On Tue, 2008-07-22 at 18:37 +0200, Thomas Hilber wrote: > Hi list, > > the last few days I made some interesting experiences with VGA cards I > now want to share with you.
Wow! I can't support this project strongly enough - what a perfect idea! In the inevitable shift towards HDTV and progressive scanning, I was becoming increasingly concerned that the countless hours of interlaced content would be forgotten in the scramble for new and shiny. Indeed, my own VDR FF based system exists in a large desktop PC case only because of the enormous (and antiquated) FF card. This project leads the way for replacing it with something much more compact, since the card runs hot and it's only a matter of time before it dies. Is it likely to work with any newer Radeons, or is it because the RV2xx series is the last to have useful full open source drivers? I have a couple of RV3xxs (Radeon X300 + X600 Pro) I'd love to try this with :) Re: http://www.sput.nl/hardware/tv-x.html I've read this page before, and I dearly love the 'Problems' section which I've reproduced verbatim here: "Apparently, some hardware doesn't support interlaced mode. If you have sync problems, check the sync signal with an oscilloscope." Yup, because everyone has one lying around ;) In fact, my biggest problem with this project before now has been the manufacture of such an adapter - my soldering skills are beyond poor. I don't suppose you'd be willing to make some VGA -> SCART hobby-boxes up for a suitable fee? :) Cheers, Gavin. _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
