1080p Resolution

[luciano]

Hi all,

Just got my self a new HDTV and boxee looks REALLY good on it however the resolution options are only 1600x1200 or 1280x768.

I've got ubuntu to ouput@1920x1080 but boxee doesn't have that option.

Can theses be changed to support more resolutions, specifically 1080p?

Thanks

Luciano

[clarkee]

I will also have the same issue on the Mac Mini. I'm sure it can do 1080p so I'm gonna really want boxee to do the same thing on that platform too.

(btw, i got a bigger TV than luciano).

[luciano]

I will also have the same issue on the Mac Mini. I'm sure it can do 1080p so I'm gonna really want boxee to do the same thing on that platform too.

(btw, i got a bigger TV than luciano).

Do i know you???

[vulkan]

boxee relies on the native resolution that osx provides.
once you set your display at 1920x1080 boxee will pick that up and allow you to set it as its resolution. you can maybe use helper apps like switchresx to get you through the osx settings.

-vulkan

[marcel]

Hi Luciano

We are aware there are some slight issues with the resolutions which we are ironing out now..

however in general boxee uses the native resolution of your screen if you change your screen resolution to 1600x1200 or 1920x1080 then boxee on a restart will adjust the full screen setting to your resolutions configuration.

When you go to Settings>Appearance>Screen you will always just see 2 options 1600x1200 (full screen or the native display resolution you set) or 1280 x768(window) , it does not display a list of optional screen settings.

marcel

[luciano]

Thanks Guys,

I think you're be right, i changed the xorg.conf file to 1080p settings for the tv and it fixed X not showing at all and it looked nice and clear. so i assumed it was 1080p but infact it had set it self to 1600x1200.

I'm not 100% sure but it might be related to the fact that i'm using a VGA cable to connect it to the tv and thus the max resolution is less than 1080p. which is a shame and would mean buying a graphics card with a DVI connection so i could use a DVI to HDMI cable. This isn't too costly, probably £50 in total.

i may just live with it and change the res to the maximum 16:9 possible because it still does look awesome and i didn't notice until i looked at the resolution settings in boxee.

anyway that's my problem.

Thanks again.

Luciano

[luciano]

Hi All,

Just thought i would post up my problems and fixes that got this to work.

I'm running Ubuntu 7.04 on:

• Integrated Intel X3000(G965) Graphics Card (VGA output)
• SAMSUNG LE40A556P (Series 5) 40" (VGA input)
• 1 ordinary VGA cable

To get this to work make sure your using the "intel" graphics driver not the "i810" driver.

Now the samsung tv and intel chips didn't mix in my case so i needed to override some things in the xorg.conf file to tell it exactly what to pump out at the tv.

Here are the settings that worked for me...

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Intel Corporation 82G965 Integrated Graphics Controller"
	Driver		"intel"
	BusID		"PCI:0:2:0"
	Option		"UseFBDev"		"true"
	Option     "NoDDC" "on"               # These 3 options override the default settings
        Option     "DDCMode" "off"           #  the tv/graphics card think it should use
        Option     "IgnoreEDID" "on"         #

EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"SAMSUNG"
	Option		"DPMS"
	HorizSync	30-81
	VertRefresh	59-75

        # This is the new settings
	Modeline "1920x1080" 138.407 1920 1984 2016 2096 1080 1082 1087 1111 +hsync -vsync

        # This is to give it an extra nudge in the right direction
	Option "PreferredMode" "1920x1080" 
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Device		"Intel Corporation 82G965 Integrated Graphics Controller"
	Monitor		"SAMSUNG"
	DefaultDepth	24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		24
		Modes		"1920x1080"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier	"Default Layout"
	 screen 0 "Default Screen" 0 0
	InputDevice	"Generic Keyboard"
	InputDevice	"Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Different TVs will need a different "Modeline" settings. This site was where i found some settings that closely matched the basic information in my TVs User Manual(res,HFeq,VFeq,clockFeq, sync Polarity)... http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Modeline_Database

Also I have a laptop with an Nvidia card in it and that was able to work perfectly without any configuration in WindowsXP and Ubuntu 8.04.

Anyway i hope that helps someone.

Luciano