I tried this approach last night. I managed to get xwindows working on CRTC2 (TV), however picture qualty was really poor with red bleeding on window edges, and slight fickering. I was able to get Xwindows aligned with my TV set using fbset (a painful process). Freevo or Mplayer on directfb is so far superior to when running on Xwindows. I am using the matrox drivers that came with the 2.6.7 kernel. Any tools or tips to enhance the quality to reduce flicker, and bleeding?
What is a flicker filter? Thank you, Monk. On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 03:03:30 +0200, Ville Syrj�l� <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 11:04:46PM +0100, Jiri Svoboda wrote: > > > > > > > I have been successfully running free via directfb on my G400 for a > > > while. Now I am thinking of running xwindows on the tv out of my G400 > > > so I can do other tasks including freevo or myth on TV. > > > > > > What is the best option out there for doing this? I get a lot of info > > > on the internet, but they are either outdated, or not specific to > > > matrox. > > > > > > My kernel is 2.6.7, and I do not have a monitor connected to CRT1. > > > i.e. TV on CRT2 is my only display device. > > > > In Your case I suggest You to redirect CRTC1 to second head by matroxset. By > > this You will get most of matrox card - tvout, BES, hw acceleration. > > And you get a working flicker filter. You lose the field parity selection > though. > > -- > Ville Syrj�l� > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.sci.fi/~syrjala/ > >
