Re: [Freevo-users] Problems with Geforce2 MX and TV-Out
I use a geforce 4 mx4400 in my freevo, this has no cooler and isn't too hot. It also has tv out. On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 23:17 +, Andreas Fürtig wrote: ok, thank you for your help i think, ill be me a new card. my problem is, that the geforce4 has its own cooler, so it will be very loud. do you know a good card, with good tvout, cheap and silent? only need the card for tv-out. dont play anything or something like this... bye andieh On Thursday 14 July 2005 17:35, Karl Lattimer wrote: Looks to me like this is not available on gf2 cards. Why not pick up a gf4mx440 for around 25£. You may even be able to get a cheaper one via ebay. Your driver is the newest version, There is also the option of contacting the nvidia linux developers they are very helpful and the forums also may be a better place to post your question. I know the guys are generally very happy to support linux users (more so than windows) because of their big nvidia: the linux advantage stuff. k, On 14 Jul 2005, at 20:04, Andreas Fürtig wrote: when i try to load you settings, i only get ERROR: Error querying valid values for attribute 'TVOverScan' on 0:0.0 specified on line 42 of configuration file '/etc/freevo/nvidia-settings' (Attribute not available). and some other errors. why isnt overscan available for me? maybe because of that, i didnt find the option in nvidia-settings :) i use nvidia driver version 1.0.7667-2. that must be a very new one... any ideas? andieh On Thursday 14 July 2005 15:55, Karl Lattimer wrote: You should be able to spot the settings in there; 0/TVOverScan[TV-0]=15 You may also want to tweak this 0/TVFlickerFilter[TV-0]=160 It can sometimes be too high, and at other times be too low, it all depends on the TV set. There are lots of other bits'n'bobs to play with on nvidia cards, but I should remind you that for this copy of nvidia-settings-rc to work you must have the latest driver installed. K, On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 17:47 +, Andreas Fürtig wrote: yeah, this would be very nice! thank you andieh On Thursday 14 July 2005 14:04, Karl Lattimer wrote: If you take a look at the display settings for your TV you should see it in there. Alternatively I can send you a nvidia-settings rc file which has the settings in it. On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 15:28 +, Andreas Fürtig wrote: ok, i try nvidia-settings, but cant find anything with overscan. hmm where do i find it? any ideas? greetz andieh On Thursday 14 July 2005 07:40, Karl Lattimer wrote: The overscan option on nvidia drivers was done away with a lnng time ago, and now it only works for quatro cards. Instead for desktop users nvidia introduced with the 6000 series drivers nvidia-settings, if you get into X and run nvidia-settings you can change the overscan interactively the settings will be saved and you can re-load them using nvidia-settings --config=/etc/freevo/nvidia-settings -l your config file may differ in location, generally it is saved to ~/.nvidia-settings-rc, i've put mine in the freevo directory simply because that is where i store all of my freevo settings. Hope this helps. Karl, On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 02:15 +, Andreas Fürtig wrote: Hi all! i like freevo and everything works very fine for me for over a year now. but there is one small thing that i dont like, and thats those black borders on my tv-out. i know, that it is something with the overscan option in xfree config files, but i dont know, what to change. it doesnt work for me and i dont know, what i do wrong. does anybody of you know a good site with documentation about this thing, or does anyone else uses a geforce and doesnt have those borders? -- heres my /etc/X11/XF86Config Section ServerLayout Identifier AGP Screen Screen TV 0 0 InputDeviceMouse1 CorePointer InputDeviceKeyboard1 CoreKeyboard EndSection Section Files RgbPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb ModulePath /usr/X11R6/lib/modules FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/ EndSection Section Module Load dbe # Load the glx module. Load glx Load extmod Load type1 Load freetype EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Keyboard1 Driver Keyboard Option
Re: [Freevo-users] Problems with Geforce2 MX and TV-Out
Op vr 15-07-2005, om 01:17 schreef Andreas Fürtig: i think, ill be me a new card. my problem is, that the geforce4 has its own cooler, so it will be very loud. The Aopen I bought has passive cooling and is actualy +- 10C. cooler than the older GF2. On the other hand, nvtv is cheaper than another card... -- Groetjes Japie http://www.japie.deserver.nl 2.6.12.1 GNU/Linux Computers have a lot in common with air conditioners: Once you open WINDOWS, they stop working properly. ;^) --- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idt77alloc_id492op=click ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Problems with Geforce2 MX and TV-Out
yeah, this is true, but when it doesnt work? with the gui i can change the overlay, but without mouse or keyboard on the pc i cant change it. and with the commandline it doesnt work. only give me colored stripes on the tvscreen. On Friday 15 July 2005 07:22, Jaap Struyk wrote: Op vr 15-07-2005, om 01:17 schreef Andreas Fürtig: i think, ill be me a new card. my problem is, that the geforce4 has its own cooler, so it will be very loud. The Aopen I bought has passive cooling and is actualy +- 10C. cooler than the older GF2. On the other hand, nvtv is cheaper than another card... --- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idt77alloc_id492op=click ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Problems with Geforce2 MX and TV-Out
hmm i wanted to write them, but cant find a contact adress or a web formula. how do i contact the support? thank you andieh On Thursday 14 July 2005 17:35, Karl Lattimer wrote: Looks to me like this is not available on gf2 cards. Why not pick up a gf4mx440 for around 25£. You may even be able to get a cheaper one via ebay. Your driver is the newest version, There is also the option of contacting the nvidia linux developers they are very helpful and the forums also may be a better place to post your question. I know the guys are generally very happy to support linux users (more so than windows) because of their big nvidia: the linux advantage stuff. k, On 14 Jul 2005, at 20:04, Andreas Fürtig wrote: when i try to load you settings, i only get ERROR: Error querying valid values for attribute 'TVOverScan' on 0:0.0 specified on line 42 of configuration file '/etc/freevo/nvidia-settings' (Attribute not available). and some other errors. why isnt overscan available for me? maybe because of that, i didnt find the option in nvidia-settings :) i use nvidia driver version 1.0.7667-2. that must be a very new one... any ideas? andieh On Thursday 14 July 2005 15:55, Karl Lattimer wrote: You should be able to spot the settings in there; 0/TVOverScan[TV-0]=15 You may also want to tweak this 0/TVFlickerFilter[TV-0]=160 It can sometimes be too high, and at other times be too low, it all depends on the TV set. There are lots of other bits'n'bobs to play with on nvidia cards, but I should remind you that for this copy of nvidia-settings-rc to work you must have the latest driver installed. K, On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 17:47 +, Andreas Fürtig wrote: yeah, this would be very nice! thank you andieh On Thursday 14 July 2005 14:04, Karl Lattimer wrote: If you take a look at the display settings for your TV you should see it in there. Alternatively I can send you a nvidia-settings rc file which has the settings in it. On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 15:28 +, Andreas Fürtig wrote: ok, i try nvidia-settings, but cant find anything with overscan. hmm where do i find it? any ideas? greetz andieh On Thursday 14 July 2005 07:40, Karl Lattimer wrote: The overscan option on nvidia drivers was done away with a lnng time ago, and now it only works for quatro cards. Instead for desktop users nvidia introduced with the 6000 series drivers nvidia-settings, if you get into X and run nvidia-settings you can change the overscan interactively the settings will be saved and you can re-load them using nvidia-settings --config=/etc/freevo/nvidia-settings -l your config file may differ in location, generally it is saved to ~/.nvidia-settings-rc, i've put mine in the freevo directory simply because that is where i store all of my freevo settings. Hope this helps. Karl, On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 02:15 +, Andreas Fürtig wrote: Hi all! i like freevo and everything works very fine for me for over a year now. but there is one small thing that i dont like, and thats those black borders on my tv-out. i know, that it is something with the overscan option in xfree config files, but i dont know, what to change. it doesnt work for me and i dont know, what i do wrong. does anybody of you know a good site with documentation about this thing, or does anyone else uses a geforce and doesnt have those borders? -- heres my /etc/X11/XF86Config Section ServerLayout Identifier AGP Screen Screen TV 0 0 InputDeviceMouse1 CorePointer InputDeviceKeyboard1 CoreKeyboard EndSection Section Files RgbPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb ModulePath /usr/X11R6/lib/modules FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/ EndSection Section Module Load dbe # Load the glx module. Load glx Load extmod Load type1 Load freetype EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Keyboard1 Driver Keyboard OptionAutoRepeat 250 30 OptionXkbRules xfree86 OptionXkbModel pc105 OptionXkbLayout de EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse1 Driver mouse OptionProtocol IMPS/2 OptionDevice /dev/psaux EndSection Section Monitor Identifier TV #HorizSync31.5 - 35.1 #VertRefresh 60.0 - 60.0 Modeline 800x600 31.15 800 824 904 1008 600 601 604 618
[Freevo-users] Quick Questions
Hi Guys, Gals. I have just subscribed and wanted to ask some quick questions. 1. Is this like Media Center? 2. What is needed for the TV Guide, Digital Cable? 3. Does it support the Dell Inspiron 6000 Media Center USB RF Receiver and control? :) This project looks nice, thanks in advance for any answers. .Alejandro --- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477alloc_id=16492op=click ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Problems with Geforce2 MX and TV-Out
Try sending an email to Andy Ritger [EMAIL PROTECTED] He's very helpful! On Fri, 2005-07-15 at 18:42 +, Andreas Fürtig wrote: hmm i wanted to write them, but cant find a contact adress or a web formula. how do i contact the support? thank you andieh On Thursday 14 July 2005 17:35, Karl Lattimer wrote: Looks to me like this is not available on gf2 cards. Why not pick up a gf4mx440 for around 25£. You may even be able to get a cheaper one via ebay. Your driver is the newest version, There is also the option of contacting the nvidia linux developers they are very helpful and the forums also may be a better place to post your question. I know the guys are generally very happy to support linux users (more so than windows) because of their big nvidia: the linux advantage stuff. k, On 14 Jul 2005, at 20:04, Andreas Fürtig wrote: when i try to load you settings, i only get ERROR: Error querying valid values for attribute 'TVOverScan' on 0:0.0 specified on line 42 of configuration file '/etc/freevo/nvidia-settings' (Attribute not available). and some other errors. why isnt overscan available for me? maybe because of that, i didnt find the option in nvidia-settings :) i use nvidia driver version 1.0.7667-2. that must be a very new one... any ideas? andieh On Thursday 14 July 2005 15:55, Karl Lattimer wrote: You should be able to spot the settings in there; 0/TVOverScan[TV-0]=15 You may also want to tweak this 0/TVFlickerFilter[TV-0]=160 It can sometimes be too high, and at other times be too low, it all depends on the TV set. There are lots of other bits'n'bobs to play with on nvidia cards, but I should remind you that for this copy of nvidia-settings-rc to work you must have the latest driver installed. K, On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 17:47 +, Andreas Fürtig wrote: yeah, this would be very nice! thank you andieh On Thursday 14 July 2005 14:04, Karl Lattimer wrote: If you take a look at the display settings for your TV you should see it in there. Alternatively I can send you a nvidia-settings rc file which has the settings in it. On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 15:28 +, Andreas Fürtig wrote: ok, i try nvidia-settings, but cant find anything with overscan. hmm where do i find it? any ideas? greetz andieh On Thursday 14 July 2005 07:40, Karl Lattimer wrote: The overscan option on nvidia drivers was done away with a lnng time ago, and now it only works for quatro cards. Instead for desktop users nvidia introduced with the 6000 series drivers nvidia-settings, if you get into X and run nvidia-settings you can change the overscan interactively the settings will be saved and you can re-load them using nvidia-settings --config=/etc/freevo/nvidia-settings -l your config file may differ in location, generally it is saved to ~/.nvidia-settings-rc, i've put mine in the freevo directory simply because that is where i store all of my freevo settings. Hope this helps. Karl, On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 02:15 +, Andreas Fürtig wrote: Hi all! i like freevo and everything works very fine for me for over a year now. but there is one small thing that i dont like, and thats those black borders on my tv-out. i know, that it is something with the overscan option in xfree config files, but i dont know, what to change. it doesnt work for me and i dont know, what i do wrong. does anybody of you know a good site with documentation about this thing, or does anyone else uses a geforce and doesnt have those borders? -- heres my /etc/X11/XF86Config Section ServerLayout Identifier AGP Screen Screen TV 0 0 InputDeviceMouse1 CorePointer InputDeviceKeyboard1 CoreKeyboard EndSection Section Files RgbPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb ModulePath /usr/X11R6/lib/modules FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/ EndSection Section Module Load dbe # Load the glx module. Load glx Load extmod Load type1 Load freetype EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Keyboard1 Driver Keyboard OptionAutoRepeat 250 30 OptionXkbRules xfree86 OptionXkbModel pc105 OptionXkbLayout de EndSection Section InputDevice
Re: [Freevo-users] Quick Questions
just a some quick answers: 1. yes, it is even better! 2. an analogue tv card and internet, ivtv cards are recommended. digital cable is under construction 3. if there are linux drivers and some lirc interface it works. if there are any more questions look in the wiki: http://freevo.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/doc Alejandro Bonilla wrote: Hi Guys, Gals. I have just subscribed and wanted to ask some quick questions. 1. Is this like Media Center? 2. What is needed for the TV Guide, Digital Cable? 3. Does it support the Dell Inspiron 6000 Media Center USB RF Receiver and control? :) This project looks nice, thanks in advance for any answers. .Alejandro --- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477alloc_id=16492op=click ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users --- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477alloc_id=16492op=click ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
