[mythtv-users] Trouble getting component outputs to work with nVidia 6200 ...

[Darren Black]

On 10/5/05, Mark Linford <mythtv at marklinford.com> wrote:
>
> Well, after following Jarod's Fedora guide (excellent, btw), I've gotten
> a rudimentary MythTV box up and running. However, I'm now at the point
> where I want to go from my monitor out to my TV/component outs, and I'm
> having a heck of a time with X trying to make it work. Here's my setup:
>
> * Fedora Core 4
> * Gigabyte 6200-based video card, w/component-out breakout box
> * Latest (7676) nVidia drivers
> * Dell 2405W monitor (hooked up to its component-inputs) for testing,
> though eventually I want to hook it up to my projector in my media room
>
> First, I thought I'd cheat, see if anybody was already using this
> configuration, and just copy their xorg.conf. Well, no such luck. So,
> per Jarod's advice I tried the PowerStrip route. Booting off of a
> WindowsXP drive, I used PowerStrip to find settings for 720x480p and
> tweeked the setttings until it looked decent (I'll worry about
> perfection later). Here's the mode line that PowerStrip gave me:
>
> Linux modeline parameters:
> "720x480" 26.625 720 752 824 896 480 481 484 497 -hsync -vsync
>
> So, I edited my xorg.conf file with the following
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Monitor0"
> VendorName "Some Vendor"
> ModelName "HDTV"
> HorizSync 31.5 - 37.9
> VertRefresh 59.9 - 60.1
> ModeLine "720x480" 26.625 720 752 824 896 480 481 484 497 -hsync
> -vsync
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device "Videocard0"
> Monitor "Monitor0"
> DefaultDepth 24
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 24
> Modes "720x480"
> EndSubSection
> Option "TVStandard" "HD480p"
> Option "ConnectedMonitor" "TV"
> EndSection
>
> Now, at first, this failed completely, and X wouldn't even start. After
> checking out my Xorg.0.log file, I saw that it didn't like the hsync
> range of my 720x480 Mode. However, it did like the default 800x600
> mode.! So, just for fun, I changed
>
> Modes "720x480"
>
> to
>
> Modes "800x600"
>
> Now, I'm getting closer (I think). X will start without errors, but I
> only get a blank screen. I can drop down to a console, and I get text
> via the component outputs, but when I switch back to X, just black.
> Strangely, my monitor thinks it's getting a 480p signal, but I see
> nothing ...
>
>
> Is it possible this setup just won't work? Googling and searching
> various forums about my configuration just brought results stating that
> my configuration (6200, component outputs) was possible, but nothing
> from anyone who actually got it up and running!
>
> My X configuration skills are suspect at best, so I'm really not sure
> how to even proceed from this point. I really want to get this
> configuration up and running, though :) Any advice on where to go from
> here would be appreciated.
>
> Mark
>
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Hello,

Looking at the config it might be worth changing TVStandard to PAL or NTSC
or whatever would be appropriate for your TV. Not sure tho...
/drdaz
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