NVIDIA LINUX TV-OUT DOCUMENTATION

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NVIDIA-based video cards with a TV-Out (s-video) connector can be used
to send the display to a television instead of a CRT, or can be used
in combination with a CRT or digital flatpanel when using TwinView on
appropriate video cards (please see the TWINVIEW_README file for details).

If a TV is the only display device connected to your video card, it will
be used as the primary head when you boot your system (ie the console
will come up on the TV just as if it were a CRT).  To use your TV with X,
there are a few parameters that you should pay special attention to in
your XF86Config file:

o The VertRefresh and HorizSync values in your monitor section; please make
  sure these are appropriate for your television.  Values are generally:

    HorizSync 30-50
    VertRefresh 60

o The Modes in your screen section; the only valid modes for TV are 640x480
  and 800x600, and possibly 1024x768 if the TV encoder on your video card is a
  BrookTree 871 -- your XFree86 log file should tell you what encoder you
  have (look for the line: "(--) NVIDIA(0): TV Encoder detected as").

o The "TVStandard" option should be added to your screen section; valid
  values are:

    "PAL-B"  : used in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Guinea, Hong
               Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, The Netherlands,
       Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland
    "PAL-D"  : used in China and North Korea
    "PAL-G"  : used in Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Malaysia,
               The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and
       Switzerland
    "PAL-H"  : used in Belgium
    "PAL-I"  : used in Hong Kong and The United Kingdom
    "PAL-K1" : used in Guinea
    "PAL-M"  : used in Brazil
    "PAL-N"  : used in France, Paraguay, and Uruguay
    "PAL-NC" : used in Argentina
    "NTSC-J" : used in Japan
    "NTSC-M" : used in Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Haiti,
               Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Taiwan,
               United States of America, and Venezuela

  The line in your XF86Config file should be something like:

    Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
    
  If you don't specify a TVStandard, or you specify an invalid value,
  the default "NTSC-M" will be used.  Note: if your country is not in
  the above list, select the country closest to your location.

o The "ConnectedMonitor" option can be used to tell X to use the TV for
  display.  This should only be needed if your TV is not detected by
  the video card, or you use a CRT (or digital flatpanel) as your boot
  display, but want to redirect X to use the TV.  The line in your config
  file should be:

    Option "ConnectedMonitor" "TV"

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Please note that the XV extension is currently not supported on TV-Out.