# HG changeset patch # User gabucino # Date 1004116753 0 # Node ID d4f398ef37aab085ea7e66249cd097b6033a2437 # Parent 6d561976740a3691e4ee9b66fa54fa74d24e828f rewritten matrox tvout section diff -r 6d561976740a -r d4f398ef37aa DOCS/video.html --- a/DOCS/video.html Fri Oct 26 16:09:06 2001 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/video.html Fri Oct 26 17:19:13 2001 +0000 @@ -707,102 +707,70 @@

What I'd love to see in mplayer is the the same feature that I see in my -windows box. When I start a movie in windows (in a window or in full screen) -the movie is also redirected to the tv-out and I can also see it full screen -on my tv. I love this feature and was wondering how hard it would be to add -such a feature to mplayer.

- -

It's a driver limitation. BES (Back-End Scaler, it's the overlay generator -and YUV scaling engine of G200/G400/G450/G550 cards) works only with CRTC1. -Normally, CRTC1 (textmode, every bpp gfx and BES) is routed to HEAD1, -and CRTC2 (only 16/32bpp gfx) is routed to HEAD2 (TV-out).

- -

Under linux, you have two choices to get TV-out working:

- -

Using X 4.0.x + the HAL driver from matrox, so you'll get dual-head -support, and you'll be able to redirect second output to the TV. -Unfortunately it has Macrovision encryption enabled, so it will -only work on directly-connected TV, no through VCR. -Other problem is that Xv doesn't work on the second head. -(I don't know how Windows solve it, maybe it swaps the CRTCs between -the heads, or just uses YUV framebuffer of second DAC with some trick) -
Using matroxfb with dual-head support enabled (2.4.x kernels). -You'll be able to get a framebuffer console (using CRTC2, so it's -slow), and TV-out (using CRTC1, with BES support). -You have to forget X while using this kind of TV-out! :( -

- -

Follow these instructions:

- -

Compile all the matrox-related things to modules in the kernel. -(you MUST compile them to modules, at least I couldn't get them -working built-in yet) -[reboot to new kernel & install modules, but don't load them yet!] -
- cd TVout - ./compile.sh
-
Run the 'modules' script from the TV-out directory of mplayer. -It will switch your console to framebuffer. -Change to tty1 (ALT+F1)! -Now run the script 'independent', it will set up your tty's: -
tty 1,2: fb console, CRTC2, head 1 (monitor)
-tty 3,4,5...: framebuffer+BES, CRTC1, head 2 (TV-out)
-You should run the scripts TV-* and Mon-* to set up resolutions: -
change to tty1 (ALT+F1), and run Mon-* (one of them)
-change to tty3 (ALT+F3) and then back to tty1 (ALT+F1)
-(this change will select tty3 on /dev/fb1 - tricky)
-
run TV-* (one of them)
-(now you'll get a console on your PAL TV - don't know about NTSC) -
Now if you start mplayer (on tty1), the picture will show up on -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.

- -

My current problem is that BES is working only with CRTC1. So picture -will always shown up on head routed to CRTC1 (normaly the monitor), -so i have to swap CRTC's, but this way your console will framebuffer -(CRTC2 can't do text-mode) and a bit slow (no acceleration). :(

- -

Anyway i also just get monochrome output on the tv ...
-Maybe you have NTSC TV? Or just didn't run one of TV-* scripts.

- - -

2.2.1.A.1a. Matrox cards (method 2 - the XFree approach)

- -

The previous method doesn't work very good for X users, since either they -have to shutdown it, or it becomes uselessly messy. This section is for them.

Under Linux you have 2 methods to get TV out working :

compile the matroxfb stuff to modules

load modules with the ./modules script

turn on display cloning with ./cloning . This way CRTC2 -won't be used, CRTC1 will display on both heads. -

execute ./TV-640x512 or whichever resolution you -wish to use

XFree86: using the driver and the HAL module, available from + Matrox's site. This will give you X on + the TV.
This method doesn't give you accelerated playback as + under Windoze! The second head has only YUV framebuffer, the BES + (Back End Scaler, the YUV scaler on G200/G400/G450/G550 cards) doesn't work + on it! The windows driver somehow workarounds this, probably by using the + 3D engine to zoom, and the YUV framebuffer to display the zoomed + image. If you really want to use X, use the -vo x11 -zoom + options, but it will be SLOW, and has Macrovision copyprotection + enabled.
Framebuffer: using the matroxfb modules in the 2.4 kernels. + 2.2 kernels don't have the TVout feature in them, thus unusable for this. + You have to enable ALL matroxfb-specific feature during compilation, and + compile them into modules! +
- + Enter TVout/matroxset and type make. Install + matroxset into somewhere in your PATH.
- + If you don't have fbset installed, enter + TVout/fbset and type make. Install + fbset into somewhere in your PATH.
- + Then enter into the TVout/ directory in the MPlayer + source, and execute ./modules as root. Your text-mode console + will enter into framebuffer mode (no way back!).
- Next, run the ./matroxtv script. This will present you + to a very simple menu. Press 2 and ENTER. Now you should + have the same picture on your monitor, and TV. The 3. option + will turn on independent display, but then you can't use X! If + the TV picture has some weird stripes on it, the script wasn't able to + set the resolution correctly (to 640x512 by default). Use other menu + items randomly and it'll be OK :)
+ +
+ Yoh. Next task is to make the cursor on tty1 (or whatever) to disappear, + and turn off screen blanking. Execute the following commands:
+ +
+ echo -e '\033[?25l' + setterm -blank 0 +
+ +
+ You possibly want to put the above into a script, and also clear + the screen.. To turn the cursor back :
echo -e '\033[?25h' +
+ +
Yeah kewl. Start movie playing with mplayer -vo mga -fs -screenw 640 + -screenh 512 <filename>
+ (if you use X, now change to matroxfb with for example CTRL-ALT-F1 !)
+ Change 640x512 if you set the resolution to other..
+ Enjoy the ultra-fast ultra-featured Matrox TV output (better than Xv) ! +
+

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 !
- -

-So, anytime you want to start watching something on TV, just start -MPlayer in X with the -vo mga -screenw XXX -screenh XXX -(write the horizontal and vertical resolution of your framebuffer to the XXX's, -respectively) options, change to tty1 (with ctrl-alt-f1), and turn off the -monitor. -

2.2.1.A.2. ATI cards

@@ -853,8 +821,8 @@

-I should say good words into address of ATI Inc. too:
-it produces top quality BIOSes. +I should say good words to ATI Inc. too:
+they produce top quality BIOSes.

@@ -865,7 +833,7 @@ limitations on which video mode can be displayed on your TV (like on other cards) so you can use any video mode on your TV (from 320x200 up to 1024x768).
-Only thing you need to do - have plugged tv-connector in before booting your +Only thing you need to do - have TV connector plugged in before booting your PC since video BIOS initializes itself only once during POST procedure.