on my gateway laptop, graphics chip s3 savage ix/mv i have tvout. xfree 4.3. running at 800x600 (ie closish to pal). this works fine, and shows the desktop, although its not that sharp (surprise surprise). using composite video (tv has no s-video in, lappie has no s-video out)
however when I play a movie file using xine or mplayer, either full screen or windowed, it just shows a blue expanse, like a windows BSOD but without the informative messages. any ideas whats going on here? i have tried ntsc and pal output, and two different movie files (one .avi and one .mov) both play fine in the lcd screen attached to the laptop, but unfortunately it ain't 29 inches and the viewing angle is only so-so. also to get it close enough to the stereo to plug in the sound it is too far away from the sofa to be seen at all! -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
