[vdr] Re: EpiaFB?

[Holger Waechtler <holger@convergence.de>]

Colin Paton wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> I tried this but didn't get perfect colour output. There seemed to be a 
> solarisation effect, as though the TV chip only had a limited colour depth.
>  
> I also had problems with the board I had (a Jetway BN860T - effectively 
> an EPIA but with a Celeron 1300MHz chip) using too much CPU playing 
> MPEG2 videos. In the end I cheated and bought an EPIA-M motherboard 
> instead (which uses the viafb driver). Bit of a getout I know!
>  
> Colours are much better with the TV chip on that board - but the frame 
> size isn't completely right yet, and I don't think the deflicker filter 
> is turned off which means that video output isn't perfect. But I'm sure 
> it can be tweaked!
Dok reported today on the DirectFB ML that they got properly interlaced 
and synchronized output working, but the picture is not properly scaled 
vertically, yet - this probably still needs a little work...

Holger



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