TV Output from G200

[nehalmistry]

ok, trying to do what i want to do is as hard as building a bridge with paper but i would really appreciate ANY help that i can get. here goes:

I have and Averkey Plus adapter, it has a
-vga in(from computer),
-vga out(to monitor),
-video out(the standard output to tv), and
-S-Video out.

this device requires me to run the aver program to work, but the program is not compatible with a g200, or any matrox card for that matter. The manual sais that if i put my resolution to 640x480 and refresh rate to 60Hz it should work with any video card.

so i did exactly that, i put res=640x480, Hz=60, i connected my g200 to vga in, and then i connected video output to my samsung TV, and i turned it on. All i saw was the top 75% of the tv was black and the bottom 25% was white.

why won't it work, and what can i do to make it work????

any help appreciated

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P5A-B AMD K6-300
Matrox Milleniumm G200 AGP
Creative SB Awe32 (a classic, superb card)
Realtek 8029A NIC Card
64meg Ram
Ali V agp chipset

[Bixler]

These are probably obvious questions, but...

1. Are you outputting to the correct standard? (NTSC or PAL?) for your Television?

2. Are you sending the signal through Composite Video directly to your TV (NOT through a VCR first?)

3. Have you disabled Macrovision with the "Display properties" trick?

4. Are you attempting to output a DVD?--You may have some issues with CSS and your little adapter.

If this Averkey thingy is software driven, your rig might not have the horsepower to do the conversions on the fly.

Enough questions for now. Good Luck!!

[This message has been edited by Bixler (edited 18 July 2000).]

[nehalmistry]

1. yes, i live in canada(ntsc) and the device is ntsc.
2. yes, composite is going straight to tv.
*** 3. no, how do i disable Macrovision with the "Display properties" trick? ***
4. no, not a dvd, regular windows.

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P5A-B AMD K6-300
Matrox Milleniumm G200 AGP
Creative SB Awe32 (a classic, superb card)
Realtek 8029A NIC Card
64meg Ram
Ali V agp chipset

[Bixler]

I Really don't know if this is your problem, but:

Macrovision disable:

Pause the player at the beginning of the main movie track (not the titles)
Go to display properties and click the 'Advanced...' button.
Select 'Monitor Settings'.
Select 'Adjust the current display mode'.
Once the adjust screen appears, select 'Cancel'.
Select 'Cancel' on the remaining Display properties dialog boxes.
Unpause the movie and there will be no MacroVision protection!

Just what exactly are you trying to output to your TV? Your Windows Desktop?

[nehalmistry]

yes, i am trying to output my desktop, nothing more, for now....

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P5A-B AMD K6-300
Matrox Milleniumm G200 AGP
Creative SB Awe32 (a classic, superb card)
Realtek 8029A NIC Card
64meg Ram
Ali V agp chipset

[Maggi]

Excuse me, but what is an Averkey Plus adapter ???

[Bixler]

Good question Maggi. ;-)

I looked on their website, but you could link us to the exact model that you're trying to make work.

From what I could tell these were pure hardware adapters--no software needed unless you were in DOS mode.

Give us details on your Averkey model.

Have you looked into the Matrox G200 TV out adapter as an alternative? The RRS is on sale at the Online store for $50 US, and is made to plug right in to your g200.--Driver support has been abandoned in W2K, but this puppy will do everything the Averkey unit will do, and then some.

http://shop.matrox.com/usa/products/datasheet.asp?id=77

[Kruzin]

RRS is not for G200, it's for older Millenniums/Mystiques.
G200 uses the RR-G.

[Bixler]

Duhhh!!

Thanks Kenny.

Nehalmistry: Is this the gizmo you're working on?

http://www.avermedia.com/products/averkey3plus.html#system

[Maggi]

well, I should have asked:

What kind of adapter is that ?

A frequency converter ?

A pass through to split the signal up onto two monitors ?

TV 2 VGA ?
VGA 2 TV ?

[Haig]

Maybe this needs you to be in 16 colors. Remove our drivers and try it at 640x480@16colors.

Mags - It's a line converter that is supposed to convert each line on the moni onto the telly from the graphic card's output.

Haig

[nehalmistry]

found the website for it. maybe this can give you more information.

http://www.avermedia.com/products/averkey_plus.html

it converts vga signal to composite output.

i mailed them many times but never seemed to receive a reply.


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P5A-B AMD K6-300
Matrox Milleniumm G200 AGP
Creative SB Awe32 (a classic, superb card)
Realtek 8029A NIC Card
64meg Ram
Ali V agp chipset

[nehalmistry]

btw, i tried both 16bit colour and 32bit colour.

[Maggi]

Thanx for feedback, Haig !

and nehalmistry ... Haig meant 16 colors and not 16 bit per pixel ...

16 colors is standard VGA and therefore he suggested to uninstall the Matrox drivers.

Cheers,
Maggi

[nehalmistry]

ooooohhhhhhhh... im stupid.... ok i'll try 16 colours....

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P5A-B AMD K6-300
Matrox Milleniumm G200 AGP
Creative SB Awe32 (a classic, superb card)
Realtek 8029A NIC Card
64meg Ram
Ali V agp chipset