i have a geforce 3, the tvout works great on it and Xv is now supported, so you should get a decent frame rate. If you unplug your monitor and just have s-video plugged in, it will automatically boot up to your tv. I have it setup so that when I press ctrl-alt-F8, it displays on the tv (running blackbox), and when I press ctrl-alt-F7 (default) it displays back on my monitor running gnome. This can be easily created by adding a new monitor section (for your tv) and a new screen section for your tv screen, then running the command startx -- :1 -screen tv_screen
enjoy mark On Monday 03 December 2001 23:24, you wrote: > 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 -- 5:27pm up 1:49, 2 users, load average: 1.76, 1.88, 2.28
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