[mythtv-users] 6150 Component output

[Calvin Harrigan]

Steven Ellis wrote:
> 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...

<SNIP>

Now I am really confused...  Anyone else used the component out on the 
M2NPV-VM?