[mythtv-users] People who have a PVR-150, recording SDTV, playback on a TV and use Nvidia TV card (s-video)

Steven Ellis steven at openmedia.co.nz
Tue Jun 12 21:03:05 UTC 2007


Rage321 wrote:
> Damn, sorry...I meant MX4000:
>  
> 04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4
> MX 4000 AGP 8x] (rev c1) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
>         Subsystem: Jaton Corp Unknown device 0000
>         Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 248, IRQ 16
>         Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
>         Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
>         Expansion ROM at fe000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
>         Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] *On Behalf Of *Rage321
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 07, 2007 11:50 PM
> *To:* 'Discussion about mythtv'
> *Subject:* Re: [mythtv-users] People who have a PVR-150, recording
> SDTV, playback on a TV and use Nvidia TV card (s-video)
>
> Makes sense.  Thanks for the info.
>  
> Perhaps my xorg.conf if narfed when it comes to tne FX4000 I'm using?
>  
> Here's the relavent info.  Does it look optimal?
>  
> ########################################
> ## TV
> ########################################
> Section "Monitor"
>  Identifier "Monitor0"
>  VendorName "Sony"
>  ModelName "TV-0"
>  DisplaySize 720 480
>  HorizSync 30.0 - 50.0
>  VertRefresh 60.0 - 60.0
> EndSection
>  
> ########################################
> ## Graphic Card (Driver: nvidia)
> ########################################
> Section "Device"
>  Identifier  "Videocard0"
>  Driver      "nvidia"
>  BoardName   "GeForce 4 MX 4000"
>  Option      "TripleBuffer"  "true"
>  BusID       "PCI:4:0:0"
> EndSection
>  
> #######################################################
> ## Video Out (Driver: nvidia)
> #######################################################
> Section "Screen"
>  Identifier   "Screen0"
>  Device       "VideoCard0"
>  Monitor      "Monitor0"
>  DefaultDepth 24
>  
>  ###############################################
>  ## tv-out
>  ###############################################
>  Option     "NvAGP"                    "3"
>  Option     "ConnectedMonitor"         "TV"
>  Option     "TVStandard"               "NTSC-M"
>  Option     "TVOutFormat"              "SVIDEO"
>  Option     "NoLogo"                   "Yes"
>  
>  SubSection "Display"
>   Depth    24
>   Modes    "720x480"
>   ViewPort 0 0
>  EndSubSection
> EndSection
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> **
*You are recording as PAL (720x576) but playing back as NTSC (720x480).

You need to try the following

1. Enable a deinterlacer
2. Make sure your TV output is the correct resolution.
3. Make sure the display size forces a 4:3 output
*

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Steven Ellis - Technical Director
OpenMedia Limited
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