Suggestion: Tv-output that "Just Works" tm

[George Farris]

On Wed, 2005-26-01 at 07:52 -0500, nocturn wrote:
> Mattias Eriksson Wrote: 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Yesterday totem (cvs) got some patches to enable libnvtvsimple in the
> > gstreamer backend (the xine backend have had those patches for quite a
> > while). This makes it possible to provide easy to use tv output. Just
> > change a setting in totem and go to fullscreen, and the image will be
> > displayed on both the screen and the TV. As ubuntu is focusing on
> > providing a nice user experience it might be worth looking into this
> > feature. 
> > 
> > What would be required to provide this feature:
> > 1. Package libnvtvsimple (you can get it at the same place as nvtv).
> > 2. Build totem with this support, it will do no harm for users without
> > tvout hardware. 
> > 3. Possible install nvtv as default for users with hardware that is
> > supported by nvtv. 

It would be nice if the ivtv drivers made it in as well.