[mythtv-users] TV-Out nVidia 6200

[jack snodgrass]

On 9/28/06, Sergei Gerasenko <gerases at publicschoolworks.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 09:27:50AM -0500, jack snodgrass wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Oh, I see. That does make sense. Can you show me the device and screen
> sections for your HDTV screen? I just need an example because I'm not
> sure how to describe a plain TV in those sections. X configuration has always
> been a voodoo art.

are you using dvi or s-video... probably makes a HUGE difference.

My vga/dvi setup has: ( highlights )

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "Multihead layout"
        Screen      0  "Screen0" RightOf "Screen1"
        Screen      1  "Screen1" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection


Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Videocard0"
        Driver      "nvidia"
        BoardName   "NVIDIA Quadro 4 (generic)"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Videocard1"
        Driver      "nvidia"
        BoardName   "NVIDIA Quadro 4 (generic)"
        BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
        Screen      1
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Videocard0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth     24
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     24
                Modes    "1280x1024"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen1"
        Device     "Videocard1"
        Monitor    "Monitor1"
        DefaultDepth     24
        Option      "NoLogo" "True"
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     24
                Modes    "1280x1024"
        EndSubSection
EndSection


jack