[mythtv-users] Nvidia FX 5200 Personal Cinema and Mythtv

Cecil Watson cwatson at linkline.com
Thu Jul 22 19:02:41 EDT 2004


Hello,

Josh Burks wrote:

> Hello list,
>
> I'm thinking about building another Myth box, and letting some members 
> of the family try it out. In the process of looking for a video card, 
> I stumbled across these.
>
> MSI nVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Video Card, 128MB DDR, CATV/Breakout Box 
> Port, 8X AGP, Model "TV5200-VTDF128" w/REMOTE -RETAIL
> http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-127-122&depa=1 
>
>
> MSI nVIDIA GeForce FX5200 Video Card, 128MB DDR, 128-bit, 
> CATV/Composite Port, 8X AGP, Model "FX5200 Personal 
> Cinema(PC5200-VT128)" -RETAIL
> http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-127-109&depa=1 
>
>
> Has any one got one working in MythTV, or even Linux? I'm not sure of 
> the chipset the tuner uses. I believe it's made by Nvidia, maybe a 
> linux driver wouldn't be that hard to get out of them (judging by the 
> linux driver support they provide for their GPU's)
>
> Thanks for reading.

Someone once reported that it worked w/ rivatv.  As far as I'm aware, 
this has not been verified.

Cecil


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