From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 23 5: 3:23 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from thoth.sbs.de (thoth.sbs.de [192.35.17.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AF8C37B405; Tue, 23 Apr 2002 05:03:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail2.siemens.de (mail2.siemens.de [139.25.208.11]) by thoth.sbs.de (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g3NC3Bv13008; Tue, 23 Apr 2002 14:03:11 +0200 (MEST) Received: from curry.mchp.siemens.de (curry.mchp.siemens.de [139.25.42.7]) by mail2.siemens.de (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g3NC3AC20763; Tue, 23 Apr 2002 14:03:11 +0200 (MEST) Received: (from localhost) by curry.mchp.siemens.de (8.12.2/8.12.2) id g3NC3ARl052813; Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 14:03:10 +0200 From: Andre Albsmeier To: Mike Meyer Cc: Jason Andresen , Andre Albsmeier , freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Working TV-Out wanted, what to buy? Message-ID: <20020423140310.A92327@curry.mchp.siemens.de> References: <20020411081558.A10505@curry.mchp.siemens.de> <3CB6E14F.A9BC62DC@mitre.org> <15550.23602.845319.927828@guru.mired.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <15550.23602.845319.927828@guru.mired.org>; from mwm-dated-1019540403.d5fd88@mired.org on Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 12:40:02AM -0500 X-Echelon: BND CIA NSA Mossad KGB MI6 IRA detonator nuclear assault strike X-RAVMilter-Version: 8.3.1(snapshot 20020109) (curry.mchp.siemens.de) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 18-Apr-2002 at 00:40:02 -0500, Mike Meyer wrote: > In <3CB6E14F.A9BC62DC@mitre.org>, Jason Andresen typed: > > Andre Albsmeier wrote: > > > Since TV-Out using my Matrox G550 doesn't seem to be possible under > > > XFree4.2 (it works with Win98), can anyone recommend me what to buy? > > > The requirements are quite simple, I think: > > > 1. The card should support the main screen (1280x1024) and > > > TV-Out (PAL). > > > 2. Mplayer should work with the TV-Out. > > > I have heard that GeForce{1,2,3} with TV-Out work quite well. > > > Other success stories come from people using ATI cards. But none > > > of them use FreeBSD, only Linux. > > Well, I've managed to get TV-out on a Matrox G200 Mystique. However, > > it only works if you have it plugged in a boot time and are running > > at a resolution the card can support (like 800x600) on the TV-out. > > In this case, the card automatically mirrors whatever is on the screen > > on the tv-out port. > > I've got the same working on the ATI cards. Well, I've got it working > under FreeBSD at 640x480. I haven't yet figured out what to do to get > it running at 800x600, but it should work that way, as it does under > Windows. I have finally aquired a G400-DH and now have TV-Out and my normal screen working simultaneously :-) -Andre > > -- > Mike Meyer http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message -- In a world without walls and fences, who needs windows and gates? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message