I find the quality of my G400 excellent under directfb - i got one of ebay for ~20 bucks or so and made the cable myself.
It takes some hassle to set up directb, and the screen goes blank when mplayer initializes it etc, but the main thing is that it outputs at true tv res, 720x480 (ntsc) not scaling 800x600 or 640x480 like most graphics cards and converters do. It also overscans perfectly, just like a dvd player would do. I'm only using a p2-400 with it, but performance is fine playing back divx's, passing ac3 audio (where available) out through a cheap-o trident 4mx card. Most divx's are using 30% cpu or less, as mplayer & directfb offload a lot of the work to the matrox card. The only thing is your limited to directfb apps - and in the case of xmame, which can use it - won't scale things, it will try to use a modline to adjust the resolution, which won't work with the fixed resolution the directfb tv output is working at (mplayer scales perfectly). Also factor in that from what I've heard xine's directfb output is broken, so dvd's are via mplayer only, which doesn't support dvd menus. Hope this helps, Chris On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 15:46:33 +1100, "Gordon Staines" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Hi, > > Im thinking about putting together a multimedia PC to use as a TV and > DVD Player etc. I want to connect this to my TV just like my regular VCR > etc. > > My current PC has a TV out, but the signal doesnt appear to stretch to > the edges of my TV screen and looks rather ugly. I can find no way to > fix this. The card is an ASUS 7100 GForce2MX with TV out, I have so far > had no luck getting the TV out to work under linux, this isnt a problem > since I intend to build a new PC for this. > > Can someone recommend either a Motherboard or video card with TV out > card where you can set the default primary display without using > software. Some motherboards have TV out built in (various AOpen m/boards > do anyway) Does anyone know if you can enable the TV out to be the > primary display in bios or something? > > I know that some mini-itx boards will do this, but I was hoping to just > use a regular PC with some more grunt to do re-encoding etc > > Cheers > > -- > Gordon Staines > Software Developer > AdOnline Project > Phone: 03 9601 2768 > Mobile: 0419 568 411 > > > > > ********************************************************************************* > The information contained in this e-mail message and any accompanying > files is or may be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, > any use, dissemination, reliance, forwarding, printing or copying of this > e-mail or any attached files is unauthorised. This e-mail is subject to > copyright. No part of it should be reproduced, adapted or communicated > without the written consent of the copyright owner. If you have received > this e-mail in error, please advise the sender immediately by return > e-mail, or telephone and delete all copies. Fairfax does not guarantee > the accuracy or completeness of any information contained in this e-mail > or attached files. Internet communications are not secure, therefore > Fairfax does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this > message or attached files. > ********************************************************************************* > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. > Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it > help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help > YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ > _______________________________________________ > Freevo-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
