Kurt Georg Hooss wrote:
i have made the same test on two different machines, and found the same.
so i guess this is good for checking footage and rendered results,
but for the real workflow we still have to use the compositor window.
also, i could find no way of sending xine / mplayer output to tv-out
except through the x server (twin-view or separate x-screen).
a desirable solution would be to have extra tv-out apart from x.
probably the most typical purpose would be watching tv through the pc,
as received by the tv card, and output to an analogue tv set
which still delivers more brilliant colors than any digital flatscreen.
yes, there is a rather cumbersome way to configure the x server
to serve the tv and to make mplayer use it in fullscreen mode...
but apart from difficulty, there are a number of serious disadvantages.
first, one has to sacrifice the higher resolution of the computer screen,
second, one has to sacrifice any other twinview-connected monitor,
and third, i could not manage to navigate dvd menus...
obviously there is still a lot to do, probably also with the graphics drivers
(i have nvidia but i guess ati does not do better) to support
three devices at a time... there are three connectors on the card!
I may not understand the situation but I thought the nvidia cards
generally only allowed two of those connectors to be used at once. I
assumed this limitation is incorporated throughout the design of the
card - including the hardware. If so then there is no possibility of
what you suggest.
One possible avenue of investigatation is whether the external screen
can be plugged in (s-video I assume) and then software switched between
that and the second monitor. Or is it built into the electronics which
connector will take precedence... If it is software switchable then it
might be useful to have cinelerra switch back and forward.
But honestly I think that's pie in the sky. Why not just use another
video card? It could be a really cheap one.
Graham E
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