[MPlayer-users] Radeon VIVO TV-Out

[Nick Kurshev]

Hello, Mikhail!

On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 15:12:08 -0500 you wrote:

[snip]
> 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). 
> 
> 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.
> 
Because X11 doesn't use HW acceleration

> 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? 
Just try it ;)
> Will radeon_vid work with a VIVO (Rage Theater based) radeon? Do I have to give up
> framebuffer to use it?
> 
Rage Theatre is companion chip, nut radeon has native chip - "video overlay".
which is not related with VIVO. Rage Theatre allows you to have two video streams
simultaneously. But video has functionality of BES and YUV2RGB convertor.
> Thanks in advance,
> Mag.
> 
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Best regards! Nick