[mythtv-users] Component Video Output??

[Cory Papenfuss]

> The problem is that video cards output RGB, not YPrPb.  So to use
> component inputs, you have to convert RGB to YPrPb (not to mention
> get your modelines right, which is an adventure in and of itself).  I have
> not heard of anyone getting the ATI HDTV adapter to work in Linux.
>
 	Sounds like they're basically doing what I have suggested with 
regular VGA cards.  They are using the 3 DACs that normally output R, G, B 
to output Y, Pb, Pr.  I'm pretty sure that the same thing could be done 
with any video card the supports sync-on-green.  If playing video via 
XVideo extension could be told that the video card hardware YUV 
translation but then not actually translate in the card... voila... no 
color transformation necessary.

 	Of course, regular non-video would have some pretty psycho 
colors... :)

-Cory


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* Cory Papenfuss							*
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student               *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 			*
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