[mythtv-users] 6150 Component output

[Steven Ellis]

On Mon, February 12, 2007 4:52 am, Alex Halovanic wrote:
> That's exactly how I did switch between the modes, but as I said,
> switching to a lower res format just makes the screen a smaller
> rectangle, while the timings remain at 1080i.  My board's an Asus CSM
> and this is with the 9746 Nvidia driver.

Odd. I use the M2NPV-VM board with component out. I can specify 1080i or
720p in my X Config and it fills the screen on my Dell 2407WFP. Then if I
use xrandr to change modes it continue to resize to fill the screen. I
haven't tried with a wide range of TVs though.

Steve

>
> On 2/11/07, Steven Ellis <steven at openmedia.co.nz> wrote:
>> Alex Halovanic wrote:
>> > I just bought a 6150 board with component output and I was wondering
>> > the same thing too.  Unfortunately, you've realized correctly that you
>> > do need to specify the TVStandard and can't switch modelines on the
>> > fly.  The odd thing is that you can specify HD1080i as your TVStandard
>> > and use both 1920x1080 and 1280x720 modes, but both are still at 1080i
>> > timings, so the 1280x720 is just a smaller rectangle on your screen at
>> > 1080i, which is extremely odd.  The same thing happens for any res
>> > lower than your TVStandard res.  I suspect it's only an Nvidia driver
>> > limitation.
>> >
>> > I had set out to use different resoulutions as well to match my
>> > inputs.  I did some testing of video clips to see if it made a real
>> > difference.  At least with my set, I got the best results using my TVs
>> > native resolution (1080i) and letting the myth system scale and
>> > deinterlace everything.
>> >
>> Ok i've been using these boards quite a lot.
>>
>> If you specify 1080i it allows for the following timings
>>
>> 1080i
>> 720p
>> 576p
>> 480p
>> 576i
>> 480i
>>
>> And you can use xrandr or some other tool to switch resolutions.
>>
>> If you want to check this just try the following as root on the command
>> line
>>
>> startx -- -logvebose 6
>>
>> Steve
>> > On 2/10/07, Calvin Harrigan <charriglists at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >> I'm considering buying a M2NPV-VM motherboard with the onboard 6150
>> with
>> >> component output.
>> >> Reading through the mailing list archive I see at least several
>> people
>> >> use this board with varying success.  Because I've not used a nvidia
>> >> card with component output, I was curious as to how it works.
>> Reading
>> >> the configuration samples it seems like you would need to specify a
>> TV
>> >> format like:
>> >> Option "TVStandard" "HD480i"
>> >> Option "TVStandard" "HD1080i"
>> >> Option "TVStandard"   "HD720p"
>> >>
>> >> If that's the case does this prevent me from being able to change
>> video
>> >> modes?
>> >> I would like to change modes depending on what content I'm viewing.
>> >> Anyone using this setup?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Calvin...
>> >>
>> >>
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