Hi, I have tried both dxr3 (well actually some clone, but still same chip) and nvidia GF4 mx440 with tv-out.
I would definitively recommend for going with the nvidia card. There are several resons: 1. Effectivity. The dxr3 card decodes mpeg-2 only. Displaying a divx (mpeg-4) movie on the card requires decoding of the mpeg-4 and then encoding on the fly into mpeg-2 before sending the stream to the decoder card. Needless to say it consumes a lot of CPU-cycles.. With a VGA card everything works like using a monitor. 2. Installation. To get the dxr3 card to run it needs some modules to be loaded. These modules have several parameters to tweek. Sometimes it works like a charm, but usually the picture is green and it tends to take a while before finding the right setup. Getting the nvidia card was, at least for me, a pretty straight-forward process completed within minutes. 3. Life-cycle. The dxr3s are discontinued products, though still available in some places. The graphic cards are easier to find and cheaper as well. I gave 50 euros for my nvidia card 6 months ago. The dxr3 card was about 80 euros. 4. Sync. On some material I experienced drift in the a-v sync. Found it to be an issue of mplayer, not freevo itself. Never had problems with the nvidia regarding sync. The quality of the output was in my case equal. The dxr3 was a bit darker in the picture. The nvidias has had several tv-out chips (with varying quality) over the years. Mine has, however, the tv functionality built-in and the quality is as good as any dvd player. One thing that was better with the dxr3 card was the lack of a window frame when playing movies. With the nvidia card the wideo is displayed in a window, eventhough freevo is set up to be in full screen mode. Could be that the issue is solved in the latest versions of freevo also under x, don't know. Using framebuffer mode there should be no window, but some have reported decreased quality when not using the accelerated x drivers. Have fun, Per ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
