On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 09:27:12AM -0400, Buckley Hopper wrote:
>Does anybody have a matrox 450/550 displaying on a tv? I'm just about
>to switch graphics cards on my freevo box and was wondering what the
>recommendations are for how to make a matrox work. From what I've read,
>directfb seems like the way to go.
As others have said, directfb is the way to go. Great video
quality. Possibility of true RGB TV output if you're willing to make
your own cable.
Note that getting things like zsnes and xmame working is somewhat
painful, requiring both source patches and fiddling with options to
get the required result.
Here's my config, if it's any use (G400 DH):
/etc/directfbtrc
matrox-crtc2 # switch output to second head
matrox-tv-standard=pal
matrox-sgram # Some G400s only.
mode=720x576 # PAL video mode
memcpy=MMXEXT # saves a bit of startup time for directfb
primary-layer=02
#matrox-cable-type=scart-composite # or scart-rgb, if you've built
# your own cable...
disable-module=ps2mouse # Disable various inputs: I use lirc
mouse-source=/dev/input/mice # & the direct fb joystick inputs
disable-module=linux_input # interfere with the SDL ones for zsnes
disable-module=joystick # joystick reading.
no-cursor
agp=2
dma
videoram-limit=16384 # I have a 16Mb G400.
no-vt-switch
pixelformat=RGB32
graphics-vt
/etc/freevo/boot_config
FREEVO_HOME="/usr/local/freevo"
FREEVO_LOG="/var/log/freevo/main.log"
FREEVO="yes"
WEBSERVER="no"
RECORDSERVER="yes"
HAVEMOUSE="no"
HAVEKEYBOARD="no"
SDL_VIDEODRIVER="directfb"
ROOTUSERINFO="no"
SETNUMLOCK="no"
/etc/freevo/freevo.conf
cdparanoia = /usr/bin/cdparanoia
display = dfbmga
flac = /usr/bin/flac
geometry = 768x576
lame = /usr/bin/lame
lsdvd = /usr/bin/lsdvd
mencoder = /usr/bin/mencoder
mplayer = /usr/bin/mplayer
oggenc = /usr/bin/oggenc
renice = /usr/bin/renice
setterm = /usr/bin/setterm
tv = pal
tvtime = /usr/bin/tvtime
version = 2.1
You'll need to set a few variables in freevo.conf: I use mplayer to
play video:
MPLAYER_VO_DEV_OPTS = ':crtc2:fieldparity=top:tvnorm=auto'
And I start freevo at boot, so my /etc/init.d/freevo looks like this
(with symlinks to appropriate startup directories...):
#! /bin/sh
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DAEMON=/usr/local/bin/freevo
NAME=freevo
DESC=freevo
test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
# Include freevo defaults if available
if [ -f /etc/freevo/boot_config ] ; then
. /etc/freevo/boot_config
fi
set -e
[ "${HAVEMOUSE}" = "no" ] && {
export SDL_NOMOUSE=true
}
case "$1" in
start)
echo -n "Starting $DESC: "
$DAEMON start
$DAEMON recordserver start
echo "$NAME."
;;
stop)
echo -n "Stopping $DESC: "
$DAEMON recordserver stop
$DAEMON stop
echo "$NAME."
;;
restart)
echo -n "Restarting $DESC: "
$DAEMON stop
sleep 1
$DAEMON start
echo "$NAME."
;;
*)
N=/etc/init.d/$NAME
echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart}" >&2
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0
Have fun !
cheers, Phil
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