[mythtv-users] My TV doesnt like input from computers

[Shanon Mulley]

Well, I'm in a PAL country (Australia). I'm still not 100% sure where
to be putting this number.

On 6/5/06, Chris <gchris at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > That number looks nothing like anything currently in my xorg.conf (I'm
> > assuming thats where it goes). Up until now I was looking at the
> > HorizSync property - is that the right one to be playing around with?
> >
> > On 6/4/06, Robin Gilks <g8ecj at gilks.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> > ok. That sounds like its worth a try.
> >> >
> >> > So how do I find out what frequency to use? I have tried googling it,
> >> > but found nothing. Do I just try frequencies at random? Should I put a
> >> > range in, or a single number?
> >> >
> >>
> >> Its pretty straightforward to work out
> >>
> >> I'm not sure if you are in a PAL or NTSC country but for example in PAL
> >> its 625 lines 25 times per second (actually half this number 50 times a
> >> second but they are interlaced to reduce screen flicker).
> >>
> >> 625 x 25 = 15.625KHz
> >>
> >> When I was younger!! I could hear the loose ferrite cores on loptex's (as
> >> they are known in the trade - Line Output Transformer) but now that sound
> >> and the squeak of bats is but a memory :-(
> >>
> >> --
> >> Robin Gilks
>
> The number Robin gave you is for a PAL country.  If you're in a NTSC
> country like the US, the correct value is 15.734Khz.
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