[mythtvnz] Help - Mythbuntu / S Video

[Kenneth Dixon]

New Zealand uses pal-b so try:
Option "TVStandard" "PAL-B"
or maybe:
Option "TVStandard" "PAL-BG"
and see if it works.

good luck, 

Ken


----- Original Message Follows -----
> 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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