[mythtv-users] Video image is too wide on Sony KDF-E42A10

Tony Chiaffredo tony at chiaffredo.org
Sat May 27 17:38:49 UTC 2006


Well, I had this wonderful, fully documented question, and while 
composing it, I found the problem. I think!

I found a reference to the PC Input Signals in the Sony Manual pg 80.
  http://im1.onecall.com/Image_Products/Sony/kdfe42a10_manual.pdf

I'm using SVGA, so my max Resolution is 800x600.

Sending for the Archives.

Toneus

====================================

I'm at a loss, and I'm starting to chase my tail. Any help or direction 
would be greatly appreciated!

Although I have small boarders (the blue boarders too) around my video 
image, it is displayed too wide for my screen. An artifact of this is 
that my Menu is partially off the screen. As well items like ESPN 
banners. G.A.N.T theme is displaying perfectly. No loss.

(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 800 x 600
(==) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (75, 75)


ex.
     =====================================
     |                                   |
     |                                   |
   ----------------------                |
   |Program Guide       |                |
   |Previous Channel    |                |
   |Change Aspect Ratio |                |
   |...                 |                |
   ----------------------                |
     |                                   |
   ESPN                                  |
     =====================================

Things I've tried...
 - Changing modeline
 - Adjusting Width & Height in Setup - TV Settings - Recording Profiles 
- MPEG-2 Encoders - LiveTV
     (Width 640 / Height 480)
 - Adjusting mvidia-settings overscan
     Right now it's set to 15 or 16.

I believe that I'm correctly using the correct Modeline for my TV (Sony 
KDF-E42A10). But then again some of this is like French to me.
     http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Modeline_Database
 

## Sony KDF-E42A10
## You'll also need to add Option "IgnoreEDID" "true" to the Screen section
## since the TV incorrectly reports as 1920x540.
# ModeLine "1280x720" 74.25 1280 1390 1430 1648 720 725 732 752 +hsync +vsync



My /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
========================

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        VendorName   "Sony"
        ModelName    "Sony KDF-E42A10"
        Option       "IgnoreEDID"
        Option       "DPMS"     "true"
        HorizSync    28.0 - 150.0 # Warning: This may fry old Monitors
        VertRefresh  30.0 - 90.0  # Very conservative. May flicker.
        # 1280x960
        ModeLine "1280x720"  74.25 1280 1390 1430 1648 720 725 732 752  +hsync +vsync
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
# sw_cursor is needed for some ati and radeon cards
        #Option     "sw_cursor"
        #Option     "hw_cursor"
        #Option     "NoAccel"
        #Option     "ShowCache"
        #Option     "ShadowFB"
        #Option     "UseFBDev"
        #Option     "Rotate"
        Identifier  "Card0"
# The following line is auto-generated by KNOPPIX mkxf86config
        Driver      "nvidia"
        VendorName  "All"
        BoardName   "All"
#       BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Card0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultColorDepth 24
        Option     "IgnoreEDID"  "true"
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     24
                Modes "1280x720"
        EndSubSection
EndSection



(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "IgnoreEDID" "true"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Ignoring EDIDs
(--) NVIDIA(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xE8000000
(--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xF4000000
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU detected as: GeForce FX 5200
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 04.34.20.67.00
(--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
(II) NVIDIA(0): Detected AGP rate: 8X
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoRAM: 131072 kBytes
(II) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s): TV-0
(--) NVIDIA(0): Detected TV Encoder: NVIDIA
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display device TV-0: maximum pixel clock at  8 bpp: 400 MHz
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display device TV-0: maximum pixel clock at 16 bpp: 400 MHz
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display device TV-0: maximum pixel clock at 32 bpp: 400 MHz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not probing EDIDs.
(II) Loading sub module "int10"
(II) LoadModule: "int10"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libint10.a
(II) Module int10: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
        compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
        ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) NVIDIA(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000
(II) NVIDIA(0): Monitor0: Using hsync range of 28.00-150.00 kHz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Monitor0: Using vrefresh range of 30.00-90.00 Hz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Clock range:  12.00 to 400.00 MHz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (width too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (width too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (width too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (width too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (width too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (width too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (width too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (width too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (width too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (width too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (width too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (width too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (width too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (width too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (width too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (width too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (width too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (height too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (height too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (height too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (height too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (height too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1152x864" (height too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1152x768" (height too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (height too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (height too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (height too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (height too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (height too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (height too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (height too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (height too large for virtual size)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "1280x720" (not a valid TV mode)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "960x720" (not a valid TV mode)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "960x720" (not a valid TV mode)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "960x720" (not a valid TV mode)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "928x696" (not a valid TV mode)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "928x696" (not a valid TV mode)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "896x672" (not a valid TV mode)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "896x672" (not a valid TV mode)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "832x624" (not a valid TV mode)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "700x525" (not a valid TV mode)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "700x525" (not a valid TV mode)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "640x512" (not a valid TV mode)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "640x512" (not a valid TV mode)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "640x512" (not a valid TV mode)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "720x400" (not a valid TV mode)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "576x432" (not a valid TV mode)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "640x350" (not a valid TV mode)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "576x384" (not a valid TV mode)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "512x384" (not a valid TV mode)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "512x384" (not a valid TV mode)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "512x384" (not a valid TV mode)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "512x384" (not a valid TV mode)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "512x384" (not a valid TV mode)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "416x312" (not a valid TV mode)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "360x200" (not a valid TV mode)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "320x175" (not a valid TV mode)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes for display device TV-0:
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "800x600": 56.3 MHz, 53.7 kHz, 85.1 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "800x600": 114.8 MHz, 106.2 kHz, 85.0 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "800x600": 49.5 MHz, 46.9 kHz, 75.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "800x600": 101.2 MHz, 93.8 kHz, 75.0 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "800x600": 50.0 MHz, 48.1 kHz, 72.2 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "800x600": 94.5 MHz, 87.5 kHz, 70.0 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "800x600": 87.8 MHz, 81.2 kHz, 65.0 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "800x600": 40.0 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 60.3 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "800x600": 81.0 MHz, 75.0 kHz, 60.0 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "800x600": 36.0 MHz, 35.2 kHz, 56.2 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "640x480": 74.2 MHz, 85.9 kHz, 85.1 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "640x480": 36.0 MHz, 43.3 kHz, 85.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "640x480": 31.5 MHz, 37.5 kHz, 75.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "640x480": 31.5 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 72.8 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "640x480": 25.2 MHz, 31.5 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "640x480": 54.0 MHz, 60.0 kHz, 60.0 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "640x400": 31.5 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 85.1 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "400x300": 28.1 MHz, 53.7 kHz, 85.3 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "400x300": 24.8 MHz, 46.9 kHz, 75.1 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "400x300": 25.0 MHz, 48.1 kHz, 72.2 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "400x300": 20.0 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 60.3 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "400x300": 18.0 MHz, 35.2 kHz, 56.3 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "320x240": 18.0 MHz, 43.3 kHz, 85.2 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "320x240": 15.8 MHz, 37.5 kHz, 75.0 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "320x240": 15.8 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 72.8 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "320x240": 12.6 MHz, 31.5 kHz, 60.1 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "320x200": 15.8 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 85.3 Hz (D)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 800 x 600
(==) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (75, 75)






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