Difference between revisions of "How to get TV-Out working on ATI graphic cards"
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{{NOTE|This page is not applicable to recent ATI Radeon Mobility chips. See [[ATI Mobility Radeon X300]] for a discussion.}} | {{NOTE|This page is not applicable to recent ATI Radeon Mobility chips. See [[ATI Mobility Radeon X300]] for a discussion.}} | ||
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If you want to use XVideo overlay on TV, try following command: | If you want to use XVideo overlay on TV, try following command: | ||
{{ cmduser | xvattr -a XV_CRTC -v 1 }} | {{ cmduser | xvattr -a XV_CRTC -v 1 }} | ||
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=== ThinkPads/Other laptops this has been successfully tested on === | === ThinkPads/Other laptops this has been successfully tested on === |
Revision as of 14:30, 20 April 2009
This HOWTO should help you enable TV-Out support on your ATI Radeon or ATI Rage based ThinkPad.
NOTE!
This page is not applicable to recent ATI Radeon Mobility chips. See ATI Mobility Radeon X300 for a discussion.
Using Xrandr
To use the TVout on Radeon 7500 type following:
$ xrandr --output S-video --set load_detection 1
$ xrandr --addmode S-video 800x600
$ xrandr --output S-video --mode 800x600
And set mode PAL or NTSC with:
$ xrandr --output S-video --set tv_standard ntsc
If you want to use XVideo overlay on TV, try following command:
$ xvattr -a XV_CRTC -v 1