On 5/21/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Don Bossung</b> <<a href="mailto:donald@bossung.net">donald@bossung.net</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Hello all,</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">I have an Intel 845GVE, 2.4Celeron, onboard video (linux
uses i810 driver), Hauppauge pvr 150 mce.</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">I have setup myth 0.19 on FC4 and all woks well on my 17"
monitor. When I go to my LCD, quality is not as good as the monitor or the
output from my cable box.</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">My TV is a 37" Olevia LCD that has VGA and HDMI input.</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">When I hook up the computer to the LCD, run X and start
mythfrontend the output is set to 4:3 but the tv output fills then enter 16:9
screen and looks just like 'zoomed' 4:3. I have tried the 'w'
key to cycle through different output settings but none give me the output I
want. Not a very good looking quality. When I use the cable box to watch
4:3 I get a grey/black bar on the left and right and the 4:3 picture is of
higher quality.</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">My questions are this</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Is there something in myth that I can use to change the output
of the live tv so it scales down to the 4:3 with the grey bars like I see from
the cable box?</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Would using a video card (ie some variant of the 5200) with
dvi out to the hdmi input on the tv help?</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Will the Hauppauge 250 (or some other video capture card)
give better quality?</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">BTW, the X output to the lcd is outstanding quality but I do
have a small black bar on the left and loose some of the image on the right. If
you have any ideas or forums that might help me fix this, that would be great.</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Thanks</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Don</span></font></p></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br>
I have a 16:9 Sony and when I view 4:3 content I see black vertical
bars on the right and left so I don't think the issue is with Myth
itself. If I had to guess I would think it has something to do with
your video card settings or how you are capturing your data although I
think it is the first. You can use powerstrip to tweak your image to
move it over to the left but you have to have windows to run it. Myth
also has the ability to move itself on the screen but I have never had
much luck with it myself. I would definately recommend using the DVI
port for best quality. Good luck and if you need more help post the
output of your /var/log/Xorg.0.log file.<br>
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Allan<br>
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