From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 13 04:37:07 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64A279CD for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 04:37:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from tower.berklix.org (tower.berklix.org [83.236.223.114]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9B798FC0C for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 04:37:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mart.js.berklix.net (pD9FBED7C.dip.t-dialin.net [217.251.237.124]) (authenticated bits=0) by tower.berklix.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id qAD4b4Kx002164; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 04:37:05 GMT (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (fire.js.berklix.net [192.168.91.41]) by mart.js.berklix.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id qAD4akrV031399; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 05:36:51 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fire.js.berklix.net (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id qAD4aXYM093301; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 05:36:39 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jhs@fire.js.berklix.net) Message-Id: <201211130436.qAD4aXYM093301@fire.js.berklix.net> To: Matthias Apitz Subject: Re: FreeBSD && HDMI TV From: "Julian H. Stacey" Organization: http://berklix.com BSD Unix Linux Consultancy, Munich Germany User-agent: EXMH on FreeBSD http://berklix.com/free/ X-URL: http://www.berklix.com In-reply-to: Your message "Sat, 10 Nov 2012 13:26:00 +0100." <20121110122600.GA3426@tinyCurrent> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 05:36:33 +0100 Sender: jhs@berklix.com Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 04:37:07 -0000 Hi, Reference: > From: Matthias Apitz > Reply-to: Matthias Apitz > Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 13:26:00 +0100 > Message-id: <20121110122600.GA3426@tinyCurrent> Matthias Apitz wrote: > El día Tuesday, November 06, 2012 a las 02:54:20PM +0100, Julian H. Stacey escribió: > > > I connect with SVGA, > > TV has HDMI, SVGA, S-VHS, Laptop has SVGA, SVHS, Neither have DVI, > > I recall S-VHS gave low res, & only monochrome=B/W. > > > > After you solve your connection, To share displays: > > cd /usr/ports/x11/xrandr; make install ; man xrandr > > You will notice one can move & share xterms etc between screeen, > > but [some] video players seem sticky & wont move so easily (video > > frame buffers I recall?, I havent had time to look into it much) > > > > Cheers, > > Julian > > Hi Julian, > > I have installed xrandr 1.3.x but do not see how to use this with the > external VGA TV; my laptop uses 1024x600 and the TV has 1920x1080 > resolution; when I connect the TV before starting X11/KDE both screens > show the same picture with 800x600 resolution; can you please give an > example how to use 1920x1080 on the TV? Thanks > > matthias Hi Matthias, sorry I've been swamped in mail (a broken procmail + a spam flood) so late reply, aniothe day gone & its gone 5 AM, so please excuse as I've not used xrandr in a few months & had more work to do so heres my notes file (which wasn't written to be published but well, if anything useful, glean (grab) what you can ... -------- To play a film from host=lapo Novatech to new 40" TV Login av av xhost + cd /av/video/2rip setenv DISPLAY :0 xrandr Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 768, maximum 1024 x 1024 VGA-0 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm 1024x768 60.0* 800x600 60.3 640x480 59.9 LVDS connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm 1024x768 60.0*+ 60.0 800x600 60.3 59.9 640x480 59.9 59.4 S-video disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) xrandr --output VGA-0 --primary # doesnt divert a running mplayer # but might divert a new started # one, not tried yet xrandr --output LVDS --off # to force mplayer output on TV xrandr --output VGA-0 --left-of LVDS # Yet to try gmplayer -noborder film-0:23:51-720.avi Yet to Do somehow remove window border on gmplayer # -noborder does not work reduce fvwm panel --------------- http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12 xrandr --auto # Reset: xrandr --addmode S-video 800x600 # Initialise for S-VHS output to TV. xrandr --output S-video --mode 800x600 # Initialise for S-VHS output to TV. xrandr --output LVDS --off # Turn off laptop internal. xrandr --output S-video --left-of LVDS # Dual headed. Then restart fvwm. I need to rethink FVWM placement as currently, Left placement results in: Xterm etc auto placements start on left = TV Lower right fvwm panel manager does not clutter TV. Lower left FVWM Bomb clock & frame lock not visible. xrandr --output LVDS --primary # Not tried. Option "RROutputOrder" "DVI-I_1/digital VGA_1" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-video Another incompatibility due to S-Video's not being part of the original SCART standard is when connecting a SCART output device such as a cable TV box to a TV with a mini-DIN S-Video input. In many cases, if this connection is made, the result will be a predominantly black-and-white picture, with most of the color (chrominance signal) washed out. An example of this is when connecting a SCART output of a FOXTEL Digital Box (Australia) to a mini-DIN S-Video input of a TV. An impedance mismatch between the SCART and mini-DIN interfaces causes the signal levels to be reduced to the TV, resulting in the poor picture. This problem can be overcome by terminating the chrominance line of the SCART plug with a 75-ohm resistor, correcting the mismatch. Many high-end sets do support this connection, however (without the termination), due to their inputs' having a larger dynamic range. My Novatech -8355 laptop drives my TV LCD Thomson 15LCDM03B from the mini DIN on laptop, to mini DIN on TV, in colour, (AV2 on TV controller). to scart on TV in monochrome (?AV-what? ) on TV controller) I have not yet investigated voltages & impedances to consider if a 75 ohm will help. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scart -------- Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultant, Munich http://berklix.com Reply below not above, like a play script. Indent old text with "> ". Send plain text. Not: HTML, multipart/alternative, base64, quoted-printable.