your cheapest and easiest route would be to use a VGA to video converter. I have one that is powered from the usb bus and does quite well for video and freevo display.
I've switched to this to avoid the nightmares that are TV out under linux. dxr3 has the best tv out, but it takes quite a bit of processing power unless you are recording in mpeg1 or mpeg2 only, and games are not an option this way. but then I'm trying to find a solution that I can reproduce 100 times for friends, family and co-workers, so a little drop in tv out quality is not a problem. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Gordon Staines Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 11:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Freevo-users] What's the best hardware to use Hi, Im thinking about putting together a multimedia PC to use as a TV and DVD Player etc. I want to connect this to my TV just like my regular VCR etc. My current PC has a TV out, but the signal doesnt appear to stretch to the edges of my TV screen and looks rather ugly. I can find no way to fix this. The card is an ASUS 7100 GForce2MX with TV out, I have so far had no luck getting the TV out to work under linux, this isnt a problem since I intend to build a new PC for this. Can someone recommend either a Motherboard or video card with TV out card where you can set the default primary display without using software. Some motherboards have TV out built in (various AOpen m/boards do anyway) Does anyone know if you can enable the TV out to be the primary display in bios or something? I know that some mini-itx boards will do this, but I was hoping to just use a regular PC with some more grunt to do re-encoding etc Cheers -- Gordon Staines Software Developer AdOnline Project Phone: 03 9601 2768 Mobile: 0419 568 411 **************************************************************************** ***** The information contained in this e-mail message and any accompanying files is or may be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, dissemination, reliance, forwarding, printing or copying of this e-mail or any attached files is unauthorised. This e-mail is subject to copyright. No part of it should be reproduced, adapted or communicated without the written consent of the copyright owner. If you have received this e-mail in error, please advise the sender immediately by return e-mail, or telephone and delete all copies. Fairfax does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of any information contained in this e-mail or attached files. Internet communications are not secure, therefore Fairfax does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message or attached files. **************************************************************************** ***** ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
