[olug] new graphics card

[Adam Lassek]

It's not a video card, it's called an MPEG Decoder. What it does is 
decode the MPEG2 (or 1) video in hardware before displaying it on the 
screen. How most of them work is by a loopback, you plug your video card 
into the video-in on the card and plug your monitor into the decoder 
card, and the decoded video is composited onto the video. It also have 
outputs on it that allow you to hook your tv up to it. The two most 
popular brands for this are the Creative Dxr2/3 and the Sigma Designs 
Hollywood+, both of which use the same chip and have rudimentary support 
in Linux, but it ain't gonna be fun setting up. Sigma also sells a much 
more expensive Netstream2000 which has offical linux support, but it's 
about $240.

mesc wrote:

> This weekend I'd like to buy a new dvd-rom drive and a new graphics card
> with what I think is called tv out or a tv encoder card so I can watch
> dvd movies on my tv among other things or is that seperate from a
> graphics card?Anyway I  looked through all my HOWTOs and mini-HOWTOs and
> I didn't see anything pertaining to graphics cards,am I missing
> something? If there isn't one is there a place on the web that list
> supported graphics cards?I'm also open to suggestions on what anyone
> thinks is a good card,
> 
> 
> 			Thank you,Gary Martin
> 
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