# HG changeset patch # User gabucino # Date 1003618778 0 # Node ID 338d42d079ebbb95da5844025172af4a87cb94ab # Parent 9c76ec4846b39fb1cb20a857c5ec25c79481cd43 added matrox fullscreen/aspect tvout stuff diff -r 9c76ec4846b3 -r 338d42d079eb DOCS/video.html --- a/DOCS/video.html Sat Oct 20 22:53:32 2001 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/video.html Sat Oct 20 22:59:38 2001 +0000 @@ -674,6 +674,12 @@ the tty3, so you'll see it on your TV or second monitor.

+You should edit your config file, to contain the screenw and +screenh options (the first should be set to the horizontal +resolution of the framebuffer, and the latter to the vertical. See +example.conf). This is required for fullscreen playing, and for +the aspect code to work.

+

Yes, it is a bit 'hack' now. But I'm waiting for the marvel project to be finished, it will provide real TV-out drivers, I hope.

@@ -702,9 +708,15 @@

Now you should have a clean picture on the TV, and maybe a somewhat strange picture on the monitor. But monitor doesn't matter, start X. Your TV goes black or have strange stripes, but monitor/X is fine !
+Next, edit your config file, to contain the screenw and +screenh options (the first should be set to the horizontal +resolution of the framebuffer, and the latter to the vertical. See +example.conf). This is required for fullscreen playing, and for +the aspect code to work.

+ +

So, anytime you want to start watching something on TV, just start -MPlayer in X (-vo mga of course, and calculate --x and -y values by hand), change to tty1 (with +MPlayer in X with the -vo mga option, change to tty1 (with ctrl-alt-f1), and turn off the monitor.

diff -r 9c76ec4846b3 -r 338d42d079eb etc/example.conf --- a/etc/example.conf Sat Oct 20 22:53:32 2001 +0000 +++ b/etc/example.conf Sat Oct 20 22:59:38 2001 +0000 @@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ # monitoraspect=4:3 # standard monitor size, with square pixels # monitoraspect=16:9 # use this for widescreen monitor! non-square pixels +# screenw=720 # this is required for MATROX TV-OUT users ! +# screenh=576 # here you should set the resolution of your + # Matrox framebuffer. Needed for fullscreen playing + # on '-vo mga' ONLY ! + ## ## Use GUI mode by default ##