matroxset - switch the output mode of Matrox video cards
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Description
Output Matrox card video to television. PAL 50Hz and NTSC 59.94Hz are supported, Composite and S-Video
output.
Contains two demo programs, normal and swapped. First selects CRTC1 on first output and CRTC2 on second
one. Swapped connects CRTC1 to secondary head and CRTC2 to primary head. You can use these programs if
you need text mode or 8bpp mode on TV, as CRTC2 is incapable of these modes.
In program call, If VALUE is specified, set the specified option to VALUE. If VALUE is not specified,
retrieve the value of the specified option.
For technical information, see TV-outontheG450 at <http://www.bglug.ca/matrox_tvout>. See also "Matrox
Marvel" tips for G200, G400 at <http://marvel.sourceforge.net/>. Matrox frame buffer headers at
/usr/include/linux/matroxfb.hEnvironment
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Files
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Name
matroxset - switch the output mode of Matrox video cards
Options
-c Get/set control value.
-e Edit controls interactively.
-fDEVICE
Manipulate the frame buffer DEVICE (default is /dev/fb1).
-l List controls
-m Connect this frame buffer to the outputs specified in VALUE (0 is none, 1 is primary, 2 is secondary,
4 is digital flat panel; these values may be summed for multiple outputs).
-oOUTPUT
Set OUTPUT (0 is primary, 1 is secondary, default is 1) to the output mode VALUE (128 is monitor, 1
is PAL TV, 2 is NTSC TV).
-p Display information about blanking.
See Also
directvnc(1) fbdev(4) fbgrab(1) fbset(1) fbterm(1) Xvfb(1)
Synopsis
matroxset [OPTIONS] [VALUE]
