GForce 4 Video Out and In help?

[Matthew Carpenter]

Update on this:

rivatv 0.8.2 (latest as of last writing) didn't recognize my card.  It turns
out that 0.8.3 is required for AGP8x, so I'll be trying that one next.



On Wed, 2 Jul 2003 17:01:49 -0400
Matthew Carpenter <matt at eisgr.com> wrote:

> Thanks, Frederico and Roger.
> 
> I'll check out rivatv (which appears to be a V4L driver module)
> I'll also try the 1024/768 V-OUT.  
> Along the same lines:  RDesktop was recently giving me fits about not
> operating below 8bpp, when I was at 1280x1024x15bit.  Taking it to
> 1024x768x16bit worked, so I tried 1280x1024x16bit and it works.  Perhaps
> their algorithm for bpp calculation or testing is buggy.
> 
> 
> On Wed, 02 Jul 2003 11:33:17 -0300
> "Federico Voges" <fvoges at intrasoft.com.ar> wrote:
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> > On Wed, 2 Jul 2003 00:01:43 -0400, Matthew Carpenter wrote:
> > 
> > >I just purchased the GF4Ti4200 with my new machine (which I'm most
> > >pleased with)
> > >
> > >I'd like some input on tricks to get this sucker working the best.  I
> > >knew it had video out.  Video In was a bonus I didn't expect (if only it
> > >works).
> > >
> > >Video Out shows up my boot to the TV...  But as soon as X starts, the TV
> > >becomes an Orange mess of lines.  I've tried changing modes (CTRL-ALT-+)
> > >but all that I see is some rearranging of what little black is left on
> > >the TV.  This is inconvenient.  Obviously it'd make me the happiest if
> > >this would be viewable even when I'm at 1280x1024 (I like to live there
> > >most the time) but I'd settle for 640x480.  (Note:  SuSE includes this
> > >great little tool which lets you set your resolution on the fly... very
> > >nice indeed)  I also wouldn't complain if the TV could be set up as an
> > >extension of my desktop, not a clone.  I've seen the nvtv utility and
> > >plays just a little. No luck other than killing the feed to my CRT. Yes,
> > >I'm using GLX and the NVidia accelerated driver.  DRI is another question
> > >I'm not sure of.
> > >
> > Just read de README for the nvidia GLX driver. You should have it
> > somewhere in your disk (something like /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/),
> > or you can download the tar.gz from nVidia's site (ie:
> > NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-4363.tar.gz). You'll find all the info you need there. 
> > 
> > The chipset supports TV out up to 1024x768.
> > 
> > >Video In I haven't tried much with yet.  All I know is that SuSE didn't
> > >detect it so it's probably not one of the BTTV chipset.  The manual calls
> > >is WDM or something or other.  Anyone have any luck with this one?   I
> > >remember reading recently on this list that someone said they'd stick
> > >with NVidia for all of their video capture needs.  I'd love to as well,
> > >since my other option is to migrate my ATI TVWonder VE card (Walmart:
> > >$45) from my old machine to this one.  Not elegant, but doable, and it's
> > >a BTTV chipset.
> > >
> > 
> > My vid card doesn't have TV-in, but a quick search in Gentoo Forums
> > revealed that you need RivaTV (http://rivatv.sourceforge.net):
> > 
> > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=29290&highlight=gf4+tvin
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