Hmm, I've been assuming that I could just take the TV-out from the Matrox G400 and plug it into the cable TV jack. Is that not the case? (I don't have the card yet, it's still in transit).
----- Original Message ----- From: "Billy Biggs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Neil Radisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 9:31 AM Subject: [directfb-dev] Re: TV out with audio - possible? > Neil Radisch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > My TV only has cable-tv in and an antenna hookup, so I guess > > it is "brain-dead". > > So you must have some conversion from composite/s-video to RF, and > that converter must also take in audio. > > > Regardless, if I was to acquire a TV with audio-in, how could one keep > > the video and audio in sync. After all, the video is being clocked by > > the Matrox card and the audio is clocked by the audio card. While the > > crystals might be close for a while, it's bound to drift. Seems like > > I'd have to keep a careful eye on video and audio consumption and > > resample the audio when things get too far off. Or am I missing > > something here? > > You need to either resample the audio (watch the clock and drop/add > samples) or resample the video (drop frames or repeat frames). In my > apps, I believe in resampling audio and keeping the video smooth, since > this is especially important when playing interlaced content to an > interlaced TV, while other apps like xine or mplayer, since they output > low framerate material to a high framerate (refresh rate) display, > always tend to drop or slow the output of the video frames. > > -- > Billy Biggs > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > "unsubscribe directfb-dev" as subject. > -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe directfb-dev" as subject.
