[mythtv-users] HDMI on Liva ECS

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Jerry,

Monday, January 26, 2015, 7:36:12 AM, you wrote:

>> Hoi Jerry,
>>
>> Sunday, January 25, 2015, 11:09:56 PM, you wrote:
>>
>> > On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 2:04 PM, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >> Hoi Hika,
>> >>
>> >> Sunday, January 25, 2015, 7:55:24 PM, you wrote:
>> >>
>> >> You  might also have to set something like below as boot parameters on
>> >> your videodriver:
>> >>
>> >> modeset=1 video=HDMI-0:e
>> >>
>> >> Where  e  stands  for enable and d for disable. For the naming of your
>> >> ports you have to look in dmesg. They differ a bit for every card.
>> >>
>> >>
>> > Thanks Hika.  Just putting in the modeset/video got me to the point where
>> > I have HDMI output after boot.  While looking in dmesg for the port
>> name, I
>> > saw a bunch of errors saying the EDID checksum is invalid, which I'm
>> > guessing is why it decided not to activate the port.
>>
>> > At least I'm not at a dead end now.  Now to investigate that error. If
>> > there's not an easy fix, there's surely a way for me to get the EDID info
>> > by connecting directly to the TV and then using that to force the
>> > configuration when connecting through the receiver.
>>
>> > -Jerry
>>
>> You might have then to create an xorg.conf (or better a xorg.conf.d/)
>> There  are  ways  to create your own EDID-file, but I have never tried
>> that.  Instead for my monitor with corrupted EDID I tell the driver to
>> ignore it and have grabbed the modelines from Xorg.0.log.
>> Generally you do that with 'Option "IgnoreEDID"' in the device section
>> or 'Option "UseEDID" "Off"' in the monitor section.
>> With nvidia you use something like:
>> Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT-0, DFP-0"
>> Option "UseDisplayDevice" "CRT-0"
>> Where  CRT  is ananog (also when through DVI-I with converter) and DFP
>> digital  (HDMI  or  DVI-D).  It's  all  described extensively in their
>> documentation.
>>
>>
>> Tot mails,
>>   Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

> I created a xrandr script using arandr, which worked nicely getting the
> myth UI full screen.  When playing video though there's a black rectangle
> above and below the video, like it's in widescreen.  Not sure what's up
> there, perhaps the video is 720p and the screen is 1080?  Tomorrow I'll
> play around with creating an xorg.conf.

> -Jerry

> On Sun Jan 25 2015 at 5:46:57 PM Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com>
> wrote:

Please put your replies underneath existing text!

The thing with the bars is an aspect-ratio thing. You have them at
three levels. The physical ratio of your screen, the ratio of your
screen resolution and the ratio of your recording. If they don't match
those bars fill up remaining space.
To start with, you have to make sure the first two match. So if your
screen is 16:9 don't use a 4:3 resolution. Secondly MythTV tries to
get the resolution of the recording, but it cannot always get it
right. You then can set it yourself.
When in the recording go to menu (M) and then Video => Aspect-ratio
In the configuration you can also set a default, which normally should
be auto. Go to Video => Playback second screen. Here you can also set
the Zoom, which is also in the menu.
I have it set to 4:3 on my 16:9 screen because it is an old-fashion
screen with PAL 4:3 resolution in overscan set to 16:9. And I have set
my GUI accordingly. I also have the Zoom and Aspect-ratio toggles set
to W and Ctrl-W and mapped them to my remote, so I can easily adjust.
(I like to watch old 4:3 series in 14:9, so the bars on left and right
are not to ugly big).

If you create an xorg.conf, make it an xorg.conf.d/ directory with
separate .conf files for screen, card etc. That way automatic updates
will not f** with it. See earlier thread last week.

Tot mails,
  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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