[mythtvnz] Video output resolution question

[Nick Rout]

On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 9:30 AM, Paulgir <paulgir at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Sorry about the brevity of the last reply.I'm using my desktop to email
>>> the mythbox is not on my LAN yet.
>>> OK. the message I got (had I read it correctly) told me what the problem
>>> with those commands was - typos.Here's the output:
>>>
>>> myth at myth:~$ xrandr
>>> xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
>>> Screen 0: minimum 320 x 175, current 1280 x 720, maximum 1280 x 720
>>> default connected 1280x720+0+0 0mm x 0mm
>>> ? ?1280x720 ? ? ? 50.0* ? ?51.0 ? ? 52.0
>>
>>> ?xwininfo
>>>
>>> xwininfo: Please select the window about which you
>>> ? ? ? ? ? would like information by clicking the
>>> ? ? ? ? ? mouse in that window.
>>>
>>> xwininfo: Window id: 0x1200003 "Desktop"
>>> ? Width: 1280
>>> ? Height: 720
>>
>> So your monitor/TV is running at 1280x720 or 720p
>>
>> If you want a higher resolution you need to sort out driving your
>> monitor/TV at that resolution.
>>
>> By the way, every time you post, it seems to start a new thread for me
>> (I am using gmail). Please don't.
>>
>>
> I am new to using a mailing list so I don't know why you are seeing a new
> thread each time I reply.I am replying to the Digest after editing it and
> changing
> the subject line to the subject line of the original email - perhaps this
> is
> not the correct procedure?

Please don't subscribe as digest and then reply to digest posts, even
after editing the subject line.

Subscribe in the normal way, it is not a high volume list.

>
> On the original question - are you saying the TV needs to be set correctly?
> All the HDMI inputs on the TV are capable of receiving 1080i signals.There
> appears
> to be no requirement or facility for manual set up.From the TV manual:
> Max display resolution:
> 4:3 768 x 768
> 16:9 1024 x 768
> PC (from HDMI terminal)
> signal                                  horizontal frequency (kHz)                      vertical frequency (Hz)
> 640 x 480 @ 60Hz                31.47                                                       60.00
> 750 (720) / 60p             45.00                                                           60.00
> 1125 (1080) / 60p               67.50                                                       60.00
>
> On the mythtv HDMI input the tv displays 720p / 50 Hz
> On the 1st phillips HDD recorder (analogue tuner) on another HDMI input:
> 1080i / 50 Hz
> On the 2nd phillips HDD recorder        (analogue tuner) on component input:
> 576i / 50 Hz
> Tv internal tuner: 1080i /50Hz
> Obviously the 1st HDD isn't really outputing 1080i .
> The display settings in the xfce menu show a maximum resolution of 1280 x
> 720.
> xorg.conf is:
> Section "Screen"
>        Identifier      "Default Screen"
>        DefaultDepth    24
> EndSection
>
> Section "Extensions"
>        Option  "Composite"     "Disable"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>        Identifier      "Default Device"
>        Driver  "nvidia"
>        Option  "TVOutFormat"   "COMPONENT"
>        Option  "TVStandard"    "HD1080p"
>        Option  "DPI"   "100x100"
>        Option  "NoLogo"        "1"
>        Option  "ConnectedMonitor"      "TV"
> EndSection
>
> I'm wondering if adding this line would help:
>
> Option    "UseEdidDpi"  "FALSE"
>
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