Suggestion: Tv-output that "Just Works" tm

[Mattias Eriksson]

I realized that I assumed that everybody know what nvtv is... so here is
some info for everybody that doesn't know what it is.

Nvtv is according to the homepage
(http://sourceforge.net/projects/nv-tv-out/) TV-Out for NVidia cards.
However, in the documentation you can see that it supports Nvidia, Intel
and 3dfx cards. I have pasted in the list of supported chips from the
docs.

//Snaggen

TV Encoder chips currently supported
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Chrontel  7003-7008     supported.
	  7009          not supported, not detected, 
                        but documentation available.

Brooktree Bt868/Bt869   supported.

Brooktree Bt870/Bt871   supported.
Conexant  CX25870/871   same as above.

Philips   SAA7102/03    supported.
          SAA7108/09    same as above.

	  SAA7104/05    support code is written, but not tested.  
	  SAA7108A/09A  same as above.



ons 2005-01-26 klockan 13:21 +0100 skrev Mattias Eriksson:
> 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. 
> 
> 
> Just a suggestion... 
> 
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