Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 00:40:02 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1019540403.d5fd88@mired.org> To: Jason Andresen <jandrese@mitre.org> Cc: Andre Albsmeier <andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de>, freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Working TV-Out wanted, what to buy? Message-ID: <15550.23602.845319.927828@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <3CB6E14F.A9BC62DC@mitre.org> References: <20020411081558.A10505@curry.mchp.siemens.de> <3CB6E14F.A9BC62DC@mitre.org>
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In <3CB6E14F.A9BC62DC@mitre.org>, Jason Andresen <jandrese@mitre.org> 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.
<mike
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