<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 1:09 PM, John Finlay <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:finlay@moeraki.com">finlay@moeraki.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">Jason Weida wrote:<br>
> Hi<br>
><br>
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 7:59 PM, John Finlay <<a href="mailto:finlay@moeraki.com">finlay@moeraki.com</a><br>
</div><div class="Ih2E3d">> <mailto:<a href="mailto:finlay@moeraki.com">finlay@moeraki.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Tom Lichti wrote:<br>
> > On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 5:10 PM, Bill Williamson<br>
</div><div class="Ih2E3d">> <<a href="mailto:bill@bbqninja.com">bill@bbqninja.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:bill@bbqninja.com">bill@bbqninja.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> >> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 9:07 AM, John Finlay<br>
</div><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">> <<a href="mailto:finlay@moeraki.com">finlay@moeraki.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:finlay@moeraki.com">finlay@moeraki.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
> >><br>
> >>> I have an old Sony TV that has component inputs that I tried<br>
> to connect<br>
> >>> to a FE using a Nividia component out dongle. The Nvidia<br>
> graphics is an<br>
> >>> integrated MB 7050 out thru a svideo connector. The svideo<br>
> works fine<br>
> >>> but I wanted to see if I could get a better picture using the<br>
> component<br>
> >>> out. The problem is that I get a good component out picture<br>
> but the blue<br>
> >>> is missing from the output. I followed the mythtv guide for<br>
> component<br>
> >>> out but it mostly seems aimed at HDTVs with component in. Googling<br>
> >>> hasn't turned up any references to anyone using Nviidia<br>
> component out to<br>
> >>> a SDTV but I also didn't find anything that said it won't work.<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> Has anyone tried this and had success? Or am I just trying the<br>
> impossible?<br>
> >>><br>
> >> Mine just plain worked. Did the dongle come with your card?<br>
> Does your mobo<br>
> >> actually support component?<br>
> >><br>
> >> Is your TV RGB or ypbpr?<br>
> >><br>
> ><br>
> > You have to select 'HD480i" as the TV out standard in the xorg.conf<br>
> > file. Took awhile to figure that one out...<br>
> ><br>
> Did that which made the green and red work. If I use NTSC-M I just get<br>
> the red working - same as if I specify svideo for the TVOutFormat.<br>
><br>
> Since you (and the OP) got this to work it seems likely that my MB<br>
> doesn't support component out.<br>
><br>
> John<br>
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> When I tried getting this to work on my 7600 board (which came with<br>
> the dongle) I noticed that the Ubuntu splash screen was in full color<br>
> during startup, but after the nvidia driver loaded (I assume),<br>
> everything was a bluish/purple hue. I never got it working right<br>
> (after several hours of trying), but the splashscreen seemed to<br>
> indicate to me that my hardware setup was capable, just needed to<br>
> tweak driver settings somewhere. I'm quite the noob, so take my<br>
> observation with a grain of salt, but maybe check your splashscreen<br>
> for another data point?<br>
</div>My nvidia logo splashscreen exhibits the same color problem. I'm using<br>
Mythdora.</blockquote><div><br>I had the "nologo" option enabled, so I don't know if the nvidia logo was color challenged or not. The "splashscreen" I'm talking about is the ubuntu progress bar shown during boot. I presume mythdora has something similar.<br>
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<div class="Ih2E3d">><br>
> I ended up insatlling mythbuntu on another machine with only the<br>
> dongle plugged in and everything just worked, so I gave up and<br>
> dedicated Mr. Blue Hue to backend duty. On the blue hue setup I tried<br>
> to switch to component after running dual head s-vid+analog monitor.<br>
> Might be worth trying a mythbuntu install with just the dongle plugged<br>
> in to see if that gets things working.<br>
><br>
</div>Sounds worth trying.<br>
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br>
John<br>
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