Here is my setup:

P4 1.4ghz
512mb Ram
ASUS V7700 graphics card (Geforce 2 GTS) with TV in and TV out
On board sound AC97

I am trying to get the TV-In and TV out working.

First I run auto-install. I then reboot. I then try to do the following:



I do <CTRL><ALT><F1> and then login as root. I then do "install-i686-x" (I only enabled the XvMC option I am not using an IR remote control). Then I type "install-nvidia" but when I try that it says unknown command or could not find document. It looks like there is no script titled install-nvidia that the system can find. Next I try to edit /etc/X11/XFConfig-4 but there is no X11 directory under the etc directory. Regardless I reboot the system and go into MythTV. When I select watch TV I get a blank screen. I have a Xbox video out connected to my S-Video, video in port on the V7700 card. Also when I select the watch TV screen I do not know how to exit it. I looked in the Myth documentation and tried all the keys on the keyboard but none lets me exit the blank screen. I usually have to power off or switch to an Xterm to get out of MythTV but I am unable to return to it.

So here are my questions:

(1) Is it possible to get Video in and video out working on a ASUS V7700?

(2) Where is /etc/X11/XFConfig-4 if I have no X11 folder under /etc/ (I am logged in as root). I need to edit this if I want to use TV out and not blow my TV up.

(4) If I have my TV connected through the TV out and my monitor connected does the same screen show up on the monitor and the TV or is everything just piped to the TV?

Here is a bonus question.

(3) How do I get an ATI RF remote to work with KnoppMyth? Do I select the IR option during setup even though it is a RF remote as opposed to an IR one?

Thanks for any help provided!

MythTV looks so cool and KnoppMyth has made it easy to get this far. I just need to clear a couple extra hurdles and hopefully I will be there.

- John

1) Maybe ( there are some alpha drivers for these cards, but I have not heard of any success stories)

2) if XFConfig-4 is not in /etc/X11 and you are using knoppmyth and not some other off the wall distro you should probably start over, because you have some major problems.

4) by default you get one or the other. you can get the same thing on both it's called twinview and there are several topics about it, but it is generally much easier and works better to choose one.

3) Search the forums there is alot of info about these remotes. I do not think you should need lirc to use these, but I've never used one, so I could be wrong.

OK, I figured out what I did wrong. First when I tried to get to /etc/X11 I was typing cd /etc/x11. I was not doing the right case. I also noticed that the install routine for the Nvidia drivers is install-nvidia.sh. I was typing install-nvidia. So I installed the Nvidia drivers successfully. I looked at the XF86Config-4 file and did not have a clue what to change beyond what was in there already.

I tried to run MythTV using the video in but I still get a black screen.

One question, if I have my Xbox connected to the video in port of the Geforce2 GTS card should I be able to see what is on my Xbox by selecting "Watch TV" in MythTV? I am assuming that the "Watch TV" command just shows me whatever is coming in the TV IN port on the video card. Is that correct?

I am also assuming that for the GeForce2 GTS card that I should select V4L device in the video capture devices section. Is that correct?

Lastly is there any programs I can use to test out the video-in functionality of the card outside of MythTV?

Thanks,
John

sorry your probably not going to get your answers here, and when you get your answers they are not going to be easy. When I say maybe, it means that there might be 100 people in the world that have made it work. you're in for a challenge.

oh and the nvidia driver included with knoppmyth don't do anything for tvin only output.

Rivatv may do what you want in terms of getting the TV in/out working under Linux. I don't know if it works with MythTV(it has been reported to, but not confirmed). The source for rivatv is in /usr/src(needed a card to compile it so I didn't) and I believe the site maybe rivatv.sf.net. Google for more...

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cesman

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OK I got TV out to work just using the normal NVIDIA drivers. I am now working on getting Video-IN working. I am trying out the RIVATV drivers mentioned about. When I first run ./configure in /usr/src/rivatv* it gives me one error about my frame buffer being enabled. It says I need to disable it for RivaTV to work. It says to set vga=normal or to disable the frame buffer entirely. How the heck do I do that?

I tried editing /ect/lilo.conf

I changed the vga=791 at the top to vga=normal. That did not work so then I removed that line. That did not work so I found the line that had append on it and added vga=normal within the quotes. That did not work so I found the image line and added append="vga=normal" to it. That did not work either. I am starting to go crazy at this point. How do I disable the frame buffer? I am a LINUX novice so detailed instructions would be very much appreciated. Thank you in advance to everyone that has been helping me out!

- John

OK I feel really stupid. I am a Linux novice so please understand.

I did not type lilo once I edited the file. I typed lilo and now RivaTV does not give me that

OK here is my new problem until I figure it out.

./configure reports a warning when I run it. It tells me to run "make dep"

When I type make dep I get the following errors:

Makefile:260: arch/i386/Makefile: No such file or directory
Makefile:543: Rules.make: No such file or directory
Make: *** No rule to make target 'rules.make' stop

I am super stuck now. I have no idea how to fix this problem.

- John

make dep is in reference to the kernel. You need to untar the kernel source and make dep. Further details have been posted in the forum...

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cesman

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Hi,

I was able to successfully install the rivatv drivers. Make sure you have the kernal source un-tarred and it should work. Try following the steps in the HOWTO for installing a custom remote control receiver. However, after successfully installing version 0.8.5 of rivatv (the version in /usr/src is 0.8.3) I was unable to get anything other than a blank screen from the card's (ASUS V8200 Deluxe) TV IN. I edited bootmisc.sh to load rivatv on startup and it seems to recognize my card fine however I still get a message at boot up saying that no multimedia card has been detected. My system is a PII 448Mhz with 192 Mb of RAM. One other note: rivatv.sourceforge.net says that my card is fully supported so I suspect the problem is something to do with mythtv not picking up on it. Also, I have TV IN working under W2K so I am on the verge of ditching mythTV in favour of the evil empire.

Help!

If you can make it all work in windows and don't want to spend any money you need to go that route, even if you get it to work in linux you will not be able to use it for livetv, because your cpu is just not powerfull enough.

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Xsecrets

Thanks Xsecrets,

That was my suspicion all along. My main goal is to be able to play CDs and MP3s through the telly. If I do decide to upgrade, what is the minimum CPU needed for mythTV do you think?

Thanks again,
Ronan