[MPlayer-users] Re: via epia meii 6000 questions

[Ivor Hewitt]

Shane wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am considering using a Via Epia meii 6000 motherboard
> with mplayer as a media PC.  The pc would connect to the
> television using the s/video and to the audio receiver via
> the digital coaxial outputs.  My question, are these
> outputs supported either directly by mplayer (vesa:vidix)
> or X11 using XV?  IE. does the tv/output work under
> mplayer.  Also, does anyone know whether -ac hwac3 works on
> this board.  It does have the 6-channel output connector
> but this may be more of a questions for the ALSA folks.
> 
TV out works just find under X with the appropriate modelines for the TV res
you want with X11 or Xv.
With an m6000 though you'll probably want to get mpeg2 accel working to get
acceptable performance.

Cheers,
Ivor