[plug] TV Outs and Linux as an Entertainment Box

[chris]

yah, its pretty much a clone of tv-tool for windows.. I have to play
with my resolutions a bit before and after, but I have the two different
XFree86config-4 files setup now, I just copy whichever one I want in
when I need it.. 

has the same "macrovision off" function that tv-tool has, which is neat
(I wouldnt be able to watch DVD's otherwise, unless I screwed with all
my cables all the time.. what a pointless piece of technology that was).


On Thu, 2002-06-06 at 00:21, John Knight wrote:
> DVD output? Does htis avoid Macrovision protection by any chance (hoping in 
> glee, so that I can whack stuff on tape)?
> 
> anarchist tomato
> 
> 
> >Theres a couple of sourceforge proggies (nvtv for starters) that run
> >with the nvidia tv-out stuff. I use them to play DVD's on the TV through
> >my linux box, works a treat. It can take command line parameters I
> >think, so you should just be able to file a script. It handles all the
> >tv refresh stuff (I havent seen it do silly things to my tv yet) and it
> >also lets me run dual-view without any issues (even though I'm only
> >running a GF2 GTS - not a dual-head video card, but it can output to
> >both at the same time)
> >
> >and theres some good juke-box web-driven devices (my favourite, run a
> >web-server as the interface, anyone who comes over, like in LAN
> >sessions, can vote for music etc).
> >
> >Plenty of good ideas and working implementations at sourceforge :P
> >
> >
> >On Wed, 2002-06-05 at 11:26, Leon Brooks wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 05 June 2002 10:33, Mark Nold wrote:
> > > > 5. (Just a general one) Anyone else using Linux as an Entertainment 
> >box?
> > > > Any suggestions, hints or experiences to share?
> > >
> > > One workplace runs a headless Linux box, with a keyboard, as a jukebox. 
> >It
> > > uses nice Yamaha-744-based soundcards and has no probs streaming MP3 on 
> >3
> > > cards at once. The queue is a bash script and cron job, they've numbered 
> >the
> > > tunes, printed the list, and requests are keyed in on a numeric keypad. 
> >No TV
> > > out but it may get a LED array on a parport soon.
> > >
> > > Cheers; Leon
> > >
> >
> >
> 
> 
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