[mythtv-users] Recycled PC as a frontend- disapointment?
J. Scott
jscott at oddpost.com
Sun Mar 13 23:23:19 UTC 2005
There is no entry in the XFree86.0.log for:
(II) Loading extension XVideo
The output of xvinfo is:
"no adaptors present"
I checked out the gatos site, but wasn't clear what to do with the info there.
Thanks.
-----Original Message from Cory Papenfuss <papenfuss at juneau.me.vt.edu>-----
On Sun, 13 Mar 2005, J. Scott wrote:
> When I run lspci I get the following
>
> VGA Compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC AGP (Rev 7a)
>
> My XF86Config-4 file has several references to ATI, but nothing more specific than that.
>
> I tried some google searches on the lspci output, but didn't find anything helpful.
>
It's certainly not a wonderful card, but I have used something
similar for a Mythbox. It does support Xv, although when I was playing
with it the interlaced driver with Xv was broken. I had to use the GATOS
drivers to get around that bug, IIRC. Check the /var/log/Xorg.0.log to
see if it contains the line:
(II) Loading extension XVideo
Also, check to see that the output of 'xvinfo' displays something
other than, "No adapters present," or whatever. Should be lots of stuff
like:
X-Video Extension version 2.2
screen #0
Adaptor #0: "ATI Radeon Video Overlay"
number of ports: 1
port base: 61
operations supported: PutImage
<snip>
id: 0x32315659 (YV12)
guid: 59563132-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
bits per pixel: 12
number of planes: 3
type: YUV (planar)
id: 0x30323449 (I420)
guid: 49343230-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
bits per pixel: 12
number of planes: 3
type: YUV (planar)
Also worth noting...I've used Celeron-flavord machines before, but
it was a dual-CPU beast at 450MHz. You will probably be able to play on a
single Celeron, but there won't be much left over.
-Cory
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* Cory Papenfuss *
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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