On Thursday 22 December 2005 13:49, Allan Wilson wrote: > I do have a VGA input on my TV but it will not take up the full screen if > you use it. Refering to what you where talking about Michael should I get a > cable to convert the VGA to something else? If so what input should I shoot > for? I do like the idea of using the VGA output anyhow b/c every computer > already comes with this. Even if I use the VGA out won't I still have to > tell it the specs for my Display with a modeline since it is not standard?
Have you fed the tv a 1920x1080 signal over the VGA? I assume if you send it something like 1024x768 it acts like a laptop monitor and doesn't scale the image, just centers it. See what it does when you feed it a 1920x1080 through VGA. > Steve, I have seen where some people are using different resolutions for > different content but how do you control this? Also if you are using Myth > in on a widescreen display what do you use for the theme. Thanks for the > help I think I am starting to understand a little better. its in the Setup/Utilities menu somewhere. It requires X randr. -- Steve > > Allan > > On 12/22/05, Steve Adeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursday 22 December 2005 12:20, Michael T. Dean wrote: > > > Allan Wilson wrote: > > > > Thanks Michael, that was just a flub I meant 1080p. > > > > > > Yeah. I was just mentioning the name of the standard so you and Steve > > > were on the same page when I said that your TV /is/ a 1080p--as you > > > claimed. > > > > > > > I know I shouldn't use the svideo out but it's what I've got now and > > > > I am going to be adding a new box that will use a better connection. > > > > Right now I mainly want to get my desktop and myth full screen on my > > > > 16:9 screen. I haven't played with linux at all on a 16:9 screen can > > > > someone give me some pointers I am suffering from to much info I > > > > think. Like how do I find my HorizSync or my VertRefresh. What > > > > modeline are you using and what lead you to using it? Thanks for the > > > > help > > > > > Just connect a VGA cable. Any video card should have one, and you'll > > > get much better picture quality as a bonus (even at 640x480, the PQ > > > will be better than a PVR-350's S-Video out--but you might as well go > > > to a higher resolution). Since your TV (and all other 1080p TV's I've > > > seen) doesn't support 1080p60 via DVI, you'll want to use VGA in your > > > final 1080p configuration, anyway, so you might as well start moving > > > that way. > > > > > > IMHO, you're just wasting time trying to get widescreen support with > > > S-Video/Composite (which are designed for 4:3 NTSC--especially in the > > > NVIDIA drivers). Since your final setup will be using VGA, you might > > > as well go there now--even if you don't do 1080p--because it's easier > > > to configure. > > > > > > However, if you really want to use S-Video, you can make it work by > > > selecting the appropriate "scaling" mode on your TV (i.e. send a 4:3 > > > signal and make your TV stretch it). > > > > > > Mike > > > > If your TV is 1080p then its best native mode will be 1080p. Unless your > > TV > > has a Faroudja scaler, and possibly even if it does, you'll want to run > > your > > video card output at 1920x1080 and have MythTV, etc, output at this > > resolution. > > > > Some caveats: > > Some TV's have native modes for SD at 480p which if any of your SD > > signals are > > noisy you might want to have Myth output at these lower native > > resolutions since scaling can make the picture look really bad. > > > > For things like DVD's, digital cable sources (even if run through a PVR > > card's > > S-Video), and of course HD material, go ahead and have Myth/MPlayer/Xine > > scale them to 1920x1080. The software scaling will be as good if not > > better > > than the internal scaler on your TV, and since these sources will be > > realitvely free of signal noise(with the PVR material being the worst, > > even > > when its clean) scaling to 1080p will definitely be the way to go. > > > > As of now, I don't think MythTV has an IVTC algorithm for playing back HD > > sources though, so it will be interesting to see how the standard > > deinterlace > > algorithms handle HD stream output of 1080i material into 1080p. > > > > When playing back DVD's with MPlayer or Xine, give a try using their IVTC > > filter. The one to use with MPlayer is "-vf pullup,softskip", I'll gander > > Xine has a similar one, though I haven't played around with Xine in a > > while. > > This should, in realtime do the best inverse-telecine for outputting to a > > progressive display. Worth a try. > > > > -- > > Steve > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
