Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 09:29:51 -0400 From: Jason Andresen <jandrese@mitre.org> To: Andre Albsmeier <andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Working TV-Out wanted, what to buy? Message-ID: <3CB6E14F.A9BC62DC@mitre.org> References: <20020411081558.A10505@curry.mchp.siemens.de>
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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.
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