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Re: TV-out with XFree86 and nv - possible?



On Sun, 2006-10-22 at 11:35 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> The description of 'nvtv' suggests it is possible:
> 
> Description: tool to control TV chips on NVidia cards under Linux
>  This is a program to control the TV encoder chips on NVidia cards under
>  Linux, in order to get tv-out with a wide range of resolutions and
>  sizes, including "overscan" modes. It does even work with the free nv drivers.
> 
> But all sample configs I found with google are using the 'nvidia'
> driver. I don't need any special features, just want to watch movies on
> my TV. Any pointers to where should I start digging?

Hi,

Depending upon the graphic card and the tv encoder chip, it's quite
possible. See the documentation in /usr/share/doc/nvtv/ for the
supported list.

If your card and chip is supported, no XFree86/Xorg configuration is
needed, only adjustments in the nvtv program.

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Cheers,
Sven Arvidsson
http://www.whiz.se
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