[mythtv-users] Myth 0.14 - Version 1.0??

papenfuss at juneau.me.vt.edu papenfuss at juneau.me.vt.edu
Mon Feb 9 07:36:44 EST 2004


> >I do like NV cards, but the driver doesn't support interlaced modes. :(

	I also find that a serious disadvantage to the nvidia cards 
sometimes... especially now with my homebrew TVout hardware that requires it.

> >  
> >
> 
> To my knowledge none of the video cards support interlaced output under 
> Linux...  Is this not the case?

	This is not the case.  Some cards do not have the hardware to do it 
(perhaps nvidia... not sure if it's hardware or driver).  Often it's the 
driver, not X.  Matrox cards have historically been quite simply the best at 
quality and support under linux (I personally got a 1368x1024 interlaced 
*framebuffer* console with custom "modeline" with Sun fonts for a 
fixed-frequency workstation monitor by using a matrox card).  I'm now using an 
ATI Rage128 for my tvout-via-interlaced-vga, since it's new enough to have Xv, 
but can still do interlaced.

	It's not an X thing.  Add 'interlace' to the end of a modeline (if the 
monitor frequencies are within range), and it will work with supported 
card/driver.

-Cory


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