[mythtv-users] PVR-350 + PAL tv, over scan problem.

[Jason Garrett]

Sorry, I was typing in a hurry.  From what I have been able to devise,
regular desktop will not be very usable using the tv out of the
pvr350. I have put all my important icons in the center of the screen
as well as moved the launch menu to the center of the kicker in KDE.

The settings I was refering to are in Setup->Apperance in mythfrontend.

I had kept everything through my regular video card while setting up,
so mythtv-setup was entirely on my computer monitor.

I then switched to the xorg.conf suggested by Jarod Wilson in his HOWTO.

This yielded me results like you are talking, overscan, not being able
to use the desktop, etc.

I went through the mythfronted setup after someones suggestion here on
this list. That is where I found that with the out of the pvr350 it is
best to run it in a window. (This is a setting in Setup-Appearnce)

This is also where I set the GUI size and offset. My xorg.conf remains
the same as Jarod's suggestion in his howto...(NTSC btw)

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier  "NTSC Monitor"
        HorizSync  30-68
        VertRefresh 50-120
        Mode "720x480"
          # D: 34.563 MHz, H: 37.244 kHz, V: 73.897 Hz
          DotClock 34.564
          HTimings 720 752 840 928
          VTimings 480 484 488 504
          Flags    "-HSync" "-VSync"
        EndMode
EndSection


On 11/6/05, Niklas Palmqvist <npalmqvist at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Jason.
>
>  Sorry, but don't understand 100%. So, you only changed the resolution etc,
> but what settings should I use in xorg.xonf?
>
>  Can you please post the section from your xorg.xonf, that would help me a
> lot.
>
>  Thanks, appreciate it.
>
>  Niklas
>  ----------
>
> On 11/7/05, Jason Garrett <kingedgar at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi, I had this same problem while setting up.
> >
> > I had to run the frontend in a window, and set the gui size and
> > offsets to my custom levels.
> >
> > To get everything set, I  had to swtich my xorg.conf back to that of
> > my video card, change some settings, then swtich back to the xorg.conf
> > of the pvr350.
> >
> > My settings for gui size and offset are as follows...
> >
> > GUI width    (px): 620
> > GUI height  (px): 440
> >
> > GUI X offset: 40
> > GUI Y offset: 20
> >
> > Hope this helps you!
> >
> > On 11/6/05, Niklas Palmqvist <npalmqvist at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi there.
> > >
> > >  Installing Mythtv with a PVR-350 on FC4. Have gotten X to display on my
> tv,
> > > but I am left with the overscan problem, i.e. I can not see the entire
> > > desktop on my tv, which is frustrating.
> > >
> > >  When I try to run mythtv-setup, I can not see the entire screen either,
> the
> > > edges are cut off.
> > >
> > >  Have googled and looked at various forums, but no luck so far. Have
> used
> > > xvidtune to try and tweak the settings, but have not been able to find a
> > > good match.
> > >
> > >  This is the section on my xorg.conf file:
> > >
> > >  Section "Monitor"
> > >          Identifier "PAL Monitor"
> > >          HorizSync 30-68
> > >          VertRefresh 50-120
> > >          Mode "720x576"
> > >          DotClock 42.6
> > >          HTimings 720 760 832 944
> > >          VTimings 576 577 580 602
> > >          Flags "-HSync" "-VSync"
> > >          EndMode
> > >  EndSection
> > >
> > >  Any thoughts on how to get this to display properly?
> > >
> > >  Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > >  Niklas
> > >  ----------
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