I am setting up a Linux system for playback of two full-screen (1024x768) videos + 4-channel audio. My good old Matrox G400 doesn't seem to be able to handle the video output, and I need a replacement. I need a card that can easily be connected to the D-SUBs on the projectors. Does anyone have a recommendation?
I have made a PD/GEM patch for playback, but since I am not doing any processing I am open for suggestions for playback software with less overhead. It has to be simple enough for computer illiterate museum staff to start and stop, though.
If anyone here has done a similar task, I'd be interested to know what hardware/software solution worked.
Frank Ekeberg
On Sat Jun 03, 2006 at 07:36:52AM -0700, Frank Ekeberg H. wrote:
I am setting up a Linux system for playback of two full-screen (1024x768) videos + 4-channel audio. My good old Matrox G400 doesn't seem to be able to handle the video output, and I need a replacement. I need a card that can easily be connected to the D-SUBs on the projectors. Does anyone have a recommendation?
any recent cheapo nvidia (so long as it has dedicated RAM) with their proprietary driver is proably the best bet in terms of reliable/low-cpu. does intel even make video cards? does anyone make cards with bnc connectors that arent $3499? might want to search newegg...
I have made a PD/GEM patch for playback, but since I am not doing any processing I am open for suggestions for playback software with less overhead.
mplayer -loop 0 -fs -xineramascreen 0 v1.avi mplayer -loop 0 -fs -xineramascreen 1 v2.avi ?
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