[MPlayer-users] Radeon VIVO TV-Out

[Daniel A. Nagy]

Hi Misha,

> Is it just me or is one of these documents in desperate need of updating?
> AFAIK, Gatos only supports video-in part ov VIVO. (and it works pretty well
> I must add). 

The document stating that the TV output is not supported is hopelessly
obsolete. :-)

> So, the above considered, what do you guys recommend I use for TV-out with a
> Radeon VIVO? So far I've been running X on vesafb and using DGA to play movies,
> but I don't get fullscreen, unless the movie is 640x480 :(
> I tried scaled X11 too, but is waaaay to slow even with my 1 gig+ tbirb.

That's right. Unfortunately many of the hardware-accelerated resizers don't
support downsizing, or at least not in mplayer. Right now, I'm
hacking on the fbdev driver, to make it capable of software rescaling.
Expect results by Christmas. X-)

> What are my other alternatives? Basically I am just looking to be able to play
> stuff in fullscreen regardless of resolution... 
> Will vesa output let me do that? 

Not yet. Since it's a BIG itch for me, I'm scratching it desperately. I have
a working TV output, there's a Home Theater System (a TV with 1.5m
diameter!) in the common room of our residence, so there's no way I'm
gonna miss watching my DVDs on that screen! ;-)

> Will radeon_vid work with a VIVO (Rage Theater based) radeon? Do I have to give up
> framebuffer to use it?

No, you don't. Just be patient (or hack it up thyself).

Cheers,

-- 
Dan

PS: North American NTSC sucks. And there's no RGB input on them Yank TVs either. :-(