[mythtv-users] (Non-interlaced) VGA to TV?

Malcolm Rowe malcolm-mythtv-users at farside.org.uk
Thu Apr 13 16:30:50 UTC 2006


On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 12:35:25AM +0100, Robin Hill wrote:
> On Wed Apr 12, 2006 at 11:58:42PM +0100, Stephen Williams wrote:
> > If you're in the UK and want to use DVB-T (like me) then there's no
> > need to go for a Unichrome based motherboard. Everything you'll be
> > doing is SD, there's not going to be any HD over DVB-T in the
> > foreseeable future in the UK. You don't need anything more than very
> > basic onboard video, i'm using the MX440 built into an nForce2 based
> > motherboard.
> > 
> > I'm also using a home wired VGA to SCART converter, once you get it
> > working the results are as good as you can get without going to DVI or
> > component, certainly more than good enough for SD content.
> > 
> I didn't think the nVidia cards had a low enough dotclock to output at
> TV frequencies?  I'm using an Radeon 9200 to do the same (and have to
> force the driver to ignore the reported dotclock to get that working)
> with the open-source ATI drivers - no XvMC yet unfortunately though.  As
> you say, the results are superb and I even get full res widescreen :)
> 

Yes, that would work.  The lack of XvMC support was what initially put
me off the Radeons, but I guess it's just a matter of throwing enough
CPU at the problem so that it stops being a problem? (and I guess that
the fact that I'm looking at DVB-T rather than analog helps too).

What kind of CPU should I be looking at if I want to make sure I can
play something back while I'm also recording on the two DVB-T cards?

Regards,
Malcolm


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