[mythtv-users] PVR350 TV X11 resolution

John Harvey john.p.harvey at btinternet.com
Wed Feb 8 22:30:13 UTC 2006


Yes 720x480 or 720x576
I've never changed the window manager but I believe ratpoison allows virtual
desktops that can be smaller than the real screen.

John 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of scott
> Sent: 08 February 2006 22:04
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] PVR350 TV X11 resolution
> 
> Thanks John.
> 
> Are most folks using 720x480 then?
> How might I change the window manager to make this work?
> 
> Thanks for your help
> 
> Scott
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2006-02-08 at 21:49 +0000, John Harvey wrote:
> > At the moment you can't.
> > Either run a window manager that allows a smaller virtual 
> desktop, set 
> > myth's overscan to fit the screen or wait until the code gets done.
> > I can't promise anything about timescales for the last option so I 
> > would go with one of the first ones.
> > 
> > John
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> > > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of scott
> > > Sent: 08 February 2006 21:35
> > > To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> > > Subject: [mythtv-users] PVR350 TV X11 resolution
> > > 
> > > Hello
> > > 
> > > I am sure someone has a simple answer for this.
> > > I would like to go down a little on the display for my tv 
> out on the 
> > > 350.  I would like this to work for 640x480 on my 
> television.  How 
> > > would I change this?
> > > 
> > > Here is my xorg.conf:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > ####HERE ARE THE RELEVANT SECTIONS FOR THIS HOWTO
> > > 
> > > Section "Monitor"
> > >         Identifier  "Sony TV"
> > >         HorizSync  30-50
> > >         VertRefresh 60
> > >         Mode "720x480"
> > >           DotClock 34.564
> > >           HTimings 720 752 840 928
> > >           VTimings 480 484 488 504
> > >           Flags    "-HSync" "-VSync"
> > >         EndMode
> > > EndSection
> > > 
> > > Section "Device"
> > >         Identifier  "Hauppauge PVR 350 iTVC15 Framebuffer"
> > >         Driver      "ivtvdev"
> > >         ### change fb1 to whatever your card grabbed when 
> you typed 
> > > cat /proc/fb
> > >         Option      "fbdev" "/dev/fb1"
> > >         Option      "ivtv" "/dev/fb1"
> > > 
> > >         ### change the BusID to whatever is reported by lspci
> > >         ### converted from hex to decimal
> > >         BusID "PCI:0:6:0" # lspci says 00:0a.0
> > >         ### More examples
> > >         #BusID "PCI:0:8:0" # lspci says 00:08.0
> > >         #BusID "PCI:1:14:0" # lspci says 01:0e.0
> > >         #BusID "PCI:0:5:1" # lspci says 00:05.1 EndSection
> > > 
> > > Section "Screen"
> > >         Identifier  "Screen0"
> > >         Device      "Hauppauge PVR 350 iTVC15 Framebuffer"
> > >         Monitor     "Sony TV"
> > >         DefaultDepth 24
> > >         DefaultFbbpp 32
> > >         Subsection "Display"
> > >           Depth 24
> > >           FbBpp 32
> > >           Modes "720x480"
> > >         EndSubsection
> > > EndSection
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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