[mythtv-users] Help with TV out ( S-VIDEO / RCA ) with Nvidia - Cards or MOBOs

[Jeff Holicky]

On Sun, 9 Nov 2008 21:38:34 -0500, "Johnny Russ" <jruss at mit.edu> said:

  On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 8:33 PM, Jeff Holicky
  <[1]myth.myth_user at myth.sent.com> wrote:

I am going around in circles trying to solve - what modern MOBO
(ASUS) or cheapo Nvidia card support S-VIDEO and RCA (composite)
out?  Are there cards / MOBOs I should be looking at? (Wiki on
S-VIDEO out seems to suggest older gear).
Or should I not bother with that criteria (as long as the board
has the proper drivers) - and instead concentrate on getting a
board/MOBO with DVI and merely buy a DVI to S-VIDEO / COMPOSITE
converter?
Once such a best exists at Apple -
[2]http://store.apple.com/us/product/M9267G/A
Would that work?  Does Nvidia have a cheapo standard converter?
So far the only MOBOS that have this stuff are the VIA boards.  I
do have a need for both S-VIDEO and RCA for playback on SD TVs.
Help would be appreciated!

   I wouldn't go with the DVI to S-Video adapter. I beleive
  those are specialized parts designed to work with a particular
  card. They usually aren't actually doing any conversion,
  rather they use special pins that are made available with that
  particual card for that purpose. You can get general purpose
  converters but the usually cost much more than a video card
  with s-video out. Nvidia makes plenty of cards with S-Video
  out. I have several FX5200 cards that have S-Video out. The
  general consensus for mythtv is to buy an nvidia card with
  svideo out. You can find several in the $20-$40 range
  depending on what kind of slot you need. Just check google or
  newegg for nvidia and s-video. To get composite you can use an
  S-Video to composite cable. Although S-Video will give you
  much better picture, so go with that first if it is an option.


Now I got it - thank you.  My mistake is that I was relying
directly on Nvidia's cards - but in reality the key is the
chipset from Nvidia.
I have been told to try and get a MOBO with integrated HDMI - I
will dig to see what drivers are supported today - and they try
to steer myself to the proper MOBO - and just add the FX5200 (as
an example) until I go HDTV.
cheers!
jeff

References

1. mailto:myth.myth_user at myth.sent.com
2. http://store.apple.com/us/product/M9267G/A
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