From owner-freebsd-multimedia Thu May 23 12:54:37 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from thoth.sbs.de (thoth.sbs.de [192.35.17.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3357A37B407 for ; Thu, 23 May 2002 12:54:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail1.siemens.de (mail1.siemens.de [139.23.33.14]) by thoth.sbs.de (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g4NJsS606707; Thu, 23 May 2002 21:54:28 +0200 (MEST) Received: from curry.mchp.siemens.de (curry.mchp.siemens.de [139.25.42.7]) by mail1.siemens.de (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g4NJsRg21738; Thu, 23 May 2002 21:54:27 +0200 (MEST) Received: (from localhost) by curry.mchp.siemens.de (8.12.2/8.12.2) id g4NJsRRl074330; Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 21:54:27 +0200 From: Andre Albsmeier To: Nicholas Esborn Cc: freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: G400 DH or other TV-capable cards question Message-ID: <20020523215427.A91601@curry.mchp.siemens.de> References: <20020520115317.A5622@netdot.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20020520115317.A5622@netdot.net>; from nick@netdot.net on Mon, May 20, 2002 at 11:53:17AM -0700 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-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 20-May-2002 at 11:53:17 -0700, Nicholas Esborn wrote: > Hello, all. > > Recently, I saw a conversation about graphics cards which can output to TV > under FreeBSD. I have some questions about the various supported methods. > > I noticed that Andre Albsmeier was able to get the G400 working, but what Yes :-). There is a small black frame around on the TV screen but that doesn't bother me a lot. I have heard that there some overscan hacks to eliminate this but haven't digged further into this yet. > configuration does that reflect? Are we talking about two independent > displays with different resolutions and refresh rates? How is the Yes: I run 1280x1024 @100Hz on the first display and 640x480 @50Hz on the second. > performance? Can you use 3D on either head with the TV head enabled? I don't know. I didn't try it. I am not interested in 3D. Anyway, I were happy if mplayer would work with -vo xvidix on the TV head. Currently, I have to use -vo x11 which is a bit more cpu intensive. But it works. > > I'm trying to decide between the G400 DH and a G550. I'd like good 3D *and* > TV-out, and I'm hoping both are possible at once. I'd like the TV head to > be fast enough for flawless MPEG playback, and if 3D worked on it, that would > be a plus. The G450 and G550 don't have a working TV-Out under Linux and FreeBSD. You can have a look at the Linux forum at the Matrox website. There is some Matrox guy over there who is really very helpful. But, when it comes to the question of when there will be TV-Out support under Linux (and therefore FreeBSD) nobody replies. Instead you get lots of answer from pissed-off Matrox users who have asked this 100s of times with the same result. -Andre To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message