[MPlayer-users] Re: Matrox boards

[Cameron Hutchison]

Once upon a time Arpi said...
> > 
> > I'd like to use my G400 in this way too, but I want to be able to have
> > the video sent to the TV on head #2 while using the computer with X on
> > head #1. I want the video on the TV to be hardware scaled (BES/mga_vid/
> > vidix). 
> 
> you can swap head1 and head2, so get unscaled unaccelerated image (like X)
> on head 1 and BES on head 2 (TV). see TVout/independ script.

that's gotta hurt :( No acceleration for X will kill me more than
software scaling the TV image.

> > head #2. Windows apparently does some 3D zooming to replace the
> > functions of the BES on head #2 which hasn't been done yet for linux.
> yes.

What's stopping this being implemented? Is there a lack of documentation
of how to do this, or has no-one had the time or inclination to do it?
If there's docco, could you point me to it and I'll see if I can do
something.

> > What (PCI) video card should I get that can do hardware scaling, TV out
> > and isn't too expensive :(. I dont want to upgrade my processors so
> > software scaling is out of the question.
> pci + bes + tv? maybe a pci voodoo3 or ati mach64 wiht tvout

I've seen mentioned a couple of times that the matrox cards have better
video quality for TV out. Do you know how well these two cards compare?

I'm going to be hooking up the TV via one of those 2.4GHz A/V/remote
wireless relay things. I've never used one before (still dont have one),
so it may be that I'm not going to get great image quality anyway, but
if anyone has any experience, I'd love to hear it.

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