splobber Wrote:I'm a n00b to XBMC and have been trying to set up a Revo 3610 with XBMC Live. It's (mostly) working fine, but I can't get a 1080p signal. I've tried all sorts of different configurations in my xorg.conf as well as the suggestions in this thread but a lot of them result in be being asked for a username or password when XBMC boots up or I get a black screen.

I tried running the instructions for all the EDID stuff, but am getting messages like this under many of the results:

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(II) Jan 08 12:46:24 NVIDIA(0):   Validating Mode "1920x1080":
(II) Jan 08 12:46:24 NVIDIA(0):     1920 x 1080 @ 50 Hz
(II) Jan 08 12:46:24 NVIDIA(0):     For use as DFP backend.
(II) Jan 08 12:46:24 NVIDIA(0):     Mode Source: EDID
(II) Jan 08 12:46:24 NVIDIA(0):       Pixel Clock      : 74.25 MHz
(II) Jan 08 12:46:24 NVIDIA(0):       HRes, HSyncStart : 1920, 2448
(II) Jan 08 12:46:24 NVIDIA(0):       HSyncEnd, HTotal : 2492, 2640
(II) Jan 08 12:46:24 NVIDIA(0):       VRes, VSyncStart : 1080, 1084
(II) Jan 08 12:46:24 NVIDIA(0):       VSyncEnd, VTotal : 1094, 1124
(II) Jan 08 12:46:24 NVIDIA(0):       H/V Polarity     : +/+
(II) Jan 08 12:46:24 NVIDIA(0):       Extra            : Interlace
(WW) Jan 08 12:46:24 NVIDIA(0):     Mode is rejected: Modes from the PANASONIC-TV (DFP-0)'s
(WW) Jan 08 12:46:24 NVIDIA(0):     EDID are not allowed.

I have the Revo hooked up to a Sony AV amp via HDMI which then passes through the signal to the screen. This resulted in the same error as above so I tried wiring it straight to the TV but this didn't make a difference.

I have a 50" Panasonic plasma (TH-50PZ70) that supports 1920x1080 at 50 and 60hz and in theory can handle 24fps as well as it complies with the pulldown specs for this.

Can anyone help at all? I know nothing about Ubuntu at all apart from what I have learned from reading this forum and other sources on the internet, although the last few days have been a very steep learning curve for me!

maocul Wrote:Before I try this would somebody be so kind as to tell me if this is applicable to the problem I am having. I have zero Linux knowledge but I'm learning so speak slowly and clearly please!!!!

Basically the screen resolutions are all available to me, but when I select them the overscan kicks in and a good amount of the image is off screen. I can configure a setting, say 1080p/24 and it all looks good, then switch to another 1080p/60 and its off. I configure that view and switch back to 1080p/24 and I'm back with the overscan issue.

I don't THINK this is an issue with the TV (Sony KDL-46W4000) but I guess its possible.

I'm using the XBMCFreak911v13 install, connected by HDMI on a Zotac IONITX-A board. I had the same issue with the vanilla 9.11 install.

If this is not applicable to this thread please let me know and then delete this from you memory... not sure what the linux command for that is though.

tehsoul Wrote:i would say that is your tv doing its scaling tricks
always set the screen size (on the tv) to "screen fit" (that's what it's called on samsungs anyway) instead of 16:9 or something. you need to make sure your pixels coming out of xbmc are mapped 1 to 1 on your display and not zoomed in/transformed by the tv itself.
this can have HUGE impact on perceived PQ of full hd content (had this happen to myself too)
basically you should NOT have to set overscan compensation if you're using hdmi. if you are, something's not right in your setup, and it's most likely the screen size setting of your tv.

ewequeone Wrote:Last time I installed Linux on my first AppleTV, I must have done something differently as when I installed it on my new AppleTV yesterday, I've been unable to get the resolution any higher than 1024x768