[H-GEN] video card with tv out

[Michael Anthon]

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> I wonder what sort of experience list members have had with recent videos
cards,
> and their support under linux.  Im not keen on nvidia and the associated
kludge
> of recompiling stuff whenever X or the kernel changes (esp. when traking
unstable
>  and ipv6).
>
> In particular, I want to be able to use tv/video out functions, and video
capture
> would be a bonus (I do recall the recent disscussion).

I just recently went through the process of getting the second head on my
G400 to work.  The only trick was to get the matrox supplied drivers (they
enable a bunch of things to support dual head that aren't enabled by
default... at least on a debian system) and XFree 4.2.1.  After that it
worked rather smoothly.  They provide a program (needs GTK to compile) for
controlling the dual head support called powerdesk which had buttons to
enable the second display and to control what this display does (extended
desktop/mirror/tv out).  Seems to work well but I can't say I tested the TV
out.  Dunno if a G400 is souped up enough for any other unstated
requirements you might have, but it is an option.

Cheers
Michael


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