PAL TV out

["foo bar" <foobum (at) gmail.com>]

Hi,

On 3/19/06, Shane Hollaway <shane.hollaway (at) gmail.com> wrote:

I'm having trouble setting up my TV Out on my nVidia 6600GT to go to
my 4:3 PAL tv.  I'm guessing that the setup I've got in my xorg.conf
file is wrong, because each time I try to set it up for TV it fails to
load X with the error "(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable
configuration."

Looking at the log file, it looks like it's deciding that none of the
modes are valid for a  TV type of PAL.

Any help or example xorg.conf files would be great.  Here's my current
setup in the xorg.conf:

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
        ModelName    "LG 68cm Analog TV"
        HorizSync     30.0 - 50.0
        VertRefresh  60.0 - 60.0
        Option      "dpms"
        ModeLine "640x480PAL"   29.50       640  675  678  944  480
530  535  625
        ModeLine "800x600PAL"   36.00       800  818  820  960  600
653  655  750
EndSection

Section "Device"

        # TV Out Setup
        Identifier  "Videocard0"
        Driver      "nvidia"
        VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
        BoardName   "NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT"
        Option      "TVStandard" "PAL"
        # Option            "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
        Option      "TVOutFormat" "COMPOSITE"
        Option      "ConnectedMonitor" "TV"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Videocard0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth     24
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     24
                Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection


Thanks,
Shane.
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I have the same card and following xorg.conf works very well for me -
it outputs as close to a standard, interlaced PAL-I signal that is
achievable with the daft nvidia drivers. This results in an almost
perfect tv picture for me with no need for expensive/cruddy
deinterlacing. 

<snip files / modules / input devices>

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "TV"
        VendorName   "Toshiba"
        ModelName    "SDTV"
        HorizSync    0-60
        VertRefresh  50-60
        Option  "NoDDC" "1"
        Option  "IgnoreEDID" "true"
        Option  "UseEdidFreqs" "false"
EndSection

Section "Device"
       
Option      "TVStandard" 
"PAL-I"       
       
Option      "TVOutFormat"
"SVIDEO"            
       
Option      "TVOverScan"
"0.65"         
        Option      "XvMCUsesTextures" "true"   
        Identifier   "nvidia"
        Driver       "nvidia"
        VendorName  "nVidia Corporation"
        BoardName   "Unknown Board"
        BusID       "PCI:5:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
       Identifier  "PALTV"
       HorizSync  12.5-50
       VertRefresh 20-50
       Mode "720x576"
         DotClock 13.875
         HTimings 720 744 808 888
         VTimings 576 581 586 625
         Flags    "-HSync" "-VSync" "interlace"
       EndMode
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "nvidia"
        Monitor    "PALTV"
        DefaultDepth    24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     24
               
Modes     "720x576"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Hope that helps,

Foobum


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