> On Thu, 16 Oct 2003, Aubin Paul wrote: > > > 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. > > So does mine, but it would be nice to know that that initialization is > correct =) > > > 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. > > I think they do assume that you have a TV when you buy these cards. > Unfortunately they also assume that you'll use it under Windows or Mac, > where they have tuned the drivers to give out a nice TV signal... :) > Would it be possible to activate TV-out in f.x. WinDVD and then read the > cards settings? > > / Niklas >
I am still wrestling with my directfb setting for my g450 that I just bought a few days ago. The Matrox do not automatically detect a TV even if it is plugged into SVideo, which is really lame. It won't even show the BIOS boot up cuz it waits for windows to take care of business for you. The nvidia cards I have used work right out of the box. I was using a TNT2 but it had these annoying bands on the left and right of the screen which squished the display. This got annoying so I'm praying the directfb will work in the end. If anyone has gotten the G450 working with directfb then I'd love to hear about it. I wasn't able to open /dev/fb0 until just now when I recompiled a 2.4.22 kernel and modprobed the matroxfb drivers manually. -ryan > ------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------- 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
