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G450/G550 TV-out
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1261 <H5><A NAME="tv-out_matrox">2.3.1.A.1 Matrox G400 cards</A></H5> | 1261 <H5><A NAME="tv-out_matrox">2.3.1.A.1 Matrox G400 cards</A></H5> |
1262 | 1262 |
1263 <P>Under Linux you have 2 methods to get G400 TV out working:</P> | 1263 <P>Under Linux you have 2 methods to get G400 TV out working:</P> |
1264 | 1264 |
1265 <P><B>IMPORTANT:</B> Only Matrox G400DH/G400MAX has TV-out support under Linux, others (G450, G550) have <B>not!</B></P> | 1265 <P><B>IMPORTANT:</B> for Matrox G450/G550 TV-out instructions, please see the |
1266 next section!</P> | |
1266 | 1267 |
1267 <UL> | 1268 <UL> |
1268 <LI><B>XFree86</B>: using the driver and the HAL module, available from | 1269 <LI><B>XFree86</B>: using the driver and the HAL module, available from |
1269 <A HREF="http://www.matrox.com">Matrox's site</A>. This will give you X on | 1270 <A HREF="http://www.matrox.com">Matrox's site</A>. This will give you X on |
1270 the TV.<BR> <B>This method doesn't give you accelerated playback</B> as | 1271 the TV.<BR> <B>This method doesn't give you accelerated playback</B> as |
1320 <B>Enjoy the ultra-fast ultra-featured Matrox TV output (better than Xv)!</B></P> | 1321 <B>Enjoy the ultra-fast ultra-featured Matrox TV output (better than Xv)!</B></P> |
1321 </LI> | 1322 </LI> |
1322 </UL> | 1323 </UL> |
1323 | 1324 |
1324 | 1325 |
1325 <H5><A NAME="tv-out_ati">2.3.1.A.2 ATI cards</A></H5> | 1326 <H5><A NAME="tv-out_matrox_g450">2.3.1.A.2 Matrox G450/G550 cards</A></H5> |
1327 | |
1328 <P>TV output support for these cards has only been recently introduced, and is | |
1329 not yet in the mainstream kernel. Currently the <B>mga_vid</B> module | |
1330 can't be used AFAIK, because the G450/G550 driver works only in one | |
1331 configuration: the first CRTC chip (with much more features) on the first | |
1332 display (on monitor), and the second CRTC (no <B>BES</B> - for explanation | |
1333 on BES, please see the G400 section above) on TV. So you can only use | |
1334 <B>MPlayer's</B> <I>fbdev</I> output driver at the present.</P> | |
1335 | |
1336 <P>The first CRTC can't be routed to the second head currently. | |
1337 The author of the kernel matroxfb driver - Petr Vandrovec - will maybe make | |
1338 support for this, by displaying the first CRTC's output onto both of the | |
1339 heads at once, as currently recommended for G400, see the section above.</P> | |
1340 | |
1341 <P>The necessary kernel patch and the detailed howto is downloadable from | |
1342 <A HREF="http://www3.sympatico.ca/dan.eriksen/matrox_tvout">http://www3.sympatico.ca/dan.eriksen/matrox_tvout</A></P> | |
1343 | |
1344 | |
1345 <H5><A NAME="tv-out_ati">2.3.1.A.3 ATI cards</A></H5> | |
1326 | 1346 |
1327 <H5>PREAMBLE</H5> | 1347 <H5>PREAMBLE</H5> |
1328 | 1348 |
1329 <P>Currently ATI doesn't want to support any of its TV-out chips under Linux, | 1349 <P>Currently ATI doesn't want to support any of its TV-out chips under Linux, |
1330 because of their licensed Macrovision technology.</P> | 1350 because of their licensed Macrovision technology.</P> |
1347 <P>Only thing you need to do - <B>have TV connector plugged in before | 1367 <P>Only thing you need to do - <B>have TV connector plugged in before |
1348 booting your PC</B> since video BIOS initializes itself only once during | 1368 booting your PC</B> since video BIOS initializes itself only once during |
1349 POST procedure.</P> | 1369 POST procedure.</P> |
1350 | 1370 |
1351 | 1371 |
1352 <H5><A NAME="tv-out_voodoo">2.3.1.A.3 Voodoo 3</A></H5> | 1372 <H5><A NAME="tv-out_voodoo">2.3.1.A.4 Voodoo 3</A></H5> |
1353 | 1373 |
1354 <P>Check <A HREF="http://www.iki.fi/too/tvout-voodoo3-3000-xfree">this URL</A>.</P> | 1374 <P>Check <A HREF="http://www.iki.fi/too/tvout-voodoo3-3000-xfree">this URL</A>.</P> |
1355 | 1375 |
1356 </BODY> | 1376 </BODY> |
1357 </HTML> | 1377 </HTML> |