[mythtv-users] GeForce4 MX440SE and Overscan

[Alan Snyder]

Does the driver allow you to set horizontal/vertical
overscan separately?
If not, or even if it does, you can always set
overscan(s) high enough to be
sure the whole screen is covered, then fine-tune with
the Myth GUI Size and
Offset settings.  This will allow you to fit the
picture exactly to your
screen.  This is a personal preference, of course,
since broadcasters won't
put anything too close to the edges, but it matters to
some for movies.  Be
aware that for many TV sets the exact screen size will
vary a bit with the
contents of the scene.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf
Of Wayne Veilleux
> 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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> >>
> >>--
> >>------------------ Linuxez-vous les uns les autres

> -------------------
> >>Wayne Veilleux ing.                        
> wayne.veilleux at sympatico.ca
>
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> Wayne Veilleux ing.                       
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