[ltp] Direct Video on TV with S-Video

[Alex Deucher]

On 5/5/05, Guillermo Latorre <superwillyfoc@rastafurbi.org> wrote:
> Hello list!
>=20
> I have tried to connect my Thinkpad T41 (2373) to the television today,
> using the S-Video connector. Yesterday someone gave me a converter from
> S-Video To RCA and today I have tried it, with no results... :(
>=20
> I have no idea about this theme, and maybe someone could help me... I
> want to connect the laptop with the converter, so I can connect the RCA
> (the yellow wire) and then connect also the RCA to the TV in-RCA
> connector. Then the TV knows I have done something and changes the
> channel to AV3, so I start my computer but nothing of my laptop appear
> on the TV.
>=20
> Have anyone tried it? Don't know if is some software necessary for
> this...

The radeon driver needs support for tv-out before you can use it.  I
started working on it a while back, but never finished.  you may be
able to get it to work in the console using the bios.

Alex

>=20
> Thank you very much!
>=20
> Guille
>