[mythtv-users] 720x480 tall and squished

Dan Littlejohn dan.littlejohn at gmail.com
Thu Mar 23 19:01:12 UTC 2006


On 3/23/06, Jesse Guardiani <jesse at wingnet.net> wrote:
> Dan Littlejohn wrote:
> > Just upgraded my box, and now the live tv and recorded shows have
> > black bars on the sides and is squished.  The Myth GUI is perfect and
> > I believe it is running 800x600.
> >
> > My setup is very basic, nvidia fx5200, 28 inch 4:3 analog tv, NTSC.  I
> > have been messing with my xorg.conf to try and figure out the problem,
> > but have not been to successful.  I can get X to recognize the 720x480
> > mode line, but it is not using it maybe?
> >
> > In searching the archives, this looks like a common problem, but I
> > have not found a solution.  If someone could provide some direction I
> > would be very appreciative.  An xorg.conf or method to get it to use
> > the modeline would be great.
> >
>
> Have you tried 800x600 and forcing a 4:3 aspect ratio? I had this
> problem when I went from
> my PVR 350's TVOUT to my nvidia 5200, and I solved it by turning off all
> overscan settings
> in MythTV and instead using overscan in xorg.conf.
>
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> Jesse Guardiani
> Programmer/Sys Admin
> jesse at wingnet.net
>
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I am not using any of the myth overscan settings and am setting the
overscan in xorg.conf.

Do you happen to have the xorg.conf setting to force 4:3?  I think
mine is set for the displaysize 250 180.

Dan


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