[mythtv-users] Using 3DFX voodoo3 card with mythtv?
Dennis Lou
dlou99 at yahoo.com
Mon Jul 16 17:38:03 UTC 2007
From: Marc Barrett <mnealbarrett at cox.net>
>I decided to throw together a cheap box to use only as a front-end,
>connected to a SDTV. I cobbled together some parts that I had lying
>around, and was able to purchase a very old 3DFX voodoo3 graphics
>card locally for $5. I was wondering if someone could help me get
>this thing's svideo output to work? I already have everything else
>working; connected to a SVGA monitor, it works great as a
>front-end-only system, but I'd like to connect the box to a TV set. I
>probably need additions to the xorg.conf file.
About 5 years ago, I used to have a step-by-step rundown of how I got mine going. Unfortunately, I can't seem to locate it. However, I did end up replacing it because the colors on the TV out weren't correct. Here are the screen captures:
http://www.geocities.com/dlou99/v3.html
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