[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > All this Matrox talk has got me thinking about my choice of video card. > Since I will be building a Freevo box from scratch (not recycling parts) > and have no interest in connecting the box to any TV source, what would > be an ideal video card for that purpose? The system would be connected > to a 32" high def LCD display (Sharp Aquos) which has both DVI and HDMI > connectors. This system will be purely for a movie/music jukebox for my > home. > > Cheers,
Others here may have more informative replies, but I think almost any recent video card with dvi output would be good, so long as it is supported in linux. You might look at the cards supported by mplayer's vidix or xfree86's xv extension. I know ATI's radeon line works using the open-source xfree86 drivers (ati or radeon for your purposes, vesa driver if you were planning to use a tv, which you aren't - and I would steer clear of their proprietary drivers). I had a bit of trouble with vidix on a radeon x700, but it is only a matter of time before it works properly (almost works now - odd green colors in the lighest pixels in the videos I tried), and xv works now afaik - those two use similar amounts of cpu in my experience, both low. Also, I can say mplayer's vidix works beautifully on both a radeon 7500 and a radeon 9700 pro. I also have experience using an NVidia GeForce 6800 and can say NVidia's proprietary xfree86 drivers work great. I haven't had stability issues with them like I did with the ATI drivers, and xv works. I'm unsure if vidix works with those, but as mentioned, xv will do and uses comparable cpu. I have a little experience with a matrox, but only in the limited scenario of a dedicated tv box, and only for about a week so far! I think matrox cards are well-supported by xfree86, and I know they're a favorite with mplayer developers, so a matrox card that has DVI would likely work well. The freevo wiki has a brief listing of video cards: http://freevo.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/doc/Hardware If it has a DVI output and is decently supported by your player of choice (mplayer in my case) or your video-hardware-interface-layer (xfree86 or directfb), you should be fine. Buckley ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
