[MPlayer-users] Offtopic -- G400 TV-Out on a single output G400

[D Richard Felker III]

On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 03:04:21PM +0200, armin.gerritsen at philips.com wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Tuukka Toivonen wrote:
> 
> >>> Matrox sells a svga->tvout cable intended to be used with the second
> >>> svga connector on the dual screen G400s.
> 
> > Huh? Never heard! I have just such a card. How much such a cable would
> > approximately cost? Would it work in Linux using only free software?
> 
> The cable doesn't require software. It is just a cable. You need however a
> G400(-like) card with dual-head capabilities (there are also G400 cards
> without, like the one mentioned here), and of course you need drivers for
> that. You can (or at least until recently, I didn't check it) simply buy the
> cable at Matrox online.

AFAIK you do NOT need dual-head card. You just won't be able to
connect both monitor and TV at the same time if your card is
single-head... But I may be mistaken, so check and see if matroxset
works before buying/building a cable.

Rich