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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Just curious. I’m currently using
my G400 in 800x600 mode (NTSC). I’ve managed to get it to pretty much
fill the screen but it’s not overscanning and there’s a little
distortion at the top of the screen (straight lines appear arc’d). Although
I’m tolerant of the quality, I’m not really happy with it.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>In 640x480 mode as you have yours
configured, have you been able to configure it such that it slightly more than
fills the screen so that you don’t get any edge tearing or anything? Any
comments on the quality?</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>On a similar note, is there a reference
that compares the TVout quality of some of the different solutions? Jarod’s
hardware database does a good job at comparing full systems but I’d be
curious to compare the TVout on the G400, GF4mx, the Pundit, and the Xbox among
others. I try to gather that information from different postings but sometimes
it’s difficult to really get an all out comparison from that alone (you
get to see problems but not necessarily the quality of success).</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Jason</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b>
mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Rob Comstock<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, October 17, 2003
11:32 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Discussion about mythtv<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [mythtv-users] G400
and TV Out - about to give up</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Here is mine:</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Did you go thru all the framebuffer config stuff? Works for
my NTSC TV.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Rob</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'># XFree86 4.0 configuration generated by Xconfigurator<br>
<br>
Section "ServerFlags"<br>
Option "NoPM" "true"<br>
Option "BlankTime" "0"<br>
EndSection<br>
<br>
Section "ServerLayout"<br>
Identifier "XFree86 Configured"<br>
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0<br>
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"<br>
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"<br>
EndSection<br>
<br>
# By default, Red Hat Linux 6.0 and later use xfs<br>
<br>
Section "Files"<br>
FontPath "unix/:7100"<br>
EndSection<br>
<br>
# Module loading section<br>
<br>
Section "Module"<br>
Load "dbe" # Double-buffering<br>
Load "GLcore" # OpenGL support<br>
Load "dri" # Direct rendering infrastructure<br>
Load "glx" # OpenGL X protocol interface<br>
Load "extmod" # Misc. required extensions<br>
Load "v4l" # Video4Linux<br>
# Load "pex5" # PHIGS for X 3D environment (obsolete)<br>
# Load "record" # X event recorder<br>
# Load "xie" # X Image Extension (obsolete)<br>
# You only need the following two modules if you do not use xfs.<br>
# Load "freetype" # TrueType font handler<br>
# Load "type1" # Adobe Type 1 font handler<br>
EndSection<br>
<br>
Section "InputDevice"<br>
Identifier "Keyboard0"<br>
Driver "keyboard"<br>
Option "XkbLayout" "us"<br>
EndSection<br>
<br>
Section "InputDevice"<br>
Identifier "Mouse0"<br>
Driver "mouse"<br>
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"<br>
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"<br>
Option "Emulate3Buttons"
"off"<br>
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"<br>
EndSection<br>
<br>
Section "Monitor"<br>
Identifier "Sony CPD-1302"<br>
VendorName "Unknown"<br>
ModelName "Unknown"<br>
Gamma 1.5<br>
HorizSync 15.5-24.0<br>
VertRefresh 30.0-100.0<br>
DisplaySize 180 130<br>
EndSection<br>
<br>
Section "Device"<br>
Identifier "Matrox Millennium G400"<br>
Driver "mga"<br>
BoardName "Unknown"<br>
Option "hw
cursor" "off" <br>
Option
"UseFBDev" "on" <br>
EndSection<br>
<br>
Section "Device"<br>
Identifier "Linux Frame Buffer"<br>
Driver "fbdev"<br>
BoardName "Unknown"<br>
EndSection<br>
<br>
Section "Screen"<br>
Identifier "Screen0"<br>
Device "Matrox Millennium G400"<br>
Monitor "Sony CPD-1302"<br>
DefaultDepth 24<br>
Subsection "Display"<br>
Depth 24<br>
Modes "640x480" <br>
EndSubSection<br>
EndSection<br>
<br>
Section "DRI"<br>
Mode 0666<br>
EndSection</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>----- Original Message ----- </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:#E4E4E4'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:alberto.grazi@db.com" title="alberto.grazi@db.com">Alberto Grazi</a>
</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>To:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org" title="mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a>
</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Friday, October
17, 2003 3:18 AM</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> [mythtv-users]
G400 and TV Out - about to give up</span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
</span></font><font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:sans-serif'>Hi guys,</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>it's
only after spending endless hours on this problem that I'm back to the list
asking for advices... I don't really know what to do now.</span></font> <br>
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<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Very
quickly, I've configured every possible setting using the various howtos from
this list and from other sources but "no luck" (TM). </span></font><br>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>My
G400 doesn't have anything connected to the first head and the second head is
plugged into my TV with a S-video cable.</span></font> <br>
<br>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Text
mode works pretty well (although only b&w) but, as soon as I start X the
picture is completely scrambled on the screen (oh well, it looks familiar but
it's nothing close to something viewable). By looking at the logs, the X server
is ignoring my modelines claiming they're out of range. This is happening after
a failure to detect DDC information from the monitor (well, after all it's not
connected).</span></font> <br>
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<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Has
anyone seen this before? If I can't get it to work, I'll have to give up and
spend £60 to get my XBOX chipped and use it as a front-end (but I don't really
want to if I can avoid it).</span></font> <br>
<br>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>BTW,
can someone send me a copy of their XF86config (just for reference) for the
G400 with TV-Out for PAL? And, as a reference, I'm on an up2date gentoo
installation.</span></font> <br>
<br>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Thanks
in advance!</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Alberto</span></font>
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