[mythtv-users] G400 and Black and White TVOut

[Chris Griffiths]

You're probably using a G450 cable, which is different.

I had the same, I think the G450 has one of the svideo pins where the 
G400 had its composite pin, so you're just getting the luminance (or 
something like that).

I just built a cable (a little fiddly for someone with fat fingers like 
me), but it was worth it. Details are on matrox's forums.

- Chris

Tiffany Wu wrote:

> Hi--
>
> I have searched the forums high and low and have yet to come across an 
> answer to
> my problem.
>
> I have a Matrox G400, AMD XP 1800+, 512MB RAM, 160GB HD, WinTv Tuner 
> Card (just
> to give you an idea of my system).
>
> I am having problems with my Tv Out.   I enable all the neccessary 
> framebuffer
> features and recompile the source for the latest kernel from 
> kernel.org using
> the config file that redhat 9 generates when i do a clean install.  
> this works
> fine.  i get the penguin in the upper left of the screen when i boot 
> the kernel
> and everything else.  next, i download the source code for mplayer, go 
> into the
> tvout directory, run make in both the matroxset and fbset directories 
> and copy
> the matroxset and fbset into my usr/local/bin .  after i run the 
> matroxset
> commands to mirror my display on the tv and fbset to do a little 
> tweaking i can
> what looks to be a perfect display on the tv, that is, if i was using 
> a black
> and white tv.  i live in the US so i am using NTSC and I am hooking up 
> my tv
> thru RCA.  The OS I am using is Redhat 9.
>
> also, I have edited my XF86Config file to include Load "v4l" as well 
> as Option
> "HWCursor" "off" and Option "UseFBDev"
>
> so basically two things:
> 1) how can i get the output on my tv to be in color and
> 2) how can i set it so i have two independent displays on my monitor 
> and tv so
> that when i run fbset commands my computer monitor won't change (i 
> like how it
> looks at 1024x768 -- which my TV won't do)
>
> thanks
>
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