Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:44:46 -0500
From: Jim Duda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Freevo-users] LCD Monitor Setup Help
To: freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net
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I thought I did a good job researching my High Definition LCD purchase,
now I'm not so sure.
I purchased a Sharp Acquos LC-42D62U TV, which supports 1080p and 2 HDMI
inputs. The TV is just amazing when watching the high def cable feeds.
I'm struggling to get freevo working properly, I'm hoping someone can
teach me what I need to know.
In preparation, I purchased a Nvidia FX 5200 card with a DVI connector.
I was under the impression this card was going to allow me to display
1920x1080 on my Sharp 1080p display. At least the Nvidia sales
literature lends me to believe so. I'm using the binary nvidia driver
on my FC5 linux machine.
I have the cable box to 1 HDMI input (works fine).
I have my freevo box to the 2nd HDMI input.
The Sharp manual says "It is necessary to set the PC format correctly to
display XGA and WXGA signal". Why is the PC display different than what
my cable settop box can do? I would think if the cable box can deliver
1920x1080, I should be able to get my computer to do so. What am I
missing?
The best I have been able to achieve is 1280x1024. If I configure the
monitor in "zoom" mode, I can get a full screen freevo display, however,
the videos from mplayer and xine are not full screen.
What should I set "geometry" to in /etc/freevo/freevo.conf (1360x768
works best in zoom mode for some reason I don't understand)?
What else should I need to change in local_conf.py ?
I have this in my xorg.conf file:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Sharp"
ModelName "LC-42D62U"
Option "dpms" "false"
Modeline "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" 182.28 1920 1952 2640 2672 1080 1102
1113 1135
Modeline "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" 84.50 1360 1392 1712 1744 768 783 791
807
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen AGP"
Device "NV AGP"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "NvAGP" "1"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "800x600" "640x400"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1920x1080" "1360x768" "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
EndSection
I get this info from my xorg.log file:
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "NvAGP" "1"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "XvMCUsesTextures" "false"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
(**) NVIDIA(0): Use of NVIDIA internal AGP requested
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce FX 5200 at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 131072 kBytes
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 04.34.20.87.00
(II) NVIDIA(0): Detected AGP rate: 4X
(--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
(--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce FX 5200 at
PCI:1:0:0:
(--) NVIDIA(0): SHARP HDMI (DFP-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): SHARP HDMI (DFP-0): 135.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
(--) NVIDIA(0): SHARP HDMI (DFP-0): Internal Single Link TMDS
(II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: DFP-0
(WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "1920x1080"; removing.
(WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "1360x768"; removing.
(II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
(II) NVIDIA(0): "1280x1024"
(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1280 x 1024
(--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (39, 56); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config
(--) NVIDIA(0): option
(--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
(II) do I need RAC? No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
Thanks,
Jim
You don't seem to have a valid modeline. I thought [EMAIL PROTECTED] is not HDTV
spec, so your TV won't accept that on the HDMI input. So you have to feed it
with a [EMAIL PROTECTED] modeline. You should be able to find one, there's
plenty
of modeline generators out there.
Thanks,
Leon
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