[mythtv-users] old video card from a VAIO

Mike Angstadt daenris at gmail.com
Thu Mar 31 19:34:22 UTC 2005


I've got an old video card/tuner combo card from a Sony VAIO desktop
that I'm considering using just for fun to see if I can get MythTV
working.  I'm fairly certain it's a really old ATI all in wonder card,
and before you start yelling at me :)  the card is listed on the bttv
gallery http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/bttv/bttv-gallery.html (do a find
for 'all in wonder') and is from around the same time period.  So
since people always respond to AIW questions by saying MythTV uses the
bttv drivers, it appears as if this card works with them. 
Additionally people have said the AIW can't be used for display and as
a tuner at the same time, but since I have digital cable, am I correct
in saying that the digital cable box actually acts as my TV-tuner, so
the video card really only has to have TV-out since it won't be using
the tuner?

Just wondering if anyone had any thoughts about using this card for
MythTV... I know the suggestion will probably be to go out and buy the
cheapest new card I can find, but I'm just doing this for fun and
trying to use entirely parts I already have.

-Mike


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