[MPlayer-dev-eng] Re: neomagic tv out support [PATCH]

[Rudolf Marek]

Hello,

Here is the promissed patch that contains documentation that should be in 
video.xml file.

I hope it is OK

Regards

Rudolf
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--- video_old.xml	2004-06-13 19:46:07.000000000 +0200
+++ video.xml	2004-07-05 14:58:57.000000000 +0200
@@ -2483,19 +2483,47 @@
 <sect4 id="tvout-neomagic">
 <title>Neomagic</title>
 <para>
-Tested on a Toshiba Tecra 8000. Its TV output chip is a miserable crap. Avoid
-if possible.
-</para>
-<para>
-You must use <option>-vo vesa</option>. The tested chip was capable of 1.333333
-aspect ratio only, so be sure to use the <option>-x</option>, <option>-y</option> options and/or the
-<option>-vf scale,crop,expand</option> filters if the box doesn't let you
-enable TV output. Maximum resolution was 720*576 at 16bpp.
-</para>
-<para>
-Known issues: VESA-only, 1.33333 limitation, image isn't always centered,
-movie becomes 4bpp in every 10 minutes, and stays that way. Frequent hard
-freezes, LCD display problems.
+Neomagic chip is found in variety of laptops, some of them are equipped with simple analog TV encoder, some
+have more advanced.
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><simpara>
+  <emphasis role="bold">Analog encoder chip</emphasis>:
+  Tested on a Toshiba Tecra 8000. Its TV output chip is a miserable crap. Avoid
+  if possible.
+  </simpara> <simpara>
+  You must use <option>-vo vesa</option>. The tested chip was capable of 1.333333
+  aspect ratio only, so be sure to use the <option>-x</option>, <option>-y</option> options and/or the
+  <option>-vf scale,crop,expand</option> filters if the box doesn't let you
+  enable TV output. Maximum resolution was 720*576 at 16bpp.
+  </simpara>
+  <simpara>
+  Known issues: VESA-only, 1.33333 limitation, image isn't always centered,
+  movie becomes 4bpp in every 10 minutes, and stays that way. Frequent hard
+  freezes, LCD display problems.
+  </simpara></listitem>
+<listitem><simpara>
+  <emphasis role="bold">Chrontel 70xx encoder chip</emphasis>:
+  Found in IBM Thinkpad 390E and possibly other Thinkpads or notebooks.
+  </simpara><simpara>
+  You must use <option>-vo vesa:neotv_pal</option> for PAL or 
+  <option>-vo vesa:neotv_ntsc</option> for NTSC.
+  It will provide TV output function in following 16 bpp and 8 bpp modes:
+  </simpara>
+  <itemizedlist>
+    <listitem><simpara>NTSC 320x240, 640x480 and maybe 800x600 too.</simpara></listitem>
+    <listitem><simpara>PAL  320x240, 400x300, 640x480, 800x600.  </simpara></listitem>
+  </itemizedlist>
+  <simpara>Mode 512x384 is not supported in BIOS. You must scale image to different
+  resolution to activate TV out. If you can see image on screen in 640x480 or 
+  in 800x600 but not in 320x240 or other smaller resolution you need to replace 
+  two tables in vbelib.c see vbeSetTV function for details.
+  Please contact the author in this case.
+  </simpara>
+  <simpara>
+  Known issues: VESA-only, no other controls such as brightness, contrast, blacklevel, flickfilter implemented. 
+  </simpara>
+</listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
 </para>
 </sect4>
 </sect3>