> > So, my question is, is the ATI support up to scratch these days? Would it > > be better to set up X for Freevo, or go with the framebuffer? Will TV Out > > for both be supported? How does ATI compare to NVidia for Freevo purposes? > > (And as an aside, how does the 3.2.8 driver 3D support compare to Windows > > performance, quality & features?) > > Hmmm, no response to this at all yet. Has everyone given up on ATI entirely? I > haven't found much elsewhere either - about the most informative place was > the rage3d.com Linux board, but the main focus there is 3D support, not TV > out. > > The freevo wiki page for Radeon seems to concentrate on the Radeon 7000 - no > mention of 9000 series, or the TV support in the ATI official drivers. The > "vesa" method also doesn't go into much detail on performance or quality > (hardware acceleration for scaling?) > > Are there any other forums/projects which may have more current info on Radeon > 9x00 TV Out?
I can't draw comparisons with NVidia cards or Radeon support under Windows but if you ask direct questions, I can try to pass on my experiences with my Radeon 9600 :-) The card is connected to my TV only and I originally had XFree86 configured using the vesa driver as stated in the wiki. I find that the picture I get is not square - it bends in a little on both sides towards the top of the screen. Anyone know how to fix this? Do Matrox/NVidia owners get this? Fortunately, it's only really noticeable running bordered windowed apps and not say when watching a film. I've now switched to using the ATI drivers which was relatively painless but have heard of others having problems. ATI provide a config program which asks questions and creates the XF86Config-4 file for you. There's also a qt-based gui for changing settings that writes directly to XF86Config-4 so I'm not sure how much you can manually tweak the config without ATI trying to undo everything the next time you run the gui. The gui lets you move/resize and change to NTSC/PAL but sadly the edges of my display still bend in at the top. It's nice now having xv support but I have to say I never noticed too much difference as I have a 2.6GHz P4 to take the strain. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
