[mythtv-users] Recommended graphics card with tv-out?

[Jason Schloer]

Did you actually ever get it to stop crashing when exiting X? I have the
exact same problem. Works perfectly with everything else, except exiting
X, oh and fullscreen xmame will do it as well. If you have any clue how
to get it to work I'd be eternally grateful.

Jason Schloer


-----Original Message-----
From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Ian Forde
Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 3:37 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Cc: spertus at mills.edu
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Recommended graphics card with tv-out?

On Sun, 2003-08-03 at 12:10, Ellen Spertus wrote:
> What tv-out graphics card is most trouble-free?  The database
> (http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/tiki-page.php?pageName=pvrhw_gfx) lists 5
> cards, but notes that tv-out is reported not to work on two (Radeon
7500
> and Tachyon G9000 Pro).  A third (S3 Savage 2000), which I own, has
> issues with xv.  That leaves the following two cards:
> 
> - ASUS nVidia V9180 Magic
> - Matrox Millennium G400
> 
> I've seen people having problems with both on the list.  Also, I'm
> wondering if cheaper nVidia GeForce4 MX 440-8x based cards would be as
> good as the ASUS.

Well, I've been using one of the nVidia GeForce Ti4200 cards and it just
plain works.  I don't remember the manufacturer though...

My process for buying a video card for myth went like this:

Ian goes to store, asking, "where are the nvidia chipset video cards?"
Clerk shows me the ATI cards.
Ian moves onto the next store.
Repeat until I find a store with nvidia-chipset cards.
Once I find a store with nvidia cards, I look for one with tv-out...

and that's pretty much it!  Building the driver was easy.  Getting it to
display to the TV was easy.  (Getting it to stop crashing when I exited
X was hard, but since I run myth fulltime on this box, I don't even care
about that anymore!)

	-I
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