[MPlayer-users] tv out

[Samuel Liddicott]

----- Original Message -----
From: "DEBERT Jean-Louis" <jl_debert at rsd-intl.com>
To: <mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu>
Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 4:26 PM
Subject: RE: [MPlayer-users] tv out


> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> > is it possible to use the tv out of my nvidia tnt2 m64 ? and
> > is so how?
> >
> > thanx
> >
> > --
> > Ashendra Singh
>
> If your card has a BIOS capable to enable TV-out for basic DOS
> (I mean line mode, not Windows) then you can use -vo vesa in mplayer,
> but you have (usually) to have the TV connected at boot time, because
> this is the only time the Bios will recognize its presence.

How will mplayer know that vesa refers to the tv out if the card can support
independant images on each output?

I'm looking to have mplayer display on tv out regardless of how I switch
between X and text consoles.

Sam