[mythtv-users] VGA to Component adaptors

Tom Lichti tom at redpepperracing.com
Tue Apr 26 21:47:56 UTC 2005


Trey Boudreau wrote:

>On Tue, Apr 26, 2005 at 04:42:00PM -0400, Tom Dombrosky wrote:
>  
>
>>>Ah yes, forgot about that one. I may just end up getting an nvidia
>>>6200GT card with component out.
>>>
>>>Tom
>>>      
>>>
>>I'm pretty sure the component out is not working yet in linux.  I
>>"could" be wrong though.
>>
>>    
>>
>I don't think the Linux drivers (up to 7174, at least) support Xv *or*
>XvMC for the NV43-based cards.  I tried with a 6600GT.  I couldn't get
>usable CPU utilization on my AMD64 3500+ system until I "downgraded" to
>an NV34-based GeForce 5500FX (which has working Xv support).
>
>-- Trey
>  
>
There is a thread on nvnews about the component out in Linux, but no 
real conclusions yay or nay. Someone here (Cory?) built his own, but I 
never did get all the details. Seemed pretty simple from what I remember.

Tom


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