the matrox series of cards (G4/45/500) can be used with fb in kernal as apposed to directfb. I think mame will scale in fb..
On Fri, 2003-12-05 at 00:18, Chris Griffiths wrote: > I find the quality of my G400 excellent under directfb - i got one of > ebay for ~20 bucks or so and made the cable myself. > > It takes some hassle to set up directb, and the screen goes blank when > mplayer initializes it etc, but the main thing is that it outputs at true > tv res, 720x480 (ntsc) not scaling 800x600 or 640x480 like most graphics > cards and converters do. > > It also overscans perfectly, just like a dvd player would do. > > I'm only using a p2-400 with it, but performance is fine playing back > divx's, passing ac3 audio (where available) out through a cheap-o trident > 4mx card. Most divx's are using 30% cpu or less, as mplayer & directfb > offload a lot of the work to the matrox card. > > The only thing is your limited to directfb apps - and in the case of > xmame, which can use it - won't scale things, it will try to use a > modline to adjust the resolution, which won't work with the fixed > resolution the directfb tv output is working at (mplayer scales > perfectly). > > Also factor in that from what I've heard xine's directfb output is > broken, so dvd's are via mplayer only, which doesn't support dvd menus. > > Hope this helps, > Chris > > On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 15:46:33 +1100, "Gordon Staines" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Hi, > > > > Im thinking about putting together a multimedia PC to use as a TV and > > DVD Player etc. I want to connect this to my TV just like my regular VCR > > etc. > > > > My current PC has a TV out, but the signal doesnt appear to stretch to > > the edges of my TV screen and looks rather ugly. I can find no way to > > fix this. The card is an ASUS 7100 GForce2MX with TV out, I have so far > > had no luck getting the TV out to work under linux, this isnt a problem > > since I intend to build a new PC for this. > > > > Can someone recommend either a Motherboard or video card with TV out > > card where you can set the default primary display without using > > software. Some motherboards have TV out built in (various AOpen m/boards > > do anyway) Does anyone know if you can enable the TV out to be the > > primary display in bios or something? > > > > I know that some mini-itx boards will do this, but I was hoping to just > > use a regular PC with some more grunt to do re-encoding etc > > > > Cheers > > > > -- > > Gordon Staines > > Software Developer > > AdOnline Project > > Phone: 03 9601 2768 > > Mobile: 0419 568 411 > > > > > > > > > > ********************************************************************************* > > The information contained in this e-mail message and any accompanying > > files is or may be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, > > any use, dissemination, reliance, forwarding, printing or copying of this > > e-mail or any attached files is unauthorised. This e-mail is subject to > > copyright. No part of it should be reproduced, adapted or communicated > > without the written consent of the copyright owner. If you have received > > this e-mail in error, please advise the sender immediately by return > > e-mail, or telephone and delete all copies. Fairfax does not guarantee > > the accuracy or completeness of any information contained in this e-mail > > or attached files. Internet communications are not secure, therefore > > Fairfax does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this > > message or attached files. > > ********************************************************************************* > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------------------------------------- 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
