[MPlayer-users] Graphics Card with TV-Out supported by mplayer

[Nick Kurshev]

Hello, Arpi!

On Sun, 16 Dec 2001 17:55:09 +0200 (CEST) you wrote:

> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Hi,
> 
> > > no. only G400, if you need tv-out.
> > > but you may choose ati radeon instead, it's a way better for that.
> > 
> > I'd really like to know more about this, but the TV-Out section
> > concerning ATI in the mplayer documentation is not that extensive :-).
> > Is every Card with a Radeon Chip supported just as well? Do I need I
> > very fast cpu to use that feature (currently Celeron 400)?  Which card
> > would you suggest?
> 
> you should choose a card with native support for its' 2D accel. and current
> it's only matrox G-series (200-550) and some of radeons (Nick: all? or which
> chips?). but for matrox, tv-ourt is only supported on g400, and it's a bit
> hard to set up. it's easier to use for radeon, but i don't know the details,
> i have only g400 and g550.
> 
As for radeons - I don't have any negative reports.
Currently I have reports that Rage XPert2000 Pro, Radeon VE have working tv-out
through VESA. I guess that every ATI chip will have the same quality BIOS as
tested ones
> 
> A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team
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Best regards! Nick