If possible send to the list as well... Thanks, Dave
On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 12:24:06 -0500, Scott Minneman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Would you mind sending me the line from your .nvidia-settings-rc file > for sharpness? Mine has TVFlickerFilter, TVSaturation, etc, but nothing > for sharpness. > > > Ryan A. Carris wrote: > > >On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 11:56:59 -0800, Bruce Markey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >(snip) > > > > > >>I decided to look into the alignment problem. In a long afternoon > >>of divide and conquer, I found a magic overscan value that put a > >>480 pixel image in 480 scan lines for the 4xxx driver. Of course, > >>the overscan changed with the 6xxx drivers and are now controlled > >>by the "nvidia-settings" tool. If the overscan value is set to 250 > >>(actually anywhere from 243-250) it is pretty darn close if not > >>exactly 480 pixels on 480 scan lines. This means that by not scaling > >>and with accurate frame timing, only data from one of the recoded > >>fields is displayed per field refresh. > >> > >> > >(snip) > > > >Based on your suggestions, I played around with my settings last night > >to see if I could improve on the extremely poor s-quality I'm getting > >out of the FX5600XT (possibly a Gigibyte card) I put in last week. > >Compared to the onboard Nforce2 quality I was getting, it sucked! So, > >beware, I believe that it varies from manufacturer to manufacturer. > >and was really happy with the results, so I wanted to respond, so > >maybe more people would see your advice. > > > >I'm not sure I could tell much difference by setting the overscan to > >250. It was just very slight on my card/tv. But, setting this made > >me adjust my GUI size IN MYTH SETTINGS/APPEARANCE down to ~540x750 > >and set the offsets to X = 15 Y = 20 so that everything stayed on the > >screen. Not a big deal. > > > > > > > >>In "nvidia-settings", set the flicker filter to 1, and sharpness to > >>about 6 to 8. Set "TV Saturation" to about 172 to 178. The last > >>one is important. I've found that both nVidia and ATI tvout tend > >>to bleed bright reds when the TV is set the same as for a TV signal. > >>The best solution I've found is to turn down the color on the TV set > >>to just below the point where reds pulsate, glow or bleed then turn > >>up this nvidia saturation control. Recording with higher sat would > >>distort the colors in the recording and the Xv saturation seems to > >>cause distortion also. However, the nvidia setting gives colors more > >>body without distortion until you are at a point where the colors are > >>cleanly overdriven. > >> > >> > >(snip) > > > > > >>-- bjm > >> > >> > > > >Now the Flicker and Sharpness adjustment made a BIG difference. I'm > >now convinced that lowering these settings is an absolute must. > >Scrolling text used to be fuzzy, but now is crisp -- almost too much > >with a harsh edge. The Flicker Filter made the biggest difference. I > >get a bit of flicker in the horizontal lines in the GUI, but that is > >expected on an interlaced TV. To control this somewhat, I have my > >Flicker Filter set to ~12. > > > >Turning up the Saturation helped a little to improve the vibrancy, but > >this card isn't a good judge of color. I have a new MSI FX5200 coming > >today from newegg; will play more this weekend. > > > >Thanks for the (as always) very good suggestions, > > > >-rac > >_______________________________________________ > >mythtv-users mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > > > > > -- > > Scott Minneman > J.D. Candidate, 2007 > The George Washington University Law School > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
