nvtv geforce fx 5500

doralsoral · 11-17-2005, 10:13 PM

has anyone got nvtv to work with a geforce fx 5500 card? or is there another way for me to use the tv out on it

STuPiDiCuS · 04-28-2006, 05:25 PM

Update? I'm looking for the same thing.

WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot · 05-10-2006, 01:27 AM

Darn, hasnt anyone got it up and running yet ? im trying to configure it for a Geforce 6600GT.

WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot · 05-10-2006, 01:42 AM

bummer, compiling it dint work. executing nvtv always says that no compatible cards present. dont think they can detect cards of now-a-days. anyways, im starting a new thread to still consider this as an option over manual re-writing of the Xorg file, i had a bad time with that 3 months ago.

STuPiDiCuS · 05-10-2006, 10:15 AM

OK I got it working on mine, but not an FX5500, and not with NVTV. It was an GF4MX 420.
Just get the NVIDIA drivers off their site, and run the installer.
I run SuSE and had no trouble adding the options I wanted under Sax2.
You can just find the options you want in the NVIDIA readme, it's really pretty clear on what to do.
I'll let you know how the FX5500 goes though.

WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot · 05-10-2006, 11:56 AM

man, everyone keeps saying that everything is on the nvidia readme. the problem is that the nvidia readme has confiurations for Xfree86 while i am using Xorg. i am a bit doubtfull whether they will work because i had messed up my FC4 installation 3 months ago when i tried this earlier.

jlo_sandog · 05-10-2006, 05:58 PM

If you want to connect your pc to tv via the s-video port of your video card, then install the nvidia driver and edit xorg.conf with the options shown on the screen section. In my case I had to build a cable to convert s-video to compsite.
http://www.epanorama.net/circuits/svideo2cvideo.html

### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Acer AL1912"
DisplaySize 370 300
HorizSync 24.0 - 80.0
VertRefresh 49.0 - 75.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5500]"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 16
Option "TwinView"
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60"
Option "MetaModes" "1024x768, 1024x768; 800x600, 800x600; 640x480, 640x480;"
Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection