I do have a VGA input on my TV but it will not take up the full screen if you use it. Refering to what you where talking about Michael should I get a cable to convert the VGA to something else? If so what input should I shoot for? I do like the idea of using the VGA output anyhow b/c every computer already comes with this. Even if I use the VGA out won't I still have to tell it the specs for my Display with a modeline since it is not standard?
<br><br>Steve, I have seen where some people are using different resolutions for different content but how do you control this? Also if you are using Myth in on a widescreen display what do you use for the theme. Thanks for the help I think I am starting to understand a little better.
<br><br>Allan<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/22/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Steve Adeff</b> <<a href="mailto:adeffs@gmail.com">adeffs@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Thursday 22 December 2005 12:20, Michael T. Dean wrote:<br>> Allan Wilson wrote:<br>> > Thanks Michael, that was just a flub I meant 1080p.<br>><br>> Yeah. I was just mentioning the name of the standard so you and Steve
<br>> were on the same page when I said that your TV /is/ a 1080p--as you<br>> claimed.<br>><br>> > I know I shouldn't use the svideo out but it's what I've got now and I<br>> > am going to be adding a new box that will use a better connection.
<br>> > Right now I mainly want to get my desktop and myth full screen on my<br>> > 16:9 screen. I haven't played with linux at all on a 16:9 screen can<br>> > someone give me some pointers I am suffering from to much info I
<br>> > think. Like how do I find my HorizSync or my VertRefresh. What<br>> > modeline are you using and what lead you to using it? Thanks for the help<br>><br>> Just connect a VGA cable. Any video card should have one, and you'll
<br>> get much better picture quality as a bonus (even at 640x480, the PQ will<br>> be better than a PVR-350's S-Video out--but you might as well go to a<br>> higher resolution). Since your TV (and all other 1080p TV's I've seen)
<br>> doesn't support 1080p60 via DVI, you'll want to use VGA in your final<br>> 1080p configuration, anyway, so you might as well start moving that way.<br>><br>> IMHO, you're just wasting time trying to get widescreen support with
<br>> S-Video/Composite (which are designed for 4:3 NTSC--especially in the<br>> NVIDIA drivers). Since your final setup will be using VGA, you might as<br>> well go there now--even if you don't do 1080p--because it's easier to
<br>> configure.<br>><br>> However, if you really want to use S-Video, you can make it work by<br>> selecting the appropriate "scaling" mode on your TV (i.e. send a 4:3<br>> signal and make your TV stretch it).
<br>><br>> Mike<br><br>If your TV is 1080p then its best native mode will be 1080p. Unless your TV<br>has a Faroudja scaler, and possibly even if it does, you'll want to run your<br>video card output at 1920x1080 and have MythTV, etc, output at this
<br>resolution.<br><br>Some caveats:<br>Some TV's have native modes for SD at 480p which if any of your SD signals are<br>noisy you might want to have Myth output at these lower native resolutions<br>since scaling can make the picture look really bad.
<br><br>For things like DVD's, digital cable sources (even if run through a PVR card's<br>S-Video), and of course HD material, go ahead and have Myth/MPlayer/Xine<br>scale them to 1920x1080. The software scaling will be as good if not better
<br>than the internal scaler on your TV, and since these sources will be<br>realitvely free of signal noise(with the PVR material being the worst, even<br>when its clean) scaling to 1080p will definitely be the way to go.
<br><br>As of now, I don't think MythTV has an IVTC algorithm for playing back HD<br>sources though, so it will be interesting to see how the standard deinterlace<br>algorithms handle HD stream output of 1080i material into 1080p.
<br><br>When playing back DVD's with MPlayer or Xine, give a try using their IVTC<br>filter. The one to use with MPlayer is "-vf pullup,softskip", I'll gander<br>Xine has a similar one, though I haven't played around with Xine in a while.
<br>This should, in realtime do the best inverse-telecine for outputting to a<br>progressive display. Worth a try.<br><br>--<br>Steve<br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">
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