[mythtv-users] Beginning the Journey of 1,000 miles...

[Lee]

Blake wrote:

> On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 03:24:10 -0700, Lee <mythtv at varga.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>
>>> Yeah, so I found the cable, it's got eight-pins on the one side and
>>> ends  in a eight-pin female and another female end--looks like a--mm,
>>> standard  1/4".
>>>
>>> This is a GeForce TI4600. Oh, hell, probably the eVGA board.
>>>
>>> Anyway, gonna install KnoppMyth and see what happens....
>>
>>
>> It's used on some GeForce cards, the MSI GeForce4 MX440 I used in my
>> prototype Mythbox had exactly that kind of connector, it worked fine
>> with a little tweaking in the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file (as found in
>> KnoppMyth). With my MSI card, I found that it would only drive either
>> the TV or the monitor but not both. A snip is below...
>>
>> Change in the "Screen" section.
>> Option     "TVStandard" "PAL-I"
>> Option     "ConnectedMonitor" "TV"
>> Option     "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
>
>
> Cool! Thanks! Did you have the 1/4" connector as well? (If so, what 
> was it  for?)

A phono type connector? It's a composite video out connector. It's OK, 
but not as good as S-Video...