On Wed, 2003-07-09 at 11:58, Anne Wilson wrote: > Thanks for the reply, Seppo. I'm on very unfamiliar territory here. > I don't play games, so I've never kept up with what is happening on > the graphics card scene, and I sometimes get caught out with the fact > that names/phrases used don't always mean what I thought they mean > <g> > > Graphics acceleration is only important in so far as it is used in dvd > playback - and my old Matrox G400 handles that satisfactorily. Since > the 9200 is not mentioned in the 'families' on the ATi website, > should I expect that it will function satisfactorily in basic > graphics, though not necessarily giving much in the way of > acceleration, rather like my current card? > The basic Radeon driver in Mandrake does not include DRI (Direct Rendering Interface) , but it is not needed for DVD playback as the function is Hardware, not software in Radeons, so it's automatically used.
Mind you, installing the Gatos drivers is easy, getting DRI to work is not. Basically you need to compile one driver + edit some files since Mandrake for some reason DOES NOT load AGPGART... > For 'video capture' they are recommending the TVWonder and TVWonder > VE. When they talk about 'video capture' are they meaning capture > from tv signals? Although nice, this is not important to me, but I > do want to be able to capture video from my camcorder. I see that > they say that video4linux2 is needed for video capture, and gatos for > dvd playback. > You probably need the gatos project drivers to get videocapture working, make sure that the card you buy includes VIDEO-IN / VIDEO-OUT. I have only tested that these functions work in my All-In-Wonder, not used them that much. > I would be grateful for any advice from you or anyone else with more > experience of video card and video capture, as I am completely out of > my depth here. > I'm myself adept only with the basics too... > Anne > > On Wednesday 09 Jul 2003 6:18 am, Seppo Jarvinen wrote: > > I use Radeon All-In-Wonder with all functions available. > > > > you need to use Gatos project drivers to get everything working. > > > > http://gatos.sf.net/ > > > > On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 22:34, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > The tv card that I was going to buy turned out not to have any > > > s-video input. I took it back to the vendor, who said they > > > didn't have one that I could use (I want to attach my camcorder), > > > and suggested changing my graphics card to a Radeon 9200 > > > Atlantis. He said that one of their employees had said that he > > > had used this card with linux - but I have looked at the ATi site > > > and there is no linux driver for this model. Is anyone using it? > > > > > > Anne > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > >_____ > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Seppo Jarvinen,[EMAIL PROTECTED] Never trust an operating system Kentt�katu 9 A 2,76100 PIEKS�M�KI you don't have sources for. GSM +358 40 568 1756 You never know what you're facing Power the World, With Linux! unless you dare to LOOK AT IT. Technology lies on the leading edge
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