Oh yeah, forgot to include my computer's specs: standard Gateway motherboard PII 400MHz Processor SoundBlaster 512K PCI card 1 AGP slot, several other open PCI slots 2 PCI 10/100 Ethernet cards (both work fine in Linux) 1 ISA generic 56K modem 128M PC100 SDRAM 10GB Maxtor HDD DVD-ROM drive (I forget the manufacturer) CD-RW drive (I forget the manufacturer of this one too) 3.5 Floppy
--- Caveman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > > My roommate and I are trying to put together a multimedia server to > output mp3's and DVD's to our TV/stereo set up. I'm trying to decide > on > which video card to use that contains as many options and features as > possible, while at the same time being as low cost as possible. So > far > I've settled on two different cards: > > nVidia's (any brand will do) TNT2 M64 w/ TV-OUT (RCA style video > connection) or, > ATI's All-In-Wonder 128 Pro 32MB w/ S-VIDEO/Audio-OUT, > S-VIDEO/Audio-IN > > Has anyone tried either of these cards in Linux to play DVD's through > a > TV (one without any S-Video connectors)? I know the ATI board comes > with a connection adapter thing that will convert the S-Video out to > an > RCA-out for me, so I'm primarily concerned as to whether Mandrake 8.1 > can be used in conjunction with something like XMMS or other DVD > players in Linux to pump the DVD's playing in my computer's DVD-ROM > drive to my TV. I have a SB512 (I think) as the audio card, so sound > shouldn't be a problem at all. I would just rather be using Linux to > run this multimedia server box versus a BSOD-prone Win98 install. ;) > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Yahoo! Shopping. > http://shopping.yahoo.com > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Yahoo! Shopping. http://shopping.yahoo.com
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