From: Dan E. <lis...@sy...> - 2002-05-29 12:27:30
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On Wed, 29 May 2002 06:44:30 +0200 Gabucino <gab...@mp...> wrote: > I doubt it, as mga_vid has more features than syncfb afaik. You are wrong and correct at the same time. SyncFB does not have the SAME features as mga_vid, but has many. mga_vid provides a direct way to access supported Matrox cards while making use of card-based colour conversion and image scaling. SyncFB was reworked to target the users of high-resolution displays (your monitor). From the SyncFB website: --------------------------- D E S C R I P T I O N A video output driver for the Matrox G200/G400 cards based on mga_vid by Aaron Holzmann. It synchronizes an image stream with the displays frequency by implementing a fifo buffer on the card. It also supports image scaling though the backend scaler and simple de-interlacing by scaling the video fields. ---------------------------- The biggest advantage is the synchronization of the video to the monitor refresh. This avoids the video "tearing" problem. If you want tv-out, use mga_vid. The features of syncfb are not beneficial to tv-out anyway. SyncFB was designed for monitor output. This is what it's features tailor. Dan |