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1 DXR3/H+ video/audio output plugins manual by David Holm
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2 =======================================================
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4 2001-11-28: ffmpeg replaced with mp1e, divx playback
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5 won't get much faster than this, huge thanks
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6 goes out to Ivan Kalvachev for helping me
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7 fix the final mp1e bugs (and contributing
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8 to the libvo2 development)
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10 2001-11-27: -ao dxr3 now works, still a few bugs though
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11 you might have to reload the em8300 modules
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12 after a playback or you might get static the
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13 next time you use the dxr3 audio interface.
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15 1. Introduction
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17 The DXR3 and Hollywood+ are two not too different mpeg-(1/2) and ac3
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18 hardware playback cards that came at about the same time as the first
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19 dvd-rom drives hit the market. At that time most computers weren't
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20 powerful enough for synced software dvd playback. And even the faster
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21 (intel-based) computers had troubles with artifacts.
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22 Sigma Designs came up with the great idea to create a hardware
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23 mpeg-(1/2), ac3 decoder. Sigma Designs are known for their realmagic
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24 hardware (or they bought the company who came up with the first
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25 realmagic boards, I don't know which).
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26 Later Creative Labs thought, hey, we also wan't this product, and to
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27 distribute it with our dvd-drives (the DVD Encore packages if I recall
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28 correctly). So they bought the designs for the Hollywood plus and
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29 replaced the circuit used to produce a proper video feed for tv's
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30 called adv7170 or adv7175a depending on which h+ board you own with
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31 a bt865. The reason for this is beyond my understanding as this seems
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32 complete illogical to me, but I have had great experiences with
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33 bt(brooktree) circuits in the past, so I don't mind.
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34 Well, nowadays most people have no use for a mpeg-(1/2) or ac3
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35 hardware decoder since most computers these days have no problem doing
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36 this in software and have cycles left for posprocessing (removing of
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37 artefacts and other garbage produced by compression).
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38 These days, you have two uses for this card:
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39 1. You have a slow computer which you use for vcd/dvd playback
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40 2. You discover what I have done with the implementation of this as
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41 an audio/video output device for mplayer (read on and you'll find
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42 out).
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46 2. Requirements
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48 * First of all you will need the DXR3/H+ drivers properly installed,
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49 including the dev-api.
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50 These can be downloaded from dxr3.sourceforge.net (I suggest using
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51 the CVS version since most of the time I use the latest features
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52 which are only available through cvs)
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55 RTE from zapping.sourceforge.net compile and install it BEFORE
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56 running configure in the mplayer dir.
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58 * Run <mplayerdir>/configure and make sure that DXR3/H+ support =yes
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59 and optionally that mp1e rte = yes, if it's = no, please mail me
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60 your configure.log and I'll fix it.
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62 From here on compilation (of at least my code ;) should go without
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63 problems.
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69 After installation you will have two new outdevices in mplayer:
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70 -vo dxr3 For video output
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73 MPEG-1, MPEG-2, VCD and DVD Notes
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74 There are some notes to take into account here for optimum playback.
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75 When playing any mpeg-(1/2) file, this including usage of the "-dvd"
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76 and "-vcd" options you must either add the "-vc mpegpes" or edit
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77 codecs.conf and make sure videocodec mpegpes is listed above mpeg12.
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78 If you fail to do this you will only get software playback which kinda
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79 spoils most of the useful features of this card except for tv-out ;).
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80 Remember that if you edit the codecs.conf file and move the mpegpes
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81 section will have to specify "-vc mpeg12" if you want to playback
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82 any of these video types _without_ "-vo dxr3"!
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86 I've switched to mp1e from ffmpeg so it should be lightning fast now.
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89 Currently they don't work. I'm working on implementing libvo2 which
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90 will be a much more convenient and faster way of working with
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91 vo<->codec interaction. If libvo2 takes longer to develop than I
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92 have estimated perhaps I'll add more codec support to libvo. Otherwise
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93 you'll just have to wait for libvo2. (there is an implementation
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94 for other codecs, but I think it's pretty broken currently ;)
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101 icq: 798427
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102 Feedback, bugreports and general suggestions are appreciated (preferably
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103 by e-mail). My name is David Holm for those of you who are incapable of
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