How to adjust the video size on TV output?

[antdude]

When watching a video clip or DVD from my computer with Matrox G400's TV out, how do I resize the video size on TV? I noticed the side gets cut off compared to what I see on my monitor. I don't mind black bars to regain the sides. I heard it is related to the overscan (is that the right term?).

I look forward to receiving replies soon.

[dZeus]

WIth the WIn2k PowerDesk 5.14 drivers I could just enable the tv-output mode (and in case of DVD-MAX also play back a video), and then go to display properties -> advanced -> Monitor Settings -> Adjust Current Display mode

My monitor would then switch to 50Hz (same as the tv-out) and I could adjust the output settings.

With the 5.20 drivers I can't do this any more. I don't know why, but maybe because I don't have a monitor selected within PowerDesk (but Windows itself does detect my monitor properly anyway).

[Rags]

dzeus, you will have to disable your dualhead then exit then reenter monitor settings.

Rags

[dZeus]

the whole idea is to have dualhead enabled, otherwise you can't adjust the properties of the tv-out!

With dualhead disabled, it will only adjust the settings for the primary monitor head. With dualhead enabled, you can adjust the tv-out properties (or the second head properties to be more general). At least, you could in PD 5.14