[mythtv-users] Video output

[Clyde Stubbs]

On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 10:17:19AM -0600, Stephen Atkins wrote:
> I know this isn't exactly the right forum for this but I'm not sure 
> where else to ask.  I've got an ATI Radeon 7500 with VGA/TV/DVI outs and 
> I was wondering if anyone has gotten the tv out to work properly.  I've 

I have just successfully got a Radeon 9200S working with the TV-OUT. I
used XFree86 4.4.0, then took the Gatos tv_output code (4.3 version) and
merged it into the Gatos 4.4.0 CVS version. After some fiddling I got
it to work very nicely, producing PAL 50 Hz interlaced output at 800x600.

I went this route because XFree86 4.3 did not support the 9200, and the
Gatos 4.4.0 code did not support TV out.

I'll be putting the patched stuff up on a web site in the next day or
so (just got it working last night). I expect it will work with the 7500,
but then the existing Gatos tv_output branch with XFree86 4.3 should
also work, since that chipset is supported by 4.3.

It's a huge improvement from the nv driver I was using on a Geforce
(because nVidia still don't support interlaced output). Very smooth
video and much reduced CPU time.


Cheers, Clyde

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