Option "TwinViewOrientation" "CRT-0 RightOf TV"


The best source of information is here and here. All of the other forums posts are pages upon pages of people struggling with other problems. Fortunately the official TwinView documentation is top-notch.

Below are the contents of my entire xorg.conf now:


# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Wed Sep 12 14:29:35 PDT 2007

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf(5) manual page.
# (Type “man xorg.conf” at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section “ServerLayout”
Identifier “Default Layout”
Screen 0 “Default Screen” 0 0
InputDevice “Generic Keyboard”
InputDevice “Configured Mouse”
InputDevice “stylus” “SendCoreEvents”
InputDevice “cursor” “SendCoreEvents”
InputDevice “eraser” “SendCoreEvents”
EndSection

Section “Files”

# path to defoma fonts
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1″
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi”
FontPath “/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType”
EndSection

Section “Module”
Load “i2c”
Load “bitmap”
Load “ddc”
Load “extmod”
Load “freetype”
Load “int10″
Load “vbe”
Load “glx”
Load “v4l”
EndSection

Section “InputDevice”
Identifier “Generic Keyboard”
Driver “kbd”
Option “CoreKeyboard”
Option “XkbRules” “xorg”
Option “XkbModel” “pc105″
Option “XkbLayout” “us”
EndSection

Section “InputDevice”
Identifier “Configured Mouse”
Driver “mouse”
Option “CorePointer”
Option “Device” “/dev/input/mice”
Option “Protocol” “ImPS/2″
Option “ZAxisMapping” “4 5″
Option “Emulate3Buttons” “true”
EndSection

Section “InputDevice”
Identifier “stylus”
Driver “wacom”
Option “Device” “/dev/input/wacom”
Option “Type” “stylus”
Option “ForceDevice” “ISDV4″# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section “InputDevice”
Identifier “eraser”
Driver “wacom”
Option “Device” “/dev/input/wacom”
Option “Type” “eraser”
Option “ForceDevice” “ISDV4″# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section “InputDevice”
Identifier “cursor”
Driver “wacom”
Option “Device” “/dev/input/wacom”
Option “Type” “cursor”
Option “ForceDevice” “ISDV4″# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section “Monitor”
Identifier “VA1912wb”
DisplaySize 1440 900
HorizSync 30.0 – 82.0
VertRefresh 50.0 – 85.0
ModeLine “1440×900_70.00″ 127.0 1440 1536 1688 1936 900 901 904 937 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine “1440×900_60.00″ 106.5 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 901 904 932 -hsync +vsync
Option “DPMS”
EndSection

Section “Monitor”
#
Identifier “monitor1″
Gamma 1
EndSection

Section “Device”
Identifier “Generic Video Card”
Driver “nvidia”
VendorName “NVIDIA”
BoardName “NVIDIA GeForce 6 Series”
BusID “PCI:1:0:0″
Screen 0
Option “ConnectedMonitor” “TV,CRT”
EndSection

Section “Screen”
Identifier “Default Screen”
Device “Generic Video Card”
Monitor “VA1912wb”
DefaultDepth 24
Option “TwinView”
Option “TwinViewOrientation” “CRT-0 RightOf TV”
Option “TVOutFormat” “SVIDEO”
Option “TVStandard” “NTSC-M”
Option “MetaModes” “1440×900,640×480; 1440×900,NULL; 1024×768,NULL; 800×600,NULL; 640×480,NULL”
SubSection “Display”
Depth 24
Modes “1440×900_70.00″ “1440×900_60.00″
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section “Extensions”
Option “Composite” “Enable”
EndSection

Here’s why I like it:

•  Fast! It has no interface so there’s virtually no load time.
• Accurate encoding – It very accurately creates the output in the manner I specify.
• Quality – It uses already existing standard utilities to create output, producing clean quality DVDs.
• No GUI “pains” – smaller space, less resources for visual presentation, the paths are provided from the command line so you don’t have to click through several folders or find icons.
• The command line gives me the absolute power to do anything i desire with the video.
• I can run it from anywhere

I plan to post a more thorough tutorial in the future.

Installation was a snap. I downloaded a pre-packed .DEB file from GetDeb although the installation instructions appeared simple enough, I chose to use my regular method of installing a .deb in KDE  (because I use Kubuntu) via right clicking in Konqueror and selecting Package -> Install Package.

The program permits a broad range of options and formats for the user, and directly requests the desired output format. It expertly handles 16:9 and 4:3 aspect ratios.

Where it needs help is in localization. Even after selecting the English language for the program, throughout the rest of the user’s experience, the application still presents the user with many prompts, labels, titles, etc, in something other than English.

It’s also in need of volunteers for documentation as evidenced by the gaping void of a help file of any form.

Because the program’s does perform so well, I’d like to see some more community support for this application to improve on the areas that it does need more development.

It looks wonderful. It seems to support every feature I need. This includes permitting the user to define pan and scan versus letterboxing options, even skewing the aspect ratio for the very sick and twisted.

It allowed me use multiple video files to create one title. That’s important. Unfortunately, I was never able to view the output.

I forced a re-encode, which was a nice option, hoping to get an idea of the encoding quality, speed, and to thoroughly test it. Here’s where DeVeDe failed. Upon the 4th file of 5 it became stuck encoding at 76%.

I tried again using the same source .mpg files, and this time it became stuck at a different percentage in a different file. To me, that seems like a programming logic issue, and not a problem with the source data. I haven’t found a solution yet, but with so many alternatives I’m not spending much time on it, considering that while it was working, it seemed slow in comparison to others.

Check back for more multimedia related reviews.

Version 1.3 is available for install via the Ubuntu repositories using

sudo apt-get install tunapie

I suggest installing it first, and then upgrading to v2.0

To do that, download the tarball from SourceForge and then extract it.

From the shell’s prompt in the downloaded folder, issue the following commands to finish the upgrade:

sudo sh install.sh --adult
sudo cp tunapie /usr/bin/tunapie


You’ll then find it in the Multimedia folder on your menu.