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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> > If your card has a BIOS capable to enable TV-out for basic DOS</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > (I mean line mode, not Windows) then you can use -vo vesa </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> in mplayer,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > but you have (usually) to have the TV connected at boot </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> time, because</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > this is the only time the Bios will recognize its presence.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> How will mplayer know that vesa refers to the tv out if the </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> card can support</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> independant images on each output?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>That's the point: mplayer doesn't know about the tv out, it just</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>paints the video on the console. But if the Bios in your graphic</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>card allows to just _duplicate_ vga output on the TV output</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>(it works with my card, Matrox G400 DH) you'll have the video</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>on _both_ vga console and TV. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> I'm looking to have mplayer display on tv out regardless of </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> how I switch</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> between X and text consoles.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I'm not sure but I don't think that -vo vesa can be used from</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>an X session ... However, with linux at least, you can always</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>press ctl-alt-Fn to get a true console session even when X is </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>running. </FONT>
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