[mythtv-users] nvidia TV out picture too small

Mike mford2 at comcast.net
Sun Sep 21 15:32:14 EDT 2003


I believe you need at least a GeForce 4 to use the TVOverScan option.  Check 
out the README with the NVIDIA driver.
Mike

On Sunday 21 September 2003 12:26 pm, Ingo Brueckl wrote:
> I've set up MythTV and when running it on my computer monitor the picture
> is full screen size.
>
> When using TV out from my nVidia GeForce 2 MX-400 card (MSI MX400 Pro-T64S)
> connected to my TV, the picture is a little bit too small, there are black
> areas left and right the picture (and small ones above and below).
>
> Here is what I defined in XF86Config:
>
>    Section "Monitor"
>      Identifier    "JVC AV-32WFP1EU"
>      VendorName    "JVC"
>      ModelName     "AV-32WFP1EU"
>      HorizSync     30-50
>      VertRefresh   60
>    EndSection
>
>    Section "Device"
>      Identifier    "MSI GeForce 2 MX-400 (TV)"
>      VendorName    "MSI"
>      BoardName     "GeForce 2 MX-400"
>      Driver        "nvidia"
>      Option        "NoLogo"                "on"
>      Option        "CursorShadow"          "on"
>      Option        "CursorShadowAlpha"     "32"
>      Option        "CursorShadowXOffset"   "2"
>      Option        "CursorShadowYOffset"   "2"
>      Option        "TVOutFormat"           "COMPOSITE"
>      Option        "TVStandard"            "PAL-B"
>      Option        "ConnectedMonitor"      "TV"
>    EndSection
>
>    Section "Screen"
>      Identifier    "TV Screen"
>      Device        "MSI GeForce 2 MX-400 (TV)"
>      Monitor       "JVC AV-32WFP1EU"
>      DefaultDepth  24
>      Subsection    "Display"
>        Depth       24
>        Modes       "800x600"
>      EndSubsection
>    EndSection
>
> Anyone using this card having a picture filling the tv screen? Is it a
> problem with the card or did I miss configuring anything? (Do I need a card
> that can do PAL mode "720x576"?)
>
> Ingo
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