On Sun, Dec 15, 2002 at 04:45:04PM +0100, Stefan van der Eijk wrote: > Hi Brian,
Hi Stefan, > Well, AFAIK Freevo uses SDL and can display on FB. I am just working on that right now. I am finding I have to hack SDL to display on the G400's CRTC2 using it's TV-Out mode. Note that this is NOT displaying to /dev/fb1 with all kinds of matroxset voodoo. Doing it using the CRTC2 proerply gives a properly aspected, overscanned image, just like watching real TV. No black borders and dicking around with framebuffer timings. See the recent directfb-dev archives for more details. > I'm looking into the latest G400 / G450 FB stuff (from > ftp://platan.vc.cvut.cz/pub/linux/matrox-latest/ ) Perhaps the kernel > can be patched to use version 1.64 (1.62 now). > Some other stuff I'm looking at: > http://www.flashdance.cx/tv-out-mga-fb.html > http://www3.sympatico.ca/dan.eriksen/matrox_tvout/ I have not looked at any of these, but if they address the second head as a "second" framebuffer (i.e. kernel config item CONFIG_FB_MATROX_MULTIHEAD=y) then it's the wrong approach. The approach that DirectFB is currently using is the exact same way that DVD playback works in Windows, which means the G400 displays a properly interlaced, overscanned image to the television. > They use it to store the programming information and such. I haven't > looked at the schema yet. I figured that, but still. You don't really need a SQL database for programming information. I store 12-14 days and don't use a SQL database. > It's to be able to program the PVR from a web browser. I like this > feature --> it'll let me program it from work :-) But if you have the programs you want to watch scheduled by the name of the program and not by it's timeslot information (i.e. think old-world VCR BS) and your PVR does the timeslot programming for you based on when your programs are on (by downloading programming data), when would you need to program it from work? I suppose if you are at work and think all-of-a-sudden of a new program that you want to start watching, but is that a real-world situtiaton? Don't you usually make those decisions while sitting in front of the TV watching? In any case, a web interface is not a bad idea, just very low on my priority list. b. -- Brian J. Murrell
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