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author | cube <cube> | 2003-10-06 04:01:39 +0000 |
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committer | cube <cube> | 2003-10-06 04:01:39 +0000 |
commit | a15e0899bcdfba5e2baf2888beb53adfcaa3a4d3 (patch) | |
tree | bc0adb1ba017958e93e37776d37877163ebe2aa2 /graphics | |
parent | 222ef4ec722d64c3d5f874e1ae3df76dc8a21ac4 (diff) | |
download | pkgsrc-a15e0899bcdfba5e2baf2888beb53adfcaa3a4d3.tar.gz |
Better description of Nvtv, as advised by salo@.
Diffstat (limited to 'graphics')
-rw-r--r-- | graphics/nvtv/DESCR | 19 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/graphics/nvtv/DESCR b/graphics/nvtv/DESCR index ec8e8e845b7..9f879f25762 100644 --- a/graphics/nvtv/DESCR +++ b/graphics/nvtv/DESCR @@ -1,6 +1,13 @@ -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. |