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The following page has been changed by 134.76.63.190: http://freevo.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/DocumentationPage_2fMatroxInfo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @@ -519,6 +519,27 @@ }}} += Using DirectFB for G400 TV-Out = + +The alternative method to the mga_vid module is to use the driver from the DirectFB Project (http://www.directfb.org/). +It requires quite a lot of work to make it run nicely: + +- Compilation of a kernel with patches from the DirectFB project +- Compilation of mplayer from cvs (or >0.90) or compilation of mplayer <=0.90 with a patch enhancing the dfbmga support +- Compilation/Installation of directfb >=0.9.18 (don't use 0.9.17! it has serious bugs! make sure that no directfb libs are installed before compilation!) +- Using a recent freevo runtime which has SDL compiled with directfb support + +Especially the part with the kernel/mplayer compilation and patching is hard work for people with little or no knowledge about it. So why go through all +this trouble? In most cases you want to stick to the classic method using the mga_vid module since it is so much easier and almost ready to go. However, the +classic solution makes problems in some rare cases: diagonal lines probably resulting from wrong adjust framebuffer settings, framebuffer lock ups, picture quality. +The DirectFB Output arguably has the better picture quality. Depending on the Television which is used, you may not even notice the difference. However, if you have +such RGB-Lines in your picture or you don't want the framebuffer to behave in such an unstable way, you may want to give it a try. +A pretty good and detailed description on how to make it run can be found here: + +http://www.sci.fi/~syrjala/directfb/matrox-tv-out-howto + +Note that this is also one of the methods to make the TV-Out of the later Matrox models (G450,G550) work. + = TV-out on the Matrox G450 (should work for the G550) = Check here: ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. _______________________________________________ Freevo-wikilog mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-wikilog
