[mythtv-users] ATI TV Out

[Prash]

The ATI drivers provided with the distro do not support tvout. You
have to get the fglrx accelerated ATI drivers from ATI.
(http://www.ati.com). Note that ATI have started making the drivers
available for beta testing on http://rpms.livna.org. Use any method to
install drivers either directly from ATI or from livna.org.

They only support XFree but can be made to work Xorg with  apatch.
Search on this forum and www.rage3d.com and www.fedorafaq.com forum
for that (if using fedora)





On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 15:59:44 -0500, Tilman Kispersky
<tilman at wiredmail.org> wrote:
> I am trying to get my TV out working.
> 
> My ATI Radeon 7500 has an S-video out port that I have connected
> to my TV via the S-video in port.
> 
> When I am not running X (ie. just in console mode) the computer
> screen shows up just fine on the TV.
> 
> When I startx, the picture on the TV screen is completely garbled.
> I have tried many different resolutions, none of which work.
> 
> I have installed atitvout and gatos but I'm not really sure if they are
> installed correctly or configured properly.
> 
> Some examples of atitvout:
> # atitvout detect
> CRT is attached.
> TV is attached via S-Video
> # atitvout vbe
> VBE Version: 2.0
> VBE OEM Identification: ATI RADEON 7500
> # atitvout standard
> Can set on the fly:
> ntsc
> pal
> Current standard is NTSC.
> # atitvout tvout       (this one is obviously a candidate for where the
> problem might be)
> VBE call failed.
> Maybe this command is not supported by your graphics adapter?
> Did your parameters (if you specified some) really make sense?
> Please try all other available commands before complaining!
> 
> XFConfig-4:
> Section "Device"
>        Identifier      "Generic Video Card"
>        Driver          "ati"
> 
>        Option "TwinView"
>        Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50"
>        Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60"
>        Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024, NULL; 800x600, 800x600; 640x480,
> 640x480"
>        Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
>        Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT, TV"
>        Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
>        Option "TVStandard" "NTSC"
>        Option "TVOutput" "NTSC-M"
> EndSection
> 
> Does anyone know if the tv out is supported on this video card an if so, how
> to get it working??
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