[mythtv-users] xv support with Riva TNT2 card

[Dan Hopper]

Chris Rickert <chris.rickert at mchsi.com> remarked:
> I'm reading through the archives and have noticed that some cards don't
> allow xv support.  I've got a Riva TNT2 card and am running mandrake
> 9.0.  Is there anyway to get xv support for that card to work?  are
> there any driver projects devoted to this?  It looks like it's sort of a
> common problem with myth and actually being able to see a picture.  

The native XF86 "nv" driver supports Xv with TNT2 cards with XFree86
v4.2.0 or newer.  Though I would have thought Mandrake 9.0 would be
new enough for this to be satisfied.

Whether or not the nv driver is sufficient in the TV out arena for
Mythtv is another issue.  So far I haven't been able to get good
quality scaled Xv video to look right on in TV out mode (looks
messed on both the monitor and the TV).  But if you switch to a
normal set of scan frequencies Xv works great.  It may be necessary
to use the binary-only "nvidia" XF86 driver to fix this.  But the
free driver is so stable I hate to switch.

Dan