nVidia FX5200 and TV input under Linux

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VinzC · Post by **VinzC** » Sat Jul 17, 2004 8:29 pm

Hi.

My video card is an nVidia FX5200. It has two output connectors and has TV input. I wondered if I could use it under Gentoo and how?

Thanks.

~L~ · Post by **~L~** » Sat Jul 17, 2004 9:29 pm

VinzC wrote: My video card is an nVidia FX5200. It has two output connectors and has TV input.

I have the same card and it doesn't have tv input

mushroom blue · Post by **mushroom blue** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 9:00 am

bet you cash that's a TV-out, so you can display your picture on your TV.

if your card had a TV tuner on it, you'd probably be seeing a big square aluminum box on your video card. not just a small box, mind you. this thing would be pretty darn huge.

so chances are, you'll want to be looking up how to plug your computer into a TV, and not the other way around.

VinzC · Post by **VinzC** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 3:58 pm

Lol

Well, trust me when I say it's a TV-In... I've got an ASUS GeForce FX 5200 and - frankly - given the price I paid for it, there must be a TV-In.

Naa, seriously. There is an extension multimedia connector. It has S-VID IN, COMP(osite) IN, S-VID OUT and COMP(osite) OUT signals. The connector is plugged into a small din looking connector on the video card.

The card was shipped with Asus PowerDirector for video capture. Setup installs an analog video capture driver. And it does have a S-VID decoder inside. But the CDs are only for Windows - heck

.

So are you still telling me I'm dreaming? :-p

mean · Post by **mean** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 5:10 pm

http://rivatv.sf.net

VinzC · Post by **VinzC** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 5:13 pm

mean wrote:http://rivatv.sf.net

Wow! Great! Thanks.

KingPunk · Post by **KingPunk** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 7:52 am

ok, about tv out though. which is what i thought this was about..
(but i guess it isn't after all lol)

anybody got any links/guides/etc on how to get tvout working flawlessly
on a GeForce-brand Svid out?
i bought a shiny new pci GeForce4 MX 4000 PCI with Tv Out (SVID) ..
so i surely hope that i'll be able to utilize it quite a bit.

thanks for the suggestions/help in advance!
~KingPunk

VinzC · Post by **VinzC** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 3:04 pm

KinkPunk,

Just installing the nVidia drivers should do the trick. At least it is how it works on Windows. I haven't tried to connect my Linux box on my TV yet as I'm more interrested in TV-IN

.

HTH.

KingPunk · Post by **KingPunk** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 8:11 pm

yeah, i thought so.
the new nvidia drivers for linux are a dream, im seeing like a 30% increase
in performance compaired to the older ones on the same card.
its pimpness..
hopefully the tv out will work flawlessly too.
im building my total system, then i'll test it ;x
hehe

Luud · Post by **Luud** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 1:52 pm

Hi VinzC,

Do you happen to have the "Asus v9520 Home Theater" card?

I'm thinking of buying this one, IF:

1. ... the TV tuner is supported by linux

2. ... TV out works good with Linux

Before I found this thread, I opened my own about this card here.

From what I could find on the RivaTV project, it seems this card is supported, as it is listed in their card list under the tuner section.

Did you have any luck getting TV-Out and the Tuner working well with this card?

VinzC · Post by **VinzC** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 9:28 pm

Luud wrote:Do you happen to have the "Asus v9520 Home Theater" card?

No, I haven't got that one. I have a V8460 series. But as far as TV-IN and out are concerned, I didn't buy it intentionnally for Linux. I Switched a few weeks afterwards. I've seen riva-tv is part of portage but it requires booting with non-framebuffer features.

I find it annoying but I'll try it when I have a little time.

Luud wrote:From what I could find on the RivaTV project, it seems this card is supported, as it is listed in their card list under the tuner section.

Did you have any luck getting TV-Out and the Tuner working well with this card?

In fact I didn't connect my machine to the TV yet. I expect it's not that difficult under Linux. Under W*dows I just had plug the cables and that's all. Here I expect some tuning of XF86Config so that it works with the GUI part.

And I've still not tried the TV tuner yet. Guess I'll do it soon.

bushvin · Post by **bushvin** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 8:14 am

@VinzC:

I have the same card as you have, and I've been looking all over to get TV-in working for my MythTV box, but I discovered on rivatv.sf.net that the driver for the card is still under development

I guess you (and I)'ll have to wait until rivatv supports the card properly...

Cheers,
Will.

VinzC · Post by **VinzC** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 12:16 pm

bushvin,

Try zapping. This is what I've installed on my Linux box (though I still haven't tried it). It doesn't require switching to no-fb or anything.

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