[vdr] VDR with Matrox G550 - console on analog head - VDR on DVI - how?

2006-09-15 Thread Anthony Hornby
Hi All, I am running VDR on a debian system using backports.org for newer kernels. I have a Matrox G550 graphics card with one analog DSUB 15 output and one digital DVI output. I have VDR working nicely connected by the DVI output via a DVI-HDMI cable to my toshiba 62cm9ua rear projection TV. I

[vdr] Best video card for 1080i/p with softdevice?

2006-09-15 Thread Anthony Hornby
Hi everyone, just discovered that my trusty old G550 can only do 1280x1024 via the DVI output damn it !! Anyone have any recommendations for a card which will work with softdevice and directfb or vidix to do digital 1080p and 1080i resolution output via DVI? I will be connecting it via a

Re: [vdr] Best video card for 1080i/p with softdevice?

2006-09-15 Thread Niko Mikkila
On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 01:23:58 +0900 (EIT) Anthony Hornby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, just discovered that my trusty old G550 can only do 1280x1024 via the DVI output damn it !! Anyone have any recommendations for a card which will work with softdevice and directfb or vidix

Re: [vdr] Best video card for 1080i/p with softdevice?

2006-09-15 Thread Seppo Ingalsuo
Niko Mikkila wrote: cheap ATI and NVIDIA cards are good for HD video output (esp. NVIDIA because you can get MPEG-2 acceleration working with the binary drivers). The cheapest passively cooled cards work as well for video playback on Linux as the high-end models, so don't pay over 40 euros for