[ale] WebTV with Linux

[hirsch at mathcs.emory.edu]

On 15 Jun, cfowler at avana.net wrote:
> As far as I know this is the responsibility of the card and not the OS.  There are 
> devices out there that attaches to the VGA port and does NTSC.  I would like it
> integrated in the video card.  Any ideas?

As always, it is a combination of the card and the software drivers. 
The cards with TV out that I've used work fine in text mode, but it is
hard to find an X server that works with them, or at any rate, hard to
find the right mode line.

I've had a little success with Cyrix MediaGX chips (onboard video) and
XFree.  The Linux Display Doctor X Server claims to work with MediaGX,
too, but no other chipset.  They told me that they could support it in
other chipsets, given the right encouragement (i.e., $$).

I would think these would work well with the Frame Buffer.  My
ATI displays the graphics at bootup, but not under X.
 
> Chris
>> On 15 Jun, Patrick Ramsey wrote:
>> > I would stick to the SB awe 32/64 combo.  They are relatively cheap now.  I am currently running a Velocity 4400 with TV out ($89) and it smokes!
>> > It uses the nvidia server to run xfree.
>> 
>> Is the TV out really supported under X?  I've been trying to find a
>> board that can do that.
>> 
>> How does it look on TV?  What resolutions are supported?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> -- 
>> Michael
>> 
>> 
> 

-- 
Michael