[mythtv-users] TV Out on the dreaded Raedeon card

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So, are the current model radeons (9800 etc) working with TV out in
Linux.  I need to buy a graphics card to replace my aging Geforce Ti200
( my mythtv machine is also my gaming machine) and I found out that the
geforce cards do not directx 9 well.



On Wed, 2003-10-15 at 02:20, Jarod C. Wilson wrote:
> On Tuesday, Oct 14, 2003, at 22:43 US/Pacific, Joe Votour wrote:
> 
> > Unfortunately, there's just one catch...
> >
> > According to ATI's website, the new drivers only
> > support the Radeon 8500 and higher.  The reason for
> > this is that the GPUs used in these cards are very
> > similar to those that are used in the FireGL cards.
> 
> D'oh. Never mind. I've got a Radeon 9000 Pro, didn't pay enough 
> attention.
> 
> > This really sucks because I have an original
> > All-In-Wonder Radeon (from before the 7500) and I'd
> > really like to use it for TV-Out with my MythTV
> > machine rather than the GeForce4 440MX that I picked
> > up (the picture is much clearer on the ATI card).
> >
> > The GATOS drivers are the closest that you'll get to
> > TV-Out with the Radeon 7500.  And getting them to work
> > can be downright difficult, I've tried myself.  I got
> > TV-Out working, but couldn't get MythTV to work
> > without crashing (because recompiling your XFree86 can
> > cause problems with other programs that rely on it).
> 
> Messy... I should add that even though I was able to install and use 
> the fglrx drivers w/my Radeon 9000 Pro, it wouldn't play nice w/the 
> pcHDTV...
> 
> --Jarod