On September 27, 2001 10:04 am, you wrote: > On Thu, 2001-09-27 at 05:35, James Oakley wrote: > > What I mean is why not make a modeline that matches the TV standard? I > > have the following modeline in my X setup (that's for NTSC, not PAL): > > > > Modeline "700x525" 79 700 732 780 892 525 526 529 554 -hsync -vsync > > > > It works perfectly for me, and I don't have to bother with hardware > > scaling at all. The xawtv config allows me to specify that resolution for > > fullscreen so a simple 'f' keypress gives me a full screen. > > 1. 99% of users won't think of working around the issue in that way > 2. 99% of users won't have a clue what the numbers you just gave are, > and what numbers they need for the same functionality (me included) > > Anyone have a modeline for PAL 4:3, and maybe even PAL 16:9 > (widescreen)? Try one of these that match the maximum resolution you're getting right now. They are all 4:3, obviously. For 16:9, do you really want to stretch your vertical resolution? That will simply make everything distorted. >From http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-hardware@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg01967.html Modeline "768x576" 50.00 768 876 900 1000 576 590 595 630 -hsync -vsync >From http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/~wenk/kwintv/hints.html#faq2 Modeline "768x576" 75.00 768 796 826 1012 576 588 596 616 -hsync -vsync >From http://www.inr.ac.ru/~fedor/my-patches/xawtv.README ModeLine "768x576" 80.67 768 788 908 999 576 608 618 646 -hsync +vsync >From an online calculator at http://zaph.com/Modeline/ which I plugged the resolution into. Modeline "768x576" 40.25 768 784 824 896 576 578 580 599 -- James Oakley jfunk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
