[MPlayer-users] TV-Out in Linux

[D Richard Felker III]

On Sat, Apr 02, 2005 at 01:52:47PM -0800, RC wrote:
> On Sat, 2 Apr 2005 11:35:45 -0500
> D Richard Felker III <dalias at aerifal.cx> wrote:
> 
> > Yes but most likely it's using vo_x11 or vo_xv with with fake overlay
> > (blitter) which means your video will tear and look horrible.
> 
> Actually, that's not likely. Modern NVidia cards have dual
> overlays--I know for a fact that all the ones I use do. I've never
> really used mine in a multiple-monitor configuration, but it makes
> perfect sense that it would have one overlay dedicated to each
> monitor.

Like I said it's not dual overlay. It's dual xv ports. One of them is
an overlay and the other is a blitter. If you know a card with two
real overlays please tell us about it...

Rich