[mythtv-users] *SPAM* Re: overscan problems with nvidia 8400 GS

[Dale Pontius]

Nick Rout wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Tortise<tortise at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Dale Pontius" <DEPontius at edgehp.net>
>> To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 8:45 AM
>> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] overscan problems with nvidia 8400 GS
>>
>>
>> Tortise wrote:
>>> Dale Pontius wrote:
>>>> The current tool is "nvidia-settings", and it's been pretty well proven
>>>> to not work for 8xxx+ cards.  However, as mentioned before, the system
>>>> I'm using now has an nVidia 6200, and last night I looked with a mirror,
>>>> and it has an S-Video connector.  So I dug out the manual, and sure
>>>> enough, it has TV-Out.  One of these days I'm going to swap.
>>> I would check the driver version you want, I think you need the 173 driver - and a compatible card - which means <= 5xxx NVIDIA
>>> cards - check the reference I gave you.  I don't think a 6200 will be any better, except to use less power!
>>>
>>> Also I suggest that you read about S-video on wikipedia.
>>>
>>>
>> I have driven the 6200 with a 173-series driver, probably earlier too,
>> considering that I set this system up 3+ years ago.
>>
>> Looking at http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/173.14.18/README/appendix-a.html I note the 173 drivers also support the
>> 8400 GS!
>>
>> Perhaps you can use 173.x overscan capabilities with the 8400GS card?  How about that for an idea worth trying?
>>
> 
> and lose vdpau

Don't really need vdpau for NTSC, and it's an Athlon-X2 clocked at
2.6GHz, so I'm not worried.  By the time I move to HD and need vdpau,
I'll be feeding an HDTV and will be past this TV-Out garbage.

Dale