[Mplayer-users] support for TV-out of Matrox G450?

[Michael Hunold]

Hello Henning,

> I'm about to buy a Matrox G450 VGA card so that I can watch movies on my
> (PAL) TV using MPlayer. I read http://mp.dev.hu/MPlayer/DOCS/TVout-G400 but
> I'm not sure if the method described there applies to the G450, too? 

I own a G450 dualhead w/ 32Mb DDR-Ram and unfortunately I never got
tv-out working with the tools from "mplayer".

It seems that G400 and G450 differ a lot regarding
the dualhead stuff. 8-/

At the moment you can use the second head as a separate framebuffer
(and redirect "mplayer" output to that head) or use it with
X either as a separate screen or with the so-called xinerama
extension, e.g. you have one big desktop that spans the two
heads.

There is no tv-out support with Matrox' X-Server at the moment.
Only the G400 is supported. I really hope that they add G450
support soon.

> There
> also seem to be several versions of the G450, which one do I need?

I recommend a G450 with 32Mb, 16Mb is too small if you want a dualhead
configuration under X with high resolutions. SDR or DDR memory does
not matter in my eyes.

Of course you need a dualhead G450, e.g. a G450 with two output
connectors. For tv-output you need an adaptor to connect to the
second output -- if you are familiar
with a soldering iron, you can build your on. On Matrox' website
you will find a detailed pin description.

> Thanks for your help
> hh

But you are probably better off with a G400 with dualhead support.
Although you cannot buy this card anymore, I have seen several
cards at www.ebay.de for example.

CU
Michael.



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