[mythtv-users] ATI Radeon Linux TV Support

[nate s]

The config file you posted is not really a dualhead setup like I was
refering to.  What I'm talking about doesn't use ATI's buildt-in dual
head stuff, so you don't need the connectedmoniters options or
anything.  Here's an abbreviated example:  (take note of how the
device section for TV is first, as that means that it will be the one
to get xv.  It has to do with the order fglrx inits the hardware)

Section "Moniter"
  Identifier "tv"
  #put your tv's hsync and stuff here
EndSection

Section "Moniter"
  Identifier "crt"
  #same with moniter
EndSection

Section "Device"
  Identifier "ati - tv"
  Option "NoTV"                       "no"
  Option "TVStandard"                 "PAL-B"
  #etc...
EndSection

Section "Device"
  Identifier "ati - crt"
  Option "NoTV"                       "yes"
  #etc...
EndSection

Section "Screen"
  Identifier "screen - tv"
  Device "ati - tv"
  Moniter "tv"
  DefaultDepth 24

  Subsection "Display"
       Depth       24
       Modes       "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
  EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
  Identifier "screen - crt"
  Device "ati - crt"
  Moniter "crt"
  DefaultDepth 24

  Subsection "Display"
       Depth       24
       Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
  EndSubsection
EndSection


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On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 12:26:52 +0200, Tomi Makinen <makinen at gmail.com> wrote:
> There is dualhead mythtv documentation in mythtv.info . I have used it
> to make my projector and tv configuration work, but I have not got it
> to work very well.  You have to start another X and  mythfrontend. And
> when those go out of sync (I use remote control) it is pain. Also My
> tv X-server blanks the screen every now and then.  Now I just start
> second X manually when I want to watch recordings from tv.  I tried to
> figure out if it was possible to restart X with another config file
> without root proviledges, so I could put it in mythfrontend, but have
> not figured that out yet.
> 
> At the moment I am thinking about buying xbox and using it as tv-frontend.
> 
> Xv shows only in primary monitor. If you use fglrxconfig, many
> configfiles are easy to do.
> 
> On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 09:25:14 +0100 (CET), Mark Wormgoor
> 
> 
> <mark at wormgoor.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> >
> > > I got it working(kinda)! Ran the fglrxconfig utility setting monitor 1
> > > to be auto and monitor 2 to TV-out... though the auto-thing didn't
> > > work for my LCD monitor, so I altered the XF86Config-4 changing AUTO
> > > to CRT in  Option "MonitorLayout", then both screens showed colors and
> > > everything(with scrolling on the TV since the resolution is too high
> > > to fit into the TV).
> > >
> > >> First off, I should be more specific, when I said you can't run myth
> > >> on both, what I meant was with this solution you will only get xv
> > >> support on one of the heads, and glx support may be tied to that, so
> > >> you may not be able to use myth and play a glx game at the same time
> > >> either.
> > >
> > > Haha, dammit, yeah, figured that out, when neither mythtv or mplayer
> > > or anything would show up on my TV, but everything else would...darn,
> > > then it doesn't do much good :(
> > >
> > > There isn't anything I can do about the missing xv then?
> >
> > Actually, I just configured this last week (briefly, I am now using a vga
> > - scart cable) and had no problems with xv.  You just need to make sure
> > that your tv is your first (and I think only) monitor.  I can send you my
> > xorg.conf (Fedora Core 2, latest ATI drivers) if you want, but it's on my
> > myth frontend, which is turned off ;)
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Mark
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