[mythtv-users] TV-Out nVidia 6200

[jack snodgrass]

On 9/28/06, Sergei Gerasenko <gerases at publicschoolworks.com> wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>
> I'm almost done with tweaking my setup. The only thing left is
> connecting my PC to a TV. The thing is I want to continue using the box
> as a computer and only occasionally do I want to watch TV on it.
>
> Last night I modified my device section as follows. The commented lines is what
> I added. This worked but my monitor resolution dropped to something like
> 800x600. Is there a way to keep my monitor resolution intact and still have
> TV-out?
>
> Section "Device"
>   Identifier  "NVIDIA Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6200 TurboCache]"
>   Driver    "nvidia"
>   BusID   "PCI:4:0:0"
>   #Option "TwinView"
>   #Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync"     "30-50"
>   #Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh"   "60"
>   #Option "MetaModes" "1024x768, 1024x768; 800x600, 800x600; 640x480, 640x480;"
>   #Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
> EndSection
>
> Thanks,
>   Sergei

I have my 'tv-out' going through the DVI port to my HDTV screen. Not
sure how you
have yours set up.

I'm using the nvidia driver and I have 2 Section "Device" and 2
Section "Screen" sections.
Each one has it's own resolution.

jack