[mythtv-users] HD1080i or HD480i? 6600 Component out

Jonathan Lin jonlin at linsvilla.com
Tue Feb 7 13:57:53 UTC 2006


do you guys have overscan problem with this method?  also would I be able to 
do this with my FX5200 with VGA/DVI out?

On Tuesday 07 February 2006 08:43, Steve Skarda wrote:
> On 2/6/06, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 2/6/06, Alex Brekken <brekkal at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 2/6/06, Steve Skarda <steveskarda at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On 2/2/06, Steve Skarda <   steveskarda at gmail.com > wrote:
> > > > >  HD1080i or HD480i? 6600 Component out
> > >
> > > So how would a person setup their xorg.conf file so that it will ouput
> >
> > either 1080i OR 720p depending upon the source material?  My TV will do
> > 1080i and 720p, so I wouldn't necessarily want to force it one way or the
> > other.
> >
> > If your TV is native 1080i output at 1080i if its native at 720p
> > output at 720p. I don't think XRandR works with TV-out, only monitor
> > out, so you might want to try connecting to your TV via the DVI cable.
>
> I would love to know the answer for that as well.  I have a 4:3 HDTV that
> accepts 1080i or 480i.   (It does not accept 720p so I don't mind
> outputting those shows as 1080i).  I do need to figure out how to switch it
> to 480i for SDTV shows so that they fill the whole screen.  I think it is
> possible if I look at Jarod's xorg.conf that uses different modelines for
> different modes.
>
> http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/xorg.conf-HD.txt
>
> I haven't experimented with that yet.  Of course, he isn't using the
> tvstandard "hd1080i" in this xorg that I am so it may be a bit more
> difficult than I realize.  Hopefully, I'll get a chance to try that this
> weekend.   If I learn anything, I'll post it here.
>
> My TV only has component so DVI isn't an option.  (I assume that most of us
> that are using the 6200/6600 component out are in that situation).
>
> Steve

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