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<H5><A NAME="tv-out_matrox">2.3.1.A.1 Matrox G400 cards</A></H5>

<P>Under Linux you have 2 methods to get G400 TV out working:</P>

<P><B>IMPORTANT:</B> Only Matrox G400DH/G400MAX has TV-out support under Linux, others (G450, G550) have <B>not!</B></P>

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  <LI><B>XFree86</B>: using the driver and the HAL module, available from
    <A HREF="http://www.matrox.com">Matrox's site</A>. This will give you X on
    the TV.<BR> <B>This method doesn't give you accelerated playback</B> as

    <B>Enjoy the ultra-fast ultra-featured Matrox TV output (better than Xv)!</B></P>
  </LI>
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<H5><A NAME="tv-out_ati">2.3.1.A.2 ATI cards</A></H5>

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<P>Currently ATI doesn't want to support any of its TV-out chips under Linux,
  because of their licensed Macrovision technology.</P>

<P>Only thing you need to do - <B>have TV connector plugged in before
  booting your PC</B> since video BIOS initializes itself only once during
  POST procedure.</P>


<H5><A NAME="tv-out_voodoo">2.3.1.A.3 Voodoo 3</A></H5>

<P>Check <A HREF="http://www.iki.fi/too/tvout-voodoo3-3000-xfree">this URL</A>.</P>

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<H5><A NAME="tv-out_matrox">2.3.1.A.1 Matrox G400 cards</A></H5>

<P>Under Linux you have 2 methods to get G400 TV out working:</P>

<P><B>IMPORTANT:</B> for Matrox G450/G550 TV-out instructions, please see the
  next section!</P>

<UL>
  <LI><B>XFree86</B>: using the driver and the HAL module, available from
    <A HREF="http://www.matrox.com">Matrox's site</A>. This will give you X on
    the TV.<BR> <B>This method doesn't give you accelerated playback</B> as

    <B>Enjoy the ultra-fast ultra-featured Matrox TV output (better than Xv)!</B></P>
  </LI>
</UL>


<H5><A NAME="tv-out_matrox_g450">2.3.1.A.2 Matrox G450/G550 cards</A></H5>

<P>TV output support for these cards has only been recently introduced, and is
  not yet in the mainstream kernel. Currently the <B>mga_vid</B> module
  can't be used AFAIK, because the G450/G550 driver works only in one
  configuration: the first CRTC chip (with much more features) on the first
  display (on monitor), and the second CRTC (no <B>BES</B> - for explanation 
  on BES, please see the G400 section above) on TV. So you can only use
  <B>MPlayer's</B> <I>fbdev</I> output driver at the present.</P>

<P>The first CRTC can't be routed to the second head currently.
  The author of the kernel matroxfb driver - Petr Vandrovec - will maybe make
  support for this, by displaying the first CRTC's output onto both of the
  heads at once, as currently recommended for G400, see the section above.</P>

<P>The necessary kernel patch and the detailed howto is downloadable from
  <A HREF="http://www3.sympatico.ca/dan.eriksen/matrox_tvout">http://www3.sympatico.ca/dan.eriksen/matrox_tvout</A></P>


<H5><A NAME="tv-out_ati">2.3.1.A.3 ATI cards</A></H5>

<H5>PREAMBLE</H5>

<P>Currently ATI doesn't want to support any of its TV-out chips under Linux,
  because of their licensed Macrovision technology.</P>

<P>Only thing you need to do - <B>have TV connector plugged in before
  booting your PC</B> since video BIOS initializes itself only once during
  POST procedure.</P>


<H5><A NAME="tv-out_voodoo">2.3.1.A.4 Voodoo 3</A></H5>

<P>Check <A HREF="http://www.iki.fi/too/tvout-voodoo3-3000-xfree">this URL</A>.</P>

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