Hello all, My roommate and I are trying to put together a multimedia server to output mp3's and DVD's to our TV/stereo set up. I'm trying to decide on which video card to use that contains as many options and features as possible, while at the same time being as low cost as possible. So far I've settled on two different cards:
nVidia's (any brand will do) TNT2 M64 w/ TV-OUT (RCA style video connection) or, ATI's All-In-Wonder 128 Pro 32MB w/ S-VIDEO/Audio-OUT, S-VIDEO/Audio-IN Has anyone tried either of these cards in Linux to play DVD's through a TV (one without any S-Video connectors)? I know the ATI board comes with a connection adapter thing that will convert the S-Video out to an RCA-out for me, so I'm primarily concerned as to whether Mandrake 8.1 can be used in conjunction with something like XMMS or other DVD players in Linux to pump the DVD's playing in my computer's DVD-ROM drive to my TV. I have a SB512 (I think) as the audio card, so sound shouldn't be a problem at all. I would just rather be using Linux to run this multimedia server box versus a BSOD-prone Win98 install. ;) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Yahoo! Shopping. http://shopping.yahoo.com
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