[mythtv-users] Nvidia 6150 onboard video

[James Buckley]

On 14/05/07, Paul.Buchanan at thomson.com <Paul.Buchanan at thomson.com> wrote:
>
>
> Elanor wrote:
> > I'm trying to find hardware to build an HTPC which I plan on using as
> > a combined Myth Frontend/Backend that will live in my living room.
> > I've been looking at motherboards and was under the impression that
> > most onboard video chipsets *didn't* behave with linux so I've been
> > avoiding them. Last night, I came across this board:
> >
> > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186086
> >
> > I read somewhere that Myth doesn't work with PCIe video cards (for
> > tv-out) so I've been looking for AGP + PCI motherboards. This one,
> > however has tv-out with the onboard video.
> >
> > A quick google search for "foxconn 6150 mythtv" revealed some posts
> > from
> > 2005 saying that the drivers aren't currently supported in linux. I
> > also found some posts from this forum in early 2007 that say its ok to
>
> > use it possibly. I'm confused.
> >
> > Is this still the case? I will be using Ubuntu Feisty and Mythtv.
>
> I just completed a test install of KnoppMyth R5E50 and the binary Nvidia
> drivers (9775) on a MSI K8NGM2-FID (One of MSI's 6150 boards).  No
> problems with SD or HD recordings via DVI output.


Bit offtopic but I have the same board and find that audio drifts out of
sync with the video (this is on a Gentoo install). Also I can't get
interlaced output to work (at all, in windows or linux). James


Paul
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