[mythtv-users] ASUS MoBos - TV OUT

James Crow james at ultratans.com
Tue Oct 21 12:10:57 UTC 2008


On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 01:04 -0400, Jeff Holicky wrote:
> I am looking for a good uATX front end and had a question regarding
> ASUS MoBos that have integrated Nvidia graphic cards.
> 
> An example would be:
> http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=628&l4=0&model=2036&modelmenu=2
> NVIDIA GeForce 7100 / nForce 630i
> 
> Comes with DVI, HDMI out.  I am trying to get a few FEs so the cost of
> the gear is critical.  I would like to know today that at some point
> in the future it would work well with Myth and HD playback (as I plan
> SD now only).
> I'd hate to buy something knowing that I might need a card to do what
> the onboard should.
> 
> a) After reading the Myth Wiki - that DVI/HDMI should work with Myth -
> assuming I can get the drivers?
> Am I better off TODAY getting a MoBo that has both connectors?  Or am
> I paying a premium for something onboard that may never work and I may
> have to buy a card eventually?
> 
> b) In general with most ASUS MoBos (with Nvidia) is there some
> connector available that provides S-VIDEO out?
> Most ASUS boards I saw (newer ones) don't seem to offer S-VIDEO.  But
> I have read that you can get a connector from ASUS?  Anyone have a
> part number?  A webpage to review?
> Funny - I am familiar with ASUS MoBos - I can add devices at the front
> or back that connect to the onboard connector - but when I reviewed
> the board above (detailed manual), there doesn't seem to be any spot
> to plug an S-VIDEO header onto the board.
> 
> Then again, am I better off to get an Nvidia card which has an S-VIDEO
> connector instead?  
> 
> I am reviewing all my options - and am not married to ASUS.  But I
> find that ASUS seems to offer a lot of extra features for the money.  
> 
> Thanks all
> jeff

Jeff,

  I have a couple of ASUS motherboards with onboard GeForce 6150. No
HMDI, just VGA and DVI. They have a pin header to connect an extra
bracket to get composite/s-video out. I purchased one sometime back and
it was rather hard to find. If you can live with composite then it is
easy to solder an RCA cable to a pin header and connect it to the MB.
The A8N-VM CSM manual has the pinout on page 38. It you want to buy the
header with s-video and composite they were for sale on Asus site some
time back. ~$15 US.

  If you can live with a separate audio cable DVI->HDMI is a cheap
adapter and works very well. I have several systems connected this way.
The hard part is when you want to run audio over the HDMI cable. I have
a GeForce 8200 board that I will be testing this week to see if it works
without a separate audio connection.

Cheers,
James




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