My wife wants to give a talk to a group, and I am "technical support".

She has been given a set of slides, each with a print. My idea was to scan
these prints and turn them into a presentation with ooimpress. My video
card has an S-video outlet. Can I feed that directly into a corresponding
socket in a TV set? Australia uses 625 line 50 frame PAL.

Doug.
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Doug Laidlaw wrote:
> My wife wants to give a talk to a group, and I am "technical
support".
>
> She has been given a set of slides, each with a print. My idea was
to scan
> these prints and turn them into a presentation with ooimpress. My
video
> card has an S-video outlet. Can I feed that directly into a
corresponding
> socket in a TV set? Australia uses 625 line 50 frame PAL.

Haven't done this with OOo, but be sure to get the aspect ratio
correct.

Been some years since I've done this, but you should get some
indication from the docs with the video card. Their ability to support
alternate formats varies.

We usually had a VCR available with the TVs (mounted on a rollable
cart) and had generally better results going through the VCR interface
(as well as being already set up). If you have a VCR available, check
its capabilities as well. You may be able to use it as format
converter.

Be warned that text (and smaller grapics/details) will not resolve very
well in smaller sizes, so be sure to test what you can get by with
before "going public". Do so preferably on the TVs that will actually
be used. Otherwise, you should be able to put some combination
together that will work.

hth,
prg

On 2005-03-08, Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws@myaccess.com.au> wrote:
> card has an S-video outlet. Can I feed that directly into a corresponding
> socket in a TV set?

Can't your rent a beamer instead? The resolution of a normal TV set
sucks compared to the average monitor.

Davide

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Davide Bianchi wrote:

> On 2005-03-08, Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws@myaccess.com.au> wrote:
>> card has an S-video outlet. Can I feed that directly into a
>> corresponding socket in a TV set?
>
> Can't your rent a beamer instead? The resolution of a normal TV set
> sucks compared to the average monitor.
>
> Davide
>
Thanks Davide. I will look into it. The talk is a free service to the
retirement village where we live, so I don't want to spend too much. There
is an associated video, so a VCR will be available. This makes prg's
suggestion worth looking at. (Actually, the pictures are supplementary.)
I am told that transparencies for overhead projectors, as we call them,
(the things with a glass screen and a lens and 45 degree mirror or prism)
can be made from the prints. They can go into the kit. I wouldn't look
for better definition than with the VCR, if I can get everything to appear
on the one screen.

What is a "beamer"? I am not in the industry, and it may have a different
name here in Oz. I know that there is a projector that can show a
presentation on a screen. I really need to see what is available here at
the village (the manager is on holidays and there is no equipment visible)
and run through the complete talk with my wife. I was just "brainstorming"
at the moment.

Doug.
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Doug Laidlaw wrote:
> My wife wants to give a talk to a group, and I am "technical support".
>
> She has been given a set of slides, each with a print. My idea was to scan
> these prints and turn them into a presentation with ooimpress. My video
> card has an S-video outlet. Can I feed that directly into a corresponding
> socket in a TV set? Australia uses 625 line 50 frame PAL.
>
> Doug.

I'm assuming you're using a laptop. What video card do you have? Are you
using the cards drivers or generic drivers? NVidia cards have a nice
driver you can get from nvidia.com and they provide instructions on
setting up different types of screens. On my laptop, it has an ati card
and I'm just using generic vesa drivers (instead of ati) b/c I can get
the fn+screen key combo to switch screens. You should definately try
this first as it might be much easier. Also, when you get it working, be
sure to actually run the presentation on the screen. Different software
may give you problems when outputing stuff to the svideo out (at least
on windows you can have problems, but its still better to be safe). Good
luck.