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with a simple analog TV encoder, some have a more advanced one.
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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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It has been reported that reliable TV out can be obtained by using
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<tt class="option">-vo fbdev</tt> or <tt class="option">-vo fbdev2</tt>.
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the following parameters on the kernel command line:
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<tt class="option">append="video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr" vga=791</tt>.
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You should start <span class="application">X</span>, then switch to console mode
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<span class="application">MPlayer</span> from the console, the video
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becomes slow and choppy (explanations are welcome).
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Login to your console, then initiate the following command:
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</p><pre class="screen">clear; mplayer -vo fbdev -zoom -cache 8192 dvd://</pre><p>
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Now you should see the movie running in console mode filling up about
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half your laptop's LCD screen.
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To switch to TV hit <span class="keycap"><b>Fn</b></span>+<span class="keycap"><b>F5</b></span> three times.
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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.