[mythtv-users] Lousy picture quality on normal TV

[Rob Willett]

Bryan,

Is this a direct svideo to svideo connection or are you using a Scart adaptor?

I've just thinking back to my laptop and that works fairly well with a Svideo
ouptut to a Scart TV via an adaptor?

Thanks,

Rob.

Quoting Bryan Ware <bryan at hb-computers.com>:

> I am using a GeForce 440 MX with SVideo out to a Sanyo 27 inch TV and It
> works great. The only thing was i couldn't use the latest drivers since
> it doesn't do OverScan correctly. I believe the 4363 drivers are the
> last ones that OverScan works with (Per Jarod's installation procedure
> http://www.wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php )
> 
> Bryan
> On Thu, 2004-04-15 at 14:46, Rob Willett wrote:
> > Well I've got most of mythtv working now. Thanks for the help to date to
> > everybody who answered my calls for help.
> > 
> > I've got the TV-Out function working on my GeForce MX card and discovered
> the
> > utter crap picture. It's washed out with little lines everywhere. It's as
> if the
> > picture isn't stable. On my monitor the picture quality is fine.
> > 
> > I've looked around the various websites and can't find anything that helps
> me. I
> > downloaded the nvtv code to discover it doesn't work on my GeForce MX card
> > (typical).
> > 
> > I have the S-Video cable going out into a S-Video to Scart adaptor. The TV
> is a
> > cheap but good Toshiba 18" (or so). It's a portable to get things going.
> My
> > widescreen downstairs doesn't have a Svideo adaptor socket either. 
> > 
> > The picture is poor in both 800x600 and 640x480. It's as if the edges of
> things
> > have tiny purple lines going across them, which makes the picture dance. 
> > 
> > I've tried the kerneldeint and denoise3d options as suggested in the
> manual. All
> > the suggested settings seem to make no difference at all. I've set the
> > XF86Config to use SVIDEO and SCOMPOSITE as suggested in the nvida manual. 
> > 
> > Is this a simple fact of life with a GeForce card into a SCART only TV,
> crap
> > piocture? or is there some magical program that sets all the various
> parameters
> > up. Would it be worth getting a proper SVideo to SCART adaptor?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance,
> > 
> > Rob.
> > 
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