[vdr] [OT] Questions to VGA2SCART cable

2009-02-25 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear readers, I am planning to set up a low budget VDR using the VGA2SCART patches [1]. Therefore I need a VGA2SCART cable. The distance between the VDR and the CRT TV will be probably 5 meters. There are some howtos on the WWW on how to build a cable yourself [2]. But I am not experienced in

Re: [vdr] [OT] Questions to VGA2SCART cable

2009-02-25 Thread C.Scheeder
Hi, as far as i read, all these are kabels to connect a scart-OUTPUT to an VGA-INPUT. (scart-out of receiver to vga-in of a beamer/lcd-tv) These cables are useless for connecting a VGA-card to a monitor, as they do not handle the vga-sync-singals correct. If you use them, you probably won't get a

[vdr] [OT] development infrastructur for VGA2SCART patch set (was: Re: Options for deinterlacing (or not))

2009-02-25 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear Thomas and fellow developers, Am Mittwoch, den 21.01.2009, 17:42 +0100 schrieb Thomas Hilber: On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 05:07:40PM +0200, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote: I think someone should step ahead and help with the english docs.. unfortunately I can't do that atm, too busy with other

Re: [vdr] [OT] development infrastructur for VGA2SCART patch set (was: Re: Options for deinterlacing (or not))

2009-02-25 Thread Thomas Hilber
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 01:35:01PM +0100, Paul Menzel wrote: Is there a homepage for the VGA2SCART patch set with information about it? A repository? due to lack of time and interest I do not yet run a full blown homepage. But at least I started to collect the plain patches here [3]. There

Re: [vdr] [OT] Questions to VGA2SCART cable

2009-02-25 Thread Tony Houghton
On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:07:53 +0100 Paul Menzel paulepan...@users.sourceforge.net wrote: I am planning to set up a low budget VDR using the VGA2SCART patches [1]. Therefore I need a VGA2SCART cable. The distance between the VDR and the CRT TV will be probably 5 meters. There are some howtos

Re: [vdr] [OT] Questions to VGA2SCART cable

2009-02-25 Thread Thomas Hilber
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 02:51:05PM +, Tony Houghton wrote: I'm not sure whether C Scheeder is right, but it seems highly likely. Christoph is right. The buyable cables operate the wrong direction for our purposes. Different cards need diffeernt types of cable. For example ATI and Matrox

Re: [vdr] [OT] Questions to VGA2SCART cable

2009-02-25 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear Christoph, thanks for your answer and saving me from trouble. I moved your answer inline. Am Mittwoch, den 25.02.2009, 13:25 +0100 schrieb C.Scheeder: Paul Menzel schrieb: Dear readers, I am planning to set up a low budget VDR using the VGA2SCART patches [1]. Therefore I