[Savage40] TV out and norms ?

[Alex Deucher]

--- Tim Roberts <timr at probo.com> wrote:

> Pierre Mauduit wrote:
> 
> >Hi,
> >
> >I tried last week to manage the tv out of my laptop with s3switch
> >(thanks Tim for this prog ;-)), but i could not succeed in switching
> the
> >norm to secam (I'm probably the only french guy on the list,
> right?),
> >neither to Pal, only NTSC and NTSC japan;
> >  
> >
> 
> Interesting; none of the S3 BIOSes for which I have source code
> include 
> support for SECAM at all.  I had never noticed that.
> 

It's possible the driver programs the tv-encoder directly in certain
configurations.  the prosavage/twister chips did not have an integrated
tv-encoder so they used external ones (usally VIA and Crontel IIRC). If
that's the case, you'll need to scare up the encoder docs and program
it correctly (probably via i2c).

Alex

> There are quite a number of French folk on the mailing list, but 
> apparently none of them are using a TV.
> 
> >Since I succeeded in getting an image on my TV, I think it might be
> >possible to switch to the correct video mode, at least Pal, which
> must
> >be compatible with my equipments. I would like to know if somebody
> >already has the problem and how to correct it.
> >  
> >
> 
> I do not know what to tell you.  It's possible to view PAL on an NTSC
> 
> television (without color), and often vice versa, but I do not know
> how 
> interoperable SECAM is with the other standards.
> 
> -- 
> Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
> 
 



		
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