[mythtv-users] nvtv command line settings

[David Peach]

> On Saturday 07 February 2004 19:44, David Peach wrote:
>> I have read this series of messages:
>> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/perl/mailarc/gforum.cgi?post=79169;search_s
>>tring=nvtv;guest=2238058&t=search_engine#79169
>>
>> That is what I used to get me up and running with nvtv. I am able to
>> boot
>> up and have video displayed to the TV (NTSC).
>>
>> I use this string to start: /usr/local/bin/nvtv -t -S NTSC -r 640,480 -s
>> Huge
>>
>> If I just use that from the command line, everything is perfect. If I
>> use
>> this string in my startup script** then it shifts the picture to the
>> right.
>>
>> It is adjusted about 5% over to the right. It is not that overscan is
>> not
>> working, it is that the whole image is pushed right. When starting from
>> the command line or through the GUI, after telling it I want NTSC and
>> 640X480 Huge, it displays perfectly.
>
> I noticed the same issue. I was too lazy to investigate the cause because
> I
> noticed that if I execute the same nvtv command a second time it shifts
> the
> picture back to the correct position.
>
>> What, in my startup string above is causing it to shift right? I looked
>> through the help file (nvtv --help) and got an explaination of what I am
>> typing in, but it is not acting right.
>
> I never put any time into figuring out what was causing the problem from
> my
> startup script. I simply added another identical line to my script to run
> it
> a second time (I might have added a half-second sleep delay between the
> two,
> I forget) and I got the desired result, and I forgot about it until you
> mentioned it. :)
>
>> I appreciate the help.
>>
>> Let me know if you need more information.
>>
>> BT878 based tuner
>> GeForce2 based video card (does this with either SVideo or RCA)
>> Gentoo 1.4
>> nvtv
>>
>> **The way I am starting this is that I have a shell script with the
>> above
>> line in it. It is then symlinked into the ~/.kde/Autostart folder of my
>> home directory. This fires it up, but is shifting the pic.
>
> Maybe it's only a solution due to some quirk in my setup, but try running
> nvtv
> a second time, thusly:
>
> /usr/local/bin/nvtv -t -S NTSC -r 640,480 -s Huge
> /usr/local/bin/nvtv -t -S NTSC -r 640,480 -s Huge
>
> I know it's silly, but I'm curious to know if it works for you. ;)

Thanks. I will give it a try this afternoon when I get a chance to restart
X. I don't care if it sounds silly, if it works I will be happy.

dpeach