Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 12:19:06 +0200 From: Andre Albsmeier <andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de> 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: <20020414121906.B7294@curry.mchp.siemens.de> In-Reply-To: <3CB6E14F.A9BC62DC@mitre.org>; from jandrese@mitre.org on Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 09:29:51AM -0400 References: <20020411081558.A10505@curry.mchp.siemens.de> <3CB6E14F.A9BC62DC@mitre.org>
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On Fri, 12-Apr-2002 at 09:29:51 -0400, Jason Andresen wrote: > 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 never managed to get the powerdesk (/usr/ports/x11/mgapdesk) > to actually be useful or to turn on the TV-out once the machine > is already booted unfortunatly. I see, thanks for the info. The G400-DH seems to be supported as well. If I can find someone who got a G400-DH I will give him my G550/32MB in exchange for his card:-) Thanks again, -Andre To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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