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[Robert Hooker <sarvatt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Black and white over svideo usually means you are using a NTSC video
mode to a PAL TV. You will need to manually change it from the default
NTSC to PAL because there is no way to know you want to use PAL over an
analog svideo connection like that. This isn't really the driver's fault
because there is no way to appease everyone, changing the default to
your PAL region would just make it not work for people in other regions.

xrandr --prop

will give you a list of modes supported like this

        mode:   NTSC_M
                supported: NTSC_M       NTSC_J       NTSC_443     PAL_B       
                           PAL_D        PAL_G        PAL_H        PAL_I       
                           PAL_M        PAL_N        PAL_NC       PAL_60      
                           SECAM_B      SECAM_D      SECAM_G      SECAM_K     
                           SECAM_K1     SECAM_L      SECAM_60 

xrandr --output TV1 --set mode PAL_D (if PAL_D is what you use) will
change it over. You can add these settings to your xorg.conf so it is
saved over a reboot.

** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Showing B/W on TV out
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/517719
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