[mythtv] Another newbie/hardware question...

Larry Matter mythtv-dev@snowman.net
Thu, 12 Dec 2002 11:07:29 -0800 (PST)


> Finally, I've got a Matrox Millenium G450 that I'm planning to use for
> TV Out. Its currently in a machine running Windows 2000 (sorry ;), and I
> wondered about the status of the linux drivers for this card, and how
> MythTV works with it. Ultimately I'd like to not have a monitor attached
> to the box, and just have MythTV running full screen on the TV, with
> video/tv/dvd playback taking over full screen when in operation. Is this
> how MythTV works? Under windows theres a setting in the driver options
> called something like DVD-Clone that notices when any kind of video
> playback is occuring and just dumps the video out to the TV. How does
> this work with the "themeable semi-transparent on-screen display"?

You will want to look at:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/dan.eriksen/matrox_tvout

I also have a g450 and I may play around with TV out as time allows.

Larry