On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 03:52:52PM +0200, Niklas Brunlid wrote: > Is there any card with a no-config TV out? When wrestling with my G200 > yesterday I started thinking, and since other video equipment (DVD > players, VCR:s etc) are basically plug'n'play, what's stopping a GFX card > from doing the same? I.e. just outputting a signal that's identical to a > standard broadcast or composite/svhs one from other equipment, with > correct levels for brightness/saturation etc, and overscan, and... > > Is it simply because computers have a hard time understanding interlacing? > Or can cards already do this (like, say, G200/G400 on DirectFB), and if > so, am I just ranting? =)
Well, presumably hardware like a DVD player does /something/ to initialize the TV out. My G400 runs an init script to turn on TV out on bootup as well. I think they assume that you have a TV when you're using a DVD player, and they assume you're using a monitor when you use a video card. The easiest way to work around that is to make sure you only have to figure out initialization once and then just put it into your boot scripts. Aubin ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
