mike lewis wrote:
Attn Rob,
Hi Mike, I've been on vacation and am just catching up on email.
I'm aware that you use a projector for video out. What output are you
using for freevo? I haven't seen any response on the email bellow. I
guess I'm just looking for feedback on how to get freevo to tell its
apps to display to specific resolution( 852x480)? The device itself
can be told whether or not it looking at widescreen content.
I am using an Epson Powerlite Home 10+ and I think its native resolution
is 854x480 as well, but... (more below)
I have recently pruchased an epson LCD projector. Native resolution of 852x480.
I'm using freevo 1.5.3. I've configured freevo.conf for output
resolution of 852x480.
When freevo runs, it set the framebuffer to 960x720. On the display,
the content is shows as 852x480 (therefore huge black bars around the
whole image). fbset shows this:
---
mode "960x720-60"
# D: 56.542 MHz, H: 45.598 kHz, V: 59.998 Hz
geometry 960 720 960 720 32
timings 17686 144 24 28 8 112 4
rgba 8/16,8/8,8/0,8/24
endmode
---
This mode does not exist in my "/etc/fb.modes" file
When freevo calls mplayer, the mplayer image is displayer in the
topleft corner at the correct resolution, but the screen stays the
same size (if the pic is smaller than the screen size of 960x720).
I'm running a matrox g400 (currently by composite out, but soon to use
vga out). Is anyone doind something similar that has any advice on
issues they discovered?
...
Questions I have:
a) The screen resolution (852x480) is not in my /etc/fb.modes file,
how can I discover the timings etc to put it there?
Ok, since 854x480 isn't in fb.modes it tries to figure out a valid mode
in steps up from that on the fly. You should see some spam in dmesg then.
b) Will this fix the 960x720 screen size issue?
It then ends up with 960x720, so yes, if you figure out a mode for
852x480 it should work.
I didn't have any luck with that resolution (I don't think the g400
likes it). But I see I have some modes I was playing with:
#mode "854x480"
# geometry 854 480 854 480 32
# timings 28008 11 11 0 0 10 0
#endmode
mode "854x480"
geometry 854 480 1024 16368 32
timings 32020 29 29 10 10 112 5
endmode
However, my projector is "compatable" with some HDTV modes in that it
must do some scaling or other magic. I am using Freevo in 1280x720 and
in my fb.modes I have:
mode "1280x720"
# D: 76.499 MHz, H: 45.106 kHz, V: 60.141 Hz
geometry 1280 720 1280 720 32
timings 13072 4 60 24 1 352 5
accel true
rgba 8/16,8/8,8/0,8/24
endmode
I hope this helps,
-Rob
--
-------------------------------------------------------
Rob Shortt | http://tvcentric.com | Freevo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://freevo.sf.net | Free your TV
-------------------------------------------------------
SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO
September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices
Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA
Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf
_______________________________________________
Freevo-devel mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-devel
