From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 19 16:17:01 2004 Return-Path: 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 26FED16A4CE for ; Thu, 19 Feb 2004 16:17:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.broadpark.no (mail.broadpark.no [217.13.4.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E96DA43D1D for ; Thu, 19 Feb 2004 16:17:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from kg-work.kg4.no (150.80-202-72.nextgentel.com [80.202.72.150]) by mail.broadpark.no (Postfix) with SMTP id 27DCB789DF for ; Fri, 20 Feb 2004 01:16:59 +0100 (MET) Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 01:16:57 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20040220011657.5ff4b5c3.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> In-Reply-To: <20040219005421.141380e0.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> References: <20040219005421.141380e0.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.8a (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.9) X-Face: "t9w2,-X@O^I`jVW\sonI3.,36KBLZE*AL[y9lL[PyFD*r_S:dIL9c[8Y>V42R0"!"yb_zN,f#%.[PYYNq;m"_0v;~rUM2Yy!zmkh)3&U|u!=T(zyv,MHJv"nDH>OJ`t(@mil461d_B'Uo|'nMwlKe0Mv=kvV?Nh@>Hb<3s_z2jYgZhPb@?Wi^x1a~Hplz1.zH Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Intel 845 and TV-out: how to switch to PAL mode? X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 00:17:01 -0000 On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 00:54:21 +0100 Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: A quick follow-up, as I have found some more information. > It has an Intel 845GV chipset, so when I connect it to my TV (and no The machine in question is a MSI Hermes 845GV (not the "-lite" version). > Therefore, I world like to switch the TV output to PAL mode. I can't Hehee, it should read "would"... hehehe... :) > find anything in BIOS related to this. Ok, the i845 has a Chrontel CH7009 chip connected to it. This is a DVI and TV-out encoder. Apparently it is in this chip that you would change from NTSC to PAL mode. Now, if I just had a FreeBSD program to do that... Intel's developer pages for "Intel Extreme Graphics" lists selection of wrong TV standard (NTSC / PAL / SECAM) as the most likely cause when you get a black and white picture on your TV. Any hints? -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen, Norway