[vdr] Re: Suggestions for tv output?

[Reinhard Nissl <rnissl@gmx.de>]

Hi,

Matt McLeod wrote:

> > So for for 'tv-output' i've either gotta go mpeg decoder or tv-out card. Qualty is a big concern with me( the reason why I bought a plasma screen, and went digital) I'd like to know what people would recommend for best picture output, I'm talking on a widescreen 16:9 1'm tv here.
[ snip ]

> Cards with TV-out are fairly cheap.  Personally, I'd try a Matrox
> G400 as they've got a very nice crisp display and can be obtained
> on eBay fairly cheaply.  I haven't tried the xine-plugin yet, as
I use the xine-plugin with a Matrox G550, using xine's vidix driver (xine -V 
vidix) on an X11 display. The card has two connectors and I plan to use one 
for connecting a TV, first by using Composite- or S-Video cable, later by 
using RGB pins of a SCART-connector directly (selfmade VGA->SCART cable).

First, I'll try to run a second X server on the second connector, but it 
should also be possible to avoid X and let the vidix driver use the hardware 
directly.

If you plan to watch HDTV, then you must look for a different card. It seems 
that the video overlay of the G550 cannot properly handle source data larger 
than 1024 x 1024 pixels (HDTV: 1920 x 1080). I took a photo of the resulting 
image:

	http://home.vr-web.de/~rnissl/attic/jewelry1-1.jpg

Here is, how it should look like:

	http://home.vr-web.de/~rnissl/attic/jewelry1-1.png

> I have a working setup using a combination of WebVCR+, Freevo, and
> a script of my own which WebVCR+ uses to do the actual recording
> from a TT-budget card, but it is on the list of things to try.
Bye.
--
Dipl.-Inform. (FH) Reinhard Nissl
mailto:rnissl@gmx.de



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