<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><title>8.17. DirectFB/Matrox (dfbmga)</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="default.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.73.2"><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="MPlayer - The Movie Player"><link rel="up" href="video.html" title="Chapter 8. Video output devices"><link rel="prev" href="directfb.html" title="8.16. DirectFB"><link rel="next" href="mpeg_decoders.html" title="8.18. MPEG decoders"><link rel="preface" href="howtoread.html" title="How to read this documentation"><link rel="chapter" href="intro.html" title="Chapter 1. Introduction"><link rel="chapter" href="install.html" title="Chapter 2. Installation"><link rel="chapter" href="usage.html" title="Chapter 3. Usage"><link rel="chapter" href="cd-dvd.html" title="Chapter 4. CD/DVD usage"><link rel="chapter" href="faq.html" title="Chapter 5. Frequently Asked Questions"><link rel="chapter" href="containers.html" title="Chapter 6. Containers"><link rel="chapter" href="codecs.html" title="Chapter 7. Codecs"><link rel="chapter" href="video.html" title="Chapter 8. Video output devices"><link rel="chapter" href="audio.html" title="Chapter 9. Audio output devices"><link rel="chapter" href="tv.html" title="Chapter 10. TV"><link rel="chapter" href="radio.html" title="Chapter 11. Radio"><link rel="chapter" href="ports.html" title="Chapter 12. Ports"><link rel="chapter" href="mencoder.html" title="Chapter 13. Basic usage of MEncoder"><link rel="chapter" href="encoding-guide.html" title="Chapter 14. Encoding with MEncoder"><link rel="appendix" href="bugreports.html" title="Appendix A. How to report bugs"><link rel="appendix" href="bugs.html" title="Appendix B. Known bugs"><link rel="appendix" href="skin.html" title="Appendix C. MPlayer skin format"><link rel="appendix" href="history.html" title="Appendix D. History"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">8.17. DirectFB/Matrox (dfbmga)</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="directfb.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 8. Video output devices</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="mpeg_decoders.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="dfbmga"></a>8.17. DirectFB/Matrox (dfbmga)</h2></div></div></div><p> Please read the <a class="link" href="directfb.html" title="8.16. DirectFB">main DirectFB</a> section for general information. </p><p> This video output driver will enable CRTC2 (on the second head) on Matrox G400/G450/G550 cards, displaying video <span class="bold"><strong>independent</strong></span> of the first head. </p><p> Ville Syrjala's has a <a class="ulink" href="http://www.sci.fi/~syrjala/directfb/Matrox_TV-out_README.txt" target="_top">README</a> and a <a class="ulink" href="http://www.sci.fi/~syrjala/directfb/matrox-tv-out-howto" target="_top">HOWTO</a> on his homepage that explain how to make DirectFB TV output run on Matrox cards. </p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p> the first DirectFB version with which we could get this working was 0.9.17 (it's buggy, needs that <code class="systemitem">surfacemanager</code> patch from the URL above). Porting the CRTC2 code to <a class="link" href="mga_vid.html" title="8.7. Matrox framebuffer (mga_vid)">mga_vid</a> has been planned for years, <a class="ulink" href="../../tech/patches.txt" target="_top">patches</a> are welcome. </p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="directfb.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="video.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="mpeg_decoders.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">8.16. DirectFB </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> 8.18. MPEG decoders</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
