[MPlayer-users] Matrox G550

[David Holm]

On Thu, 2002-02-07 at 20:31, Geoffrey Trexler wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> > > [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> > > Is the Matrox G550 supported by Mplayer for Video and TV-output?
> > 
> > no
> > it is not question of mplayer support, it's lack of driver support...
> > ask matrox...
> > 
> > 
> > A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team
> > 
> So should I buy a G450? I need a video card that is capable of playing DVD's from my PC to the TV.

If all you need is dvd playback you'll probably be better off with a
hollywood plus (cheaper, about 30$ in the US and 60$ in europe)... It
will play other codecs as well, but requires on the fly conversion to
mpeg.

//David