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Steve · 7th Mar 2006, 3:34 pm

I started playing around with the idea of generating 405 under linux about 3 years ago but as I knew even less about video than I do now (which still isn't alot) I quickly got distracted playing around with other things and never revisited the project.

If you do get it working, it might be worth looking at using the Microsoft XBOX games console as a cheap source of standard hardware. The XBOX already has composite and RGB outputs available, built in network card and DVD drive. I use one as the front end for my myth TV setup and can't fault the video quality. As these boxes are available for around 70 pounds they make a cheap, convenient platform for running linux on.

Happy to give any configs a whiz on my xbox to see if it's viable.....

7th Mar 2006, 3:34 pm	#32
Steve Tetrode Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK. Posts: 91	Re: PC as a standard convertor I started playing around with the idea of generating 405 under linux about 3 years ago but as I knew even less about video than I do now (which still isn't alot) I quickly got distracted playing around with other things and never revisited the project. If you do get it working, it might be worth looking at using the Microsoft XBOX games console as a cheap source of standard hardware. The XBOX already has composite and RGB outputs available, built in network card and DVD drive. I use one as the front end for my myth TV setup and can't fault the video quality. As these boxes are available for around 70 pounds they make a cheap, convenient platform for running linux on. Happy to give any configs a whiz on my xbox to see if it's viable.....