<html>
<head>
<style>
P
{
margin:0px;
padding:0px
}
body
{
FONT-SIZE: 10pt;
FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma
}
</style>
</head>
<body>Henry,<BR>
<BR>
I have figured out how to enable Component out on nVidia Cards. Im going to right a How-to soon on fedora forum but in the mean time here is the basic install.<BR>
<BR>
Install the nvidia drivers <BR>
add this to the Screen section of your monitor...<BR>
<BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman">Option "UseEDID" "FALSE"<BR>Option "ConnectedMonitor" "TV"<BR>Option "TvOutFormat" "Component"</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT></FONT></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>#------------480p Group-----------------------------</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman">#Option "TVStandard" "HD480p"<BR>#Option "metamodes" "CRT: 720x480 +0+0"</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT></FONT></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>#------------720p Group-----------------------------</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman">Option "TVStandard" "HD720p"<BR>Option "metamodes" "CRT: 1280x720 +0+0" </FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT></FONT></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>#------------1080i Group-----------------------------</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman">#Option "metamodes" "CRT: 1920x1080 +0+0" <BR>#Option "TVStandard" "HD1080i" </FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT></FONT></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman">Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"<BR>SubSection "Display"<BR> Depth 24<BR> Modes "720x480" "1280x720" "1920x1018"<BR>EndSubSection<BR></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman">To select the resolution (480p, 720p, or 1080i) uncomment that group of options. Only have one group uncommented at a time. For me all modes work great! This was a huge pain for me to figure out but after many hours of reading and testing there you go!.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT></FONT></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman">Giving back to the MythTV/Linux community...</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT></FONT></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman">Mitchell</P></FONT></FONT></FONT>
<P> <BR>
<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <BR>
<HR id=stopSpelling>
<BR>
> Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:28:47 -0500<BR>> From: Rich.West@wesmo.com<BR>> To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org<BR>> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV + HD<BR>> <BR>> Henry A Harper III wrote:<BR>> >> I tried for a few hours last night to see if I can get it to display<BR>> >> properly via component, but the best I could get was 720x480 (720p),<BR>> >> which, in to itself, is awesome, but the display of recorded programs<BR>> >> (not mythvideo stuff) looked absolutely horrible. I believe is because<BR>> >> displaying SDTV recordings (480i) in a progressive mode means that 1/2<BR>> >> of the lines are missing.<BR>> >> <BR>> ><BR>> > Nit: 720x480 is not 720p, 720x480 is a "480" (DVD) resolution. 720p (or<BR>> > 720p60) is defined as 1280 (horizontal pixels) x 720 (vertical lines/pixels)<BR>> > @60 frames per second. Turning on deinterlacing might help display of 480i<BR>> > content.<BR>> ><BR>> > <BR>> >> On top of that, the image had a TON of overscan. Via component hookup,<BR>> >> the nvidia-settings control panel didn't give nearly the same options<BR>> >> that it did when I was hooked up via s-video.<BR>> >> <BR>> ><BR>> > Yup, the nvidia drivers still need work...<BR>> <BR>> Sorry 'bout that. I tried so many different things, I was dizzy by the<BR>> time I tossed in the towel and went back to s-video. Yes, 720x480 gave<BR>> the best results (480p), and 720p (1280x720) and 1080i (1900x1200) both<BR>> came up funky.<BR>> <BR>> I would guess that VGA, DVI, or even HDMI would work 'out of the box',<BR>> so to speak. But, until I get that TV back, I can't test/confirm that.<BR>> <BR>> -Rich<BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> mythtv-users mailing list<BR>> mythtv-users@mythtv.org<BR>> http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users<BR><BR></P><br /><hr />Get into the holiday spirit, chat with Santa on Messenger. <a href='http://imagine-windowslive.com/minisites/santabot/default.aspx?locale=en-us' target='_new'>Ho-Ho-Ho!</a></body>
</html>