[Openchrome-users] VGA to RGB Scart

[Marcus Priesch]

Hi Paul, 

maybe we should switch over to private communication, as nVidia is more
than non-openchrome related ... ;)

On Thu, 2008-09-18 at 23:41 +0100, Paul Gardiner wrote:
> Marcus Priesch wrote:
> > i have a nvidia (Geforce 6200) with passive cooling - i assume it could
> > do PAL interlaced on the RGB out ... but i havent tried it by now ... 
> > 
> > as nvidia also has xvmc, i assume it can do hw mpeg decoding also - it
> > has s-video and composite out too - and is about 40 euros here in
> > austria ... 
> > 
> > however power consumption - and heat dissipation - and space rises with
> > this ... 
> 
> Actually, I think that's the way I want to go. I want the best image
> quality I can get. Small and silent is nice, but not as important as
> the image quality.  I can get a 6200 here easily enough. How likely
> do you think it is it can decode mpeg to the TV output without
> processing the interlace? Isn't X windows going to get in the way
> of that? 

hmmm, not sure, i assume if you use xvmc with nvidia it should do
hardware decoding ... but i doubt thats the right list to discuss
this ;)

> And how is nVidia for Linux drivers? I can't remember
> which out of ATI and nVidia do opensource (or is it neither)?

they both dont do open source, but nvidia drivers are very stable and
mature - i am using nvidia only ;) - i also heard from friends that ativ
drivers are usable too ... for both you can get open source drivers
also, but with the downside of not having all possible features
supported ...

first of all it would be interesting if nvidia can provide interlaced
video in PAL on the RGB output ... if you use the composite out i doubt
you get *much* better quality than with any other TV-out ... 

greets,
m.