[mythtv-users] [OT] 1080i

[Andrew Gallatin]

Bryan Murphy [bryan at terralab.com] wrote:
> 
> I have another, related question:
> 
> When I use my 1080i modeline, xvidtune reports my resolution as 
> 1920x1080.  When I use my 720p or 480p modelines, instead of 1280x720 
> and 720x480, I get 1024x768 and 640x480 respectively.

Perhaps X is rejecting your desired modes, and falling back to
the next available standard mode which it likes.   Did you
check your log in /var/log/Xorg.0.log for lines like
"not using mode " pertaining to your mode?



> #  Option   "TVStandard" "HD720p"
>    Option   "TVStandard" "HD1080i"
>    Option   "TVOverscan" "0.0"

> 
> I'm currently using SuSE 9.2 with an Nvidia 6600GT card and the 6629 and 
> everything is over DVI.

I wasn't aware that TVStandard or TVOverscan worked via Nvidia DVI.
I thought that was a tv-out sort of thing only.  Do they do anything?

Drew