[mythtv-users] TV-Out nVidia 6200

Sergei Gerasenko gerases at publicschoolworks.com
Thu Sep 28 14:44:23 UTC 2006


On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 09:27:50AM -0500, jack snodgrass wrote:
> On 9/28/06, Sergei Gerasenko <gerases at publicschoolworks.com> wrote:
> > Hello everybody,
> >
> > I'm almost done with tweaking my setup. The only thing left is
> > connecting my PC to a TV. The thing is I want to continue using the box
> > as a computer and only occasionally do I want to watch TV on it.
> >
> > Last night I modified my device section as follows. The commented lines is what
> > I added. This worked but my monitor resolution dropped to something like
> > 800x600. Is there a way to keep my monitor resolution intact and still have
> > TV-out?
> >
> > Section "Device"
> >   Identifier  "NVIDIA Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6200 TurboCache]"
> >   Driver    "nvidia"
> >   BusID   "PCI:4:0:0"
> >   #Option "TwinView"
> >   #Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync"     "30-50"
> >   #Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh"   "60"
> >   #Option "MetaModes" "1024x768, 1024x768; 800x600, 800x600; 640x480, 640x480;"
> >   #Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Thanks,
> >   Sergei
> 
> I have my 'tv-out' going through the DVI port to my HDTV screen. Not
> sure how you
> have yours set up.
> 
> I'm using the nvidia driver and I have 2 Section "Device" and 2
> Section "Screen" sections.
> Each one has it's own resolution.

Oh, I see. That does make sense. Can you show me the device and screen
sections for your HDTV screen? I just need an example because I'm not
sure how to describe a plain TV in those sections. X configuration has always
been a voodoo art.


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