I have a laptop that I was trying to turn into a frontend. It works perfectly except for the tv-out. I can get the tv-out to work, but what it sends to the tv is a blue mess. I tried multiple drivers and what not but was unable to get the output looking good. The video controller in the laptop is a Radeon Mobility 7500. I'm ready to give up, but before I did I thought I would post and see if anyone else out there has gotten this working.

Myth works great using the lcd on the laptop...

"Radeon is the bane of MythTV"(TM)

How about just adding a transcoder

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Thanks,

Chris Lopeman

well I haven't heard many success stories, but there was one person who posted about getting tvout to work with the binary ati drivers, you could do a search for that.

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Xsecrets

It should say "Radeon (ATI in general) is the bane of Linux." I several ATI Radeons and All in Wonders that I could use. Their drivers just suck for Linux.

Well, I was hoping to not spend any money, but how much would a transcoder set me back? Is there a tried and true one?

I cant speak for it personally. But several people have posinted me to this one.

http://www.digitalconnection.com/produc ... o/9a60.asp

I think I have seen it a little cheaper. Try pricegrabber.

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GA-K8NS-939 Ultra
AMD 64 939 Venice 3200+
1GB RAM (2 512MB DDR400 184PIN DIMM )
HD3000
2 160GB SATA Seagate Barracuda 7200.7s
MSI Nx6200ax-td128 video card
Cooler Master Cavalier 2 - 350W PS
BenQ DW1640

Thanks,

Chris Lopeman