RE: Video to NTSC converters?

["Kevin D. Timm" <kevindtimm@xxxxxxxxx>]

Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > 	Instead, go find a Matrox G400 or G400-MAX dual head card, and build
the
> > 	tv-out
> > cable for the 2nd head. This setup is as good as it ever got, and it
looks
> > pretty good on my 36" tv. I'm using an 800x600 framebuffer, the Maven
chip
> > on the G400-DH is scaling it down to a TV signal, and does a damn fine
job.
> > I'm not saying you'll be able to read 8 point type, i'm saying Freevo
works
> > very well and looks very good.
>
> I've also found SiS card TV out mostly works, but the SiS cards suck for
> other reasons. Some S3 work, also the cyberblade on the EPIA (but not yet
> the Castle Rock in the VIA EPIA-M).

>	The Matrox G400 is desirable for other reasons, such as current software
>support for the back-end scaler and palette dac. Significantly decreases
the cpu
>overhead. This is, of course, specific to using mplayer with the mga-vid
driver
>and fbcon, or mplayer with directfb.
>
>
>	mplayer used to have a driver for SiS cards with some similar features, it
>became unmaintained and isn't in current snapshots. Someone could still
unearth
>it and bring it up to date, but with G400-DH cards going for $20 on ebay
there's
>hardly a reason. Maybe if you really needed a PCI card instead of an AGP
card.
>
>	There is also support for 3dfx cards and some Radeon cards from ATi, but i
>don't know what to say about them, as I haven't used one. The most popular
card
>among the mplayer and freevo developers seems to be the g400, so it's a
pretty
>safe bet.
>
>	Don't ask me about X. Don't know, don't care. X on a television would be
nigh
>onto worthless anyway.
>
> - Eric

As as addenda then, since I'm currently using Myth, which requires
X, how does all that fit together?

KT

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