[mythtv-users] daft newbie questions :-)

[Bruce Markey]

Paul Smith wrote:
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>> > - ATI 9000 card with TV-Out
>> Check the archive about issues with ATI cards and X drivers.
> 
> 
> Where? Sorry, I can see issues with ATI 'All in wonder' cards (with 
> tuner etc), but nothing about plain old graphics cards. Do you remember 
> what the problem was?

For ATI TV-OUT to work (All in wonder or not), you need to
use the abandoned 'devel' branch of the GATOS ati.2 driver.

> If plain ATI graphics cards are a problem what's a better (low cost) 
> card to use?

NVidia GeForce2 have the advantage of a nifty utility called
nvtv which can control overscan, x,y position and lots of
other controls that you wouldn't have with other cards.

--  bjm