[ltp] TV output on A20p

[John L Clarke III]

[note: this is a win2k specific issue I"m talking about - however there are
elements of hardware restrictions that I haven't been able to pin down yet.]

The problem with the left half showing bugged the hell out of me for a
while. (have an A20P)

Turns out, after repeated calls with IBM, that the driver for the video will
drop back to the default for the LCD (60 hz) no matter what you do - so , if
you try to run it at your monitor's rate, for example (I have a 21" sony),
85hz), it will not work until you drop the properties back to 60hz. This,of
course, sucketh for an external monitor, as it flickers to the point of
pain.

IBM said it was Microsoft's fault for not having a driver, MS said it was a
hardware issue with IBM. again, this is specific to win2k and the a20p - so,
the implication is that you might check the sync rate. lower it to 60 hz and
see if you see the whole screen. shrug.

FWIW

I don't watch externally, as a result. DVD's, etc.

If that has changed, I'll be happy to play with it

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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-linux-thinkpad@bm-soft.com
[mailto:owner-linux-thinkpad@bm-soft.com]On Behalf Of Dong Liu
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 14:55
To: linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Subject: Re: [ltp] TV output on A20p


George Staikos wrote:

>
>   Xine works well enough on my i1460 which is a slower machine than that.
> Try that out and see if it works for you.
>


I tried xine, it's the same. Only the left half movie was shown.

BTW I've updated to X 4.0.3. All works great, just this XVideo has problem.

Dong





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