Music And Video Playback Theater (1 Viewer)

[bartyl]

I want to use an old dell and geforce 2 with s-video out to connect to my tv.
then use software like media portal as the frontend software. and just use a wireless mouse to control it.
is this possible?

P.S
Pc Spec:
P4 2Ghz
768Mb Ram
Geforce2
40Gb Hard Drive
Dvd-Drive

Barty

 

[Lyxalig]

Chenge your card into a DX9 card, and you'll be fine.

Try a Nvidio 5200, or a Radeon 9550
They are low cost, and come passively cooled

:EDIT: - or you can just try - it's free

 

[bartyl]

ok, well ill try with the geforce 2 and if it doesnt owkr then ill upgrade.

do u know where i can get a s-video to composite adaptor as my tv des not have s-video?

 

[Lyxalig]

Most retailcards come with this - and I dont know where you live, so no... A better solution would be to make/buy a vga-scart cable. Google it, and you'll find the schematics (or a place to buy it)

Good luck, looking forward to hearing from you.

 

[bartyl]

ill try and get vga/ to scart otherwise ill find another way, thanks.

 

[Nightmare77]

i'm getting one of these soon, hopefully it will do the trick for you too
http://www.grand.com.tw/en/product_form.asp?lwk_series=45&lwk_product=a-009&lwk_page=1

 

[bartyl]

well, i just ordered the new motherboard so i will get the pc set up soon and try it with geforce 2 and media portal software and see how it performes.then ill make a decsion if i need to buy more hardware.

Thanks anyway
Barty

 

[fathead]

AH you should have said you were getting a new board!

You could have bought something based on the RS480 chipset, which would give you onboard DX9 graphics.

 

[bartyl]

yes, but i really dont want to spend a lot of money,
the new board cost me £30.
and i had to buy a s-video adaptor of ebay which was £5.

£35 = Everything i need now.