[mythtvnz] Help - Mythbuntu / S Video

[Kelvin Sim]

Cheers, will head down to DSE tomorrow and get my hands on a new S Video 
cable.

I found a blog and someone mentioned adding a couple of lines to xorg.conf

/    Option "TVStandard" "PAL-I"
    Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"/

I changed the PAL-I to PAL.  Would this force the card to PAL?

Kelvin

Ross and Jemima wrote:
> Yeah check your lead it may be broken.  The svideo transmits the 
> colour on a separate pin (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-Video) 
> which may be broken only leaving the intensity (black-white) being 
> transmitted.
>
> Robin Gilks wrote:
>>> On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 15:58:23 +1300, you wrote:
>>>
>>>     
>>>> Hello
>>>>
>>>> First time user of Myth here (actually mythbuntu).
>>>>
>>>> I have set-up a box running mythbuntu 8.10 alright and can watch movies
>>>> on my monitor OK.
>>>>
>>>> But when I hook the box up-to the TV using S Video the resulting display
>>>> is only in black and white.
>>>>
>>>> I have googled the above issue and have found several suggestions that
>>>> haven't been able to resolve the issue.
>>>>
>>>> For TV Out I'm using a GeForce4 MX4000 card.  I'm using the Nvidia
>>>> drivers.
>>>>
>>>> Can anybody help?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>> Kelvin
>>>>       
>>> That sounds like the S-Video output is NTSC and your TV will only
>>> accept PAL.
>>>
>>>     
>>
>> Or it could be a broken or short pin on the cable plug (one end or the
>> other).
>>
>> My system, when I was using s-video, would revert to black/white if either
>> end was not plugged right in tight.
>>
>>   
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