2011-08-23, 02:57
I am really scratching my head here. I have a Pioneer PDP-435FDE screen connected through HDMI to a Zotac ZBox ID-41 (ION2), running Xubuntu 11.04 and XBMC and NVidia drivers 270.24. The system is stuck at 50Hz. I know the screen can handle 60 Hz, had it working at 60Hz with a cheap mediaplayer setup before.
- In NVidia Setting, I can select "60 Hz", but this doesn't do anything (the Pioneer display does characteristic flashes when changing refresh rates, but they don't happen here - also the "Flat Panel Information" in the NVidia control panel remains at 50Hz).
- In XBMC, I can only select "50 Hz", "51 Hz" and "52 Hz" as refresh rates.
I tried to follow this guide, without results: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=70068
From the instructions in the thread mentioned above, I was able to extract the following EDID modes information:
My xorg.conf looks like this, with mods from the thread before:
Commenting out the "metamodes" line above results in XBMC not offering any selection for the refresh rate at all!
Long plea for help:I hope anybody can help - because 60Hz is the key to judder-free playback with this screen: while 23.97 Hz 1080p input is not supported, there is an inverse 3:2 pulldown mode for 60Hz input, the display removes the frame repeats, gets to 24/23.97 frames and displays at 72/71.91 Hz. Convoluted, but works great in practice.
Short version: I need 60 Hz, please help!
- In NVidia Setting, I can select "60 Hz", but this doesn't do anything (the Pioneer display does characteristic flashes when changing refresh rates, but they don't happen here - also the "Flat Panel Information" in the NVidia control panel remains at 50Hz).
- In XBMC, I can only select "50 Hz", "51 Hz" and "52 Hz" as refresh rates.
I tried to follow this guide, without results: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=70068
From the instructions in the thread mentioned above, I was able to extract the following EDID modes information:
Code:
--- Modes in ModePool for Pioneer Electronic Corporation PDP-R05 (DFP-1) ---
"nvidia-auto-select" : 1920 x 1080 @ 50.0 Hz Interlace (from: EDID)
"1920x1080" : 1920 x 1080 @ 50.0 Hz Interlace (from: EDID)
"1920x1080_50i" : 1920 x 1080 @ 50.0 Hz Interlace (from: EDID)
"1920x1080_60i" : 1920 x 1080 @ 60.1 Hz Interlace (from: EDID)
"1920x1080_60i_0" : 1920 x 1080 @ 59.94/60 Hz (CEA-861B Format 5) (from: EDID)
"1360x768" : 1360 x 768 @ 60.0 Hz (from: X Server)
"1360x768_60" : 1360 x 768 @ 60.0 Hz (from: X Server)
"1280x720" : 1280 x 720 @ 60.0 Hz (from: EDID)
"1280x720_60" : 1280 x 720 @ 60.0 Hz (from: EDID)
"1280x720_60_0" : 1280 x 720 @ 59.94/60 Hz (CEA-861B Format 4) (from: EDID)
"1280x720_50" : 1280 x 720 @ 50.0 Hz (from: EDID)
"1024x768" : 1024 x 768 @ 75.0 Hz (from: X Server, VESA)
"1024x768i" : 1024 x 768 @ 87.0 Hz Interlace (from: X Server)
"1024x768_75" : 1024 x 768 @ 75.0 Hz (from: X Server, VESA)
"1024x768_70" : 1024 x 768 @ 70.1 Hz (from: X Server, VESA)
"1024x768_60" : 1024 x 768 @ 60.0 Hz (from: X Server, VESA)
"1024x768_87i" : 1024 x 768 @ 87.0 Hz Interlace (from: VESA)
"1024x768_87i_0" : 1024 x 768 @ 87.0 Hz Interlace (from: X Server)
[removed a lot of irrelevant lower resolutions]
--- End of ModePool for Pioneer Electronic Corporation PDP-R05 (DFP-1): ---My xorg.conf looks like this, with mods from the thread before:
Code:
# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 270.29 (buildd@roseapple) Fri Feb 25 14:43:24 UTC 2011
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 "Pioneer Electronic Corporation PDP-R05"
HorizSync 15.0 - 46.0
VertRefresh 49.0 - 61.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "ION"
Option "ModeDebug" "true"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "1280x720_60 +0+0"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "metamodes" "1280x720_60_0 +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Modes "1280x720_60_0" "1280x720_50"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSectionCommenting out the "metamodes" line above results in XBMC not offering any selection for the refresh rate at all!
Long plea for help:I hope anybody can help - because 60Hz is the key to judder-free playback with this screen: while 23.97 Hz 1080p input is not supported, there is an inverse 3:2 pulldown mode for 60Hz input, the display removes the frame repeats, gets to 24/23.97 frames and displays at 72/71.91 Hz. Convoluted, but works great in practice.
Short version: I need 60 Hz, please help!