nvidia tv-out

[TheCrizu]

Recently i changed my graphics card from ATI to Nvidia,and problems were finally solved.Now i would ask a bit of helping hand in configuring the tv-out.I would like to use it in "clone"mode,i.e watching videos from kplayer in tv,etc.

I know that it has to be done in "xorg.conf",and i have read "readme"file for nvidia.

Now,that example file that they provided,i didnt be able get it to work.

 

I would ask, if someone who has nvidia GF5200,mandriva 2006,and tv-out working,would post me their xorg.conf file,so that i may get the right direction pointed?

 

Thank you.

[chalex20]

I would ask, if someone who has nvidia GF5200,mandriva 2006,and tv-out working,would post me their xorg.conf file,so that i may get the right direction pointed?

My TV-Out used to work with GF5200 and Mandriva 2005/Cooker 2006, so there should be no reason for it to stop working. I'm not able to check it right now, though, due to some technical problems.

 

Now, to the xorg.conf

Section "Monitor"
   Identifier "monitor1"
   VendorName "Plug'n Play"
   ModelName "Flatron"
   HorizSync 30-83
   VertRefresh 50-75
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
   Identifier "tv"
   HorizSync 30-50
   VertRefresh 60
EndSection

 

You may drop "HorizSync" and "VertRefresh" and use "UseEdidFreqs" only. I use them because Nvidia driver has some problems reading my keyboard/mouse/monitor switch EDID data.

 

Section "Device"
   Identifier "device1"
   VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
   BoardName "GeForce FX 5200"
   Driver "nvidia"
   Screen 0
   BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
   Option "DPMS"
   Option "NoLogo" "1"
   Option "RenderAccel" "False"
   Option "UseEdidFreqs"
   Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT"
   Option "NvAGP" "2"
EndSection

Pay attention to "Screen 0", "BusID" and also "ConnectedMonitor". These options are mandatory.

 

Section "Device"
   Identifier "device2"
   VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
   BoardName "GeForce FX 5200"
   Driver "nvidia"
   Screen 1
   BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
   Option "DPMS"
   Option "NoLogo" "1"
   Option "RenderAccel" "False"
   Option "ConnectedMonitor" "TV"
   Option "NvAGP" "2"
EndSection

The same for "Bus ID","Screen 1" and "ConnectedMonitor". These are mandatory.

 

Section "Screen"
   Identifier "screen1"
   Device "device1"
   Monitor "monitor1"
   DefaultColorDepth 24
   
   Subsection "Display"
       Depth 8
       Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
   EndSubsection
   
   Subsection "Display"
       Depth 15
       Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
   EndSubsection
   
   Subsection "Display"
       Depth 16
       Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
   EndSubsection
   
   Subsection "Display"
       Depth 24
       Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
   EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
   Identifier "screen2"
   Device "device2"
   Monitor "tv"
   DefaultColorDepth 24
   
   Subsection "Display"
       Depth 24
       Modes "640x480"
   EndSubsection
   Option "TVOutFormat" "COMPOSITE"
   Option "TVStandard" "PAL-B"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
   Identifier "layout1"
   InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
   InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
   Screen 0 "screen1"
   Screen 1 "screen2" rightOf "screen1"
EndSection

And finally, we define the Server consisting of two separate displays. Not clone, but good for watching films on TV. I used to get work done on my main monitor while watching films on my TV, at the same time. Just run the player as follows:

DISPLAY=:1.0 player your_movie_file