[mythtv-users] better tv-out cards

[Ray Olszewski]

These testimonials are great news. Would you be willing to write up the 
details of *how* you got the ATI and Savage 2000 cards working with TV out 
and X?

I expect the ATI procedure is a bit involved, but that the Savage procedure 
just involves either getting XF86Config-4 right in some detailed way or 
doing something with the X-related parts of the kernel. That's all just a 
guess, though, perhaps not a very good one since I've never made either 
card work.

I have both an ATI 7500 and a Savage 2000 available to me, so I can test 
any writeup (and I am willing to spend the time to test and edit 
documentation here, since I think the lack of good information here is a 
serious gap for those of us who want to do home video ... the info I've 
found on the G450/550 is strikingly unusual in its completeness and accuracy).

If I can get the Savage 2000 working, I'll then buy a Savage IX to see if I 
can get that working with TV out *and* xVideo. (These cards are tempting 
because they are cheap, BTW.) Or perhaps someone who has already done so 
... I've seen mention of it, I believe ... can provide this info?

At 12:07 PM 5/8/2003 -0600, Eni Gma wrote:
[...]
>>         ATI - There is no official support for TV out by ATI or in the 
>> standard X drivers. While many people refer to the experimental support 
>> in an abandoned branch of the GATOS CVS drivers, I have never seen a 
>> report posted  anywhere by someone saying "I got this to work".
>
>
>I got this to work.  I have TV-Out working on an ATI Rage II+DVD (Mach 
>64), a Rage 128 VIVO, and a Radeon 7500.  However, on all 3 I still have 
>the underscan problem.
[...]
>>         Savage - I have seen reports that the standard saveg X driver 
>> works with TV out using Savage IX cards. I haven't tried this myself. I 
>> have been unable to get TV out working with a Savage 2000 ... but I 
>> haven't tried very hard, since this Savage card too does not support xVideo.
>
>My Savage 2k cards worked great for X on the TV, but as you say they don't 
>support XV so are rather useless for MythTV.
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