From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed May 14 21:20:56 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA27611 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 14 May 1997 21:20:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA27598 for ; Wed, 14 May 1997 21:20:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id NAA01549; Thu, 15 May 1997 13:50:27 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199705150420.NAA01549@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Anyone on the list with Matrox Millenium docs? In-Reply-To: <199705150348.UAA23875@rah.star-gate.com> from Amancio Hasty at "May 14, 97 08:48:25 pm" To: hasty@rah.star-gate.com (Amancio Hasty) Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 13:50:26 +0930 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Amancio Hasty stands accused of saying: > Okay, I am interested in using my Bt848 for live video on my screen. Fund me and I will happily produce a matrix translation ASIC that does the transform for you 8) > With fxtv I can dump raw video to the display frame buffer for > a very relaxing couch "lizard" effect. Ah, nice toy 8) > The bt848 can pump out bgr however only in 24bit mode. The Matrox > X server does only 32bit alpha G B R. Hmm, either have a chat to our friends at Xi, as AccelX does native 24bpp on the MGA-220 (requires patch to their setup program, be aware), or perhaps pester Matrox directly for hardware data. I'm kinda surprised that the Bt848 doesn't have a programmable output format though; how do you do "live" video into a palette-mapped or packed (eg 5-6-6/5-5-6) buffer? > Amancio -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[