[mythtv-users] PVR-350 + PAL tv, over scan problem.
Jason Garrett
kingedgar at gmail.com
Sun Nov 6 19:34:07 EST 2005
Sorry, I was typing in a hurry. From what I have been able to devise,
regular desktop will not be very usable using the tv out of the
pvr350. I have put all my important icons in the center of the screen
as well as moved the launch menu to the center of the kicker in KDE.
The settings I was refering to are in Setup->Apperance in mythfrontend.
I had kept everything through my regular video card while setting up,
so mythtv-setup was entirely on my computer monitor.
I then switched to the xorg.conf suggested by Jarod Wilson in his HOWTO.
This yielded me results like you are talking, overscan, not being able
to use the desktop, etc.
I went through the mythfronted setup after someones suggestion here on
this list. That is where I found that with the out of the pvr350 it is
best to run it in a window. (This is a setting in Setup-Appearnce)
This is also where I set the GUI size and offset. My xorg.conf remains
the same as Jarod's suggestion in his howto...(NTSC btw)
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "NTSC Monitor"
HorizSync 30-68
VertRefresh 50-120
Mode "720x480"
# D: 34.563 MHz, H: 37.244 kHz, V: 73.897 Hz
DotClock 34.564
HTimings 720 752 840 928
VTimings 480 484 488 504
Flags "-HSync" "-VSync"
EndMode
EndSection
On 11/6/05, Niklas Palmqvist <npalmqvist at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Jason.
>
> Sorry, but don't understand 100%. So, you only changed the resolution etc,
> but what settings should I use in xorg.xonf?
>
> Can you please post the section from your xorg.xonf, that would help me a
> lot.
>
> Thanks, appreciate it.
>
> Niklas
> ----------
>
> On 11/7/05, Jason Garrett <kingedgar at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi, I had this same problem while setting up.
> >
> > I had to run the frontend in a window, and set the gui size and
> > offsets to my custom levels.
> >
> > To get everything set, I had to swtich my xorg.conf back to that of
> > my video card, change some settings, then swtich back to the xorg.conf
> > of the pvr350.
> >
> > My settings for gui size and offset are as follows...
> >
> > GUI width (px): 620
> > GUI height (px): 440
> >
> > GUI X offset: 40
> > GUI Y offset: 20
> >
> > Hope this helps you!
> >
> > On 11/6/05, Niklas Palmqvist <npalmqvist at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi there.
> > >
> > > Installing Mythtv with a PVR-350 on FC4. Have gotten X to display on my
> tv,
> > > but I am left with the overscan problem, i.e. I can not see the entire
> > > desktop on my tv, which is frustrating.
> > >
> > > When I try to run mythtv-setup, I can not see the entire screen either,
> the
> > > edges are cut off.
> > >
> > > Have googled and looked at various forums, but no luck so far. Have
> used
> > > xvidtune to try and tweak the settings, but have not been able to find a
> > > good match.
> > >
> > > This is the section on my xorg.conf file:
> > >
> > > Section "Monitor"
> > > Identifier "PAL Monitor"
> > > HorizSync 30-68
> > > VertRefresh 50-120
> > > Mode "720x576"
> > > DotClock 42.6
> > > HTimings 720 760 832 944
> > > VTimings 576 577 580 602
> > > Flags "-HSync" "-VSync"
> > > EndMode
> > > EndSection
> > >
> > > Any thoughts on how to get this to display properly?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > Niklas
> > > ----------
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