatico.ca]
> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 4:46 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] GeForce4 MX440SE and Overscan
> 
> 
> The "picture" is good but the picture does not fit exactly to cover 
> the hole TV screen. Actually it is a little bit smaller at 
> the top and 
> at the bottom. So it might not work properly. I will some other value 
> for the option TVOverScan and see if it change someting.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Jeff Williams wrote:
> > Does it look like it's working?  If yes, then it is.  If 
> not, then it's not.
> > 
> > There probably is something in the log file that'll tell 
> you, but I wouldn't honestly trust it - lots of people have 
> said it doesn't work for them even though it's *supposed* to, 
> so it could say that it's working when it's really not.
> > 
> > If you're happy with the way your image fills up your TV 
> screen, then that's all that matters.  It should be filling 
> up the screen completely plus a little more (to account for 
> imperfect geometry in your TV)... it's only if it isn't, and 
> you can't fix it no matter what you set the overscan to, that 
> you should be worried about it.
> > 
> > 
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Wayne Veilleux [mailto:wayne.veilleux at sympatico.ca]
> >>Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 4:07 PM
> >>To: Discussion about mythtv
> >>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] GeForce4 MX440SE and Overscan
> >>
> >>
> >>Sorry for that newbie question but how could I know if 
> TVOverScan is 
> >>working or not with my NVidia driver 1.0.4496 ? In 
> >>/var/log/XFree86.0.log I have those lines:
> >>
> >>(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "TVOverScan" "0.4"
> >>(**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling experimental RENDER acceleration
> >>
> >>
> >>Joseph A. Caputo wrote:
> >>
> >>>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>>From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> >>>>[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org]On Behalf Of Jeff Williams
> >>>>Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 12:29 PM
> >>>>To: todd at kellyandtodd.net; Discussion about mythtv
> >>>>Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] GeForce4 MX440SE and Overscan
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>Good advice, hope it's truly the case as I've been trying to post
> >>>>up my XF86Config and log files for days to try to help people
> >>>>with this issue (without success, though my latest one may have
> >>>>just not yet shown up).
> >>>>
> >>>>My overscan works, and I am also using 4363.  Seems to be the
> >>>>common denominator...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Another vote for 4363 here... I didn't upgrade past that 
> >>
> >>because they broke
> >>
> >>>the video time API that Myth uses for smoother output... if 
> >>
> >>they broke
> >>
> >>>overscan too, that's just one more reason not to upgrade.  
> >>
> >>Overscan works
> >>
> >>>fine on my Leadtek GF4MX card with 4363.
> >>>
> >>>-JAC
> >>>
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