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= Finding your TVStandard = Due to various historical reasons, there are two main standards; NTSC in the Americas and Japan, and PAL in Europe and much of the rest of the world. Nvidia also supports HDTV standareds such as 1080i and 720p. This list can also be found in Nvidia's [ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-7667/README.txt ReadMe] ||PAL-B||Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Guinea, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland|| ||PAL-D||China and North Korea|| ||PAL-G||Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland|| ||PAL-H||Belgium|| ||PAL-I||Hong Kong and The United Kingdom|| ||PAL-K1||Guinea|| ||PAL-M||Brazil|| ||PAL-N||France, Paraguay, and Uruguay|| ||PAL-NC||Argentina|| ||NTSC-J||Japan|| ||NTSC-M||Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico,South Korea, Taiwan, United States of America, and Venezuela|| ||HD480i||480 line interlaced|| ||HD480p||480 line progressive|| ||HD720p||720 line progressive|| ||HD1080i||1080 line interlaced|| ||HD1080p||1080 line progressive|| ||HD576i||576 line interlace|| ||HD576p||576 line progressive|| Credits: [http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=50749&highlight=simultaneously+monitor+TV kayas80] |
With this howto for your Nvidia graphic card, you can view X simultaneously on your monitor and TV.
Backup your xorg.conf
sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup
Edit your xorg.conf
sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Add the following to the Device section of your xorg.conf file and save it:
Option "TwinView" "true" Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone" Option "TVOutFormat" "COMPOSITE" Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M" Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50" Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60" Option "MetaModes" "1024x768,1024x768;800x600,800x600;640x480,640x480; 512x384,512x384"
If you are using an S-Video cable change "COMPOSITE" to "S-VIDEO" If your TV uses PAL change "NTSC-M" to "PAL-B", or other TVStandard. A modestly comprehensive list is available below. You may also change MetaModes to whatever is appropriate for your system!
Now you need to restart X
Finding your TVStandard
Due to various historical reasons, there are two main standards; NTSC in the Americas and Japan, and PAL in Europe and much of the rest of the world. Nvidia also supports HDTV standareds such as 1080i and 720p. This list can also be found in Nvidia's [ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-7667/README.txt ReadMe]
PAL-B |
Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Guinea, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland |
PAL-D |
China and North Korea |
PAL-G |
Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland |
PAL-H |
Belgium |
PAL-I |
Hong Kong and The United Kingdom |
PAL-K1 |
Guinea |
PAL-M |
Brazil |
PAL-N |
France, Paraguay, and Uruguay |
PAL-NC |
Argentina |
NTSC-J |
Japan |
NTSC-M |
Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico,South Korea, Taiwan, United States of America, and Venezuela |
HD480i |
480 line interlaced |
HD480p |
480 line progressive |
HD720p |
720 line progressive |
HD1080i |
1080 line interlaced |
HD1080p |
1080 line progressive |
HD576i |
576 line interlace |
HD576p |
576 line progressive |
Credits: [http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=50749&highlight=simultaneously+monitor+TV kayas80]