[mythtv-users] No TV or Video with SVideo

[Al McIntosh]

Dave Bixler wrote:

> I finally got my video card to use the SVideo Out on my nVidia 
> Ti4200.  However, although the GUI shows up as expected, when I play 
> live TV or any type of video (like AVI), nothing shows up.  The screen 
> is just blue.  It's not hung as I can hit escape to get back to the 
> menu.  I tried searching the list first but wasn't able to locate 
> anything that helped out.  Does anyone have any suggestions?  I'm 
> attaching my xorg.conf file that I use for the SVideo.
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Dave
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
># Xorg configuration created by system-config-display
>
>Section "ServerLayout"
>	Identifier     "single head configuration"
>	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
>	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>	Option		"xinerama" "off"
>	Option		"clone"	"on"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Files"
>
># RgbPath is the location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name of the 
># file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
># no need to change the default.
># Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
># By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
># the X server to render fonts.
>	RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
>	FontPath     "unix/:7100"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Module"
>	Load  "dbe"
>	Load  "extmod"
>	Load  "fbdevhw"
>	Load  "glx"
>	Load  "record"
>	Load  "freetype"
>	Load  "type1"
>EndSection
>
>Section "InputDevice"
>
># Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
>#	Option	"Xleds"		"1 2 3"
># To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
>#	Option	"XkbDisable"
># To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
># lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
># keyboard, you will probably want to use:
>#	Option	"XkbModel"	"pc102"
># If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
>#	Option	"XkbModel"	"microsoft"
>#
># Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
># For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
>#	Option	"XkbLayout"	"de"
># or:
>#	Option	"XkbLayout"	"de"
>#	Option	"XkbVariant"	"nodeadkeys"
>#
># If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
># control keys, use:
>#	Option	"XkbOptions"	"ctrl:swapcaps"
># Or if you just want both to be control, use:
>#	Option	"XkbOptions"	"ctrl:nocaps"
>#
>	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
>	Driver      "kbd"
>	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
>	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
>EndSection
>
>Section "InputDevice"
>	Identifier  "Mouse0"
>	Driver      "mouse"
>	Option	    "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
>	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
>	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Monitor"
>	Identifier   "Monitor0"
>	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
>	ModelName    "Acer 55e"
>	HorizSync    30.0 - 54.0
>	VertRefresh  50.0 - 110.0
>EndSection
>
>  
>




What kind of device is attached to your computer? Is it really a 
Monitor? If it is a plain old CRT TV your refresh appears to be very high.

VertRefresh  50.0 - 110.0


Look in your /var/log/Xorg.0.log for something along the lines of "Monitor0: Using vrefresh range of" 













>Section "Device"
>	Identifier  "Videocard0"
>	Driver      "nvidia"
>	VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
>	BoardName   "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)"
>	Option		"TVStandard" 		"NTSC-M"
>	Option		"TVOutFormat"		"SVIDEO"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Screen"
>	Identifier "Screen0"
>	Device     "Videocard0"
>	Monitor    "Monitor0"
>	DefaultDepth     24
>	SubSection "Display"
>		Viewport   0 0
>		Depth     16
>		Modes    "800x600" "640x480"
>	EndSubSection
>	SubSection "Display"
>		Viewport   0 0
>		Depth     24
>		Modes    "800x600" "640x480"
>	EndSubSection
>EndSection
>
>Section "DRI"
>	Group        0
>	Mode         0666
>EndSection
>
>  
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
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