[mythtv-users] Video card recommendations?

Mon Nov 13 22:41:42 UTC 2006

For further information the system is:
FC6 on a e-machines box that was lying around. 

256MB ram
Nforce 2 mother board
DDR333 memory
PVR150 MCE 
160GB and 80GB IDE drives
DVD +/-RW
AGP 5200 Nvidia card (optional as MB had video as well) 

I configured the bios such that serial and parallel ports are off, to gain
more IRQs. PNP OS setting in bios is off as well. 

I ran the Nvidia shell script which compiled new driver for kernel, tried
with AGP card and with out and neither worked. 

When I do lspci it shows the video card to have IRQ=206 thus I figure
something is not right.

I was thinking about just getting a real motherboard and trying again. I
have also noticed that PVR150 did not seem to come back into system after
reboot, that is no /dev/video0. 

I have also been working on the mediaMVP and almost have it figured out.
What I am finding is that you have to install the OS hack, install, hack,
install, hack until everything is working. Then reinstall to remove the
hacks that were not needed. The first install of FC6 I did not have
partitions correct. Now I have just installed a huge amount of packages
which may not be needed. So it may be time for reinstall, but I would like
to figure out the video card first. 

Trampas

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Trampas
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 5:26 PM
To: 'Discussion about mythtv'
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Video card recommendations?

The native driver does work but limits display to 800x600. For FC6 it is
called "nv" 

Trampas

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Viitasaari
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 10:41 AM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Video card recommendations?

If you already have an NVidia AGP card then forget about using the
on-board video for now.

Does the native driver on a fresh install work with your NVidia AGP
card?

Best Regards, Hedgehog

On Mon, 2006-11-13 at 10:24 -0500, Trampas wrote:
> I have a Nvidia in a nforce2 motherboard, I have not been able to get the
> drivers to work. I have tried the on board video and an AGP video card
> neither will work. If someone knows how to get nvidia drivers loaded let
me
> know. 
> 
> Thanks
> Trampas
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Viitasaari
> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 10:13 AM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Video card recommendations?
> 
> NVidia...NVidia...NVidia
> 
> Also, think about a low profile card for better cooling...especially if
> you have a small case.
> 
> Hedgehog
> 
> On Mon, 2006-11-13 at 09:31 -0500, John Drescher wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > On 11/13/06, Jared Davis <jared at cs.utexas.edu> wrote:
> >         Hi,
> >         
> >         I have a PVR-350 and haven't had much success in getting the X
> >         driver to work,
> >         so I haven't been able to play video files on the
> >         television.  I think I heard
> >         in a previous post that the MythTV developers aren't intending
> >         to support the 
> >         PVR-350's tv-out for long, so I guess I am in the market for a
> >         new video card
> >         that can handle the s-video output.  Ideally, I would like to
> >         get:
> >         
> >            - A relatively cheap card (I don't play 3d games, but it
> >         should be fast 
> >              enough to run MythTV on the television while I work in
> >         emacs on my
> >              monitor.)
> >         
> >            - A PCI Express card (it's my only free slot) with a DVI
> >         connection to the
> >              monitor and an S-video connection to the television 
> >         
> >            - A card that works well with X-windows and makes it
> >         relatively easy to set
> >              up the dual headed display between the monitor and the
> >         tv.
> >         
> > 
> > Get a nVidia based card. Their drivers are by far the best. I would
> > suggest a model but there are several hundred different models since
> > nVidia does not make cards only chips and 20+ manufacturers make cards
> > with the same chips.. 
> > 
> > Here is a link at newegg for the 197 nVidia PCI-E cards:
> > 
> > http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=ENE&N=2010380048
> > +0+1069609641&Subcategory=48&description=nvidia&Ntk=all&srchInDesc=
> > 
> > John
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