On 5/19/05, Cory Papenfuss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 19 May 2005, Eric Jensen wrote: > > > I have a Sony Wega FD Trinitron (KV-36FS100) hooked up with a VGA to > > Component adapter. I am having some troubles getting it to output > > correctly on theTV. I spent several hours going through various guides > > meant more for the HDTV models, but with no luck. Mostly because I > > don't understand video at all, I'm sure. It looks the the refresh and > > colors are good, the video doesn't roll or anything like that. But it > > is squished and repeated into 3 columns accross the TV. If anybody has > > some tips on what I need to put in my xorg.conf that would be greatly > > appreciated. I'll put what I have now up too. > > > If it is squished and repeated three times, then the refresh is > *NOT* good. The TV is not syncing to the signal you are providing. It > sounds like it's catching the vertical sync, but not the horizontal. > > > ModeLine "ATSC-480-59.94p" 23.916 640 664 736 760 480 482 488 525 > > The frequencies on this seem to be correct for 480p (23.916e6/760 > = 31.468kHz = 2x 15.734 kHz = 2x SDTV). You might try appending one of > these to the end of the modeline to see if you can convince the transcoder > to change its sync to something the TV likes. > +vsync +hsync > +vsync -hsync > -vsync +hsync > -vsync -hsync > > Also, check the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file and make sure you're > using the ATSC-480-59.94p modeline... the other ones are NOT 480p. Since > you're seeing three squished images, I'm suspect that you are using the > 72p one. > > -Cory > > ************************************************************************* > * Cory Papenfuss * > * Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student * > * Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University * > ************************************************************************* > > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > >
Eric, I looked up my purchase of the hdmi to dvi-d cable. I purchased the premium cable from pccables.com for $34.00 . They have good pictures of the cable ends . Just FYI, I was pleased with the service from pccables.com and the cable. It has gold plated pins and looks fairly rugged. Barry _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
