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added notes about enhanced Neomagic and Savage4 drivers
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6 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1>2.3.1. Video output devices</A></B></P>
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10 <TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>General:</B></P></TD><TR>
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13 sans-serif" size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.13>x11</A></TD><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD><FONT
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14 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>X11 with optional SHM
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15 extension</TD><TR>
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18 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>X11 using overlays with the Xvideo extension
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19 (hardware YUV & scaling)</TD><TR>
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20 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
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21 size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.10>gl</A></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial,
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22 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>OpenGL renderer, so far works only with:
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23 <UL><LI>all cards with Utah-GLX
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24 <LI>Matrox cards with X/DRI >=4.0.3
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25 <LI>Radeon with X/DRI CVS</UL></TD><TR>
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28 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>OpenGL renderer, multiple textures version</TD><TR>
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30 size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.3>dga</A></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial,
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31 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>X11 DGA extension</TD><TR>
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33 size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.6>fbdev</A></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial,
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34 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Output to general framebuffers</TD><TR>
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37 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Output to SVGAlib</TD><TR>
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39 size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.4>sdl</A></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial,
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40 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>
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41 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>1.1.7:</CODE> supports software scaling<BR>
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42 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>1.1.8:</CODE> supports Xvideo (hardware scaling/fullscreen)<BR>
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43 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>1.2.0:</CODE> supports AAlib (-vo aa is very recommended, see below!)</TD><TR>
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52 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Output to VESA BIOS.</TD><TR>
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53 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
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54 size=2><a href=#2.3.1.15>vidix</a></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial,
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55 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>VIDeo Interface for *niX (this entry is not a
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56 real driver, but an explanation of VIDIX)</TD><TR>
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57 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
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58 size=2><a href=#2.3.1.15>xvidix</a></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial,
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59 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>VIDIX in X window</TD><TR>
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62 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Direct Framebuffer Device</TD><TR>
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65 size=2>Card specific:</B></P></TD><TR>
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68 sans-serif" size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.7>mga</A></TD><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD><FONT
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69 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Matrox G200/G400 hardware
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70 YUV overlay via the mga_vid device</TD><TR>
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73 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Matrox G200/G400 overlay (mga_vid) in X11
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74 window<BR>
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78 sans-serif" size=2>Matrox G400 YUV support on framebuffer (obsoleted, use
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79 mga/xmga)</TD><TR>
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82 size=2>Voodoo3/Banshee hardware YUV (/dev/3dfx) support (not yet tested, maybe
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86 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Voodoo3/Banshee hardware YUV support on tdfx
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90 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Displaying on ZR360[56]7 based
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91 MJPEG boards (DC10(+), LML33, Buz)</TD><TR>
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102 size=2>PGM files output (for testing purposes or ffmpeg encoding)</TD><TR>
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107 size=2>null</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
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108 size=2>Null output (for speed tests/benchmarking)</TD><TR>
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111 <P>NOTE: <I>check the following subsections for details and requirements!</I></P>
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114 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.1>2.3.1.1. Setting up MTRR</A></B></P>
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116 <P>It is VERY recommended to check if the MTRR registers are set up properly,
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117 because they can give a big performance boost.</P>
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119 <P>Do a '<CODE>cat /proc/mtrr</CODE>' :</P>
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121 <P><CODE>
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122 --($:~)-- cat /proc/mtrr<BR>
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123 reg00: base=0xe4000000 (3648MB), size= 16MB: write-combining, count=9<BR>
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124 reg01: base=0xd8000000 (3456MB), size= 128MB: write-combining, count=1<BR>
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125 </CODE></P>
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127 <P>It's right, shows my Matrox G400 with 16Mb memory. I did this from
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128 XFree 4.x.x , which sets up MTRR registers automatically.</P>
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130 <P>If nothing worked, you have to do it manually. First, you have to find the base
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132 You have 3 ways to find it:</P>
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134 <P><UL>
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135 <LI>from X11 startup messages, for example:
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136 <P><CODE>(--) SVGA: PCI: Matrox MGA G400 AGP rev 4, Memory @ 0xd8000000, 0xd4000000<BR>
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137 (--) SVGA: Linear framebuffer at 0xD8000000</CODE></P></LI>
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140 <CODE>01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc.: Unknown device 0525</CODE>
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141 <CODE>Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)</CODE>
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143 <LI>from mga_vid kernel driver messages (use dmesg):
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144 <P><CODE>mga_mem_base = d8000000</CODE></P>
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145 </UL></P>
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147 <P>Then let's find the memory size. This is very easy, just convert video ram
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148 size to hexadecimal, or use this table:</P>
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150 <TABLE BORDER=0>
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151 <TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD>1 MB</TD><TD WIDTH=10%></TD><TD>0x100000</TD><TR>
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152 <TD></TD><TD>2 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x200000</TD><TR>
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153 <TD></TD><TD>4 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x400000</TD><TR>
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154 <TD></TD><TD>8 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x800000</TD><TR>
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155 <TD></TD><TD>16 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x1000000</TD><TR>
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156 <TD></TD><TD>32 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x2000000</TD><TR>
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157 </TABLE>
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160 <P>You know base address and memory size, let's setup mtrr registers!
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161 For example, for the Matrox card above (base=0xd8000000) with 32MB
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162 ram (size=0x2000000) just execute:</P>
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165 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;echo "base=0xd8000000 size=0x2000000 type=write-combining" &gt;| /proc/mtrr</CODE></P>
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168 <P>Not all CPUs support MTRRs. For example older K6-2's [around 266Mhz,
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169 stepping 0] doesn't support MTRR, but stepping 12's do ('<CODE>cat /proc/cpuinfo</CODE>'
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170 to check it').</P>
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172 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2>2.3.1.2. Xv</A></B></P>
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175 using the XVideo extension. This is what the option '-vo xv' uses. Also,
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176 this is driver supports adjusting brightness/contrast/hue/etc (unless you use
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177 the old, slow DirectShow DivX codec, which supports it everywhere), see the
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178 manpage.</P>
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179
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180 <P>In order to make this work, be sure to check the following:</P>
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181 <P><UL>
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182 <LI>You have to use XFree86 4.0.2 or newer (former versions don't have XVideo)
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183 <LI>Your card actually supports hardware acceleration (modern cards do)
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184 <LI>X loads the XVideo extension, it's something like this:
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186 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;(II) Loading extension XVideo</CODE></P>
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187 <P>in /var/log/XFree86.0.log</P>
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189 <P>NOTE: this loads only the XFree86's extension. In a good install, this is
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190 always loaded, and doesn't mean that the _card's_ XVideo support is loaded!</P>
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192 <LI>Your card has Xv support under Linux. To check, try 'xvinfo', it is the
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193 part of the XFree86 distribution. It should display a long text, similar
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194 to this:
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195 <PRE>
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196 X-Video Extension version 2.2
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197 screen #0
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198 Adaptor #0: "Savage Streams Engine"
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199 number of ports: 1
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200 port base: 43
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201 operations supported: PutImage
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202 supported visuals:
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204 depth 16, visualID 0x23
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206 (...)
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207 Number of image formats: 7
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208 id: 0x32595559 (YUY2)
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209 guid: 59555932-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
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210 bits per pixel: 16
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211 number of planes: 1
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212 type: YUV (packed)
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213 id: 0x32315659 (YV12)
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214 guid: 59563132-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
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215 bits per pixel: 12
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217 type: YUV (planar)
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218 (...etc...)
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219 </PRE>
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221 <P>It must support YUY2 packed, and YV12 planar pixel formats to be
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222 usable with <B>MPlayer</B>.</P>
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224 <LI>And finally, check if <B>MPlayer</B> was compiled with 'xv' support.
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225 ./configure prints this.
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227 </UL></P>
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229 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.1>2.3.1.2.1. 3dfx cards</A></B></P>
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231 <P>Older 3dfx drivers were known to have problems with XVideo acceleration,
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232 it didn't support either YUY2 or YV12, and so. Verify that you have
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233 XFree86 version 4.1.0 or greater, it works ok with YUY2, but <B>crashes
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234 with YV12</B>! Thus, either wait for 4.2.0 or use the
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235 <A HREF="http://dri.sourceforge.net">DRI</A> cvs.
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236 If you experience strange effects using -vo xv, try SDL (it has XVideo too)
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237 and see if it helps. Check the <A HREF="#2.3.1.4">SDL section</A> for details.</P>
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239 <P><B>OR</B>, try the NEW -vo tdfxfb driver! See the <A HREF=#2.3.1.9>2.3.1.9</A>
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240 section!</P>
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243 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.2>2.3.1.2.2. S3 cards</A></B></P>
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245 <P>S3 Savage3D's should work fine, but for Savage4, use XFree86 version 4.0.3
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246 or greater (in case of image problems, try 16bpp). As for S3 Virge.. there is
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247 xv support, but the card itself is very slow, so you better sell it.</P>
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248
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249 <P><B>NOTE</B>: Savage cards have a slow YV12 image displaying capability (it needs
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250 to do YV12->YUY2 conversion, because the Savage hardware can't display YV12).
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251 So when this documentation says at some point "this has YV12 output use this,
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252 it's faster", it's not sure. Try <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/contrib/Savage-driver/savage_drv.o.mmx2.bz2">this
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253 driver</A>, it uses MMX2 for this task and is faster than the native X driver.</P>
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256 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.3>2.3.1.2.3. nVidia cards</A></B></P>
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258 <P>nVidia isn't a very good choice under Linux (according to NVidia, this
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259 is <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#nvidia">not true</A>).. You'll have to use the
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260 binary closed-source nVidia driver, available at nVidia's website. The standard XFree86
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261 driver doesn't support XVideo for these cards, due to nVidia's closed
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262 sources/specifications.</P>
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264 <P>As far as I know the latest XFree86 driver contains XVideo support for
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265 Geforce 2 and 3.</P>
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266
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267 <P><UL><LI>Riva128 cards don't have XVideo support even with the nvidia driver :(
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268 Complain to NVidia.</UL></P>
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271 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.4>2.3.1.2.4. ATI cards</A></B></P>
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273 <P>
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274 <LI>The <A HREF="http://www.linuxvideo.org/gatos">GATOS driver</A> (which you
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275 should use, unless you have Rage128 or Radeon) has VSYNC enabled by default. It
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276 means that decoding speed (!) is synced to the monitor's refresh rate. If
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277 playing seems to be slow, try disabling VSYNC somehow, or set refresh rate to
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278 n*(fps of the movie) Hz.</LI>
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279
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280 <LI>Radeon VE - currently only XFree86 CVS has driver for this card, version
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281 4.1.0 doesn't. And no TV out support. Of course with <B>MPlayer</B> you can
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282 happily get <B>accelerated</B> display, with or without <B>TV output</B>, and
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283 no libraries or X are needed. Read <a href=#2.3.1.15>Vidix</a> and <A
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284 HREF=#2.3.1.14>Radeon video overlay</A> sections).</LI> </P>
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287 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.5>2.3.1.2.5. NeoMagic cards</A></B></P>
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288
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289 <P>These cards can be found in many laptops. Unfortunately, the driver in
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290 X 4.2.0 can't do Xv, but we have a modified, Xv-capable driver for you.
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291 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/contrib/NeoMagic-driver/neomagic_drv.o.4.2.0.bz2">Download from here</A>.
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292 Driver provided by Atmosfear.</P>
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293
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295 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.6>2.3.1.2.6. Trident cards</A></B></P>
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296
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297 <P>If you want to use xv with a trident card, provided that it doesn't
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298 work with 4.1.0, try the latest cvs of Xfree or wait for Xfree 4.2.0.
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299 The latest cvs adds support for fullscreen xv support with the
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300 Cyberblade XP card.</P>
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301
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302 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3>2.3.1.3. DGA</A></B></P>
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304 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.1>2.3.1.3.1. Summary</A></B></P>
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306 <P>This document tries to explain in some words what DGA is in general and
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307 what the DGA video output driver for mplayer can do (and what it can't).</P>
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310 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.2>2.3.1.3.2. What is DGA</A></B></P>
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312 <P>DGA is short for Direct Graphics Access and is a means for a program to
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313 bypass the X-Server and directly modifying the framebuffer memory.
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314 Technically spoken this happens by mapping the framebuffer memory into
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315 the memory range of your process. This is allowed by the kernel only
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316 if you have superuser privileges. You can get these either by logging in
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317 as root or by setting the suid bit on the mplayer excecutable (NOT
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318 recommended!).</P>
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320 <P>There are two versions of DGA: DGA1 is used by XFree 3.x.x and DGA2 was
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321 introduced with XFree 4.0.1.</P>
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323 <P>DGA1 provides only direct framebuffer access as described above. For
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324 switching the resolution of the video signal you have to rely on the
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325 XVidMode extension.</P>
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327 <P>DGA2 incorporates the features of XVidMode extension and also allows
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328 switching the depth of the display. So you may, although basically
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329 running a 32 bit depth XServer, switch to a depth of 15 bits and vice
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330 versa. </P>
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332 <P>However DGA has some drawbacks. It seems it is somewhat dependent on the
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333 graphics chip you use and on the implementation of the XServer's video
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334 driver that controls this chip. So it does not work on every system ...</P>
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337 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.3>2.3.1.3.3. Installing DGA support for MPlayer</A></B></P>
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338
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339 <P>First make sure X loads the DGA extension, see in /var/log/XFree86.0.log:</P>
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340
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341 <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA</CODE></P>
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342
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343 <P>See, XFree86 4.0.x or greater is VERY RECOMMENDED!
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344 <B>MPlayer</B>'s DGA driver is autodetected on ./configure, or you can force it
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345 with --enable-dga.</P>
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347 <P>If the driver couldn't switch to a smaller resolution, experiment with
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348 switches -vm (only with X 3.3.x), -fs, -bpp, -zoom to find a video mode that
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349 the movie fits in. There is no converter right now.. :(</P>
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350
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351 <P>Become ROOT. DGA needs root access to be able to write directly video memory.
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352 If you want to run it as user, then install <B>MPlayer</B> SUID root:</P>
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354 <P><CODE>
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355 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer<BR>
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356 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;chmod 750 /usr/local/bin/mplayer<BR>
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357 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;chmod +s /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE></P>
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360 <P>Now it works as a simple user, too.</P>
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363 <P><B>!!!! BUT STAY TUNED !!!!</B><BR>
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364 This is a <B>BIG</B> security risk! Never do this on a server or on a computer
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365 can be accessed by more people than only you because they can gain root
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366 privilegies through suid root mplayer.<BR>
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367 <B>!!!! SO YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ... !!!!</B></P>
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368
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369 <P>Now use '-vo dga' option, and there you go! (hope so:)
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370 You should also try if the '-vo sdl:dga' option works for you! It's much
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371 faster!!!</P>
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372
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373 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.4>2.3.1.3.4. Resolution switching</A></B></P>
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374
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375 <P>The DGA driver allows for switching the resolution of the output signal.
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376 This avoids the need for doing (slow) software scaling and at the same
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377 time provides a fullscreen image. Ideally it would switch to the exact
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378 resolution (except for honouring aspect ratio) of the video data, but the
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379 XServer only allows switching to resolutions predefined in
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380 <CODE>/etc/X11/XF86Config</CODE> (<CODE>/etc/X11/XF86Config-4</CODE> for XFree 4.0.X respectively).
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381 Those are defined by so-called modelines and depend on the capabilites
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382 of your video hardware. The XServer scans this config file on startup and
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383 disables the modelines not suitable for your hardware. You can find
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384 out which modes survive with the X11 log file. It can be found at:
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385 <CODE>/var/log/XFree86.0.log</CODE>.</P>
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386 <P>See appendix A for some sample modeline definitions.</P>
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387
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388 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.5>2.3.1.3.5. DGA &amp; MPlayer</A></B></P>
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390 <P>DGA is used in two places with <B>MPlayer</B>: The SDL driver can be made to make
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391 use of it (-vo sdl:dga) and within the DGA driver (-vo dga).
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392 The above said is true for both; in the following sections I'll explain
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393 how the DGA driver for <B>MPlayer</B> works.</P>
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395 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.6>2.3.1.3.6. Features of the DGA driver</A></B></P>
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396
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397 <P>The DGA driver is invoked by specifying -vo dga at the command line.
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398 The default behaviour is to switch to a resolution matching the original
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399 resolution of the video as close as possible. It deliberately ignores the
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400 -vm and -fs switches (enabling of video mode switching and fullscreen) -
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401 it always tries to cover as much area of your screen as possible by switching
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402 the video mode, thus refraining to use a single additional cycle of your CPU
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403 to scale the image.
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404 If you don't like the mode it chooses you may force it to choose the mode
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405 matching closest the resolution you specify by -x and -y.
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406 By providing the -v option, the DGA driver will print, among a lot of other
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407 things, a list of all resolutions supported by your current XF86-Config
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408 file.
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409 Having DGA2 you may also force it to use a certain depth by using the -bpp
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410 option. Valid depths are 15, 16, 24 and 32. It depends on your hardware
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411 whether these depths are natively supported or if a (possibly slow)
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412 conversion has to be done.</P>
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414 <P>If you should be lucky enough to have enough offscreen memory left to
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415 put a whole image there, the DGA driver will use doublebuffering, which
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416 results in much smoother movie replaying. It will tell you whether double-
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417 buffering is enabled or not.</P>
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419 <P>Doublebuffering means that the next frame of your video is being drawn in
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420 some offscreen memory while the current frame is being displayed. When the
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421 next frame is ready, the graphics chip is just told the location in memory
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422 of the new frame and simply fetches the data to be displayed from there.
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423 In the meantime the other buffer in memory will be filled again with new
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424 video data.</P>
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425
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426 Doublebuffering may be switched on by using the option -double and may be
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427 disabled with -nodouble. Current default option is to disable
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428 doublebuffering. When using the DGA driver, onscreen display (OSD) only
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429 works with doublebuffering enabled. However, enabling doublebuffering may
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430 result in a big speed penalty (on my K6-II+ 525 it used an additional 20% of
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431 CPU time!) depending on the implementation of DGA for your hardware.</P>
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434 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.7>2.3.1.3.7. Speed issues</A></B></P>
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435
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436 <P>Generally spoken, DGA framebuffer access should be at least as fast as using
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437 the X11 driver with the additional benefit of getting a fullscreen image.
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438 The percentage speed values printed by mplayer have to be interpreted with
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439 some care, as for example, with the X11 driver they do not include the time
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440 used by the X-Server needed for the actual drawing. Hook a terminal to a
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441 serial line of your box and start top to see what is really going on in your
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442 box ...</P>
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443
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444 <P>Generally spoken, the speedup done by using DGA against 'normal' use of X11
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445 highly depends on your graphics card and how well the X-Server module for it
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446 is optimized.</P>
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448 <P>If you have a slow system, better use 15 or 16bit depth since they require
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449 only half the memory bandwidth of a 32 bit display.</P>
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451 <P>Using a depth of 24bit is even a good idea if your card natively just supports
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452 32 bit depth since it transfers 25% less data compared to the 32/32 mode.</P>
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453
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454 <P>I've seen some avi files already be replayed on a Pentium MMX 266. AMD K6-2
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455 CPUs might work at 400 MHZ and above.</P>
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457 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.8>2.3.1.3.8. Known bugs</A></B></P>
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459 <P>Well, according to some developpers of XFree, DGA is quite a beast. They
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460 tell you better not to use it. Its implementation is not always flawless
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461 with every chipset driver for XFree out there.</P>
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463 <P><UL>
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464 <LI>with XFree 4.0.3 and nv.o there is a bug resulting in strange colors
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465 <LI>ATI driver requires to switch mode back more than once after finishing
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466 using of DGA
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467 <LI>some drivers simply fail to switch back to normal resolution (use
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468 Ctrl-Alt-Keypad +, - to switch back manually)
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469 <LI>some drivers simply display strange colors
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470 <LI>some drivers lie about the amount of memory they map into the process's
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471 address space, thus vo_dga won't use doublebuffering (SIS?)
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472 <LI>some drivers seem to fail to report even a single valid mode. In this
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473 case the DGA driver will crash telling you about a nonsense mode of
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474 100000x100000 or the like ...
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475 <LI>OSD only works with doublebuffering enabled
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476 </UL></P>
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477
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478 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.9>2.3.1.3.9. Future work</A></B></P>
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479
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480 <P><UL><LI>use of the new X11 render interface for OSD
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481 <LI>where is my TODO list ???? :-(((</UL></P>
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484 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.A>2.3.1.3.A. Some modelines</A></B></P>
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486 <PRE>
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487 Section "Modes"
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488 Identifier "Modes[0]"
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489 Modeline "800x600" 40 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628
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490 Modeline "712x600" 35.0 712 740 850 900 400 410 412 425
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491 Modeline "640x480" 25.175 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525
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492 Modeline "400x300" 20 400 416 480 528 300 301 303 314 Doublescan
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493 Modeline "352x288" 25.10 352 368 416 432 288 296 290 310
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494 Modeline "352x240" 15.750 352 368 416 432 240 244 246 262 Doublescan
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495 Modeline "320x240" 12.588 320 336 384 400 240 245 246 262 Doublescan
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496 EndSection
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497 </PRE>
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499 <P>These entries work fine with my Riva128 chip, using nv.o XServer driver
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500 module.</P>
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503 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.B>2.3.1.3.B. Bug Reports</A></B></P>
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505 <P>If you experience troubles with the DGA driver please feel free to file
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506 a bug report to me (e-mail address below). Please start mplayer with the
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507 -v option and include all lines in the bug report that start with vo_dga:</P>
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508
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509 <P>Please do also include the version of X11 you are using, the graphics card
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510 and your CPU type. The X11 driver module (defined in XF86-Config) might
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511 also help. Thanks!</P>
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513
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514 <P><I>Acki (acki@acki-netz.de, www.acki-netz.de)</I></P>
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517 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.4>2.3.1.4. SDL</A></B></P>
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518
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519 <P>SDL (Simple Directmedia Layer) is basically an unified video/audio
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520 interface. Programs that use it know only about SDL, and not about what video
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521 or audio driver does SDL actually use. For example a Doom port using SDL can
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522 run on svgalib, aalib, X, fbdev, and others, you only have to specify the
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523 (for example) video driver to use with the SDL_VIDEODRIVER environment
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524 variable. Well, in theory.</P>
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525
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526 <P>With <B>MPlayer</B>, we used its X11 driver's software scaler ability for
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527 cards/drivers that doesn't support XVideo, until we made our own (faster,
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528 nicer) software scaler. Also we used its aalib output, but now we have ours
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529 which is more comfortable. Its DGA mode was better than ours, until
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530 recently. Get it now? :)</P>
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531
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532 <P>It also helps with some buggy drivers/cards if the video is jerky
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533 (not slow system problem), or audio is lagging.</P>
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534
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535 <P>Here are some notes about SDL out in <B>MPlayer</B>.</P>
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539 <P><TABLE BORDER=0>
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540 <TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>There are several commandline switches for SDL:</B></P></TD><TR>
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541 <TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-vo sdl:name</TD><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD>
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542 <FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>specifies sdl video driver to use (ie. aalib, dga, x11)</TD><TR>
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543 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-ao sdl:name</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>specifies sdl audio driver to use (ie. dsp,
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544 esd, arts)</TD><TR>
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545 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-noxv</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>disables Xvideo hardware acceleration</TD><TR>
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546 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-forcexv</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>tries to force Xvideo acceleration</TD><TR>
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547
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548 <TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>SDL Keys:</B></P></TD><TR>
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549
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550 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>F</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>toggles fullscreen/windowed mode</TD><TR>
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551 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>C</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>cycles available fullscreen modes</TD><TR>
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552 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>W/S</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>mappings for * and / (mixer control)</TD><TR>
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554 </TABLE></P>
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555
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556 <P><B>KNOWN BUGS:</B></P>
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557 <P><UL><LI>Keys pressed under sdl:aalib console driver repeat forever. (use -vo aa !)
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558 It's bug in SDL, I can't change it (tested with SDL 1.2.1).
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559 </UL></P>
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561 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.5>2.3.1.5. SVGAlib</A></B></P>
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562
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563 <P>If you don't have X, you can use the SVGAlib target! Be sure not to use the
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564 -fs switch, since it toggles the usage of the software scaler, and it's
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565 SLOOOW now, unless you have a real fast CPU (and/or MTRR?). :(</P>
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566
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567 <P>Of course you'll have to install svgalib and its development package in
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568 order for <B>MPlayer</B> build its SVGAlib driver (autodetected, but can be
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569 forced), and don't forget to edit /etc/vga/libvga.config to suit your
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570 card &amp; monitor.</P>
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571
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572 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.6>2.3.1.6. Framebuffer output (FBdev)</A></B></P>
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573
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574 <P>Whether to build the FBdev target is autodetected during ./configure .
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575 Read the framebuffer documentation in the kernel sources
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576 (Documentation/fb/*) for info on how to enable it, etc.. !</P>
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577
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578 <P>If your card doesn't support VBE 2.0 standard (older ISA/PCI
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579 cards, such as S3 Trio64), only VBE 1.2 (or older?) :
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580 Well, VESAfb is still available, but you'll have to load SciTech Display
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581 Doctor (formerly UniVBE) before booting Linux. Use a DOS boot disk or
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582 whatever. And don't forget to register your UniVBE ;))</P>
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583
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584 <P>The FBdev output takes some additional parameters above the others:</P>
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585
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586 <P><TABLE BORDER=0>
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587 <TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-fb</TD><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD>
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588 <FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>specify the framebuffer device to use (/dev/fb0)</TD><TR>
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589 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-fbmode</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>mode name to use (according to /etc/fb.modes)</TD><TR>
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590 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-fbmodeconfig</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> config file of modes (default /etc/fb.modes)</TD><TR>
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591 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-monitor_hfreq</TD><TD></TD><TD ROWSPAN=3><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>IMPORTANT values, see example.conf</TD><TR>
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593 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-monitor_dotclock</TD><TD></TD><TR>
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594 </TABLE></P>
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596 <P>If you want to change to a specific mode, then use</P>
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598 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mplayer -vm -fbmode (NameOfMode) filename</CODE></P>
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600 <P><UL><LI><B>-vm</B> alone will choose the most suitable mode from /etc/fb.modes . Can be
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601 used together with -x and -y options too. The -flip option is supported only
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602 if the movie's pixel format matches the video mode's pixel format.
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603 Pay attention to the bpp value, fbdev driver tries to use the current,
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604 or if you specify the -bpp option, then that.</LI>
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605 <LI><B>-zoom</B> option isn't supported (software scaling is slow). -fs option
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606 isn't supported. You can't use 8bpp (or less) modes.</LI>
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607 <LI>you possibly want to turn the cursor off : <CODE>echo -e '\033[?25l'</CODE>
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608 or <CODE>setterm -cursor off</CODE><BR>
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609 and the screen saver: <CODE>setterm -blank 0</CODE><BR>
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610 To turn the cursor back on : <CODE>echo -e '\033[?25h'</CODE>
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611 or <CODE>setterm -cursor on</CODE>
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612 </UL></P>
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614 <P>NOTE: FBdev video mode changing _does not work_ with the VESA framebuffer,
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615 and don't ask for it, since it's not an <B>MPlayer</B> limitation.</P>
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617 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.7>2.3.1.7. Matrox framebuffer (mga_vid)</A></B></P>
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619 <P>This section is about the Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550 BES (Back-End Scaler)
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620 support, the mga_vid kernel driver. It's active developed by me (A'rpi), and
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621 it has hardware VSYNC support with triple buffering. It works on both
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622 framebuffer console and under X.</P>
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623
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624 <P><B>WARNING</B>: on non-Linux systems, use <A HREF=#2.3.1.15>Vidix</A> for
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625 mga_vid !!!</P>
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626
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627 <P>To use it, you first have to compile mga_vid.o:</P>
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629 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;cd drivers<BR>
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630 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;make</CODE></P>
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632 <P>Then create /dev/mga_vid device:</P>
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634 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mknod /dev/mga_vid c 178 0</CODE></P>
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636 <P>and load the driver with</P>
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637
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638 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;insmod mga_vid.o</CODE></P>
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640 <P>You should verify the memory size detection using the 'dmesg' command. If
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641 it's bad, use the mga_ram_size option (rmmod mga_vid first), specify card's
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642 memory size in MB:</P>
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644 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;insmod mga_vid.o mga_ram_size=16</CODE></P>
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645
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646 <P>To make it load/unload automatically when needed, first insert the following line
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647 at the end of /etc/modules.conf:</P>
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649 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;alias char-major-178 mga_vid</CODE></P>
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651 <P>Then copy the <CODE>mga_vid.o</CODE> module to the appropriate place under
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652 <CODE>/lib/modules/&lt;kernel version&gt;/somewhere</CODE>.</P>
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653
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654 <P>Then run</P>
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655
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656 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;depmod -a</CODE></P>
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658 <P>Now you have to (re)compile <B>MPlayer</B>, ./configure will detect /dev/mga_vid
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659 and build the 'mga' driver. Using it from <B>MPlayer</B> goes by '-vo mga' if
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660 you have matroxfb console, or '-vo xmga' under XFree86 3.x.x or 4.x.x.</P>
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661
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662 <P>The mga_vid driver cooperates with Xv.</P>
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663
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664 <P>The <CODE>/dev/mga_vid</CODE> device file can be read (for example by
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665 <CODE>cat /dev/mga_vid</CODE>) for some info, and written for brightness
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666 change : <CODE>echo "brightness=120" > /dev/mga_vid</CODE></P>
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667
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669 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.8>2.3.1.8. SiS 6326 framebuffer (sis_vid)</A></B></P>
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671 <P>SiS 6326 YUV Framebuffer driver -> sis_vid kernel driver</P>
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673 <P>Its interface should be compatible with the mga_vid, but the driver was not
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674 updated after the mga_vid changes, so it's outdated now. Volunteers
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675 needed to test it and bring the code up-to-date.</P>
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677 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.9>2.3.1.9. 3dfx YUV support (tdfxfb)</A></B></P>
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679 <P>This driver uses the kernel's tdfx framebuffer driver to play movies with
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680 YUV acceleration. You'll need a kernel with tdfxfb support, and recompile with
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681 <CODE>./configure --enable-tdfxfb</CODE></P>
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683 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.10>2.3.1.10. OpenGL output</A></B></P>
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685 <P><B>MPlayer</B> support displaying movies using OpenGL. Unfortunately, not all
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686 drivers support this ability. For example the Utah-GLX drivers
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687 (for XFree86 3.3.6) have it, with all cards.
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688 See <A HREF="http://utah-glx.sourceforge.net">http://utah-glx.sourceforge.net</A>
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689 for details about how to install it.</P>
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691 <P>XFree86(DRI) >= 4.0.3 supports it only with Matrox, and Radeon cards.
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692 See <A HREF="http://dri.sourceforge.net">http://dri.sourceforge.net</A> for download,
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693 and installation instructions.</P>
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695 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.11>2.3.1.11. AAlib - text mode displaying</B></P>
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697 <P><B>AAlib</B> is a library for displaying graphics in text mode, using powerful
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698 ASCII renderer. There are LOTS of programs already supporting it, like Doom,
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699 Quake, etc. MPlayer contains a very usable driver for it.
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700 If ./configure detects aalib installed, the aalib libvo driver will be built.</P>
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702 <P><TABLE BORDER=0>
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703 <TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>You can use some keys in the AA Window to change rendering options:</B></P></TD><TR>
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704 <TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>1</TD><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>decrease contrast</TD><TR>
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705 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>2</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>increase contrast</TD><TR>
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706 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>3</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>decrease brightness</TD><TR>
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707 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>4</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>increase brightness</TD><TR>
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708 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>5</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>switch fast rendering on/off</TD><TR>
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709 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>6</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>set dithering mode (none, error distribution, floyd steinberg)</TD><TR>
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710 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>7</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>invert image</TD><TR>
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711 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>a</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>toggles between aa and mplayer control)</TD><TR>
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713 <TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>The following command line options can be used:</B></P></TD><TR>
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715 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-aaosdcolor=V</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>change osd color</TD><TR>
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716 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-aasubcolor=V</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>change subtitle color</TD><TR>
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717 <TD COLSPAN=3></TD><TD><P><I><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>where V can be: (0/normal, 1/dark, 2/bold, 3/boldfont, 4/reverse, 5/special)</P></TD><TR>
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719 <TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>AAlib itselves provides a large sum of options.
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720 Here are some important:</P></B></TD><TR>
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722 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-aadriver</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>set recommended aa driver (X11, curses, linux)</TD><TR>
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723 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-aaextended</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>use all 256 characters</TD><TR>
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724 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-aaeight</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>use eight bit ascii</TD><TR>
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725 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-aahelp</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>prints out all aalib options</TD><TR>
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726 </TABLE></P>
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727
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728 <P>NOTE: the rendering is very CPU intensive, especially when using AA-on-X
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729 (using aalib on X), and it's least CPU intensive on standard,
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730 non-framebuffer console. Use SVGATextMode to set up a big textmode,
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731 then enjoy! (secondary head Hercules cards rock :)) (anyone can enhance
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732 bdev to do conversion/dithering to hgafb? Would be neat :)</P>
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733
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734 <P>Use the -framedrop option if your comp isn't fast enough to render all frames!</P>
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1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox
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735
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736 <P>Playing on terminal you'll get better speed and quality using the linux driver, not
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737 curses (-aadriver linux). But therefore you need write access on /dev/vcsa&lt;terminal&gt;!
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738 That isn't autodetected by aalib, bu vo_aa tries to find the best mode.
1731
07e2dfca67a3 can't stop commiting :)
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739 See <A HREF="http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/tune/">http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/tune/</A> for further tuning issues.</P>
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740
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741
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742 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.12>2.3.1.12. VESA - output to VESA BIOS</B></P>
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743 <P>
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744 This driver was designed and introduced as <b>generic driver</b> for any video
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745 card which has VESA VBE 2.0 compatible BIOS. But exists still one reason of
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746 developing of this driver - it's multiple troubles with displaying movie on TV.<BR>
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747 <b>VESA BIOS EXTENSION (VBE) Version 3.0 Date: September 16, 1998</b> (Page 70)
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748 says:
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749 </P>
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750
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751 <P>
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752 <code><i>
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753 <b>Dual-Controller Designs</b><br>
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754 VBE 3.0 supports the dual-controller design by assuming that since both
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755 controllers are typically provided by the same OEM, under control of a
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756 single BIOS ROM on the same graphics card, it is possible to hide the fact
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757 that two controllers are indeed present from the application. This has the
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758 limitation of preventing simultaneous use of the independent controllers,
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759 but allows applications released before VBE 3.0 to operate normally. The
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760 VBE Function 00h (Return Controller Information) returns the combined
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761 information of both controllers, including the combined list of available modes.
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762 When the application selects a mode, the appropriate controller is activated.
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763 Each of the remaining VBE functions then operates on the active controller.
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764 </i></code>
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765 </P>
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766
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767 <P>
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768 So you have chances to get working TV-out by using this driver.<br>
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769 (I guess that TV-out frequently is standalone head or standalone output
2448
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770 at least.)
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771 </P>
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772
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773 <P>
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774 <b>What are pluses:</b><BR>
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775 - You have chances to watch movies <b>if Linux even doesn't know</b> your video hardware.<BR>
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776 - You don't need to have installed any graphics' related things on your Linux
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777 (like X11 (aka XFree86), fbdev and so on). This driver can be run from
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778 <b>text-mode</b>.<BR>
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779 - You have chances to get <b>working TV-out</b>. (It's known at least for ATI's cards).<BR>
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780 - This driver calls <b>int 10h</b> handler thus it's not an emulator - it
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781 calls <b>real</b> things of <b>real</b> BIOS in <b>real</b>-mode. (Finely -
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782 in vm86 mode).<BR>
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783 - Most important :) You can watch <b>DVD at 320x200</b> if you don't have a powerful CPU.<BR>
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784 </P>
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785
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786 <P>
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787 <b>What are minuses:</b><BR>
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788 - It works only on <b>x86 systems</b>.<BR>
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789 - <b>It's the slowest driver</b> from all the available ones for MPlayer.<BR>
2848
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790 (But only if your card doesn't support <b>DGA mode</b> - otherwise this
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791 driver is comparable by speed with <b>-vo dga</b> and <b>-vo fbdev</b> ones.<BR>
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792
2448
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793 - It can be used only by <b>ROOT</b>.<BR>
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794 - Currently it's available only for <b>Linux</b>.<BR>
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795 - It <b>doesn't use</b> any <b>hardware accelerations</b> (like YUV overlay or hw scaling).<BR>
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796 </P>
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797
3141
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798 <P>Don't use this driver with <B>GCC 2.96</B> ! It won't work !</P>
21b6aab15ec9 -vo vesa + gcc 2.96 warning (is this confirmed?)
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799
2448
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800 <P>
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801 <TABLE BORDER=0>
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802 <TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>These switches of command line currently are available for VESA:</B></P></TD><TR>
2747
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803 <TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-vo vesa:opts</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>currently recognized: <b>dga</b> to force dga mode and <b>nodga</b> to disable dga mode. Note: you may omit these parameters to enable <b>autodetect</b> of dga mode. (In the future also will specify mode parameters such as refresh rate, interlacing, doublescan and so on. Samples: i43, 85, d100)</TD><TR>
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804 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-screenw, -screenh, -bpp</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>force userdefined mode</TD><TR>
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805 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-x, -y</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>set userdefined prescaling</TD><TR>
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806 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-zoom</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>enables userdefined prescaling</TD><TR>
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807 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-fs</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>scales image to fullscreen</TD><TR>
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808 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-fs -zoom</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>scales userdefined prescaling to fullscreen</TD><TR>
2747
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809 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-double</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>enables double buffering mode. (Available only in DGA mode). Should be slower of single buffering, but has no flickering effects.</TD><TR>
2448
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810 </TABLE>
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811 </P>
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812
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813 <P>
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814 <b>Known problems and workaround:</b><br>
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815 - If you have installed <b>NLS</b> font on your Linux box and run VESA driver
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816 from text-mode then after terminating mplayer you will have <b>ROM font</b> loaded instead
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817 of national. You can load national font again by using <b><i>setsysfont</i></b> utility
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818 from for example Mandrake distribution.<br>
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819 (<b>Hint</b>: The same utility is used for localizating fbdev).<br>
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820 - Some <b>Linux graphics drivers</b> don't update active <b>BIOS mode</b> in DOS memory. So if you have such
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821 problem - always use VESA driver only from <b>text-mode</b>. Otherwise text-mode (#03) will be
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822 activated anyway and you will need restart your computer.<br>
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823 - Often after terminating VESA driver you get <b>black screen</b>. To return your screen
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824 to original state - simply switch to other console (by pressing <b>Alt-Fx</b>) then switch
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825 to your previous console by the same way.<br>
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826 - To get <b>working TV-out</b> you need have plugged tv-connector in before booting
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827 your PC since video BIOS initializes itself only once during POST procedure.
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828 </P>
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829
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830
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831 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.13>2.3.1.13. X11</B></P>
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832
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833 <P>Avoid if possible. Outputs to X11 (uses shared memory extension), with no
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834 hardware acceleration at all. Supports (MMX/3DNow/SSE accelerated, but still
33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon)
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835 slow) software scaling, use the options <CODE>-fs -zoom</CODE>. Most cards have
33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon)
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836 hardware scaling support, use the <CODE>-vo xv</CODE> output for them, or
33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon)
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837 <CODE>-vo xmga</CODE> for Matroxes.</P>
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838
33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon)
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839 <P>The problem is that most cards' driver doesn't support
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840 hardware acceleration on the second head/TV. In those cases, you see green/blue
33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon)
gabucino
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841 coloured window instead of the movie. This is where this driver comes in
33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon)
gabucino
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842 handy, but you need powerful CPU to use software scaling. Don't use the
33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon)
gabucino
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843 SDL driver's software output+scaler, it has worse image quality !</P>
33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon)
gabucino
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844
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3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember
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845 <P>Software scaling is very slow, you better try changing video modes instead.
3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember
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846 It's very simple. See the <A HREF=#2.3.1.3.A>DGA section's modelines</A>, and
3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember
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847 insert them into your XF86Config.
3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember
gabucino
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848 <UL>
3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember
gabucino
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849 <LI>If you have XFree86 4.x.x - use the <CODE>-vm</CODE> option. It will
3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember
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850 change to a resolution your movie fits in. If it doesn't :</LI>
3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember
gabucino
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851 <LI>With XFree86 3.x.x - you have to cycle through available resolutions
3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember
gabucino
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852 with the <B>CTRL-ALT-plus</B> and <B>minus</B> keys.</LI>
3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember
gabucino
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853 </UL>
3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember
gabucino
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854
3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember
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855 If you can't find the modes you inserted, browse XFree86's output. Some
3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember
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856 drivers can't use low pixelclocks that are needed for low resolution
3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember
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857 video modes.</P>
3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember
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858
2848
33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon)
gabucino
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859
3224
4592fc7a4ba0 msg to Nick: where is the rage128_vid stuff ??
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860 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.14>2.3.1.14. Rage128 (Pro) / Radeon video overlay (radeon_vid)</A></B></P>
2956
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861 <P>
3267
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862 <b>radeon_vid</b> and <B>rage128_vid</B> provides support for the <b>BackEnd Scaler</b> on ATI <b>Radeon</b> and Rage128 (Pro) chipsets.
2956
f6b51da0a50d DOXized and applied Nick's radeon_vid patch. Nick, should I update
gabucino
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863 It was designed and introduced as analog of <a href="video.html#2.3.1.7">mga_vid</a> driver, so you can use it in the same way!<br>
f6b51da0a50d DOXized and applied Nick's radeon_vid patch. Nick, should I update
gabucino
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864 But main goal of this driver usage is <a href="video.html#2.3.1.12">VESA</a> driver.<br>
f6b51da0a50d DOXized and applied Nick's radeon_vid patch. Nick, should I update
gabucino
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865 Simply because VESA enables TV-out on ATI's card but Backend scaler is used after
f6b51da0a50d DOXized and applied Nick's radeon_vid patch. Nick, should I update
gabucino
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866 mode switching. This implementation outputs video stream on both: <b>TV-screen</b> and <b>CRTC</b>
f6b51da0a50d DOXized and applied Nick's radeon_vid patch. Nick, should I update
gabucino
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867 display simultaneously. (It slightly degrades quality of video output but it's
f6b51da0a50d DOXized and applied Nick's radeon_vid patch. Nick, should I update
gabucino
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868 much better than nothing).
f6b51da0a50d DOXized and applied Nick's radeon_vid patch. Nick, should I update
gabucino
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869 Sorry! I couldn't find out any video overlay's related information
f6b51da0a50d DOXized and applied Nick's radeon_vid patch. Nick, should I update
gabucino
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870 on ATI pages. (I planned to implement it through <b>int 10h</b> calls). But it was
f6b51da0a50d DOXized and applied Nick's radeon_vid patch. Nick, should I update
gabucino
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871 very easy to implement this stuff through reading/writing Radeon ports.
f6b51da0a50d DOXized and applied Nick's radeon_vid patch. Nick, should I update
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872 <br><b>NOTE</b>: XXX_VID technology is perfectly undocumented and maybe in the
f6b51da0a50d DOXized and applied Nick's radeon_vid patch. Nick, should I update
gabucino
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873 future this stuff will be fully rewritten. This is the first public release of
f6b51da0a50d DOXized and applied Nick's radeon_vid patch. Nick, should I update
gabucino
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874 driver.</P>
f6b51da0a50d DOXized and applied Nick's radeon_vid patch. Nick, should I update
gabucino
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875
2958
f6da5ca01651 yoh. Wrote radeon_vid install+other stuff
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876 <P><B>Installation</B></P>
f6da5ca01651 yoh. Wrote radeon_vid install+other stuff
gabucino
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877
2956
f6b51da0a50d DOXized and applied Nick's radeon_vid patch. Nick, should I update
gabucino
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878 <P>
2958
f6da5ca01651 yoh. Wrote radeon_vid install+other stuff
gabucino
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879 <UL>
f6da5ca01651 yoh. Wrote radeon_vid install+other stuff
gabucino
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880 <LI>
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4592fc7a4ba0 msg to Nick: where is the rage128_vid stuff ??
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881 <CODE>cd drivers/radeon<BR>
3268
25f5e631f7f0 thanx, fixed!
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882 make<BR>
25f5e631f7f0 thanx, fixed!
gabucino
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883 make install<BR>
25f5e631f7f0 thanx, fixed!
gabucino
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884 make nodes</CODE></LI>
3267
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gabucino
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885 <LI>add one of the following at the end of the <CODE>/etc/modules.conf</CODE> file :<BR>
639a7ca4885a rage128_vid added, and link to radeon/README
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886 <CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;alias char-major-178 radeon_vid</CODE><BR>
639a7ca4885a rage128_vid added, and link to radeon/README
gabucino
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887 <CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;alias char-major-178 rage128_vid</CODE></LI>
2958
f6da5ca01651 yoh. Wrote radeon_vid install+other stuff
gabucino
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888 <LI>run <CODE>depmod -a</CODE></LI>
f6da5ca01651 yoh. Wrote radeon_vid install+other stuff
gabucino
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889 </UL>
f6da5ca01651 yoh. Wrote radeon_vid install+other stuff
gabucino
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890 </P>
f6da5ca01651 yoh. Wrote radeon_vid install+other stuff
gabucino
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891
f6da5ca01651 yoh. Wrote radeon_vid install+other stuff
gabucino
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892 <P>
2956
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gabucino
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893 <br><b>Usage:</b><BR>
4908
9b2b09d3ff8b strike period over, commiting stuff. next commit will be rewrite. (?)
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894 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mplayer -vo vesa:vidix &lt;your options&gt; filename</CODE>
2956
f6b51da0a50d DOXized and applied Nick's radeon_vid patch. Nick, should I update
gabucino
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895 </P>
f6b51da0a50d DOXized and applied Nick's radeon_vid patch. Nick, should I update
gabucino
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896
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897 <P>More examples (for hardware deinterlacing, etc) can be found
639a7ca4885a rage128_vid added, and link to radeon/README
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898 <A HREF="../drivers/radeon/README">here</A>.</P>
639a7ca4885a rage128_vid added, and link to radeon/README
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899
2958
f6da5ca01651 yoh. Wrote radeon_vid install+other stuff
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900 <P><B>NOTE</B>: don't use any framebuffers when you plan to use this driver ! Use
f6da5ca01651 yoh. Wrote radeon_vid install+other stuff
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901 it only from textmode console.</P>
f6da5ca01651 yoh. Wrote radeon_vid install+other stuff
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902
3224
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903 <P>
2956
f6b51da0a50d DOXized and applied Nick's radeon_vid patch. Nick, should I update
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904 <b>Conclusion:</b> I know there are lot of lacks and bugs. So if you are able
f6b51da0a50d DOXized and applied Nick's radeon_vid patch. Nick, should I update
gabucino
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905 to improve something then simply send me your patches.
f6b51da0a50d DOXized and applied Nick's radeon_vid patch. Nick, should I update
gabucino
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906 </P>
f6b51da0a50d DOXized and applied Nick's radeon_vid patch. Nick, should I update
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907
4339
4b231f3778a6 entudjam?
gabucino
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908
4199
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909 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.15>2.3.1.15. VIDIX</A></B></P>
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910
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911 <P><B><I>WHAT IS VIDIX</I></B></P>
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gabucino
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912
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913 <P>VIDIX is the abbreviation for <b>VID</b>eo <b>I</b>nterface for
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gabucino
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914 *ni<b>X</b>.<BR>
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gabucino
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915 VIDIX was designed and introduced as an interface for fast user-space drivers
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch
gabucino
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916 providing <b>DGA</b> everywhere where it's possible (<b>unlike X11</b>). I
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch
gabucino
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917 hope that these drivers will be as portable as X11 (<b>not only on
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch
gabucino
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918 *nix</b>).<BR>
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gabucino
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919 What is it:
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920 <LI>It's a portable successor of mga_vid technology, but it's located in
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch
gabucino
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921 user-space.</LI>
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gabucino
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922 <LI>Unlike X11 it provides DGA everywhere it's possible</LI>
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gabucino
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923 <LI>Unlike v4l it provides interface for video playback</LI>
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gabucino
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924 <LI>Unlike linux's drivers it uses mathematics library</LI>
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gabucino
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925 </P>
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926
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch
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927 <P>I can tell you in bold capital letters :<BR>
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gabucino
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928 <b>VIDIX PROVIDES DIRECT GRAPHICS ACCESS TO BES YUV MEMORY.</b>
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch
gabucino
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929 </P>
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930
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch
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931 <P><i>Well (it's in my todo) - implement DGA to MPEG2 decoder.</i></P>
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch
gabucino
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932
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch
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933 <P>This interface was designed as an attempt to fit existing video acceleration
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch
gabucino
parents: 4177
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934 interfaces (known as mga_vid, mga_yuv, radeon_vid) into a fixed scheme. It
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch
gabucino
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935 provides highlevel interface to chips which are known as BES (BackEnd
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch
gabucino
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936 scalers) or OV (Video Overlays). It doesn't provide lowlevel interface to
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch
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937 things which are known as graphics servers. (I don't want to compete with X11
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch
gabucino
parents: 4177
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938 team in graphics mode switching). I.e. main goal of this interface is to
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch
gabucino
parents: 4177
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939 provide maximal speed of video playback but not putting video signal on
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch
gabucino
parents: 4177
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940 screen of your TV or on tape of your VCR. Although these things are also very
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch
gabucino
parents: 4177
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941 significant - it's perfectly other task. (However I guess that it would be
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch
gabucino
parents: 4177
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942 possible to implement something like mini-X (don't mix it with Minix ;) in
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch
gabucino
parents: 4177
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943 the future, if some number of volunteers will be found.
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch
gabucino
parents: 4177
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944 </P>
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch
gabucino
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945
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch
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parents: 4177
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946 <P><B><I>USAGE</I></B></P>
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947
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch
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948 <P>
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch
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parents: 4177
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949 <LI>You can use standalone video output driver: <CODE>-vo xvidix</CODE><BR>
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950 This driver was developed as X11's front end to VIDIX technology. It
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch
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951 requires XServer and can work only under XServer.</LI>
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952 <LI>You can use VIDIX subdevice which was applied to several video output
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch
gabucino
parents: 4177
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953 drivers, such as:<BR>
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch
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954 <CODE>-vo vesa:vidix</CODE> and <CODE>-vo fbdev:vidix</CODE></LI>
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955 Indeed it doesn't matter which video output driver is used with <b>VIDIX</b>.
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956 </P>
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957
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch
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958 <P><B><I>REQUIREMENTS</I></B></P>
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959
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch
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960 <P>
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch
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961 <LI>video card should be in graphics mode (I write <b>should</b> simply
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch
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962 because I tested it in text mode - it works but has awful output ;) Use
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963 AAlib for that).<BR>
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964 <I>Note: Everyone can try this trick by commenting out mode switching in
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965 vo_vesa driver.</I></LI>
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966 <LI><B>MPlayer</B>'s video output driver should know active video mode and be
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch
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967 able to tell to VIDIX subdevice some video characteristics of server.</LI>
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968 I hope that probably every video output driver of <B>MPlayer</B> will
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969 recognize <CODE>:vidix</CODE> subdevice.
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970 </P>
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971
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch
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972 <P><B><I>USAGE METHODS</I></B></P>
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973
4223
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974 <P>When VIDIX is used as <b>subdevice</b> (<CODE>-vo vesa:vidix</CODE>) then
4199
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975 video mode configuration is performed by video output device
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch
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976 (<b>vo_server</b> in short). Therefore you can pass into command line of
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977 <B>MPlayer</B> the same keys as for vo_server. In addition it understands
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978 <CODE>-double</CODE> key as globally visible parameter. (I recommend using
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979 this key with VIDIX at least for ATI's card).<BR>
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980 As for <CODE>-vo xvidix</CODE> : currently it recognizes the following
4356
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981 options: <CODE>-fs -zoom -x -y -double</CODE>.<BR>
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982 </P>
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983
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984 <P>Also you can specify VIDIX's driver directly as third subargument in command
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985 line :<BR>
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986 <BR>
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987 &nbsp;&nbsp;<code>mplayer -vo xvidix:mga_vid.so -fs -zoom -double
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988 file.avi</code><BR>
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989 or<BR>
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990 &nbsp;&nbsp;<code>mplayer -vo vesa:vidix:radeon_vid.so -fs -zoom -double -bpp
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991 32 file.avi</code><BR>
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992 <BR>
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993 But it's dangerous, and you shouldn't do that. In this case given driver will
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994 be forced and result is unpredictable (it may <b>freeze</b> your
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995 computer). You should do that ONLY if you are absolutely sure it will work,
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996 and <B>MPlayer</B> doesn't do it automatically. Please tell about it to the
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997 developers. The Right Way is to use VIDIX without arguments to enable driver
4199
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998 autodetection.
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999 </P>
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1000
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1001 <P>
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1002 VIDIX is very new technology and it's extremely possible that on your system
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1003 (OS=abc CPU=xyz) it won't work. In this case only solution for you it's port
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1004 it (mainly libdha). But there is hope that it will work on those systems
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1005 where X11 does.
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1006 </P>
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1007
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1008 <P>And the last <b>WARNING</b>: (un)fortunately you <b>MUST</b> have
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1009 <b>ROOT</b> privileges to use VIDIX due to direct hardware access. At least
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1010 set the <b>suid</b> bit on the <B>MPlayer</B> excecutable.
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1011 </P>
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1012
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1013 <P><B><I>VIDEO EQUALIZER</I></B></P>
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1014
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1015 <P>
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1016 This is a video equalizer implemented especially for Vidix. You can use
84e45c414ae9 vidix equalizer can be used with 1-8 keys also
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1017 it either with <B>1-8</B> keys as described in the manpage, or
84e45c414ae9 vidix equalizer can be used with 1-8 keys also
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1018 by command line arguments. <B>MPlayer</B> recognizes the
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1019 following options :
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1020 </P>
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1021
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1022 <P>
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1023 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>-brightness</CODE> - adjust <B>BRIGHTNESS</B> of video
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1024 output. It's not equal to brightness adjusting on monitor panel or on TV. It
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1025 changes intensity of RGB components of video signal from black to white
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1026 screen.<BR>
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1027 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>-contrast</CODE> - adjust <B>CONTRAST</B> of video output.
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1028 Works in similar manner as brightness.<BR>
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1029 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>-saturation</CODE> - adjust <B>SATURATION</B> of video
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1030 output. You can get grayscale output with this option.<BR>
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1031 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>-hue</CODE> - adjust <B>HUE</B> of video signal. You can
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1032 get colored negative of image with this option.<BR>
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1033 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>-red_intensity</CODE> - adjust intensity of <B>RED</B>
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1034 component of video signal.<BR>
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1035 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>-green_intensity</CODE> - adjust intensity of <B>GREEN</B>
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1036 component of video signal.<BR>
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1037 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>-blue_intensity</CODE> - adjust intensity of <B>BLUE</B>
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1038 component of video signal.
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1039 </P>
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1040 <P>
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1041 Each parameter can accept values from <B>-1000</B> to <B>+1000</B>.<BR>
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1042 Default value for each parameter is <B>0</B>.
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1043 </P>
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1044 <P>
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1045 <B>Note:</B> Not every driver provides support for each of those parameters.
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1046 Currently only <B>radeon_vid.so</B> provides full support for video eqalizing.
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1047 Other drivers only partly support these options.
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1048 </P>
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1049 <P><B>Examples:</B><BR>
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1050 <CODE>mplayer -vo vesa:vidix -brightness -300 -contrast 200
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1051 filename.avi</CODE><BR>
bf7ea03b1adf Vidix video equalizing (Nick's patch)
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1052 or<BR>
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1053 <CODE>mplayer -vo xvidix -red_intensity -50 -saturation 400 -hue 300
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1054 filename.vob</CODE>
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1055 </P>
bf7ea03b1adf Vidix video equalizing (Nick's patch)
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1056
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1057
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1058 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.16>2.3.1.16. Zr</A></B></P>
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1059
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1060 <P>This is a display-driver (<CODE>-vo zr</CODE>) for a number of MJPEG
4360
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1061 capture/playback cards (tested for DC10+ and Buz, and it should work for the
4339
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1062 LML33, the DC10). The driver works by encoding the frame to jpeg and then
4b231f3778a6 entudjam?
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1063 sending it to the card. For the jpeg encoding <B>libavcodec</B> is
4b231f3778a6 entudjam?
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1064 used, and required.</P>
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1065
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1066 <P>This driver talks to the kernel driver available at
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1067 <A HREF="http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net">http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net</A>, so
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1068 you must get it working first. Then recompile <B>MPlayer</B> with
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1069 <CODE>--enable-zr</CODE>.</P>
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1070
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1071 <P>Some remarks:
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1072 <UL>
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1073 <LI>don't start or stop XawTV on the playback device during playback,
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1074 it will crash your computer. It is, however, fine to <B>FIRST</B> start
3d9ef473a622 commited Rik Snel's patch (thx!)
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1075 XawTV, <B>THEN</B> start <B>MPlayer</B>, wait for <B>MPlayer</B> to finish
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1076 and <B>THEN</B> stop XawTV.</LI>
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1077 <LI>this driver adds <CODE>-zr*</CODE> commandline options. The explanation
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1078 of these options can be viewed with <CODE>-zrhelp</CODE>. It is possible to
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1079 crop the input frame (cut borders to make it fit or to enhance performace)
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1080 and to do other things.</LI>
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1081 <LI>the driver takes data in YV12 and YUY2 format, this means that some
3d9ef473a622 commited Rik Snel's patch (thx!)
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1082 codecs won't work. Some old VfW (Video for Windows) codecs, for example,
3d9ef473a622 commited Rik Snel's patch (thx!)
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1083 are incompatible with this driver. The errormessage that you will see is:
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1084 <CODE>Sorry, selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
3d9ef473a622 commited Rik Snel's patch (thx!)
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1085 </CODE></LI>
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1086 <LI>OSD is currently not supported, so you won't see
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1087 subtitles.</LI>
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1088 </UL>
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1089 </P>
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1090
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1091
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1092
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1093 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.A>2.3.1.A. TV-out support</A></B></P>
1612
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1094
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1095 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.A.1>2.3.1.A.1. Matrox cards</A></B></P>
1612
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox
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1096
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1097 <P>Under Linux you have 2 methods to get TV out working :</P>
2309
3128b9d8b4ea New section: Matrox TVout - method 2
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1098
3128b9d8b4ea New section: Matrox TVout - method 2
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1099 <P>
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1100 <UL>
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1101 <LI><B>XFree86</B>: using the driver and the HAL module, available from
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section
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1102 <A HREF="http://www.matrox.com">Matrox's site</A>. This will give you X on
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1103 the TV.<BR> <B>This method doesn't give you accelerated playback</B> as
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section
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1104 under Windoze! The second head has only YUV framebuffer, the <I>BES</I>
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1105 (Back End Scaler, the YUV scaler on G200/G400/G450/G550 cards) doesn't work
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1106 on it! The windows driver somehow workarounds this, probably by using the
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1107 3D engine to zoom, and the YUV framebuffer to display the zoomed
2848
33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon)
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1108 image. If you really want to use X, use the <CODE>-vo x11 -fs -zoom</CODE>
2486
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1109 options, but it will be <B>SLOW</B>, and has <B>Macrovision</B> copyprotection
4177
cab4ac1467e4 many small updates
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1110 enabled (you can "workaround" Macrovision using
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1111 <A HREF="http://avifile.sourceforge.net/mgamacro.pl">this</A> perl
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1112 script.</LI>
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1113 <LI><B>Framebuffer</B>: using the <B>matroxfb modules</B> in the 2.4 kernels.
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1114 2.2 kernels don't have the TVout feature in them, thus unusable for this.
3030
1dbc569b6528 more fix/update
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1115 You have to enable ALL matroxfb-specific feature during compilation (except
1dbc569b6528 more fix/update
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1116 MultiHead), and compile them into <B>modules</B>!
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1117 <UL>
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1118 <LI>
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1119 Enter <CODE>TVout/matroxset</CODE> and type <CODE>make</CODE>. Install
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1120 <CODE>matroxset</CODE> into somewhere in your PATH.</LI>
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1121 <LI>
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1122 If you don't have <CODE>fbset</CODE> installed, enter
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1123 <CODE>TVout/fbset</CODE> and type <CODE>make</CODE>. Install
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1124 <CODE>fbset</CODE> into somewhere in your PATH.</LI>
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1125 <LI>
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1126 Then enter into the <CODE>TVout/</CODE> directory in the <B>MPlayer</B>
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1127 source, and execute <CODE>./modules</CODE> as root. Your text-mode console
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1128 will enter into framebuffer mode (no way back!).</LI>
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1129 <LI>Next, run the <CODE>./matroxtv</CODE> script. This will present you
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1130 to a very simple menu. Press <B>2</B> and <B>ENTER</B>. Now you should
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1131 have the same picture on your monitor, and TV. The <B>3.</B> option
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1132 will turn on independent display, but then you <B>can't use X</B>! If
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1133 the TV (PAL !) picture has some weird stripes on it, the script wasn't able to
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1134 set the resolution correctly (to 640x512 by default). Use other menu
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1135 items randomly and it'll be OK :)</LI>
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1136 </UL>
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1137
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1138 <P>
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1139 Yoh. Next task is to make the cursor on tty1 (or whatever) to disappear,
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1140 and turn off screen blanking. Execute the following commands:</P>
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1141
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1142 <P>
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1143 <CODE>echo -e '\033[?25l'</CODE> or <CODE>setterm -cursor off<BR>
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1144 setterm -blank 0</CODE>
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1145 </P>
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1146
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1147 <P>
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1148 You possibly want to put the above into a script, and also clear
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1149 the screen.. To turn the cursor back :<BR><CODE>echo -e '\033[?25h'</CODE>
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1150 or <CODE>setterm -cursor on</CODE>
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1151 </P>
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1152
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1153 <P>Yeah kewl. Start movie playing with <CODE>mplayer -vo mga -fs -screenw 640
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1154 -screenh 512 &lt;filename&gt;</CODE><BR>
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1155 (if you use X, now change to matroxfb with for example CTRL-ALT-F1 !)<BR>
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1156 Change 640x512 if you set the resolution to other..<BR>
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1157 <B>Enjoy the ultra-fast ultra-featured Matrox TV output (better than Xv) !</B>
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1158 </P>
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1159 </LI>
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1160 </LI>
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1161 </UL>
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1162 </P>
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1163
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1164
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1165 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.A.2>2.3.1.A.2. ATI cards</A></B></P>
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1166
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1167 <P>
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1168 <b>A few word about ATI's TV-out:</b><BR>
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1169 Currently ATI doesn't want to support any of its TV-out chips under Linux.
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1170 Below is official answer from ATI Inc.:
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1171
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1172 <P>
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1173 <code>
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1174 <i>
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1175 <br>&gt; Hello!
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1176 <br>&gt;
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1177 <br>&gt; On your pages you wrote that you support linux developers.
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1178 <br>&gt; Currently I participate with mplayer project (www.mplayerhq.hu)
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1179 <br>&gt; I'm interesting with enabling TV-out on Radeon VE chips during
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1180 <br>&gt; movie playback. I would be glad to add this feature to radeonfb driver
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1181 <br>&gt; (which can be found in CVS tree of mplayer project at main/drivers/radeon).
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1182 <br>&gt; Do I have a chance to get any official technical documenation?
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1183 </i>
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1184 <br>We will not provide TV out related documents due to macrovision concerns.
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1185 <br>Also mpeg2 decoding is something that we MAY consider in the future but not
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1186 <br>at this current time. This is again due to proprietary and 3rd party
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1187 <br>information.
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1188 </code>
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1189 </P>
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1190
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1191 <P>Pity isn't?</P>
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1192
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1193 <P>
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1194 <code>
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1195 <B>Q:What is Macrovision?</B><BR>
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1196 A:It's copy protection mechanism.</code>
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1197 </P>
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1198
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1199 <P>It means that if they open any TV-out related information then
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1200 hackers will be able to disable copy protection on their chips. Therefore
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1201 we have no chance to get working TV-out on ATI.</P>
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1202
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1203 <P>What's status of ATI's tv-out chips under Linux:
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1204 <LI><b>ATI Mach64</b> has <i>ImpacTV</i> which is supported by <A HREF="http://gatos.sf.net">gatos</A>.
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1205 <LI><b>ASIC Radeon VIVO</b> has <i>Rage Theatre</i> which is supported by <A HREF="http://gatos.sf.net">gatos</A>.
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1206 <LI><b>Radeon VE</b> and <b>Rage PRO LT</b> have <i>ImpacTV2+</i> which is not supported under Linux.
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1207 But with <B>MPlayer</B> you get <B>full hardware acceleration</B> and <B>TV out</B>
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1208 for Radeons !
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1209 Check <a href=#2.3.1.12>VESA driver</a> and <A HREF=#2.3.1.14>Radeon
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1210 acceleration</A> sections.</P>
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1211
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1212 <P>
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1213 Fortunately, owners of fast enough CPUs (Duron, Celeron2 and better) <b>can watch
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1214 movies on their TV</b> through <a href=#2.3.1.12>VESA drivers</a>.
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1215 </P>
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1216
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1217 <P>
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1218 I should say good words to ATI Inc. too:<br>
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1219 <b>they produce top quality BIOSes.</b>
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1220 </P>
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1221
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1222 <P>
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1223 <b>VESA drivers</b> don't use any hardware acceleration but it simulates
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1224 <b>DGA</b> through 64K window, which is configured through 32-bit mode
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1225 functions of BIOS. ATI cards have enough <b>fast video memory</b> (DIMM or DDR
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1226 chips with 64 - 128-bit access) so it's not bottleneck for them. There are no
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1227 limitations on which video mode can be displayed on your TV (like on other
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1228 cards) so you can use <b>any video mode</b> on your <b>TV</b> (from
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1229 <b>320x200</b> up to <b>1024x768</b>).<br>
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1230 From other side (it's known at least for <b>Radeons</b>) there is <b>DGA</b>
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1231 mode which is detected automatically and in this case you'll get comparable
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1232 with <b>-vo dga</b> and <b>-vo fbdev</b> drivers speed.<br>
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1233 Only thing you need to do - <b>have TV connector plugged in before booting your
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1234 PC</b> since video BIOS initializes itself only once during POST procedure.
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1235 </P>
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1236
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1237 <P>
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1238 For detail see <a href="video.html#2.3.1.12">VESA</a> sections of this
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1239 documentation.
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1240 </P>
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1241
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1242
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1243 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.A.3>2.3.1.A.3. Voodoo 3</A></B></P>
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1244
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1245 <P>
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1246 Check <A HREF="http://www.iki.fi/too/tvout-voodoo3-3000-xfree">this URL</A>.
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1247 </P>
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1249 </BODY>
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1250 </HTML>