[mythtv-users] Video image is too wide on Sony KDF-E42A10

Tony Chiaffredo tony at chiaffredo.org
Sat May 27 18:50:58 UTC 2006


I did not resolve my issue. My video is still too wide. I am now working 
with a 800x600 modeline. I think!

Help!

        # 800x600
        ModeLine "800x600"  38.1 800 832 960 1088  600 601 605 619  
-hsync -vsync

> ====================================
>
> I'm at a loss, and I'm starting to chase my tail. Any help or direction 
> would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Although I have small boarders (the blue boarders too) around my video 
> image, it is displayed too wide for my screen. An artifact of this is 
> that my Menu is partially off the screen. As well items like ESPN 
> banners. G.A.N.T theme is displaying perfectly. No loss.
>
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 800 x 600
> (==) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (75, 75)
>
>
> ex.
>      =====================================
>      |                                   |
>      |                                   |
>    ----------------------                |
>    |Program Guide       |                |
>    |Previous Channel    |                |
>    |Change Aspect Ratio |                |
>    |...                 |                |
>    ----------------------                |
>      |                                   |
>    ESPN                                  |
>      =====================================
>
> Things I've tried...
>  - Changing modeline
>  - Adjusting Width & Height in Setup - TV Settings - Recording Profiles 
> - MPEG-2 Encoders - LiveTV
>      (Width 640 / Height 480)
>  - Adjusting mvidia-settings overscan
>      Right now it's set to 15 or 16.
>
> I believe that I'm correctly using the correct Modeline for my TV (Sony 
> KDF-E42A10). But then again some of this is like French to me.
>      http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Modeline_Database
>  
>
> ## Sony KDF-E42A10
> ## You'll also need to add Option "IgnoreEDID" "true" to the Screen section
> ## since the TV incorrectly reports as 1920x540.
> # ModeLine "1280x720" 74.25 1280 1390 1430 1648 720 725 732 752 +hsync +vsync
>
>
>
> My /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
> ========================
>
> Section "Monitor"
>         Identifier   "Monitor0"
>         VendorName   "Sony"
>         ModelName    "Sony KDF-E42A10"
>         Option       "IgnoreEDID"
>         Option       "DPMS"     "true"
>         HorizSync    28.0 - 150.0 # Warning: This may fry old Monitors
>         VertRefresh  30.0 - 90.0  # Very conservative. May flicker.
>         # 1280x960
>         ModeLine "1280x720"  74.25 1280 1390 1430 1648 720 725 732 752  +hsync +vsync
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>         ### Available Driver options are:-
> # sw_cursor is needed for some ati and radeon cards
>         #Option     "sw_cursor"
>         #Option     "hw_cursor"
>         #Option     "NoAccel"
>         #Option     "ShowCache"
>         #Option     "ShadowFB"
>         #Option     "UseFBDev"
>         #Option     "Rotate"
>         Identifier  "Card0"
> # The following line is auto-generated by KNOPPIX mkxf86config
>         Driver      "nvidia"
>         VendorName  "All"
>         BoardName   "All"
> #       BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>         Identifier "Screen0"
>         Device     "Card0"
>         Monitor    "Monitor0"
>         DefaultColorDepth 24
>         Option     "IgnoreEDID"  "true"
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth     24
>                 Modes "1280x720"
>         EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
>
>
> (II) Setting vga for screen 0.
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
> (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
> (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
> (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "IgnoreEDID" "true"
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Ignoring EDIDs
> (--) NVIDIA(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xE8000000
> (--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xF4000000
> (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU detected as: GeForce FX 5200
> (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 04.34.20.67.00
> (--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected AGP rate: 8X
> (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoRAM: 131072 kBytes
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s): TV-0
> (--) NVIDIA(0): Detected TV Encoder: NVIDIA
> (--) NVIDIA(0): Display device TV-0: maximum pixel clock at  8 bpp: 400 MHz
> (--) NVIDIA(0): Display device TV-0: maximum pixel clock at 16 bpp: 400 MHz
> (--) NVIDIA(0): Display device TV-0: maximum pixel clock at 32 bpp: 400 MHz
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not probing EDIDs.
> (II) Loading sub module "int10"
> (II) LoadModule: "int10"
> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libint10.a
> (II) Module int10: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
>         compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
>         ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Monitor0: Using hsync range of 28.00-150.00 kHz
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Monitor0: Using vrefresh range of 30.00-90.00 Hz
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Clock range:  12.00 to 400.00 MHz
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (width too large for virtual size)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (width too large for virtual size)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (width too large for virtual size)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (width too large for virtual size)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (width too large for virtual size)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (width too large for virtual size)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (width too large for virtual size)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (width too large for virtual size)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (width too large for virtual size)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (width too large for virtual size)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (width too large for virtual size)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (width too large for virtual size)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (width too large for virtual size)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (width too large for virtual size)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (width too large for virtual size)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (width too large for virtual size)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (width too large for virtual size)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (height too large for virtual size)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (height too large for virtual size)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (height too large for virtual size)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (height too large for virtual size)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (height too large for virtual size)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1152x864" (height too large for virtual size)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1152x768" (height too large for virtual size)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (height too large for virtual size)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (height too large for virtual size)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (height too large for virtual size)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (height too large for virtual size)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (height too large for virtual size)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (height too large for virtual size)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (height too large for virtual size)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (height too large for virtual size)
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "1280x720" (not a valid TV mode)
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "960x720" (not a valid TV mode)
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "960x720" (not a valid TV mode)
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "960x720" (not a valid TV mode)
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "928x696" (not a valid TV mode)
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "928x696" (not a valid TV mode)
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "896x672" (not a valid TV mode)
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "896x672" (not a valid TV mode)
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "832x624" (not a valid TV mode)
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "700x525" (not a valid TV mode)
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "700x525" (not a valid TV mode)
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "640x512" (not a valid TV mode)
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "640x512" (not a valid TV mode)
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "640x512" (not a valid TV mode)
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "720x400" (not a valid TV mode)
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "576x432" (not a valid TV mode)
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "640x350" (not a valid TV mode)
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "576x384" (not a valid TV mode)
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "512x384" (not a valid TV mode)
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "512x384" (not a valid TV mode)
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "512x384" (not a valid TV mode)
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "512x384" (not a valid TV mode)
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "512x384" (not a valid TV mode)
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "416x312" (not a valid TV mode)
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "360x200" (not a valid TV mode)
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "320x175" (not a valid TV mode)
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes for display device TV-0:
> (**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "800x600": 56.3 MHz, 53.7 kHz, 85.1 Hz
> (**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "800x600": 114.8 MHz, 106.2 kHz, 85.0 Hz (D)
> (**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "800x600": 49.5 MHz, 46.9 kHz, 75.0 Hz
> (**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "800x600": 101.2 MHz, 93.8 kHz, 75.0 Hz (D)
> (**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "800x600": 50.0 MHz, 48.1 kHz, 72.2 Hz
> (**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "800x600": 94.5 MHz, 87.5 kHz, 70.0 Hz (D)
> (**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "800x600": 87.8 MHz, 81.2 kHz, 65.0 Hz (D)
> (**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "800x600": 40.0 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 60.3 Hz
> (**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "800x600": 81.0 MHz, 75.0 kHz, 60.0 Hz (D)
> (**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "800x600": 36.0 MHz, 35.2 kHz, 56.2 Hz
> (**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "640x480": 74.2 MHz, 85.9 kHz, 85.1 Hz (D)
> (**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "640x480": 36.0 MHz, 43.3 kHz, 85.0 Hz
> (**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "640x480": 31.5 MHz, 37.5 kHz, 75.0 Hz
> (**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "640x480": 31.5 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 72.8 Hz
> (**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "640x480": 25.2 MHz, 31.5 kHz, 60.0 Hz
> (**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "640x480": 54.0 MHz, 60.0 kHz, 60.0 Hz (D)
> (**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "640x400": 31.5 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 85.1 Hz
> (**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "400x300": 28.1 MHz, 53.7 kHz, 85.3 Hz (D)
> (**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "400x300": 24.8 MHz, 46.9 kHz, 75.1 Hz (D)
> (**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "400x300": 25.0 MHz, 48.1 kHz, 72.2 Hz (D)
> (**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "400x300": 20.0 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 60.3 Hz (D)
> (**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "400x300": 18.0 MHz, 35.2 kHz, 56.3 Hz (D)
> (**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "320x240": 18.0 MHz, 43.3 kHz, 85.2 Hz (D)
> (**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "320x240": 15.8 MHz, 37.5 kHz, 75.0 Hz (D)
> (**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "320x240": 15.8 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 72.8 Hz (D)
> (**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "320x240": 12.6 MHz, 31.5 kHz, 60.1 Hz (D)
> (**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "320x200": 15.8 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 85.3 Hz (D)
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 800 x 600
> (==) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (75, 75)
>
>
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