From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 7 03:04:53 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9D6916A4DD for ; Fri, 7 Jul 2006 03:04:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@hub.org) Received: from hub.org (hub.org [200.46.204.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBB7643D45 for ; Fri, 7 Jul 2006 03:04:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@hub.org) Received: from localhost (wm.hub.org [200.46.204.128]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED668290C29; Fri, 7 Jul 2006 00:04:51 -0300 (ADT) Received: from hub.org ([200.46.204.220]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.128]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 97851-10; Fri, 7 Jul 2006 03:04:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (blk-222-80-186.eastlink.ca [24.222.80.186]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77276290C25; Fri, 7 Jul 2006 00:04:51 -0300 (ADT) Received: by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix, from userid 1027) id CDA483D7F5; Fri, 7 Jul 2006 00:04:49 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C50013BC76; Fri, 7 Jul 2006 00:04:49 -0300 (ADT) Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 00:04:49 -0300 (ADT) From: User Freebsd To: Anish Mistry In-Reply-To: <200607060030.24868.mistry.7@osu.edu> Message-ID: <20060707000428.I1171@ganymede.hub.org> References: <20060706004549.W1171@ganymede.hub.org> <200607060030.24868.mistry.7@osu.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: s-video out of video card ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 03:04:53 -0000 Sweet, thanks ... it is an nVidia card, and the instructions appear to be quite clear ... now to try it :) Thanks ... On Thu, 6 Jul 2006, Anish Mistry wrote: > On Wednesday 05 July 2006 23:47, User Freebsd wrote: >> I want to use one of my freebsd boxes to play downloads onto my tv >> ... specifically, Dr. Who episodes ... I have an s-video on the >> back of my tv, and there is one on my video card ... >> >> is it as simple as connecting the two, or is there something I have >> to do to tell the FreeBSD box to play out the s-video? > What video card are you using? If it's an nvidia card read the > documentation that comes with the driver, as it is all explained > there. But most likely you'll need to add some stuff to your > xorg.conf. If it's an ATI google for the relevant changes you need > to make to your xorg.conf. > -- > Anish Mistry > ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email . scrappy@hub.org MSN . scrappy@hub.org Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ . 7615664