[mythtv-users] How can I fix over scan on nvidia 9500 GT

[Nick Rout]

On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 4:03 PM, John Nissley <jnissley at nissley.org> wrote:
> I know there is a big write up about how to do this but I just can not
> seem to get things to work and was hoping some one could give me
> something to try.
>
> I have an HDTV with a few hdmi ports.  I have a 9500 GT nvidia card and=20
> am using a DVI to HDMI cable to connect to the TV.  I have serious over=20
> scan that I have fixed for the most part with customer setting in the
> appearance section of the set up menus.  This works but is not really
> what I want.  I got the EDID information when X starts up and created a=20
> customer xorg.conf file but it did not seem to make any difference.

The first thing to check is whether the TV has a mode where it does
not do overscan. Sony Bravias do. I am pretty sure my panasonic does
too. Start here http://pixelmapping.wikispaces.com/

Other than that option, you can control overscan in more recent nvidia
drivers, the controls are in nvidia-settings, which has a gui. You
need to update nvidia-settings to a recent version to gain the
functionality. on't ask me the versions, I would have to search the
archives which I am sure you can do too!

The least desirable option from most points of view is to set the
mythtv gui to fit within the visible area and leave playback
overscanned.

>
> Here is a copy of my xorg.conf file
> # Xorg configuration created by livna-config-display
>
> Section "Files"
>       ModulePath   "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
>       ModulePath   "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
> EndSection
>
> Section "ServerFlags"
>       Option      "AIGLX" "on"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>       Identifier  "Panasonic"
>       VendorName  "Panasonic"
>       ModelName   "Unknown"
>       HorizSync   15.0 - 68.0
>       VertRefresh 23.0 - 61.0
>       Option      "ExactModeTimingsDVI" "True"
>       Option      "dpms"
>       Modeline    "mytest" 148.50 1920 2208 2052 2400 1080 1084 1089=20
> 1125 +hsync +vsync
>       #Modeline    "mytest" 148.50 1920 2008 2052 2200 1080 1084 1089=20
> 1125 +hsync +vsync
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>       Identifier  "Videocard0"
>       Driver      "nvidia"
>       Option      "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
>       Option      "XvmcUsesTextures" "false"
>       Option      "UseEvents" "true"
>       Option      "UseIDID" "false"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>       Identifier  "Default Screen"
>       Device      "Videocard0"
>       Monitor     "Panasonic"
>       Option      "RenderAccel" "true"
>       DefaultDepth 24
>       SubSection  "Display"
>         ViewPort  0 0
>         Depth     24
>         Modes     "mytest"
>       EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "Extensions"
>       Option      "Composite" "Disable"
> EndSection
>
> Please show me the error of my ways
>