[MPlayer-users] Re: Radeon frambuffer use if Radeon is not primary displThu Dec 13 01:29:45 2001

[Nick Kurshev]

Hello, Brian!

On Wed, 12 Dec 2001 18:53:10 -0500 you wrote:

> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 01:34:02AM +0200, Arpi wrote:
> > 
> > for video playback, you need max. 2*xres*yres*3 bytes and some megs for the
> > desktop (at 32bpp it's 4*xres*yres) and XAA (128kb ?).
> > so, in general, a 8mb card should be enough for everything.
> 
> That's about what I was thinking.
> 
> > at leats matrox does produce pci versions, i don't know about radeon.
> 
> ATI do make PCI Radeons too.  I have been looking on their website.
> 
> > i think no.
> 
> :-(
> 
> > there was a discussion about such cards at DRI-devel list some months ago.
> > the driver should know and control the pci-to-agp bridge on the card to
> > reach the video chip. and current drivers can't do that...
> 
> ~sigh~
> 
> > why do you need radeon?
> 
> I don't.  I just need a hardware scaling, TV-Out capable card that
> Mplayer supports (easily - i.e. not the G400 which I already have -
> it's way too messy to get TV-Out and hardware scaling to work on the
> framebuffer) with the framebuffer driver.
> 
> > what about an oldy mach64 chuip card with tvout?
> 
> Such as?  Can I buy any TV-Out capable Mach64's easily these days?  I
> don't even particulary care to buy ATI.  Any acceptable hardware which
> meets the requirements:
> 
> - relatively inexpensive (i.e <= $150)
> - supported as framebuffer device by Mplayer
> - hardware scaling
> - TV-Out
> - optionally no binary drivers
Radeon VE (~71$ in Russia)
> 
> would do.
> 
> I have not written off Nvidia due to them not meeting the last
> criterion but if I can avoid being dependent on a vendor continuing to
> produce binary drivers I would like to.
> 
> > it's even better supported by gatos drivers.
> 
> With framebuffer (I am not that knowlegable with the breadth of the
> Gatos project)?  Will Mplayer use the framebuffer of a Mach64?
> 
> b.
> 
> -- 
> Brian J. Murrell
> 
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Best regards! Nick