[mythtv-users] ATI TV Out

Prash getprashman at gmail.com
Mon Nov 1 08:43:18 UTC 2004


Gatos is an option. Last time I saw they were in the process to
completing the migration to xorg. Give it a try.

I'm not sure if fglrx driver will work for your 7500. Try asking on
www.rage3d.com.


On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 21:50:18 -0500, Tilman Kispersky
<tilman at wiredmail.org> wrote:
> I was using the gatos drivers right from the debian repository.
> (http://packages.debian.org/unstable/misc/gatos)
> 
> The atitvout -f or -r didn't seem to do anything.
> 
> I'm going to guess that they aren't the ones needed to support TV out.
> I supppose I'll download the ati.2 -r tv_output and try that.
> Its a pain since I have to build Xfree86 with that as far as I can tell
> which has some custom build proceedures as far as I can tell.
> 
> How are other people getting around the  tv out problem?
> Is everyone using an Nvidia or new ATI card?
> 
> Shawn Flynn said the following on 10/31/04 19:33:
> 
> 
> 
> >The atitvout utility may not be recognizing your video card chipset
> >correctly. First, ensure you are in an 800x600 or smaller video mode, then
> >try to force atitvout with either the -f or -r switches...
> >
> >       # atitvout -f t
> >
> >               or
> >
> >       # atitvout -r t
> >
> >That may do it for you.
> >
> >Also, please note that there is only one very specific version of the gatos
> >drivers that supports tvout. It is the ati.2 cvs branch using the
> >"tv_output" tag. Make sure you have that version installed or tvout will
> >_not_ work.
> >
> >I hope this helps. Good Luck.
> >Shawn
> >
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