(alte) Radeon und TV-Out: Testversion bei GATOS

[kippndreser]

Hallo!

gerade auf der Mailingliste vom GATOS-Projekt entdeckt:
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=3214410&forum_id=5014


From: federico ulivi <fulivi@ly...>
Experimental TV Output driver released
2003-09-30 15:28

Hi everyone,

I've just released my very experimental tv output driver for ati.2.
If you want to try it out, go to GATOS CVS and check out the "tv_output"
branch of ati.2 module, then compile and install as usual.
Once installed, you need to add the following option to the "device" section
of XF86Config-4:
Option "TVOutput" "pal"
In future releases more tv standards will be supported and this will be
the place where to set them.

Once ati.2 is installed and "TVOption" is in place, the tv output should
automatically activate whenever the screen resolution is set to 800x600
(by using ctrl-alt-keypad +/- for example).

The current version of the driver has the following limitations:
- It only works on cards with 27 MHz reference frequency
- It only works at 800x600 resolution with PAL standard (I have no NTSC
tv set to test it on)
- It drives the tv output section of a Rage Theater chip. If your card
has what I call an Embedded Rage Theater (ERT), i.e. a tv output
module inside the Radeon chip and not an external RT, this driver will
not work. But don't worry, I'm working on supporting ERT..

I'm waiting for your feedback! Let me know if you tried it, if it worked
or not, if you have any suggestion, etc. etc.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Federico Ulivi - Milan (Italy)
http://utenti.lycos.it/fulivi



Auf meiner Radeon7500 ist zwar ein 27MHz-Quarz drauf, aber leider kein Rage Theatre Chip (vermutlich also ein "ERT"). Deshalb kann ich es nicht testen.

Update:

PS: Wer es ausprobieren will: schaut euch ruhig mal direkt den Link zu Mailingliste an, evtl. findet ihr da noch neue Reply-Mails mit Tips..

[kippndreser]

Scheinbar funktioniert es jetzt auch mit ERT (embedded rage theatre) Chip:
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=3536445&forum_id=18765

Ich habs aber noch nicht getestet.

Update:
hier hab ich noch was dazu gefunden: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=3539432&forum_id=5014


From: federico ulivi <fulivi@ly...>
New release of tv output driver
2003-11-27 01:59

Hi everyone,

I've just released a new version of my tv output driver for ati.2.
The main improvement is the support for cards having the tv output
module inside the Radeon chip (an Embedded Rage Theater, ERT, as I
call it for a lack of a more official name). Cards in this category
include all radeon 9xxx and most (all?) AIW boards.

Installing the new driver is simple: download the "tv_output" branch
from ati.2 CVS, compile and install it following the usual instructions.
Once installed, all you need to have tv output is to set the "TVOutput"
option in XF86Config-4 to either "ntsc" or "pal". After this tv output
should be enabled whenever resolution is set to 800x600 (this is the
only resolution that is currently supported).

Some caveats:
- Your card must have a 27 MHz reference oscillator (all Radeons I had
a chance to look at have it, so this should be no problem)
- Your monitor should be able to sustain 50 or 60 Hz vertical refresh
frequency (according to tv standard you're using)
- NTSC is not very tested (my PAL TV set just shows some sort of a B/W
image for NTSC signals)
- No testing was done on DVI/LCD cards at all
- I will update the tv output page on GATOS as soon as
possible, at the moment is outdated.

Well, that's it for now. Let me have your feedbacks!


Bye,
Federico Ulivi - Milan (Italy)
http://utenti.lycos.it/fulivi


Update2:
Homepage: http://gatos.sourceforge.net/theater_out.php

[kippndreser]

Ich habs mal mit einer Radeon7500 (die hat einen "ERT") und einer Radeon8500 (hat separaten Rage Theater) ausprobiert: funktioniert ganz brauchbar.