[olug] Mythtv TV S-Video out

[Jon Larsen]

You should first try to get the TV working without running two displays, 
it will be easier to troubleshoot.

Remember, a standard 27inch regular TV is 500 lines of resolution, or 
essentially 640x480, so setup your Monitor1 to be 640x480.


This is my working xorg.conf for my Myth box on Fedora Core 5, what 
MythDora is based on.

Section "ServerLayout"
         Identifier     "Default Layout"
         Screen      0  "Screen1" 0 0
         InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
         InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

--- stuff cut out ---

Section "Monitor"
         Identifier   "Monitor1"
         VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
         ModelName    "NTSC TV"
         HorizSync    30.0 - 50.0
         VertRefresh  60.0 - 60.0
         DisplaySize  640 480
EndSection

Section "Device"
         Identifier  "Videocard1"
         Driver      "nvidia"
         VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
         BoardName   "NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX (generic)"
         Option      "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
         Option      "Connected Monitor" "TV"
         Option      "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
         Option      "RenderAccel" "1"
         Option       "NoLogo" "On"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
         Identifier "Screen1"
         Device     "Videocard1"
         Monitor    "Monitor1"
         DefaultDepth     24
         SubSection "Display"
                 Depth     24
                 Modes   "640x480"
         EndSubSection
EndSection

--- stuff cut out ---


Connected Monitor is a Nvidia-specific option, and not a reference to 
the Monitor1 device.  See the Nvidia README.

Option "Connected Monitor" "TV"

Once you get the TV out working, you should look into adding second 
display. You may want to look into the Nvidia README for the 'TwinView' 
section.  I don't use TwinView myself, or dual displays for my Myth box.

I hope this gives you some ideas.
Jon L.



webtrekker at cox.net wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I am trying again to get MythTV setup... I used the newest MythDora and so far am pretty happy with how things are working.  My only problem now is getting the output on to a TV.
> Here is what I have:
> Dell GX-260 pc 
> NVidia GeForce FX 5200
> Hauppauge 250
> 
> Here is my xorg.conf
> # XFree86 4 configuration created by pyxf86config
> Section "ServerLayout"
> 	Identifier     "Default Layout"
> 	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
> 	Screen	    1  "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
> 	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> 	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Files"
> 
> # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
> # By default, a font server independent of the X server is
> # used to render fonts.
> 	ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
> 	ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions"
> 	ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
> 	FontPath     "unix/:7100"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Module"
> 	Load  "dbe"
> 	Load  "extmod"
> 	Load  "fbdevhw"
> 	Load  "glx"
> 	Load  "record"
> 	Load  "freetype"
> 	Load  "type1"
> 	Load  "v4l"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
> 	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
> 	Driver      "kbd"
> 	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
> 	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
> 	Identifier  "Mouse0"
> 	Driver      "mouse"
> 	Option	    "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
> 	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> 	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> 	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Monitor"
> 
>  ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
>  ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
> 	Identifier   "Monitor0"
> 	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
> 	ModelName    "Dell 1707FP (Analog)"
> 	DisplaySize  340	270
>  ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
> 	HorizSync    30.0 - 81.0
> 	VertRefresh  56.0 - 76.0
> 	Option	    "dpms"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Monitor"
> 	Identifier "Monitor1" #TV
> 	HorizSync 30-50
> 	VertRefresh 60
> EndSection
> Section "Device"
> 	Identifier  "Videocard0"
> 	Driver      "nvidia"
> 	VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
> 	BoardName   "nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
> 	screen 0
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
> 	Identifier "Videocard1"
> 	Driver 	    "nvidia"
> 	Screen 1
> 	Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
> 	Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
> 	Option "ConnectedMonitor" "Monitor1"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
> 	Identifier "Screen0"
> 	Device     "Videocard0"
> 	Monitor    "Monitor0"
> 	DefaultDepth     24
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Viewport   0 0
> 		Depth     16
> 		Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> 	EndSubSection
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Viewport   0 0
> 		Depth     24
> 		Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> 	EndSubSection
> EndSection
> Section "Screen"
> 	Identifier "Screen1"
> 	Device "Videocard1"
> 	Monitor "Monitor1"
> 	DefaultDepth 24
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth 24
> 		Modes "1024x768_60"
> 	EndSubSection
> EndSection
> 
> Section "DRI"
> 	Group        0
> 	Mode         0666
> EndSection
> 
> 
> Sorry for the long posting, but I didn't know how else to post the info...
> Can anyone help me with this? As this is the last piece of the puzzle it would be nice to start using Myth on my TV.  I have tried different resolutions for the TV, but nothing works.  There is S-Video output when I'm not in X, but that doesn't really help...  :)
> 
> Thank you 
> 
> Patrick
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