[mythtv-users] Recommended PCI video out cards? (was:Re: Output with a TV card?)

[Harold Martin]

I thought that the VE could only do input, I just wanted to be sure. My
problem is that the box I'm building on only has a PCI slot (no AGP).
Could you recommend a PCI card that does video out?

Harold


On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 09:01, mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org wrote:
>>I'm considering build a Linux PVR (more like a jukebox, but
anyway...),
>>I found the ATi TV WONDERâ"¢ VE and it fit what I needed perfectly
(PCI,
>>RCA video). Now I need to know whether X (or whatever display
software)
>>can display through it. Everything I found was about capturing video
>>with it, not about using it for *output*. Do you know of any software,
>>etc to do this?

>I think you have a few concepts tied up.  First, video IN versus video
OUT.
>The ATI TV Wonder VE is a video INPUT device.  It does not, and will
not, do
>any sort of OUTPUT to a video monitor.  (It outputs sound, but I'm sure
that
>is what you're talking about).  Therefore, if you "need to know whether
X
>can display through it," you need to be looking for a video card (AKA
>display adapter, graphics card, etc.).  Any computer has one, so you
>shouldn't have to worry too much.  Now, for TV display, it is
recommended
>you have a card that supports XV extensions.  This is where knowing
what
>graphics card you actually have comes in handy.  Read the list, search
>archives, or just install linux on the machine and see if XV is
supported by
>your card.  Myth will still work without it, it just uses a lot more
CPU....

>-Dane