ATI video out on laptop?
I have a compaq presario 1800T laptop. It has an ATI Rage Mobility Pro video chip. Under the original Windows 98 installation (before I wiped and reinstalled the drive) I could use the laptop's video out port to watch DVD's on a regular TV set. I pretty much assumed I'd never get this working under Linux but I recently saw a post somewhere that referred to having video out with an ATI chip working. Is this a possibility? I have been able to get one of the DVD players working. Watching DVD's on a laptop is OK for passing the time on an airplane, but it doesn't make for a pleasant evening cuddled up with one's honey on the couch to watch a movie. It would be much nicer if I could play it on the TV set. I guess I could spring for a dedicated DVD player, but then there's the region coding thing. Mike -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe to the GoingWare Newsletter at http://www.goingware.com/newsletter/ Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ATI video out on laptop?
On Mon, 2002-05-13 at 00:58, Michael D. Crawford wrote: I pretty much assumed I'd never get this working under Linux but I recently saw a post somewhere that referred to having video out with an ATI chip working. Is this a possibility? Yup. It works almost great. :) There's a few little quirks, but it works. You can get all the info at: http://www.stud.uni-hamburg.de/users/lennart/projects/atitvout/ I've used mine for watching VCDs with no problem. As long as your DVD player works ok in Linux you should be all set to go. Good luck. -Alex signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: ATI video out on laptop?
On Mon, 2002-05-13 at 00:58, Michael D. Crawford wrote: I pretty much assumed I'd never get this working under Linux but I recently saw a post somewhere that referred to having video out with an ATI chip working. Is this a possibility? Yup. It works almost great. :) There's a few little quirks, but it works. You can get all the info at: http://www.stud.uni-hamburg.de/users/lennart/projects/atitvout/ I've used mine for watching VCDs with no problem. As long as your DVD player works ok in Linux you should be all set to go. Good luck. -Alex I've got an Armada E500 with the same video chipset. All I did to get DVDs playing was install the ogle packages and plug it into the tv :) You do have to connect the vidout before booting the machine, or reboot it after. -- Steve Lowe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
