Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 14:03:10 +0200 From: Andre Albsmeier <andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de> To: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1019540403.d5fd88@mired.org> Cc: Jason Andresen <jandrese@mitre.org>, Andre Albsmeier <andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de>, freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Working TV-Out wanted, what to buy? Message-ID: <20020423140310.A92327@curry.mchp.siemens.de> In-Reply-To: <15550.23602.845319.927828@guru.mired.org>; from mwm-dated-1019540403.d5fd88@mired.org on Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 12:40:02AM -0500 References: <20020411081558.A10505@curry.mchp.siemens.de> <3CB6E14F.A9BC62DC@mitre.org> <15550.23602.845319.927828@guru.mired.org>
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On Thu, 18-Apr-2002 at 00:40:02 -0500, Mike Meyer wrote:
> In <3CB6E14F.A9BC62DC@mitre.org>, Jason Andresen <jandrese@mitre.org> typed:
> > Andre Albsmeier wrote:
> > > Since TV-Out using my Matrox G550 doesn't seem to be possible under
> > > XFree4.2 (it works with Win98), can anyone recommend me what to buy?
> > > The requirements are quite simple, I think:
> > > 1. The card should support the main screen (1280x1024) and
> > > TV-Out (PAL).
> > > 2. Mplayer should work with the TV-Out.
> > > I have heard that GeForce{1,2,3} with TV-Out work quite well.
> > > Other success stories come from people using ATI cards. But none
> > > of them use FreeBSD, only Linux.
> > Well, I've managed to get TV-out on a Matrox G200 Mystique. However,
> > it only works if you have it plugged in a boot time and are running
> > at a resolution the card can support (like 800x600) on the TV-out.
> > In this case, the card automatically mirrors whatever is on the screen
> > on the tv-out port.
>
> I've got the same working on the ATI cards. Well, I've got it working
> under FreeBSD at 640x480. I haven't yet figured out what to do to get
> it running at 800x600, but it should work that way, as it does under
> Windows.
I have finally aquired a G400-DH and now have TV-Out and my
normal screen working simultaneously :-)
-Andre
>
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