Re: [Freevo-users] Support for DigiMatrix hardware?

2004-01-07 Thread Cyril Lacoux [Yack]
Le Mercredi 7 Janvier 2004 01:14, Gordon Staines a écrit : Hi, It would be interesting to know if this was PAL versus NTSC and how much it would sell for, but otherwise it looks pretty cool TV-out works in PAL and NTSC. I use PAL, display is good. I've some problems, but I think it's due to

[Freevo-users] Composite input from a tv-card

2004-01-07 Thread Bruno Tavares
Hi there, been using freevo for quiet a time now and i found out that you can enable an option called Show VCR input in the tv menu. The problem is that i use the tvtime plugin to watch television, and this plugin does not seem to have the VCR mode implemmented. Is there any patch/hacks to this

[Freevo-users] overscan setting (where to change the fbset settings)

2004-01-07 Thread Thomas
Hi, little problem: I optimized my Matrox G400 tvout in framebuffer clone mode to my PAL Sony TV with no black border playing movies with mplayer. This works after changing the geometry offsets with the fbset command. So starting freevo with geometry setting 768x576 works fine for the gui but

Re: [Freevo-users] overscan setting (where to change the fbset settings)

2004-01-07 Thread Thomas
shame on me, sometimes the ability to read can help: I haven't seen the important line: MPLAYER_ARGS_DEF = (('-screenw 768 -screenh 576 -fs')) which was before MPLAYER_ARGS_DEF = (('-screenw 720 -screenh 576 -fs')) so my questions to dfbmga aren't answered. Which setting/resoluition is the best

[Freevo-users] mpeg1video or mpeg4?

2004-01-07 Thread Justin T Wetherell
I know that DXR3 cards are natively built to play mpeg1/2, I was wondering if I should record with mpeg1video vcd codec or use the mpeg4 divx codec when recording. Does the DXR3 do more work playing back a vcd than a divx? Am I saving or losing anything (quality, processor power, or space)

Re: [Freevo-users] mpeg1video or mpeg4?

2004-01-07 Thread Matt McLeod
Justin T Wetherell wrote: I know that DXR3 cards are natively built to play mpeg1/2, I was wondering if I should record with mpeg1video vcd codec or use the mpeg4 divx codec when recording. This mostly depends on how much disk you have, whether you simply watch once then delete, and how much