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 on

[vdr] Composite AND dvi output from VDR? (Matrox G550)

2006-09-15 Thread Sami J. Mäkinen
Hello all. I have battled with my hardware and software for a week or two, only with partial success. Then I just lost my motivation. Now my Motivation Fairy appeared to me again. She gave good advice: ask for help. :) I am currently using my VDR 1.4 with the composite video output of my FF H

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

2006-09-15 Thread Stefan Lucke
On Freitag 15 September 2006 20:16, Niko Mikkila wrote: > 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 reco

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 o

[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 DVI

[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 am