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authorcube <cube@pkgsrc.org>2003-10-06 04:01:39 +0000
committercube <cube@pkgsrc.org>2003-10-06 04:01:39 +0000
commitabb15afb79fd013d264687d8788089d4736598f3 (patch)
treebc0adb1ba017958e93e37776d37877163ebe2aa2 /graphics/nvtv
parent09d5e8ff495bddb74dfd46235087d03c937f628d (diff)
downloadpkgsrc-abb15afb79fd013d264687d8788089d4736598f3.tar.gz
Better description of Nvtv, as advised by salo@.
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-This is a tool to enable TV-Out on Linux for NVidia
-cards. It does not need the kernel, supports
-multiple TV encoder chips. You may use all the
-features of the chip, down to direct register
-access, and all resolutions and sizes the chip
-supports.
+Nvtv can enable, activate and configure the TV output of most NVidia cards,
+and some others, like some 3dfx ones. Nvtv probes and uses the PCI bus
+directly, thus does not need any kernel support, and allows a very low-level
+access to the multiple TV encoder chips supported. Then you have a direct
+control over the registers of the chip, and can use all the resolutions and
+sizes the board supports.
+
+Most of the accesses done by Nvtv need root privileges, and a daemon is
+provided to allow non-privileged users control the TV output of the graphics
+card.
+
+Nvtv can integrate into either a GTK1 or a GTK2 environment, with the exact
+same interface.