[MPlayer-matrox] Video output to TV out on an MGA400DH32MAX

[Guido Reimer]

Ok, I am telling you how i have solved this problem. I am not using X11.

I have a Matrox G400 Max Dual Head like yours.

My System is a Gentoo Linux 2004.3

I have installed a 2.6.10rc3 Kernel with the required Kernel Settings. I
think you know the Settings. You get them from this documentation.

http://www.sci.fi/~syrjala/directfb/Matrox_TV-out_README.txt

CONFIG_FB_MATROX
 CONFIG_FB_MATROX_G100
 CONFIG_I2C
 CONFIG_I2C_ALGOBIT
 CONFIG_I2C_CHARDEV
 CONFIG_I2C_PROC (not for 2.6.xx Kernel Versions)
 CONFIG_FB_MATROX_I2C

DO NOT ENABLE DUAL HEAD SUPPORT!!!!


But you will see that in the 2.6.xx Kernel is no i2c /proc interface. I tell
you later more about it. I bould all matrox related options direct into the
kernel ... no modules.

Build your Kernel with the Settings of the documentation.

Then I have checked out the latest CVS Version of Directfb. Make sure that
DirectFB will build Matrox and Sysfs support (it's the new way of i2c
comunication. No /proc any more). 

After this steps I have installed the new mplayer 1.0pre5try2. You have to
compile it with matrox and directfb support. Make sure that mplayer will see
your directfb 0.9.21 Version in "./configure". 

You have to set the file:
/etc/directfbrc

matrox-crtc2
matrox-tv-standard=pal or ntsc

If you have restarted your System with the new Kernel try:

mplayer -vo dfbmga -fs /[PATH TO VIDEO FILE]

You will see a very nice and very high quality Output on your TV!

I hope this will solve your problems.

(Sorry for my bad English)
Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind Regards
Guido Reimer
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-----Original Message-----
From: mplayer-matrox-bounces at mplayerhq.hu
[mailto:mplayer-matrox-bounces at mplayerhq.hu] On Behalf Of Michael Scholz
Sent: Dienstag, 21. Dezember 2004 15:47
To: mplayer-matrox at mplayerhq.hu
Subject: [MPlayer-matrox] Video output to TV out on an MGA400DH32MAX

Folks,

I'm giving up - Maybe I'm too much of a dull guy regarding this but I don't 
get that to work unless someone is probably able to give me *THE* advice I 
need.

Whatever I do I'm only getting a black screen, just a new desktop or a green

looking mplayer window where the movie is supposed to be.

I don't need a fully functional second display on a TV but that what the 
Matrox guys call 'DVD Max'.

To my understanding this means the second head doesn't do anything until a 
movie or DVD is played back. Then it will be activated and outputs a 
(superb!!!) TV signal.

For some reason that or something similar won't work with me (SuSE 9.0, 
standard install, web-updated) and I've no idea...


CU!

-Mike


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