[mythtv-users] Beginning the Journey of 1,000 miles...

[Blake]

On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 03:24:10 -0700, Lee <mythtv at varga.co.uk> wrote:

>
>> Yeah, so I found the cable, it's got eight-pins on the one side and
>> ends  in a eight-pin female and another female end--looks like a--mm,
>> standard  1/4".
>>
>> This is a GeForce TI4600. Oh, hell, probably the eVGA board.
>>
>> Anyway, gonna install KnoppMyth and see what happens....
>
> It's used on some GeForce cards, the MSI GeForce4 MX440 I used in my
> prototype Mythbox had exactly that kind of connector, it worked fine
> with a little tweaking in the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file (as found in
> KnoppMyth). With my MSI card, I found that it would only drive either
> the TV or the monitor but not both. A snip is below...
>
> Change in the "Screen" section.
> Option     "TVStandard" "PAL-I"
> Option     "ConnectedMonitor" "TV"
> Option     "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"

Cool! Thanks! Did you have the 1/4" connector as well? (If so, what was it  
for?)