Re: [xine-user] XINE on tv

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I havent tried connecting it to a normal monitor I
suppose thats one thing I could try. I guessing that
It would work fine at normal resolution and refresh
rates not too sure what would happen when triying low
refresh rates. Ill let you know how I get on

The VGA to scart cable is the most simple one I have
come across. Supprised me when it worked.

Here's the pin layout
VGA                          SCART
1 -------------------------> 15  Red
6 -------------------------> 13  Red Rtn
2 -------------------------> 11  Green 
7 -------------------------> 09  Green Rtn
3 -------------------------> 07  Blue
8 -------------------------> 05  Blue Rtn
14__________________________ 16  vid mode select
13___|                   |__ 20  composite sync

I found this diagram on a video console gaming site
unfortunatly I have lost the link and cant find it
again.
There is a mor complicated version at
http://www.hut.fi/Misc/Electronics/circuits/vga2tv/circuit.html
You may have seen this already

I know that the above diagram works and I can get a
pictiure through the tv although I have not tested it
for a long period of time. I didnt like the idea of
connecting the hsync and vsync directly together on
the VGA plug and likewise for pins 16 and 20. However
as yet nothing has happend to any of the hardware
involved.

I have played around with different resolutions,
including 768x576, to try and fix the problem. To my
supprise again most of them displayed a picture. Some
went beyond the bounds of the tv screen but besides
that the picture was fine.

I think it may be something todo with the Xv driver in
Xfree. I tried upgrading to the latest version of
Xfree 
but this seemed very unreliable when using the Xv
driver so I had to downgrade again.

I would be interested to know how you get on?
what video card are you using and what version of X
are you using?

Thanks,
Matt

 --- Dexter Filmore <Dex...@gm...> wrote: > 
> Does it work when attaching a normal CRT instead of
> the SCART cable?
> Can you describe the pin layout VGA--SCART?
> Which instructions did you you follow to make the
> cable? 
> I'm about to do make such a cable myself and found
> quite a lot info.
> 
> Maybe you should stick to some other resolution such
> as 768x576 which matches
> DVD res.
> Modeline I found on a russian site:
> "768x576" 15,101 768 789 877 968 576 576 581 624
> interlace +hsync +vsync
> 
> Look at +hsync +vsync especially: your TV needs
> those for syncing. Maybe that
> fixes it.
> 
> Dex
> 
> 
> On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 18:50:21 +0100 (BST)
> Matt Carless <mnc...@ya...> wrote:
> 
> > Forgot to let you guys know what version of xine
> I'm
> > running.
> > So here it is - xine-lib-1-rc0a, xine-ui-0.9.22
> > 
> >  --- Matt Carless <mnc...@ya...> wrote: >
> Hi,
> > > I'm trying to get xine working through my tv. I
> have
> > > made a VGA to scart connector and changed the
> > > configuration of XFree.
> > > X works fine through the tv, however if I then
> start
> > > xine and run up a video, the display seems to be
> out
> > > of  alignment from the video should be
> displayed.
> > > So in other words if I change the key_colour map
> to
> > > blue I see where the video should be displayed
> and
> > > then I then start playing the video the upper
> half
> > > of
> > > the video playing area remains blue with the
> lower
> > > half playing the video. The lower half of the
> video
> > > is
> > > then cut off so you only get half the picture. 
> > > 
> > > I'm using the XV video driver on a trident
> > > Cyberblade
> > > under linux 2.4.20 with Xfree version 4. If I
> run
> > > the
> > > whole thing up in normal resolution 1024x768 on
> the
> > > laptops LCD video displays fine with no problems
> at
> > > all.
> > > Just for some extra info the modline that I'm
> using
> > > for TV usage is
> > > Modeline "Pal"  15.00   688 790 810 960 530 560
> 580
> > > 625 Interlace
> > >  
> > > Has anybody got any ideas that may help fix my
> > > problem?
> > > 
> > >
> >
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