[mythtv-users] Re: Picture size on TV

Brad superkrusty at gmail.com
Tue Aug 23 01:25:05 UTC 2005


Answered my own question. I found an option in myth settings that
starts the picture in 16:9 Zoom mode which fills my 4:3 PAL TV o.k.

I guess this doesn't help with burning DVD's though as the initial
picture is still the same size.



On 8/18/05, Brad <superkrusty at gmail.com> wrote:
> HI Guys,
> 
> My tvout picture has a border around the outside. I can zoom in and it
> fills the screen but the actual recordings (when burnt to CD) are the
> same. Someone here told me to take out irrelevant lines in my
> XF86Config-4 file but not to sure. Could someone please have a look at
> file below and give me a few pointers.
> 
> Strangely the mythtv menu screens are all the correct size on the TV .
> 
> Running Knoppmyth r5a16  (myth 18.1 I think)
> 
> 
> Section "ServerLayout"
>         Identifier     "XFree86 Configured"
>         Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
>         InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> # PS/2 Mouse using /dev/input/mice in Kernel 2.6
> # Serial Mouse not detected
>         InputDevice    "USB Mouse" "CorePointer"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "ServerFlags"
>         Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"  "true"
> 
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Files"
>         RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
>         ModulePath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
>         FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
>         FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
>         FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
>         FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
>         FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
>         FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
>         FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
>         FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX"
> # Additional fonts: Locale, Gimp, TTF...
>         FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
> #       FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi"
> #       FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi"
> # True type and type1 fonts are also handled via xftlib, see /etc/X11/XftConfig!
>         FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
>         FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western"
>         FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives"
>         FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
>         FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice"
>         FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera"
>         FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latex-ttf-fonts"
>         FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma/CID"
>         FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma/TrueType"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Module"
>         Load  "ddc"  # ddc probing of monitor
> #       Load  "GLcore"
>         Load  "dbe"
> #       Load  "dri"
>         Load  "extmod"
>         Load  "glx"
>         Load  "bitmap" # bitmap-fonts
>         Load  "speedo"
>         Load  "type1"
>         Load  "freetype"
>         Load  "record"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier  "Keyboard0"
>         Driver      "keyboard"
>         Option      "CoreKeyboard"
>         Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
>         Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
>         Option "XkbLayout" "us"
> 
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier  "Serial Mouse"
>         Driver      "mouse"
>         Option      "Protocol" "Microsoft"
>         Option      "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
>         Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
>         Option      "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
>         Option      "SendCoreEvents"  "true"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier  "PS/2 Mouse"
>         Driver      "mouse"
>         Option      "Protocol" "auto"
> Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
>         Option      "Device" "/dev/psaux"
>         Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
>         Option      "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
>         Option      "SendCoreEvents"  "true"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier      "USB Mouse"
>         Driver          "mouse"
>         Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"
>         Option          "SendCoreEvents"        "true"
>         Option          "Protocol"              "IMPS/2"
>         Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
>         Option          "Buttons"               "5"
> EndSection
> 
> # Auto-generated by KNOPPIX mkxf86config
> 
> Section "Monitor"
>         Identifier      "Monitor0"
>         Option  "DPMS"  "true"
> #       HorizSync    28.0 - 78.0 # Warning: This may fry very old Monitors
>         HorizSync    28.0 - 96.0 # Warning: This may fry old Monitors
>         VertRefresh  50.0 - 75.0 # Very conservative. May flicker.
> #       VertRefresh  50.0 - 62.0 # Extreme conservative. Will flicker. TFT default.
>         #  Default modes distilled from
>         #      "VESA and Industry Standards and Guide for Computer Display Monitor
>         #       Timing", version 1.0, revision 0.8, adopted September 17, 1998.
>         #  $XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/etc/vesamodes,v 1.4
> 1999/11/18 16:52:17 tsi Exp $
>         # 640x350 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.9kHz
>         ModeLine "640x350"    31.5  640  672  736  832    350  382  385  445
> +hsync -vsync
>         # 640x400 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.9kHz
>         ModeLine "640x400"    31.5  640  672  736  832    400  401  404  445
> -hsync +vsync
>         # 720x400 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.9kHz
>         ModeLine "720x400"    35.5  720  756  828  936    400  401  404  446
> -hsync +vsync
>         # 640x480 @ 60Hz (Industry standard) hsync: 31.5kHz
>         ModeLine "640x480"    25.2  640  656  752  800    480  490  492  525
> -hsync -vsync
>         # 640x480 @ 72Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.9kHz
>         ModeLine "640x480"    31.5  640  664  704  832    480  489  491  520
> -hsync -vsync
>         # 640x480 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.5kHz
>         ModeLine "640x480"    31.5  640  656  720  840    480  481  484  500
> -hsync -vsync
>         # 640x480 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 43.3kHz
>         ModeLine "640x480"    36.0  640  696  752  832    480  481  484  509
> -hsync -vsync
>         # 800x600 @ 56Hz (VESA) hsync: 35.2kHz
>         ModeLine "800x600"    36.0  800  824  896 1024    600  601  603  625
> +hsync +vsync
>         # 800x600 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.9kHz
>         ModeLine "800x600"    40.0  800  840  968 1056    600  601  605  628
> +hsync +vsync
>         # 800x600 @ 72Hz (VESA) hsync: 48.1kHz
>         ModeLine "800x600"    50.0  800  856  976 1040    600  637  643  666
> +hsync +vsync
>         # 800x600 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 46.9kHz
>         ModeLine "800x600"    49.5  800  816  896 1056    600  601  604  625
> +hsync +vsync
>         # 800x600 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 53.7kHz
>         ModeLine "800x600"    56.3  800  832  896 1048    600  601  604  631
> +hsync +vsync
>         # 1024x768i @ 43Hz (industry standard) hsync: 35.5kHz
>         ModeLine "1024x768"   44.9 1024 1032 1208 1264    768  768  776  817
> +hsync +vsync Interlace
>         # 1024x768 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 48.4kHz
>         ModeLine "1024x768"   65.0 1024 1048 1184 1344    768  771  777  806
> -hsync -vsync
>         # 1024x768 @ 70Hz (VESA) hsync: 56.5kHz
>         ModeLine "1024x768"   75.0 1024 1048 1184 1328    768  771  777  806
> -hsync -vsync
>         # 1024x768 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 60.0kHz
>         ModeLine "1024x768"   78.8 1024 1040 1136 1312    768  769  772  800
> +hsync +vsync
>         # 1024x768 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 68.7kHz
>         ModeLine "1024x768"   94.5 1024 1072 1168 1376    768  769  772  808
> +hsync +vsync
>         # 1152x864 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 67.5kHz
>         ModeLine "1152x864"  108.0 1152 1216 1344 1600    864  865  868  900
> +hsync +vsync
>         # 1280x960 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 60.0kHz
>         ModeLine "1280x960"  108.0 1280 1376 1488 1800    960  961  964 1000
> +hsync +vsync
>         # 1280x960 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 85.9kHz
>         ModeLine "1280x960"  148.5 1280 1344 1504 1728    960  961  964 1011
> +hsync +vsync
>         # 1280x1024 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 64.0kHz
>         ModeLine "1280x1024" 108.0 1280 1328 1440 1688   1024 1025 1028 1066
> +hsync +vsync
>         # 1280x1024 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 80.0kHz
>         ModeLine "1280x1024" 135.0 1280 1296 1440 1688   1024 1025 1028 1066
> +hsync +vsync
>         # 1280x1024 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 91.1kHz
>         ModeLine "1280x1024" 157.5 1280 1344 1504 1728   1024 1025 1028 1072
> +hsync +vsync
>         # 1600x1200 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 75.0kHz
>         ModeLine "1600x1200" 162.0 1600 1664 1856 2160   1200 1201 1204 1250
> +hsync +vsync
>         # 1600x1200 @ 65Hz (VESA) hsync: 81.3kHz
>         ModeLine "1600x1200" 175.5 1600 1664 1856 2160   1200 1201 1204 1250
> +hsync +vsync
>         # 1600x1200 @ 70Hz (VESA) hsync: 87.5kHz
>         ModeLine "1600x1200" 189.0 1600 1664 1856 2160   1200 1201 1204 1250
> +hsync +vsync
>         # 1600x1200 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 93.8kHz
>         ModeLine "1600x1200" 202.5 1600 1664 1856 2160   1200 1201 1204 1250
> +hsync +vsync
>         # 1600x1200 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 106.3kHz
>         ModeLine "1600x1200" 229.5 1600 1664 1856 2160   1200 1201 1204 1250
> +hsync +vsync
>         # 1792x1344 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 83.6kHz
>         ModeLine "1792x1344" 204.8 1792 1920 2120 2448   1344 1345 1348 1394
> -hsync +vsync
>         # 1792x1344 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 106.3kHz
>         ModeLine "1792x1344" 261.0 1792 1888 2104 2456   1344 1345 1348 1417
> -hsync +vsync
>         # 1856x1392 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 86.3kHz
>         ModeLine "1856x1392" 218.3 1856 1952 2176 2528   1392 1393 1396 1439
> -hsync +vsync
>         # 1856x1392 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 112.5kHz
>         ModeLine "1856x1392" 288.0 1856 1984 2208 2560   1392 1393 1396 1500
> -hsync +vsync
>         # 1920x1440 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 90.0kHz
>         ModeLine "1920x1440" 234.0 1920 2048 2256 2600   1440 1441 1444 1500
> -hsync +vsync
>         # 1920x1440 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 112.5kHz
>         ModeLine "1920x1440" 297.0 1920 2064 2288 2640   1440 1441 1444 1500
> -hsync +vsync
>         # Additional modelines
>         ModeLine "1800x1440"  230    1800 1896 2088 2392  1440 1441 1444 1490
> +HSync +VSync
>         ModeLine "1800x1440"  250    1800 1896 2088 2392  1440 1441 1444 1490
> +HSync +VSync
>         # Extended modelines with GTF timings
>         # 640x480 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 50.90 kHz; pclk: 43.16 MHz
>         ModeLine "640x480"  43.16  640 680 744 848  480 481 484 509  -HSync +Vsync
>         # 768x576 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 35.82 kHz; pclk: 34.96 MHz
>         ModeLine "768x576"  34.96  768 792 872 976  576 577 580 597  -HSync +Vsync
>         # 768x576 @ 72.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 43.27 kHz; pclk: 42.93 MHz
>         ModeLine "768x576"  42.93  768 800 880 992  576 577 580 601  -HSync +Vsync
>         # 768x576 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 45.15 kHz; pclk: 45.51 MHz
>         ModeLine "768x576"  45.51  768 808 888 1008  576 577 580 602  -HSync +Vsync
>         # 768x576 @ 85.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 51.42 kHz; pclk: 51.84 MHz
>         ModeLine "768x576"  51.84  768 808 888 1008  576 577 580 605  -HSync +Vsync
>         # 768x576 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 61.10 kHz; pclk: 62.57 MHz
>         ModeLine "768x576"  62.57  768 816 896 1024  576 577 580 611  -HSync +Vsync
>         # 800x600 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 63.60 kHz; pclk: 68.18 MHz
>         ModeLine "800x600"  68.18  800 848 936 1072  600 601 604 636  -HSync +Vsync
>         # 1024x768 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 81.40 kHz; pclk: 113.31 MHz
>         ModeLine "1024x768"  113.31  1024 1096 1208 1392  768 769 772 814
> -HSync +Vsync
>         # 1152x864 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 53.70 kHz; pclk: 81.62 MHz
>         ModeLine "1152x864"  81.62  1152 1216 1336 1520  864 865 868 895  -HSync +Vsync
>         # 1152x864 @ 85.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 77.10 kHz; pclk: 119.65 MHz
>         ModeLine "1152x864"  119.65  1152 1224 1352 1552  864 865 868 907
> -HSync +Vsync
>         # 1152x864 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 91.50 kHz; pclk: 143.47 MHz
>         ModeLine "1152x864"  143.47  1152 1232 1360 1568  864 865 868 915
> -HSync +Vsync
>         # 1280x960 @ 72.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 72.07 kHz; pclk: 124.54 MHz
>         ModeLine "1280x960"  124.54  1280 1368 1504 1728  960 961 964 1001
> -HSync +Vsync
>         # 1280x960 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 75.15 kHz; pclk: 129.86 MHz
>         ModeLine "1280x960"  129.86  1280 1368 1504 1728  960 961 964 1002
> -HSync +Vsync
>         # 1280x960 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 101.70 kHz; pclk: 178.99 MHz
>         ModeLine "1280x960"  178.99  1280 1376 1520 1760  960 961 964 1017
> -HSync +Vsync
>         # 1280x1024 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 108.50 kHz; pclk: 190.96 MHz
>         ModeLine "1280x1024"  190.96  1280 1376 1520 1760  1024 1025 1028
> 1085  -HSync +Vsync
>         # 1400x1050 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 65.22 kHz; pclk: 122.61 MHz
>         ModeLine "1400x1050"  122.61  1400 1488 1640 1880  1050 1051 1054
> 1087  -HSync +Vsync
>         # 1400x1050 @ 72.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 78.77 kHz; pclk: 149.34 MHz
>         ModeLine "1400x1050"  149.34  1400 1496 1648 1896  1050 1051 1054
> 1094  -HSync +Vsync
>         # 1400x1050 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 82.20 kHz; pclk: 155.85 MHz
>         ModeLine "1400x1050"  155.85  1400 1496 1648 1896  1050 1051 1054
> 1096  -HSync +Vsync
>         # 1400x1050 @ 85.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 93.76 kHz; pclk: 179.26 MHz
>         ModeLine "1400x1050"  179.26  1400 1504 1656 1912  1050 1051 1054
> 1103  -HSync +Vsync
>         # 1400x1050 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 111.20 kHz; pclk: 214.39 MHz
>         ModeLine "1400x1050"  214.39  1400 1512 1664 1928  1050 1051 1054
> 1112  -HSync +Vsync
>         # 1600x1200 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 127.10 kHz; pclk: 280.64 MHz
>         ModeLine "1600x1200"  280.64  1600 1728 1904 2208  1200 1201 1204
> 1271  -HSync +Vsync
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
>         ### Available Driver options are:-
> # sw_cursor is needed for some ati and radeon cards
>         #Option     "sw_cursor"
>         #Option     "hw_cursor"
>         #Option     "NoAccel"
>         #Option     "ShowCache"
>         #Option     "ShadowFB"
>         #Option     "UseFBDev"
>         #Option     "Rotate"
>         Identifier  "Card0"
> # The following line is auto-generated by KNOPPIX mkxf86config
>         Driver      "nvidia"
>         VendorName  "All"
>         BoardName   "All"
> #       BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
>         Identifier "Screen0"
>         Device     "Card0"
>         Monitor    "Monitor0"
>         DefaultColorDepth 24
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth     1
>                 Modes "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth     4
>                 Modes "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth     8
>                 Modes "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth     15
>                 Modes "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth     16
>                 Modes "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth     24
>                 Modes "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth     32
>                 Modes "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
> EndSection
> 
> Section "DRI"
>         Mode 0666
> EndSection
>


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