[mythtv-users] HD Woes

[Steven Adeff]

On 1/29/07, Nate Crosno <nate at crosno.net> wrote:
> Steven Adeff wrote:
> >
> > try the ModePool
> > "1920x1080_60i"
> > which will output the 1080i standard modeline that all 1080i capable
> > tv's should be able to receive. Also make sure you have a GPU that
> > supports interlaced output.
> >
>
> I tried the following settings in xorg.conf this morning to no avail.  X
> rejected that mode saying it was not valid ....
>
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "1920x1080_60i"; removing.
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
> (II) NVIDIA(0):     "1280x720_60"
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1280 x 720
> (==) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (75, 75); computed from built-in default
> (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
>
> Here is the xorg.conf:
>
> Section "Monitor"
>          Identifier   "Monitor0"
>          #HorizSync    28.0 - 96.0
>          #VertRefresh  50.0 - 75.0
>          HorizSync     15.0 - 46.0
>          VertRefresh   59.0 - 61.0
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>          Identifier  "Card0"
>          Driver      "nvidia"
>          Option      "NoLogo" "true"
>          Option      "coolbits" "1"
>          Option      "RenderAccel" "true"
>          VendorName  "All"
>          BoardName   "All"
>          Option "XvmcUsesTextures" "false"
>          Option "NvAgp" "0"
>          Option "UseEvents" "True"
>          Option      "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP"
>          Option      "UseDisplayDevice" "DFP"
>          Option      "FlatPanelProperties"   "Scaling = native"
>          Option      "IgnoreDisplayDevices"  "TV, CRT"
>          Option      "ExactModeTimingsDVI"   "1"
>          Option      "UseEDIDDpi"     "0"
>          Option      "UseEDIDFreqs"     "0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>          Identifier      "Screen0"
>          Device  "Card0"
>          Monitor "Monitor0"
>          DefaultColorDepth 24
>          SubSection "Display"
>                  Depth   24
>                  Modes  "1920x1080_60i" "1280x720_60"
>          EndSubSection
> EndSection

try replacing your EDID and ModeTimings options with the
ModeValidation equivalents (or getting rid of them entirely).

-- 
Steve
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