[MPlayer-users] Radeon 9000 TV-OUT

[Fabio Papa]

On Tuesday 03 June 2003 23:08, Dan wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
>
> Fabio Papa wrote:
> >[Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> >Hi list,
> >	it's been some time since I have this idea to use TV-OUT connector
> > present on my radeon 9000 video card, but while in windows it works ok, I
> > cannot make it through with linux. I first played a bit with xfree to no
> > avail, and wanted to try framebuffer. Someone has had any experience in
> > similar situation? What framebuffer driver are you using? radeonfb.o
> > seems useless, even in recent kernels, because lack of support for the
> > 9xxx series, and vesafb.o, well, I haven't tryed it yet.
> >	Can anyone give some advice?
> >
> >Thanks!
>
> Vesa fb is your only decent option at present.
> It works like a charm for me (radeon 64mb ddr) but there is no gui (not
> a problem for me, but my girlfriend has a different idea...).
> I suppose you could use the vesafb X driver, but you'd loose 3d and xv
> acceleration ... doesn't work well at all.
> I use the directfb driver with vesa on the console because it's the only
> one which works for me - the vesa driver crashes on startup.
Ok, thanks for the input. By the way, what resolution are you using with 
vesafb to obtain good results on your TV screen?

> Have a look in the Gatos mailing list. There has recently been a
> discussion on how to get tv-out working by just setting up some modlines
> in /etc/X11/XF86Config, and not using any special drivers, AND keeping
> 3d and xv acceleration. Sounds too good to be true to me, but apparently
> others have verified it.
Thanks again, I will surely give it a go.

>
> Dan
>
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