Play Puppy on your TV [SOLVED]
Play Puppy on your TV [SOLVED]
Of course the video shows Windows, but I want to know if anyone has tried this with Puppy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLeKft9Tb2s
For that matter, I wonder if it can be done not just with streaming but also with saved content...wonder if VLC or Gxine or mplayer and Puppy would work doing this...
I just am unsure about specifics on the display settings, wonder if it will automatically come up or if it takes some specific settings or other...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLeKft9Tb2s
For that matter, I wonder if it can be done not just with streaming but also with saved content...wonder if VLC or Gxine or mplayer and Puppy would work doing this...
I just am unsure about specifics on the display settings, wonder if it will automatically come up or if it takes some specific settings or other...
Last edited by steve_s on Mon 03 Nov 2008, 16:15, edited 1 time in total.
I have done it with the monitor out on my laptop hooked the the tv's monitor in.
I've been wanting to but haven't yet, hook up a permanent box to the tv and run it with tightvnc (or similar) thru my laptop. I don't see why it wouldn't work.
I've been wanting to but haven't yet, hook up a permanent box to the tv and run it with tightvnc (or similar) thru my laptop. I don't see why it wouldn't work.
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Maine, USA
Asus eeepc 1005HA PU1X-BK
Frugal install: Slacko
Currently using full install: DebianDog
by default, the standard desktop should be displayed on the TV, so you an play any videos,it acts like a monitor.
As TVs usually have a lower resolution, you might want to define a second screen, e.g. with 800x600.
This can be achieved by some lines in xorg.conf.
If you google for "xorg.conf rightof", you should find examples.
Mark
As TVs usually have a lower resolution, you might want to define a second screen, e.g. with 800x600.
This can be achieved by some lines in xorg.conf.
If you google for "xorg.conf rightof", you should find examples.
Mark
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To run puppy on a tv
first start up the xorg wizard, then
then select xorg
select screen size
then select "test"
then do the ctrl+Backspace
then select alternative drivers
then select Generic drivers
then select test
then do the ctrl+Backspace
then select next
and it should work
thats how I use it, all the time for about 2.5yrs now
ttuuxxx
Ps its a pain but works
first start up the xorg wizard, then
then select xorg
select screen size
then select "test"
then do the ctrl+Backspace
then select alternative drivers
then select Generic drivers
then select test
then do the ctrl+Backspace
then select next
and it should work
thats how I use it, all the time for about 2.5yrs now
ttuuxxx
Ps its a pain but works
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http://samples.mplayerhq.hu/A-codecs/ <-- Codec Test Files
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http://samples.mplayerhq.hu/A-codecs/ <-- Codec Test Files
http://html5games.com/ <-- excellent HTML5 games :)
...wow...thanks! I've got to give it a shot now!ttuuxxx wrote:To run puppy on a tv
first start up the xorg wizard, then
then select xorg
select screen size
then select "test"
then do the ctrl+Backspace
then select alternative drivers
then select Generic drivers
then select test
then do the ctrl+Backspace
then select next
and it should work
thats how I use it, all the time for about 2.5yrs now
ttuuxxx
Ps its a pain but works
Man, that worked great! Very cool!
Used s-video plug, then an audio plug (single from computer to double red/white for tv) for connections.
Puppy automatically went to the generic driver, but it looked pretty good, certainly not bad; watched movies on the external hard drive most of the weekend. Very cool!
FYI In 4.0 it seems gxine works better than vlc when using the tv as the monitor; not sure why that is, but it loaded better, etc. Barry did such a great job on gxine anyway that there is no problem with playing almost any format...
Used s-video plug, then an audio plug (single from computer to double red/white for tv) for connections.
Puppy automatically went to the generic driver, but it looked pretty good, certainly not bad; watched movies on the external hard drive most of the weekend. Very cool!
FYI In 4.0 it seems gxine works better than vlc when using the tv as the monitor; not sure why that is, but it loaded better, etc. Barry did such a great job on gxine anyway that there is no problem with playing almost any format...