[aclug-L] Re: Vodoo 3 card

[James Lancaster <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 14 October 2003 04:56, you wrote:
> Does anybody know if linux supports a vodoo 3 card, for all the TV
> functions and tuner functions?? And Does linux support DVD
> players/burners???
>

Yes, any semi-modern distro (rh 7.0+, heck probably even debian stable!) =
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will be accelerated on anything using above XFree4 (and 3.3.6 if you do s=
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work)

Voodoo3s with TV tuners (meaning input) I haven't heard about. TV-Out can=
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work

Output (most of it is redundant on modern systems, almost all have tdfx=20
agpgart etc congiured)
http://www.iki.fi/too/tvout-voodoo3-3000-xfree

DVD players: yep, for video mplayer, xine, ogle, and a couple others, dat=
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it is used just like a cd.

DVD writers: depends on type but all will work (DVD-RAM is used just like=
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removable (huge) floppy read-write etc) DVD+-R is burned like a CD, as is=
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DVD-RW (though there may be packet writing) DVD+RW is used like DVD-RAM a=
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it is formatted.

James L



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