[bingoking]

I have a Philips 32PFL5322 displaying the output from my IONITX-A MB Throught HDMI.

Everything is working just fine, except for a missing option to switch to better working resolution.

The default chosen resolution is 1280x720.
Right after install I couldnt change resolution, so I made a few changes in xorg.conf to fix this. This made me able to change resolution, but Im still unable to choose any of the HD formats my TV has.

I had the HD resolutions working in Ubuntu 10.0 a few days ago, and I wonder what to do, to make them work in XBMC live (installed to HDD).

Here is the resolutions specified by the manual:
The Screen doesnt seem to be recognized by Xorg.

Code:

Supported Display Resolution
• Computer formats
Resolution Refresh rate
640 x 480 60, 72, 75, 85 Hz
800 x 600 60, 72, 75, 85 Hz
1024 x 768 60, 70, 75, 85 Hz
• Video formats
Resolution Refresh rate
480i 60 Hz
480p 60 Hz
576i 50 Hz
576p 50 Hz
720p 50, 60 Hz
1080i 50, 60 Hz
1080p 24, 50, 60 Hz

My xorg.conf:

Code:

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder75)  Thu Apr 22 11:44:23 PDT 2010


Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Unknown"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
#    Option         "FlatPanelProperties" "Scaling = Native"
    Option         "HWCursor" "Off"
    Option         "NoLogo" "True"
#    Option         "DynamicTwinView" "False"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    Option         "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection

Any Ideas / Suggestions, or can you maybe point me to a place to learn how to fix this??

[bingoking]

So, I Installed a dual-boot Ubuntu 10 on the same machine, just to grab the xorg.conf file, after I set the resolution to 1920x1080.

It looks like this:

Code:

# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings:  version 260.19.06  (buildd@palmer)  Mon Oct  4 16:01:38 UTC 2010

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    Option         "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    # HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "PhilipsTV (5)"
    HorizSync       31.0 - 80.0
    VertRefresh     47.0 - 85.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "ION"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TwinView" "0"
    Option         "metamodes" "1920x1080 +0+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

The funny thing is that my flatscreen was recognized in ubuntu, but not in XBMC live. Wonder why...(Im not a wizard at this)

Now I can scale up and down in all possible resolutions, and it seems it was the line

Code:

Option         "metamodes" "1920x1080 +0+0"

That made the whole difference.

[darkscout]

Because sending 1920x1080 is useless.

http://bebefore.com/philips-32pfl5322/
http://www.p4c.philips.com/files/3/32pfl...ss_eng.pdf

Vivid, natural and razor sharp images
• HD LCD WXGA display, with a 1366 x 768p resolution
• HD Ready for the highest quality display of HD signals
• Pixel Plus HD for better details, depth and clarity
• 3D combfilter separates colours for a razor-sharp image

[Hannes The Hun]

what darkscout is implying: if you send 1080p to your HDready panel, it will get scaled down. XBMC did what was best according to the EDID of your LCD TV and sends 720p, what is next to the native resolution.

[phin586]

I've found it best to just send the native resolution.

[MacUsers]

I figured that 1280x720 (if supported by the tele) is the best using XBMC. Cheers!!