Hello everybody, I know that's not the answer all we are waiting for [open-sourced Nvidia driver], but it's very good indication that it's possible to get answer from hardware vendor when you write letter to them (and resend it after one week later, CC: Marketing, Sales, as I did yesterday ;-). I still have no answer from ATI (as I mentioned, I have ATI Rage Mobility in my notebook), that's very bad indicator :-(((( in short, NVidia driver -needs 2.4 kernel -doesn't support TV out -has SRPMs on the webpage (??, see below) -HDTV output will be available when TV Out is ready -has no DVD playback (utility), suggestion to use 3rd party utilities which are not ready yet I am rather surprised to hear that: "MPG compression is also a feature of the video editting cards, and isn't controlled by our video card" As far as I know ASUS cards (on NVidia chip) support Video-In, therefor can be classified as "video editing cards" Are there any owners of Happauge (i belive that's the spelling) video cards on list? PROPOSAL: ~~~~~~~~~ Let's collect suggestions/questions to NVidia together, and send them all collected to NVidia. At least now we have contact person. BR, Vadim ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: FW: NVidia driver for Linux/XFree86 Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 18:38:00 -0800 From: Jason Lundy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----Original Message----- From: Jason Lundy Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 6:36 PM To: Amanda Sterland; ',[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: NVidia driver for Linux/XFree86 Hi, We currently do not have Mandrake 7.2 specific RPMS since it came out after the last release. We do have SRPMs on the webpage that you can use though. The majority of the SRPM is allready precompiled but there are some parts that will be compiled on your system. As far as the features, currently the drivers do not support the TV out. TV in will be handled by your TV card. I would recomend a 2.4 test kernel for this as it supports the TV cards better. This support is provided by the linux kernel and is not through our video card drivers. If the linux support doesnt work for your tv card, you may want to check with the manufacturer of the tv card. Our drivers do work with the Video for Linux module though so you can use the capabilities provided by xfree 4.0.1. Currently there is no legal dvd software for linux. Intervideo and several companies are working on DVD software for linux, and that will work with our drivers when its released. The LinDVD software will provide full screen and windowed mode and will work with our drivers. MPG compression is also a feature of the video editting cards, and isn't controlled by our video card. I havent had any experience with this so Im not sure what support Linux has for it. I know the 2.4 kernel has some character devices in the kernel options itself for such a beast, but I have not tried them. HDTV output will be available pretty much the same time as the tv out. Unfortunately I dont have a time frame yet on those. Hopefully this answers most of your questions. If you have any more, please feel free to email us. As far as the video editting goes, I would recomend checking around and find out what the current 2.4 kernel supports as far as video editting cards goes. Im not even sure what software is available for linux currently to do that. Also check into xawtv. I use this for my tv card at home and work, and this has some good capture signals. This will allow hdtv in and tv in (depends on which module you buy.) Haupage (I think thats the spelling) has the best support under linux as far as I can tell, but you really wanna use the 2.4 kernel. :) Jason Lundy ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: NVidia driver for Linux/XFree86 Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 05:56:53 +0300 From: Vadim Plessky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Sir/Madame, I am very interested in support Nvidia currently offers for Linux operating system, in particular, for XFree86 server. I am running Mandrake Linux 7.2 with XFree86 4.0.1 Would you please point out where I can get Mandrake-specific RPMs. I would like to take SRPMS and compile myself, as I usally compile most important Linux packages in order to boost performance with extra compiler optimizations. I could not find such packages on Mandrake Cooker, latest, up-to-date (development) version of Linux Mandrake. Pls cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cooker mailing list answering my mail, as many people subscribed to this list are also very interested in latest NVidia technologies and Open Source Community support from your side. My current configuration details: -> kernel 2.2.17-22mdk -#rpm -qa | grep XF XFree86-libs-4.0.1-26mdk XFree86-xfs-4.0.1-26mdk XFree86-server-4.0.1-26mdk XFree86-75dpi-fonts-4.0.1-26mdk XFree86-4.0.1-26mdk XFree86-devel-4.0.1-26mdk -> KDE 2.0 Could you please also specify is Nvidia driver for Linux offers such features like: -TV-out -TV-in -DVD and HDTV playback/display (full-screen and in window), via additional utility or built-in -MPEG-compression for video-in signal One of applications I would like to use my next computer I am planning to purchase soon (probably AMD Athlon and NVidia GeForce 2 GTS) is Time-shifted Video Playback and Digital Video Processing. I am planning to use it with Linux Operating System, due to unstability of Microsoft operating systems and high cost of ownership for them. Many thanks in advance! -- Best Regards, Vadim Plessky http://kde2.newmail.ru (English) http://kde2.newmail.ru/index_rus.html (Russian) Do you have Arial font installed? 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