[mythtv-users] Video Cards...

[Keller, Tim]

George,

You've been a great help!  I wasn't sure if I should use Nvidia's drivers or
stick with the ones that came with RH8, I'll go grab them right now.  Also,
I wasn't sure what options to use either, thanks!

However, I do have a separate and odd issue.  I setup up the mythfrontend
and choose "Watch TV" option and it just sits there.  After doing some
investigation I found that the "MythTV" app is running but ends up being
hidden by the "mythtvfronend"  Now if I just run the mythTV app, it grabs
channel 3 (which currently has an 8bit Nintendo running Metroid on it).  Any
ideas or solutions?

Thanks,
Tim.

-----Original Message-----
From: gtgj at pacbell.net [mailto:gtgj at pacbell.net]
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 14:31 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Video Cards...


>>>>> On Fri, 11 Apr 2003 13:38:17 -0400, "Keller, Tim"
<Tim.Keller at stratus.com> said:

t> Currently I'm using a Nvidia Geforce2 MX400 with s-video outputs and I
can't
t> get it to work properly with my TV...

        I have this type of card.  What doesn't work for you?  I don't
have a separate monitor hooked up and occassionally, the console
driver doesn't detect the TV so I have to login blind or remotely.
Once I login and start XFree86 though, it always works.  I use
nVIDIA's drivers (version 1.0-4349) and the entries in my XF86Config
are:

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX"
    Driver      "nvidia"
    BusID       "PCI:3:0:0"

    Option      "RenderAccel" "true"
    Option      "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
    Option      "ConnectedMonitor" "TV"
    Option      "TVOutFormat" "COMPOSITE"  # or "SVIDEO"
EndSection

My card has a CX25871 NTSC encoder and I use "nvtv" to set up
overscanning.  The default modes didn't look good but it wasn't too
hard to create a custom mode.  I can send you a patch for the values
that worked for me if you're interested.
-- 
Gregorio Gervasio, Jr.
gtgj at pacbell.net
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