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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>8.5.�TV-out support</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="default.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.68.1"><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="MPlayer - The Movie Player"><link rel="up" href="video.html" title="Chapter�8.�Video output devices"><link rel="prev" href="other.html" title="8.4.�Other visualization hardware"><link rel="next" href="audio.html" title="Chapter�9.�Audio output devices"><link rel="preface" href="howtoread.html" title="How to read this documentation"><link rel="chapter" href="intro.html" title="Chapter�1.�Introduction"><link rel="chapter" href="install.html" title="Chapter�2.�Installation"><link rel="chapter" href="usage.html" title="Chapter�3.�Usage"><link rel="chapter" href="cd-dvd.html" title="Chapter�4.�CD/DVD usage"><link rel="chapter" href="faq.html" title="Chapter�5.�Frequently Asked Questions"><link rel="chapter" href="containers.html" title="Chapter�6.�Containers"><link rel="chapter" href="codecs.html" title="Chapter�7.�Codecs"><link rel="chapter" href="video.html" title="Chapter�8.�Video output devices"><link rel="chapter" href="audio.html" title="Chapter�9.�Audio output devices"><link rel="chapter" href="tv.html" title="Chapter�10.�TV"><link rel="chapter" href="ports.html" title="Chapter�11.�Ports"><link rel="chapter" href="mencoder.html" title="Chapter�12.�Basic usage of MEncoder"><link rel="chapter" href="encoding-guide.html" title="Chapter�13.�Encoding with MEncoder"><link rel="appendix" href="mailinglists.html" title="Appendix�A.�Mailing lists"><link rel="appendix" href="bugreports.html" title="Appendix�B.�How to report bugs"><link rel="appendix" href="bugs.html" title="Appendix�C.�Known bugs"><link rel="appendix" href="skin.html" title="Appendix�D.�MPlayer skin format"><link rel="appendix" href="users-vs-dev.html" title="Appendix�E.�Developer cries"><link rel="subsection" href="tvout.html#tvout-mga-g400" title="8.5.1.�Matrox G400 cards"><link rel="subsection" href="tvout.html#tv-out_matrox_g450" title="8.5.2.�Matrox G450/G550 cards"><link rel="subsection" href="tvout.html#tvout-ati" title="8.5.3.�ATI cards"><link rel="subsection" href="tvout.html#tvout-voodoo" title="8.5.4.�Voodoo 3"><link rel="subsection" href="tvout.html#tvout-nvidia" title="8.5.5.�nVidia"><link rel="subsection" href="tvout.html#tvout-neomagic" title="8.5.6.�NeoMagic"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">8.5.�TV-out support</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="other.html">Prev</a>�</td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter�8.�Video output devices</th><td width="20%" align="right">�<a accesskey="n" href="audio.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="tvout"></a>8.5.�TV-out support</h2></div></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="tvout-mga-g400"></a>8.5.1.�Matrox G400 cards</h3></div></div></div><p>
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Under Linux you have two methods to get G400 TV out working:
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</p><div class="important" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Important</h3><p>
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for Matrox G450/G550 TV-out instructions, please see the next section!
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</p></div><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">XFree86</span></dt><dd><p>
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Using the driver and the HAL module, available from the <a href="http://www.matrox.com" target="_top">Matrox site</a>. This will give you X
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<span class="bold"><strong>This method doesn't give you accelerated playback</strong></span>
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as under Windows! The second head has only YUV framebuffer, the <span class="emphasis"><em>BES</em></span>
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(Back End Scaler, the YUV scaler on G200/G400/G450/G550 cards) doesn't
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work on it! The windows driver somehow workarounds this, probably by
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using the 3D engine to zoom, and the YUV framebuffer to display the
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zoomed image. If you really want to use X, use the <tt class="option">-vo x11 -fs
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-zoom</tt> options, but it will be <span class="bold"><strong>SLOW</strong></span>,
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and has <span class="bold"><strong>Macrovision</strong></span> copy protection enabled
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(you can "workaround" Macrovision using this
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<a href="http://avifile.sf.net/mgamacro.pl" target="_top">perl script</a>).
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</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Framebuffer</span></dt><dd><p>
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Using the <span class="bold"><strong>matroxfb modules</strong></span> in the 2.4
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kernels. 2.2 kernels don't have the TVout feature in them, thus unusable
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for this. You have to enable ALL matroxfb-specific feature during compilation
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(except MultiHead), and compile them into <span class="bold"><strong>modules</strong></span>!
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You'll also need I2C enabled.
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</p><div class="procedure"><ol type="1"><li><p>
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Enter <tt class="filename">TVout</tt> and type
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<span><strong class="command">./compile.sh</strong></span>. Install
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<tt class="filename">TVout/matroxset/matroxset</tt>
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somewhere into your <code class="envar">PATH</code>.
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If you don't have <span><strong class="command">fbset</strong></span> installed, put
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<tt class="filename">TVout/fbset/fbset</tt>
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somewhere into your <code class="envar">PATH</code>.
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If you don't have <span><strong class="command">con2fb</strong></span> installed, put
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<tt class="filename">TVout/con2fb/con2fb</tt>
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somewhere into your <code class="envar">PATH</code>.
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Then enter into the <tt class="filename">TVout/</tt> directory
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in the <span class="application">MPlayer</span> source, and execute
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<tt class="filename">./modules</tt> as root. Your text-mode console will
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enter into framebuffer mode (no way back!).
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Next, EDIT and run the <tt class="filename">./matroxtv</tt> script. This will
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present you to a very simple menu. Press <span class="keycap"><b>2</b></span> and
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<span class="keycap"><b>Enter</b></span>. Now you should have the same picture on your
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monitor, and TV. If the TV (PAL by default)
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picture has some weird stripes on it, the script wasn't able to set the
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resolution correctly (to 640x512 by default). Try other resolutions
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from the menu and/or experiment with fbset.
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Yoh. Next task is to make the cursor on tty1 (or whatever) to
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disappear, and turn off screen blanking. Execute the following
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</p><pre class="screen">
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setterm -blank 0</pre><p>
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</p><pre class="screen">
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setterm -blank 0</pre><p>
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You possibly want to put the above into a script, and also clear the
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screen. To turn the cursor back:
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</p><pre class="screen">echo -e '\033[?25h'</pre><p> or
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</p><pre class="screen">setterm -cursor on</pre><p>
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Yeah kewl. Start movie playing with
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</p><pre class="screen">
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mplayer -vo mga -fs -screenw 640 -screenh 512 <em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em></pre><p>
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(If you use X, now change to matroxfb with for example
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<span class="keycap"><b>Ctrl</b></span>+<span class="keycap"><b>Alt</b></span>+<span class="keycap"><b>F1</b></span>.)
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Change <code class="literal">640</code> and <code class="literal">512</code> if you set
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the resolution to other...
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<span class="bold"><strong>Enjoy the ultra-fast ultra-featured Matrox TV
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output (better than Xv)!</strong></span>
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</p></li></ol></div></dd></dl></div><p><b>Building a Matrox TV-out cable.�</b>
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No one takes any responsibility, nor guarantee for any damage caused
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by this documentation.
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</p><p><b>Cable for G400.�</b>
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The CRTC2 connector's fourth pin is the composite video signal. The
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ground are the sixth, seventh and eighth pins. (info contributed
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</p><p><b>Cable for G450.�</b>
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The CRTC2 connector's first pin is the composite video signal. The
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ground are the fifth, sixth, seventh, and fifteenth (5, 6, 7, 15)
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pins. (info contributed from Bal�zs Kerekes)
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</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="tv-out_matrox_g450"></a>8.5.2.�Matrox G450/G550 cards</h3></div></div></div><p>
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TV output support for these cards has only been recently introduced, and is
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not yet in the mainstream kernel. Currently the <span class="bold"><strong>mga_vid</strong></span>
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module can't be used AFAIK, because the G450/G550 driver works only in one
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configuration: the first CRTC chip (with much more features) on the first display
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(on monitor), and the second CRTC (no <span class="bold"><strong>BES</strong></span> - for
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explanation on BES, please see the G400 section above) on TV. So you can only
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use <span class="application">MPlayer</span>'s <span class="emphasis"><em>fbdev</em></span> output driver
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The first CRTC can't be routed to the second head currently. The author of the
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kernel matroxfb driver - Petr Vandrovec - will maybe make support for this, by
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displaying the first CRTC's output onto both of the heads at once, as currently
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recommended for G400, see the section above.
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The necessary kernel patch and the detailed HOWTO is downloadable from
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<a href="http://www.bglug.ca/matrox_tvout/" target="_top">http://www.bglug.ca/matrox_tvout/</a>
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</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="tvout-ati"></a>8.5.3.�ATI cards</h3></div></div></div><p><b>PREAMBLE.�</b>
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Currently ATI doesn't want to support any of its TV-out chips under Linux,
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because of their licensed Macrovision technology.
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</p><div class="itemizedlist"><p class="title"><b>ATI CARDS TV-OUT STATUS ON LINUX</b></p><ul type="disc"><li>
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<span class="bold"><strong>ATI Mach64</strong></span>:
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supported by <a href="http://gatos.sf.net" target="_top">GATOS</a>.
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<span class="bold"><strong>ASIC Radeon VIVO</strong></span>:
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supported by <a href="http://gatos.sf.net" target="_top">GATOS</a>.
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<span class="bold"><strong>Radeon</strong></span> and <span class="bold"><strong>Rage128</strong></span>:
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supported by <span class="application">MPlayer</span>!
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Check <a href="output-trad.html#vesa" title="8.2.11.�VESA - output to VESA BIOS">VESA driver</a> and
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<a href="output-trad.html#vidix" title="8.2.13.�VIDIX">VIDIX</a> sections.
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<span class="bold"><strong>Rage Mobility P/M, Radeon, Rage 128, Mobility M3/M4</strong></span>:
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supported by <a href="http://www.stud.uni-hamburg.de/users/lennart/projects/atitvout/" target="_top">atitvout</a>.
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On other cards, just use the <a href="output-trad.html#vesa" title="8.2.11.�VESA - output to VESA BIOS">VESA</a> driver,
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without VIDIX. Powerful CPU is needed, though.
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Only thing you need to do - <span class="bold"><strong>Have the TV connector
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plugged in before booting your PC</strong></span> since video BIOS initializes
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itself only once during POST procedure.
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</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="tvout-voodoo"></a>8.5.4.�Voodoo 3</h3></div></div></div><p>
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Check <a href="http://www.iki.fi/too/tvout-voodoo3-3000-xfree" target="_top">this URL</a>.
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</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="tvout-nvidia"></a>8.5.5.�nVidia</h3></div></div></div><p>
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First, you MUST download the closed-source drivers from <a href="http://nvidia.com" target="_top">http://nvidia.com</a>.
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I will not describe the installation and configuration process because it does not cover
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the scope of this documentation.
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After XFree86, XVideo, and 3D acceleration is properly working, edit your
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card's Device section in the <tt class="filename">XF86Config</tt> file, according
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to the following example (adapt for your card/TV):
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</p><pre class="programlisting">
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BoardName "nVidia GeForce2/MX 400"
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Option "CursorShadow" "on"
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Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
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Option "MetaModes" "1024x768,640x480"
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Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT, TV"
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Option "TVStandard" "PAL-B"
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Option "TVOutFormat" "Composite"
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Of course the important thing is the TwinView part.
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</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="tvout-neomagic"></a>8.5.6.�NeoMagic</h3></div></div></div><p>
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The NeoMagic chip is found in a variety of laptops, some of them are equipped
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with a simple analog TV encoder, some have a more advanced one.
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</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>
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<span class="bold"><strong>Analog encoder chip</strong></span>:
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Tested on a Toshiba Tecra 8000. Its TV output chip is miserable crap. Avoid
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You must use <tt class="option">-vo vesa</tt>. The tested chip was capable of
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1.333333 aspect ratio only, so be sure to use the <tt class="option">-x</tt>,
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<tt class="option">-y</tt> options and/or the
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<tt class="option">-vf scale,crop,expand</tt> filters if the box doesn't let
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you enable TV output. Maximum resolution was 720*576 at 16bpp.
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Known issues: VESA-only, 1.33333 limitation, image isn't always centered,
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movie becomes 4bpp in every 10 minutes, and stays that way. Frequent hard
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freezes, LCD display problems.
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<span class="bold"><strong>Chrontel 70xx encoder chip</strong></span>:
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Found in IBM Thinkpad 390E and possibly other Thinkpads or notebooks.
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You must use <tt class="option">-vo vesa:neotv_pal</tt> for PAL or
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<tt class="option">-vo vesa:neotv_ntsc</tt> for NTSC.
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It will provide TV output function in the following 16 bpp and 8 bpp modes:
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</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="circle"><li>NTSC 320x240, 640x480 and maybe 800x600 too.</li><li>PAL 320x240, 400x300, 640x480, 800x600.</li></ul></div><p>Mode 512x384 is not supported in BIOS. You must scale the image
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to a different resolution to activate TV out. If you can see an image on the
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screen in 640x480 or in 800x600 but not in 320x240 or other smaller
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resolution you need to replace two tables in <tt class="filename">vbelib.c</tt>.
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See the vbeSetTV function for details. Please contact the author in this case.
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Known issues: VESA-only, no other controls such as brightness, contrast,
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blacklevel, flickfilter are implemented.
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</p></li></ul></div><p>
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