On 18/05/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Daniel Agar</b> <<a href="mailto:daniel@agar.ca">daniel@agar.ca</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;">
> now that I've been using Myth for a while... starting to wonder if I can<br>> get better picture quality, not that it's bad... seems pretty darned nice<br>> really.. but one just never knows.<br>><br>
> My TV is a 46" sony widescreen rear projection TV, the only connection I<br>> have available on my FE is s-video or composite.. (TV has DVI,<br>> component..etc..etc..). I have a feeling that s-video will be the
<br>> limiting factor for me. My card is nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX<br>> 5200] (rev a1)<br>><br>> One other thing I've noticed, that perhaps someone can chime in on. I<br>> route most of my video devices through my receiver/amp, for whatever
<br>> reason the nVidia driver/card will only initialize the tv-out if I'm<br>> directly connected to the TV (don't have to be on that particular input,<br>> TV doesn't even need to be on) or I have the receiver turned on and that
<br>> input selected. I'm guessing that the card/driver does something to<br>> attempt to detect the TV, which fails when hooked up to my receiver.<br>><br>><br>> The pertinent xorg.conf sections, I left out my other monitor config,
<br>> it's rarely hooked up and I don't think have any effect on things. I'm of<br>> course open to any and all suggestions..<br>><br>> tia.<br>><br>> Section "Monitor"<br>> Identifier "TV"
<br>> HorizSync 30-50<br>> VertRefresh 60<br>> Option "UseEdidDpi" "FALSE"<br>> Option "DPI" "100 x 100"<br>> EndSection<br>><br>> Section "Device"
<br>> Identifier "nvidia1"<br>> Driver "nvidia"<br>> Option "NoLogo" "true"<br>> VideoRam 128000<br>> Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
<br>> Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO'<br>> # Option "TVOverScan" "0.6"<br>> Option "TwinView"<br>> Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
<br>> Option "ConnectedMonitor" "TV"<br>> # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate<br>> EndSection<br>><br>><br>> Section "Screen"<br>> Identifier "TVOut"
<br>> Device "nvidia1"<br>> Monitor "TV"<br>> Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"<br>> Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
<br>> DefaultDepth 32<br>> Subsection "Display"<br>> Depth 24<br>> Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"<br>> ViewPort 0 0
<br>> EndSubsection<br>> Subsection "Display"<br>> Depth 32<br>> Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"<br>> ViewPort 0 0
<br>> EndSubsection<br>> EndSection<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>This probably isn't the suggestion your looking for, but you might<br>consider swaping that FX 5200 for one that has dvi on it. I was using an
<br>s-video connection on my 37" lcd and the quality difference when I<br>switched to dvi was incredible, completely worth the $40 spent on the<br>card.<br><br>Other than that I don't see any main changes you could make with your
<br>xorg.conf, its about the same as the config I use on another SD frontend.<br>You might consider adjusting the overscan with the nvidia-settings tool<br>which will adjust in real time.</blockquote><div><br><br>I second this, DVI/HDMI gives awsome pictures, and in some circumstances allows one-to-one pixel mapping.
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