Hi Paul, On Wed, 2008-09-17 at 09:30 +0100, Paul Gardiner wrote: [...] > > the only solution i know of how you can get interlaced content onto > > interlaced TV is via the matrox driver, which is capable of producing > > interlaced RGB out with the correct PAL timing - and mplayer using the > > matrox video out driver - which selectively copies the correct > > (half-frames) in the corresponding video region .... > > > > then you get brilliant picture, nice interlace flickering at the cost of > > a seperate vga card ... not capable of doing any hardware accelerated > > mpeg decoding ... :) > > I don't quite understand. So is with a Matrox graphics card? And can you > not still use the CN700 for MPEG2 decoding?
yes, it's using a matrox card and doing mpeg decoding in software ... > I also wondered about using an nVidia MX4000. Those claim RGB out. > Another problem with that though, is I have the mobo in a really neat > little box, which I'd like to keep, and although there's some room > around the PCI slot, there's not enough for any graphics card I've > ever seen. yeah, that sounds reasonable - same here ;) i have a nvidia (Geforce 6200) with passive cooling - i assume it could do PAL interlaced on the RGB out ... but i havent tried it by now ... as nvidia also has xvmc, i assume it can do hw mpeg decoding also - it has s-video and composite out too - and is about 40 euros here in austria ... however power consumption - and heat dissipation - and space rises with this ... > > if i am wrong in some point, prove me right ;) > > > > any other suggestions very welcome !!! > > > > however, the need for image quality got lost over the years ... :( > > I guess I should just put up with it. As I said before, it's only > when I swap back and forth between the new system and my old DVRs > that I see the slight difference. The pictures still very good for > SD. yep, would do best ... ;) regards, marcus. _______________________________________________ openchrome-users mailing list [email protected] http://wiki.openchrome.org/mailman/listinfo/openchrome-users Main page: http://www.openchrome.org Wiki: http://wiki.openchrome.org User Forum: http://wiki.openchrome.org/tikiwiki/tiki-view_forum.php?forumId=1
