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Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 12:19:06 +0200
From: Andre Albsmeier <andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de>
To: Jason Andresen <jandrese@mitre.org>
Cc: Andre Albsmeier <andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de>,
	freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Working TV-Out wanted, what to buy?
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On Fri, 12-Apr-2002 at 09:29:51 -0400, Jason Andresen wrote:
> 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 never managed to get the powerdesk (/usr/ports/x11/mgapdesk)
> to actually be useful or to turn on the TV-out once the machine
> is already booted unfortunatly. 

I see, thanks for the info.

The G400-DH seems to be supported as well. If I can find someone
who got a G400-DH I will give him my G550/32MB in exchange for his
card:-)

Thanks again,

	-Andre

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