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Old 04-17-2006, 05:05 PM   #1
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NVIDIA TV-Out using S-Video

The config looks like its set up correctly, but I can't seem to get a display on the TV using S-Video. I'm using a Geforce4 Ti 4600

Here is this config:

Code:
Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "X.org Configured"
    Screen 0 "Monitor0"
    Screen 1 "TV" LeftOf "Monitor0"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    RgbPath         "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
    ModulePath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
    FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
    FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
    FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
    FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
    FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
    FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "glx"
    Load           "record"
    Load           "extmod"
    Load           "dbe"
    Load           "xtrap"
    Load           "freetype"
    Load           "type1"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/mouse"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "VSC"
    ModelName      "5-3"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 115.0
    VertRefresh     50.0 - 160.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "TV"
    VendorName     "Samsung"
    HorizSync      30-50
    VertRefresh    60
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "nvidia-tv"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "NvAGP" "1" #"4"
Option "DPMS" "on"
Option "NoLogo" "on"
Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "TV"
Screen 1
Option "NoDDC" "True"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "nvidia-crt"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "NvAGP" "1" #"4"
Option "DPMS" "on"
Option "NoLogo" "on"
Screen 0
Option "NoDDC" "True"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Monitor0"
Device "nvidia-crt"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultColorDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "TV"
Device "nvidia-tv"
Monitor "tv"
DefaultColorDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
I'm trying that one to get 2 seperate X servers, I tried the normal way, but that didn't work either.

In the NVIDIA Read me it says yo can just have the S-Video plugged in and when you boot up it will display out the S-Video only. I tried this and still didnt get a picture, Do you think its bad hardware?

This is my old Xorg.conf that trys to span 1 X server accross both monitors:

Code:
Section "Module"
    SubSection  "extmod"
    EndSubSection
    Load        "type1"
    Load        "freetype"
    Load       "glx"
    Load       "dri"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    RgbPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard1"
    Driver      "kbd"
    Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
    Option "XkbRules"   "xorg"
    Option "XkbModel"   "pc104"
    Option "XkbLayout"  "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Mouse1"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option "Protocol"    "IMPS/2"
    Option "Device"      "/dev/mouse"
    Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    Option "Emulate3Buttons"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "viewsonic"
    HorizSync   40 - 110
    VertRefresh 50-160
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "nvidia"
    Driver      "nvidia"
    VideoRam    131072
    Option      "TwinView" "True"
    Option      "SecondMonitorHorizSync"     "30-50"
    Option      "SecondMonitorVertRefresh"   "60"
    Option      "MetaModes" "1024x768, 1024x768; 800x600, 800x600; 640x480, 640x480;"
    Option      "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
    Option      "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT, TV"
    Option      "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
    Option      "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "Screen 1"
    Device      "nvidia"
    Monitor     "viewsonic"
    DefaultDepth 24

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes       "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier  "Simple Layout"
    Screen "Screen 1"
    InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
    Option "Xinerama" "Off"
EndSection

 Section "DRI"
    Mode 0666
 EndSection
 
Old 04-19-2006, 07:44 PM   #2
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I have a 19 inch crt and an old 32 inch tv connected to the s-video connector. This is the relevant part of the xorg.conf that I had to edit.

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5500]"
Option "TwinView"
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60"
Option "MetaModes" "1024x768, 1024x768; 800x600, 800x600; 640x480, 640x480;"
Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
EndSection

how are you connecting to the tv? Did you have to make a cable to go s-video (video card) to RCA (tv)? or does your tv/vcr have a s-video port. If you need to buid a cable here is some info

http://www.epanorama.net/circuits/svideo2cvideo.html
 
Old 04-19-2006, 09:13 PM   #3
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Your old configuration will work, but you need to change some lines. If you use the configuration below, it should work. You just need to hit CTL+ALT++ or CTL+ALT+-. If the TV output is black and white, use nvidia-settings to adjust the saturation level. A saturation level of 128 is good for starters. If you set the saturation level and you still get black and white, the chroma wire probably is open or disconnected.
Code:
Section "Module"
    SubSection  "extmod"
    EndSubSection
    Load        "type1"
    Load        "freetype"
    Load       "glx"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    RgbPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard1"
    Driver      "kbd"
    Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
    Option "XkbRules"   "xorg"
    Option "XkbModel"   "pc104"
    Option "XkbLayout"  "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Mouse1"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option "Protocol"    "IMPS/2"
    Option "Device"      "/dev/mouse"
    Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    Option "Emulate3Buttons"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "viewsonic"
    HorizSync   40 - 110
    VertRefresh 50-160
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "nvidia"
    Driver      "nvidia"
    VideoRam    131072
    Option      "TwinView" "True"
    Option      "SecondMonitorHorizSync"     "30-50"
    Option      "SecondMonitorVertRefresh"   "60"
    Option      "MetaModes" "1600x1200, 1024x768 @1600x1200; 1280x1024, 1024x768 @1280x1024; 1024x768, 1024x768; 800x600, 800x600; 640x480, 640x480"
    Option      "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
    Option      "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT, TV"
    Option      "TwinViewOrientation" "CRT-0 LeftOf TV-0"
    Option      "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "Screen 1"
    Device      "nvidia"
    Monitor     "viewsonic"
    DefaultDepth 24

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes       "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier  "Simple Layout"
    Screen "Screen 1"
    InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
    Option "Xinerama" "Off"
EndSection

 Section "DRI"
    Mode 0666
 EndSection
 
  


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