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4 <FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
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2745 | 6 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1>2.3.1. Video output devices</A></B></P> |
1612 | 7 |
1682 | 8 <TABLE BORDER=0> |
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1987 | 10 <TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>General:</B></P></TD><TR> |
1612 | 11 |
3027 | 12 <TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, |
13 sans-serif" size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.13>x11</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD><FONT | |
14 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>X11 with optional SHM | |
15 extension</TD><TR> | |
16 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" | |
17 size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.2>xv</A></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, | |
18 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>X11 using overlays with the Xvideo extension | |
19 (hardware YUV & scaling)</TD><TR> | |
20 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" | |
21 size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.10>gl</A></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, | |
22 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>OpenGL renderer, so far works only with: | |
1682 | 23 <UL><LI>all cards with Utah-GLX |
24 <LI>Matrox cards with X/DRI >=4.0.3 | |
25 <LI>Radeon with X/DRI CVS</UL></TD><TR> | |
3027 | 26 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" |
3583 | 27 size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.10>gl2</A></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, |
28 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>OpenGL renderer, multiple textures version</TD><TR> | |
29 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" | |
3027 | 30 size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.3>dga</A></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, |
31 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>X11 DGA extension</TD><TR> | |
32 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" | |
33 size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.6>fbdev</A></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, | |
34 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Output to general framebuffers</TD><TR> | |
35 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" | |
36 size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.5>svga</A></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, | |
37 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Output to SVGAlib</TD><TR> | |
38 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" | |
39 size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.4>sdl</A></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, | |
40 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
1682 | 41 <CODE>1.1.7:</CODE> supports software scaling<BR> |
42 <CODE>1.1.8:</CODE> supports Xvideo (hardware scaling/fullscreen)<BR> | |
43 <CODE>1.2.0:</CODE> supports AAlib (-vo aa is very recommended, see below!)</TD><TR> | |
3027 | 44 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" |
45 size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.14-TODO>ggi</A></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, | |
46 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>similar to SDL</TD><TR> | |
47 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" | |
48 size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.11>aa</A></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, | |
49 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>textmode rendering with AAlib</TD><TR> | |
50 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" | |
51 size=2><a href=#2.3.1.12>vesa</a></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, | |
52 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Output to VESA BIOS.</TD><TR> | |
3583 | 53 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" |
4199 | 54 size=2><a href=#2.3.1.15>vidix</a></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, |
55 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>VIDeo Interface for *niX (this entry is not a | |
56 real driver, but an explanation of VIDIX)</TD><TR> | |
57 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" | |
58 size=2><a href=#2.3.1.15>xvidix</a></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, | |
59 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>VIDIX in X window</TD><TR> | |
60 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" | |
3583 | 61 size=2>directfb</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, |
62 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Direct Framebuffer Device</TD><TR> | |
1682 | 63 |
3027 | 64 <TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" |
65 size=2>Card specific:</B></P></TD><TR> | |
1612 | 66 |
3027 | 67 <TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, |
68 sans-serif" size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.7>mga</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD><FONT | |
69 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Matrox G200/G400 hardware | |
70 YUV overlay via the mga_vid device</TD><TR> | |
71 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" | |
72 size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.7>xmga</A></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, | |
73 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Matrox G200/G400 overlay (mga_vid) in X11 | |
74 window<BR> | |
1682 | 75 (<I>Xv emulation on X 3.3.x!</I>)</TD><TR> |
3027 | 76 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" |
77 size=2>syncfb</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, | |
78 sans-serif" size=2>Matrox G400 YUV support on framebuffer (obsoleted, use | |
79 mga/xmga)</TD><TR> | |
80 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" | |
81 size=2>3dfx</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" | |
82 size=2>Voodoo3/Banshee hardware YUV (/dev/3dfx) support (not yet tested, maybe | |
83 broken)</TD><TR> | |
84 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" | |
85 size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.9>tdfxfb</A></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, | |
86 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Voodoo3/Banshee hardware YUV support on tdfx | |
87 framebuffer (works!)</TD><TR> | |
4339 | 88 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" |
89 size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.16>zr</A></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, | |
4360 | 90 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Displaying on ZR360[56]7 based |
91 MJPEG boards (DC10(+), LML33, Buz)</TD><TR> | |
1682 | 92 |
3027 | 93 <TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" |
94 size=2>Special:</B></P></TD><TR> | |
1612 | 95 |
3027 | 96 <TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, |
97 sans-serif" size=2>png</TD><TD> </TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, | |
98 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>PNG files output (use -z switch to set | |
99 compression)</TD><TR> | |
100 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" | |
101 size=2>pgm</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" | |
102 size=2>PGM files output (for testing purposes or ffmpeg encoding)</TD><TR> | |
103 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" | |
104 size=2>md5</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" | |
105 size=2>MD5sum output (for MPEG conformance tests)</TD><TR> | |
106 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" | |
107 size=2>null</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" | |
108 size=2>Null output (for speed tests/benchmarking)</TD><TR> | |
1682 | 109 </TABLE> |
1612 | 110 |
1682 | 111 <P>NOTE: <I>check the following subsections for details and requirements!</I></P> |
1612 | 112 |
113 | |
2745 | 114 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.1>2.3.1.1. Setting up MTRR</A></B></P> |
1612 | 115 |
1946 | 116 <P>It is VERY recommended to check if the MTRR registers are set up properly, |
117 because they can give a big performance boost.</P> | |
118 | |
119 <P>Do a '<CODE>cat /proc/mtrr</CODE>' :</P> | |
120 | |
121 <P><CODE> | |
122 --($:~)-- cat /proc/mtrr<BR> | |
123 reg00: base=0xe4000000 (3648MB), size= 16MB: write-combining, count=9<BR> | |
124 reg01: base=0xd8000000 (3456MB), size= 128MB: write-combining, count=1<BR> | |
125 </CODE></P> | |
126 | |
127 <P>It's right, shows my Matrox G400 with 16Mb memory. I did this from | |
128 XFree 4.x.x , which sets up MTRR registers automatically.</P> | |
129 | |
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130 <P>If nothing worked, you have to do it manually. First, you have to find the base |
1946 | 131 address. |
1682 | 132 You have 3 ways to find it:</P> |
1612 | 133 |
1682 | 134 <P><UL> |
135 <LI>from X11 startup messages, for example: | |
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> |
1682 | 138 <LI>from /proc/pci (use lspci -v command): |
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139 <P> |
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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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142 </P> |
1682 | 143 <LI>from mga_vid kernel driver messages (use dmesg): |
144 <P><CODE>mga_mem_base = d8000000</CODE></P> | |
145 </UL></P> | |
1612 | 146 |
1682 | 147 <P>Then let's find the memory size. This is very easy, just convert video ram |
148 size to hexadecimal, or use this table:</P> | |
1612 | 149 |
1682 | 150 <TABLE BORDER=0> |
151 <TD> </TD><TD>1 MB</TD><TD WIDTH=10%></TD><TD>0x100000</TD><TR> | |
152 <TD></TD><TD>2 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x200000</TD><TR> | |
153 <TD></TD><TD>4 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x400000</TD><TR> | |
154 <TD></TD><TD>8 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x800000</TD><TR> | |
155 <TD></TD><TD>16 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x1000000</TD><TR> | |
156 <TD></TD><TD>32 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x2000000</TD><TR> | |
157 </TABLE> | |
1612 | 158 |
159 | |
1682 | 160 <P>You know base address and memory size, let's setup mtrr registers! |
161 For example, for the Matrox card above (base=0xd8000000) with 32MB | |
162 ram (size=0x2000000) just execute:</P> | |
1612 | 163 |
164 | |
1682 | 165 <P><CODE> echo "base=0xd8000000 size=0x2000000 type=write-combining" >| /proc/mtrr</CODE></P> |
1612 | 166 |
167 | |
1682 | 168 <P>Not all CPUs support MTRRs. For example older K6-2's [around 266Mhz, |
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> |
1612 | 171 |
2745 | 172 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2>2.3.1.2. Xv</A></B></P> |
1612 | 173 |
1682 | 174 <P>Under XFree86 4.0.2 or newer, you can use your card's hardware YUV routines |
4498 | 175 using the XVideo extension. This is what the option '-vo xv' uses. Also, |
176 this is driver supports adjusting brightness/contrast/hue/etc (unless you use | |
177 the old, slow DirectShow DivX codec, which supports it everywhere), see the | |
178 manpage.</P> | |
179 | |
180 <P>In order to make this work, be sure to check the following:</P> | |
1682 | 181 <P><UL> |
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) |
1682 | 184 <LI>X loads the XVideo extension, it's something like this: |
1612 | 185 |
1682 | 186 <P><CODE> (II) Loading extension XVideo</CODE></P> |
187 <P>in /var/log/XFree86.0.log</P> | |
1612 | 188 |
1682 | 189 <P>NOTE: this loads only the XFree86's extension. In a good install, this is |
190 always loaded, and doesn't mean that the _card's_ XVideo support is loaded!</P> | |
1612 | 191 |
1682 | 192 <LI>Your card has Xv support under Linux. To check, try 'xvinfo', it is the |
193 part of the XFree86 distribution. It should display a long text, similar | |
194 to this: | |
195 <PRE> | |
1612 | 196 X-Video Extension version 2.2 |
197 screen #0 | |
198 Adaptor #0: "Savage Streams Engine" | |
199 number of ports: 1 | |
200 port base: 43 | |
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201 operations supported: PutImage |
1612 | 202 supported visuals: |
203 depth 16, visualID 0x22 | |
204 depth 16, visualID 0x23 | |
205 number of attributes: 5 | |
206 (...) | |
207 Number of image formats: 7 | |
208 id: 0x32595559 (YUY2) | |
209 guid: 59555932-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71 | |
210 bits per pixel: 16 | |
211 number of planes: 1 | |
212 type: YUV (packed) | |
213 id: 0x32315659 (YV12) | |
214 guid: 59563132-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71 | |
215 bits per pixel: 12 | |
216 number of planes: 3 | |
217 type: YUV (planar) | |
218 (...etc...) | |
1682 | 219 </PRE> |
1612 | 220 |
1682 | 221 <P>It must support YUY2 packed, and YV12 planar pixel formats to be |
222 usable with <B>MPlayer</B>.</P> | |
1612 | 223 |
1682 | 224 <LI>And finally, check if <B>MPlayer</B> was compiled with 'xv' support. |
225 ./configure prints this. | |
1612 | 226 |
1682 | 227 </UL></P> |
228 | |
2745 | 229 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.1>2.3.1.2.1. 3dfx cards</A></B></P> |
1612 | 230 |
1682 | 231 <P>Older 3dfx drivers were known to have problems with XVideo acceleration, |
232 it didn't support either YUY2 or YV12, and so. Verify that you have | |
3942 | 233 XFree86 version 4.1.0 or greater, it works ok with YUY2, but <B>crashes |
234 with YV12</B>! Thus, either wait for 4.2.0 or use the | |
1682 | 235 <A HREF="http://dri.sourceforge.net">DRI</A> cvs. |
236 If you experience strange effects using -vo xv, try SDL (it has XVideo too) | |
2745 | 237 and see if it helps. Check the <A HREF="#2.3.1.4">SDL section</A> for details.</P> |
1612 | 238 |
2745 | 239 <P><B>OR</B>, try the NEW -vo tdfxfb driver! See the <A HREF=#2.3.1.9>2.3.1.9</A> |
1992 | 240 section!</P> |
1612 | 241 |
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2745 | 243 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.2>2.3.1.2.2. S3 cards</A></B></P> |
1682 | 244 |
245 <P>S3 Savage3D's should work fine, but for Savage4, use XFree86 version 4.0.3 | |
3942 | 246 or greater (in case of image problems, try 16bpp). As for S3 Virge.. there is |
247 xv support, but the card itself is very slow, so you better sell it.</P> | |
1682 | 248 |
3027 | 249 <P><B>NOTE</B>: Savage cards have a slow YV12 image displaying capability (it needs |
2883 | 250 to do YV12->YUY2 conversion, because the Savage hardware can't display YV12). |
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> |
2865 | 254 |
255 | |
2745 | 256 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.3>2.3.1.2.3. nVidia cards</A></B></P> |
1612 | 257 |
3938 | 258 <P>nVidia isn't a very good choice under Linux (according to NVidia, this |
259 is <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#nvidia">not true</A>).. You'll have to use the | |
3290 | 260 binary closed-source nVidia driver, available at nVidia's website. The standard XFree86 |
1682 | 261 driver doesn't support XVideo for these cards, due to nVidia's closed |
262 sources/specifications.</P> | |
1612 | 263 |
3290 | 264 <P>As far as I know the latest XFree86 driver contains XVideo support for |
265 Geforce 2 and 3.</P> | |
266 | |
1682 | 267 <P><UL><LI>Riva128 cards don't have XVideo support even with the nvidia driver :( |
268 Complain to NVidia.</UL></P> | |
1612 | 269 |
270 | |
2745 | 271 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.4>2.3.1.2.4. ATI cards</A></B></P> |
1612 | 272 |
1920 | 273 <P> |
4177 | 274 <LI>The <A HREF="http://www.linuxvideo.org/gatos">GATOS driver</A> (which you |
275 should use, unless you have Rage128 or Radeon) has VSYNC enabled by default. It | |
276 means that decoding speed (!) is synced to the monitor's refresh rate. If | |
277 playing seems to be slow, try disabling VSYNC somehow, or set refresh rate to | |
278 n*(fps of the movie) Hz.</LI> | |
1920 | 279 |
280 <LI>Radeon VE - currently only XFree86 CVS has driver for this card, version | |
3027 | 281 4.1.0 doesn't. And no TV out support. Of course with <B>MPlayer</B> you can |
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 |
3053 | 284 HREF=#2.3.1.14>Radeon video overlay</A> sections).</LI> </P> |
1612 | 285 |
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2745 | 287 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.5>2.3.1.2.5. NeoMagic cards</A></B></P> |
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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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3794 | 295 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.6>2.3.1.2.6. Trident cards</A></B></P> |
296 | |
297 <P>If you want to use xv with a trident card, provided that it doesn't | |
298 work with 4.1.0, try the latest cvs of Xfree or wait for Xfree 4.2.0. | |
299 The latest cvs adds support for fullscreen xv support with the | |
300 Cyberblade XP card.</P> | |
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2745 | 302 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3>2.3.1.3. DGA</A></B></P> |
1612 | 303 |
2745 | 304 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.1>2.3.1.3.1. Summary</A></B></P> |
1612 | 305 |
1682 | 306 <P>This document tries to explain in some words what DGA is in general and |
307 what the DGA video output driver for mplayer can do (and what it can't).</P> | |
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309 | |
2745 | 310 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.2>2.3.1.3.2. What is DGA</A></B></P> |
1612 | 311 |
1682 | 312 <P>DGA is short for Direct Graphics Access and is a means for a program to |
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1682 | 314 Technically spoken this happens by mapping the framebuffer memory into |
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 |
1682 | 317 as root or by setting the suid bit on the mplayer excecutable (NOT |
318 recommended!).</P> | |
1612 | 319 |
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320 <P>There are two versions of DGA: DGA1 is used by XFree 3.x.x and DGA2 was |
1682 | 321 introduced with XFree 4.0.1.</P> |
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324 switching the resolution of the video signal you have to rely on the |
1682 | 325 XVidMode extension.</P> |
1612 | 326 |
1682 | 327 <P>DGA2 incorporates the features of XVidMode extension and also allows |
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329 running a 32 bit depth XServer, switch to a depth of 15 bits and vice |
1682 | 330 versa. </P> |
1612 | 331 |
1682 | 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 |
1682 | 334 driver that controls this chip. So it does not work on every system ...</P> |
1612 | 335 |
336 | |
2745 | 337 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.3>2.3.1.3.3. Installing DGA support for MPlayer</A></B></P> |
1682 | 338 |
339 <P>First make sure X loads the DGA extension, see in /var/log/XFree86.0.log:</P> | |
340 | |
341 <P> <CODE>(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA</CODE></P> | |
342 | |
343 <P>See, XFree86 4.0.x or greater is VERY RECOMMENDED! | |
344 <B>MPlayer</B>'s DGA driver is autodetected on ./configure, or you can force it | |
345 with --enable-dga.</P> | |
1612 | 346 |
1682 | 347 <P>If the driver couldn't switch to a smaller resolution, experiment with |
348 switches -vm (only with X 3.3.x), -fs, -bpp, -zoom to find a video mode that | |
349 the movie fits in. There is no converter right now.. :(</P> | |
1612 | 350 |
1682 | 351 <P>Become ROOT. DGA needs root access to be able to write directly video memory. |
352 If you want to run it as user, then install <B>MPlayer</B> SUID root:</P> | |
1612 | 353 |
1682 | 354 <P><CODE> |
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356 chmod 750 /usr/local/bin/mplayer<BR> |
1686 | 357 chmod +s /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE></P> |
1612 | 358 |
359 | |
1682 | 360 <P>Now it works as a simple user, too.</P> |
1612 | 361 |
362 | |
1682 | 363 <P><B>!!!! BUT STAY TUNED !!!!</B><BR> |
364 This is a <B>BIG</B> security risk! Never do this on a server or on a computer | |
365 can be accessed by more people than only you because they can gain root | |
366 privilegies through suid root mplayer.<BR> | |
367 <B>!!!! SO YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ... !!!!</B></P> | |
368 | |
369 <P>Now use '-vo dga' option, and there you go! (hope so:) | |
370 You should also try if the '-vo sdl:dga' option works for you! It's much | |
371 faster!!!</P> | |
372 | |
2745 | 373 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.4>2.3.1.3.4. Resolution switching</A></B></P> |
1682 | 374 |
375 <P>The DGA driver allows for switching the resolution of the output signal. | |
376 This avoids the need for doing (slow) software scaling and at the same | |
377 time provides a fullscreen image. Ideally it would switch to the exact | |
378 resolution (except for honouring aspect ratio) of the video data, but the | |
1686 | 379 XServer only allows switching to resolutions predefined in |
1682 | 380 <CODE>/etc/X11/XF86Config</CODE> (<CODE>/etc/X11/XF86Config-4</CODE> for XFree 4.0.X respectively). |
381 Those are defined by so-called modelines and depend on the capabilites | |
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 |
1682 | 384 out which modes survive with the X11 log file. It can be found at: |
385 <CODE>/var/log/XFree86.0.log</CODE>.</P> | |
386 <P>See appendix A for some sample modeline definitions.</P> | |
387 | |
2745 | 388 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.5>2.3.1.3.5. DGA & MPlayer</A></B></P> |
1612 | 389 |
1682 | 390 <P>DGA is used in two places with <B>MPlayer</B>: The SDL driver can be made to make |
391 use of it (-vo sdl:dga) and within the DGA driver (-vo dga). | |
392 The above said is true for both; in the following sections I'll explain | |
393 how the DGA driver for <B>MPlayer</B> works.</P> | |
1612 | 394 |
2745 | 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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1682 | 397 <P>The DGA driver is invoked by specifying -vo dga at the command line. |
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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) - |
1682 | 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 |
1682 | 403 to scale the image. |
404 If you don't like the mode it chooses you may force it to choose the mode | |
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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 |
1682 | 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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411 whether these depths are natively supported or if a (possibly slow) |
1682 | 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 |
1682 | 416 results in much smoother movie replaying. It will tell you whether double- |
417 buffering is enabled or not.</P> | |
1612 | 418 |
1682 | 419 <P>Doublebuffering means that the next frame of your video is being drawn in |
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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423 In the meantime the other buffer in memory will be filled again with new |
1682 | 424 video data.</P> |
425 | |
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426 Doublebuffering may be switched on by using the option -double and may be |
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428 doublebuffering. When using the DGA driver, onscreen display (OSD) only |
1682 | 429 works with doublebuffering enabled. However, enabling doublebuffering may |
430 result in a big speed penalty (on my K6-II+ 525 it used an additional 20% of | |
431 CPU time!) depending on the implementation of DGA for your hardware.</P> | |
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432 |
1682 | 433 |
2745 | 434 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.7>2.3.1.3.7. Speed issues</A></B></P> |
1682 | 435 |
436 <P>Generally spoken, DGA framebuffer access should be at least as fast as using | |
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 |
1682 | 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 |
1682 | 442 box ...</P> |
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 |
1682 | 446 is optimized.</P> |
447 | |
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448 <P>If you have a slow system, better use 15 or 16bit depth since they require |
1682 | 449 only half the memory bandwidth of a 32 bit display.</P> |
1612 | 450 |
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451 <P>Using a depth of 24bit is even a good idea if your card natively just supports |
1682 | 452 32 bit depth since it transfers 25% less data compared to the 32/32 mode.</P> |
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453 |
1682 | 454 <P>I've seen some avi files already be replayed on a Pentium MMX 266. AMD K6-2 |
455 CPUs might work at 400 MHZ and above.</P> | |
1612 | 456 |
2745 | 457 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.8>2.3.1.3.8. Known bugs</A></B></P> |
1682 | 458 |
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459 <P>Well, according to some developpers of XFree, DGA is quite a beast. They |
1682 | 460 tell you better not to use it. Its implementation is not always flawless |
461 with every chipset driver for XFree out there.</P> | |
1612 | 462 |
1682 | 463 <P><UL> |
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 |
1682 | 466 using of DGA |
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467 <LI>some drivers simply fail to switch back to normal resolution (use |
1682 | 468 Ctrl-Alt-Keypad +, - to switch back manually) |
469 <LI>some drivers simply display strange colors | |
470 <LI>some drivers lie about the amount of memory they map into the process's | |
471 address space, thus vo_dga won't use doublebuffering (SIS?) | |
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 |
1682 | 474 100000x100000 or the like ... |
475 <LI>OSD only works with doublebuffering enabled | |
476 </UL></P> | |
477 | |
2745 | 478 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.9>2.3.1.3.9. Future work</A></B></P> |
1682 | 479 |
480 <P><UL><LI>use of the new X11 render interface for OSD | |
481 <LI>where is my TODO list ???? :-(((</UL></P> | |
1612 | 482 |
483 | |
2745 | 484 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.A>2.3.1.3.A. Some modelines</A></B></P> |
1612 | 485 |
1682 | 486 <PRE> |
1612 | 487 Section "Modes" |
488 Identifier "Modes[0]" | |
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489 Modeline "800x600" 40 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 |
1612 | 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 |
1612 | 492 Modeline "400x300" 20 400 416 480 528 300 301 303 314 Doublescan |
493 Modeline "352x288" 25.10 352 368 416 432 288 296 290 310 | |
494 Modeline "352x240" 15.750 352 368 416 432 240 244 246 262 Doublescan | |
495 Modeline "320x240" 12.588 320 336 384 400 240 245 246 262 Doublescan | |
496 EndSection | |
1682 | 497 </PRE> |
1612 | 498 |
1682 | 499 <P>These entries work fine with my Riva128 chip, using nv.o XServer driver |
500 module.</P> | |
1612 | 501 |
502 | |
2745 | 503 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.B>2.3.1.3.B. Bug Reports</A></B></P> |
1612 | 504 |
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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 |
1682 | 507 -v option and include all lines in the bug report that start with vo_dga:</P> |
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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 |
1682 | 511 also help. Thanks!</P> |
1612 | 512 |
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1682 | 514 <P><I>Acki (acki@acki-netz.de, www.acki-netz.de)</I></P> |
1612 | 515 |
516 | |
2745 | 517 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.4>2.3.1.4. SDL</A></B></P> |
1612 | 518 |
3988 | 519 <P>SDL (Simple Directmedia Layer) is basically an unified video/audio |
520 interface. Programs that use it know only about SDL, and not about what video | |
521 or audio driver does SDL actually use. For example a Doom port using SDL can | |
522 run on svgalib, aalib, X, fbdev, and others, you only have to specify the | |
523 (for example) video driver to use with the SDL_VIDEODRIVER environment | |
524 variable. Well, in theory.</P> | |
525 | |
526 <P>With <B>MPlayer</B>, we used its X11 driver's software scaler ability for | |
527 cards/drivers that doesn't support XVideo, until we made our own (faster, | |
528 nicer) software scaler. Also we used its aalib output, but now we have ours | |
529 which is more comfortable. Its DGA mode was better than ours, until | |
530 recently. Get it now? :)</P> | |
531 | |
532 <P>It also helps with some buggy drivers/cards if the video is jerky | |
533 (not slow system problem), or audio is lagging.</P> | |
534 | |
1682 | 535 <P>Here are some notes about SDL out in <B>MPlayer</B>.</P> |
1612 | 536 |
537 | |
538 | |
1682 | 539 <P><TABLE BORDER=0> |
1987 | 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> |
541 <TD> </TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-vo sdl:name</TD><TD> </TD><TD> | |
542 <FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>specifies sdl video driver to use (ie. aalib, dga, x11)</TD><TR> | |
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, | |
1682 | 544 esd, arts)</TD><TR> |
1987 | 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> |
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> | |
1612 | 547 |
1987 | 548 <TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>SDL Keys:</B></P></TD><TR> |
1612 | 549 |
1987 | 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> |
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> | |
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> | |
1612 | 553 |
1682 | 554 </TABLE></P> |
1612 | 555 |
1682 | 556 <P><B>KNOWN BUGS:</B></P> |
557 <P><UL><LI>Keys pressed under sdl:aalib console driver repeat forever. (use -vo aa !) | |
558 It's bug in SDL, I can't change it (tested with SDL 1.2.1). | |
559 </UL></P> | |
1612 | 560 |
2745 | 561 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.5>2.3.1.5. SVGAlib</A></B></P> |
1682 | 562 |
563 <P>If you don't have X, you can use the SVGAlib target! Be sure not to use the | |
564 -fs switch, since it toggles the usage of the software scaler, and it's | |
565 SLOOOW now, unless you have a real fast CPU (and/or MTRR?). :(</P> | |
1612 | 566 |
1682 | 567 <P>Of course you'll have to install svgalib and its development package in |
568 order for <B>MPlayer</B> build its SVGAlib driver (autodetected, but can be | |
569 forced), and don't forget to edit /etc/vga/libvga.config to suit your | |
570 card & monitor.</P> | |
1612 | 571 |
2745 | 572 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.6>2.3.1.6. Framebuffer output (FBdev)</A></B></P> |
1682 | 573 |
574 <P>Whether to build the FBdev target is autodetected during ./configure . | |
575 Read the framebuffer documentation in the kernel sources | |
576 (Documentation/fb/*) for info on how to enable it, etc.. !</P> | |
1612 | 577 |
1682 | 578 <P>If your card doesn't support VBE 2.0 standard (older ISA/PCI |
579 cards, such as S3 Trio64), only VBE 1.2 (or older?) : | |
580 Well, VESAfb is still available, but you'll have to load SciTech Display | |
581 Doctor (formerly UniVBE) before booting Linux. Use a DOS boot disk or | |
582 whatever. And don't forget to register your UniVBE ;))</P> | |
1612 | 583 |
1682 | 584 <P>The FBdev output takes some additional parameters above the others:</P> |
1612 | 585 |
1682 | 586 <P><TABLE BORDER=0> |
1987 | 587 <TD> </TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-fb</TD><TD> </TD><TD> |
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1987 | 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> |
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> | |
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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1987 | 593 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-monitor_dotclock</TD><TD></TD><TR> |
1682 | 594 </TABLE></P> |
1612 | 595 |
1682 | 596 <P>If you want to change to a specific mode, then use</P> |
1612 | 597 |
1682 | 598 <P><CODE> mplayer -vm -fbmode (NameOfMode) filename</CODE></P> |
1612 | 599 |
1682 | 600 <P><UL><LI><B>-vm</B> alone will choose the most suitable mode from /etc/fb.modes . Can be |
601 used together with -x and -y options too. The -flip option is supported only | |
602 if the movie's pixel format matches the video mode's pixel format. | |
603 Pay attention to the bpp value, fbdev driver tries to use the current, | |
2507 | 604 or if you specify the -bpp option, then that.</LI> |
1682 | 605 <LI><B>-zoom</B> option isn't supported (software scaling is slow). -fs option |
2507 | 606 isn't supported. You can't use 8bpp (or less) modes.</LI> |
4701 | 607 <LI>you possibly want to turn the cursor off : <CODE>echo -e '\033[?25l'</CODE> |
608 or <CODE>setterm -cursor off</CODE><BR> | |
2507 | 609 and the screen saver: <CODE>setterm -blank 0</CODE><BR> |
610 To turn the cursor back on : <CODE>echo -e '\033[?25h'</CODE> | |
4701 | 611 or <CODE>setterm -cursor on</CODE> |
2507 | 612 </UL></P> |
1612 | 613 |
1682 | 614 <P>NOTE: FBdev video mode changing _does not work_ with the VESA framebuffer, |
615 and don't ask for it, since it's not an <B>MPlayer</B> limitation.</P> | |
1612 | 616 |
2745 | 617 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.7>2.3.1.7. Matrox framebuffer (mga_vid)</A></B></P> |
1612 | 618 |
1992 | 619 <P>This section is about the Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550 BES (Back-End Scaler) |
1682 | 620 support, the mga_vid kernel driver. It's active developed by me (A'rpi), and |
621 it has hardware VSYNC support with triple buffering. It works on both | |
622 framebuffer console and under X.</P> | |
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1682 | 627 <P>To use it, you first have to compile mga_vid.o:</P> |
1612 | 628 |
1682 | 629 <P><CODE> cd drivers<BR> |
630 make</CODE></P> | |
1612 | 631 |
1682 | 632 <P>Then create /dev/mga_vid device:</P> |
1612 | 633 |
1682 | 634 <P><CODE> mknod /dev/mga_vid c 178 0</CODE></P> |
1612 | 635 |
1682 | 636 <P>and load the driver with</P> |
637 | |
638 <P><CODE> insmod mga_vid.o</CODE></P> | |
1612 | 639 |
1682 | 640 <P>You should verify the memory size detection using the 'dmesg' command. If |
641 it's bad, use the mga_ram_size option (rmmod mga_vid first), specify card's | |
642 memory size in MB:</P> | |
1612 | 643 |
1682 | 644 <P><CODE> insmod mga_vid.o mga_ram_size=16</CODE></P> |
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1682 | 647 at the end of /etc/modules.conf:</P> |
1612 | 648 |
1682 | 649 <P><CODE> alias char-major-178 mga_vid</CODE></P> |
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1682 | 654 <P>Then run</P> |
1612 | 655 |
1682 | 656 <P><CODE> depmod -a</CODE></P> |
1612 | 657 |
1682 | 658 <P>Now you have to (re)compile <B>MPlayer</B>, ./configure will detect /dev/mga_vid |
659 and build the 'mga' driver. Using it from <B>MPlayer</B> goes by '-vo mga' if | |
660 you have matroxfb console, or '-vo xmga' under XFree86 3.x.x or 4.x.x.</P> | |
661 | |
2108 | 662 <P>The mga_vid driver cooperates with Xv.</P> |
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4504 | 664 <P>The <CODE>/dev/mga_vid</CODE> device file can be read (for example by |
665 <CODE>cat /dev/mga_vid</CODE>) for some info, and written for brightness | |
666 change : <CODE>echo "brightness=120" > /dev/mga_vid</CODE></P> | |
667 | |
1612 | 668 |
2745 | 669 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.8>2.3.1.8. SiS 6326 framebuffer (sis_vid)</A></B></P> |
1682 | 670 |
671 <P>SiS 6326 YUV Framebuffer driver -> sis_vid kernel driver</P> | |
1612 | 672 |
1682 | 673 <P>Its interface should be compatible with the mga_vid, but the driver was not |
674 updated after the mga_vid changes, so it's outdated now. Volunteers | |
675 needed to test it and bring the code up-to-date.</P> | |
1612 | 676 |
2745 | 677 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.9>2.3.1.9. 3dfx YUV support (tdfxfb)</A></B></P> |
1612 | 678 |
1992 | 679 <P>This driver uses the kernel's tdfx framebuffer driver to play movies with |
680 YUV acceleration. You'll need a kernel with tdfxfb support, and recompile with | |
681 <CODE>./configure --enable-tdfxfb</CODE></P> | |
1612 | 682 |
2745 | 683 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.10>2.3.1.10. OpenGL output</A></B></P> |
1612 | 684 |
1682 | 685 <P><B>MPlayer</B> support displaying movies using OpenGL. Unfortunately, not all |
686 drivers support this ability. For example the Utah-GLX drivers | |
687 (for XFree86 3.3.6) have it, with all cards. | |
688 See <A HREF="http://utah-glx.sourceforge.net">http://utah-glx.sourceforge.net</A> | |
689 for details about how to install it.</P> | |
1612 | 690 |
1682 | 691 <P>XFree86(DRI) >= 4.0.3 supports it only with Matrox, and Radeon cards. |
692 See <A HREF="http://dri.sourceforge.net">http://dri.sourceforge.net</A> for download, | |
693 and installation instructions.</P> | |
1612 | 694 |
2745 | 695 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.11>2.3.1.11. AAlib - text mode displaying</B></P> |
1612 | 696 |
1682 | 697 <P><B>AAlib</B> is a library for displaying graphics in text mode, using powerful |
698 ASCII renderer. There are LOTS of programs already supporting it, like Doom, | |
699 Quake, etc. MPlayer contains a very usable driver for it. | |
700 If ./configure detects aalib installed, the aalib libvo driver will be built.</P> | |
1612 | 701 |
1682 | 702 <P><TABLE BORDER=0> |
1987 | 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> |
704 <TD> </TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>1</TD><TD> </TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>decrease contrast</TD><TR> | |
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> | |
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> | |
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> | |
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> | |
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> | |
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> | |
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> | |
1682 | 712 |
1987 | 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> |
1612 | 714 |
1987 | 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> |
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> | |
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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1987 | 719 <TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>AAlib itselves provides a large sum of options. |
1682 | 720 Here are some important:</P></B></TD><TR> |
721 | |
1987 | 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> |
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> | |
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> | |
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> | |
1682 | 726 </TABLE></P> |
727 | |
728 <P>NOTE: the rendering is very CPU intensive, especially when using AA-on-X | |
729 (using aalib on X), and it's least CPU intensive on standard, | |
730 non-framebuffer console. Use SVGATextMode to set up a big textmode, | |
731 then enjoy! (secondary head Hercules cards rock :)) (anyone can enhance | |
732 bdev to do conversion/dithering to hgafb? Would be neat :)</P> | |
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1682 | 734 <P>Use the -framedrop option if your comp isn't fast enough to render all frames!</P> |
1612 | 735 |
1682 | 736 <P>Playing on terminal you'll get better speed and quality using the linux driver, not |
737 curses (-aadriver linux). But therefore you need write access on /dev/vcsa<terminal>! | |
738 That isn't autodetected by aalib, bu vo_aa tries to find the best mode. | |
1731 | 739 See <A HREF="http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/tune/">http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/tune/</A> for further tuning issues.</P> |
1612 | 740 |
2471 | 741 |
2745 | 742 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.12>2.3.1.12. VESA - output to VESA BIOS</B></P> |
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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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749 </P> |
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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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767 <P> |
2471 | 768 So you have chances to get working TV-out by using this driver.<br> |
769 (I guess that TV-out frequently is standalone head or standalone output | |
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771 </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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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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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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2747 | 791 driver is comparable by speed with <b>-vo dga</b> and <b>-vo fbdev</b> ones.<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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3141 | 798 <P>Don't use this driver with <B>GCC 2.96</B> ! It won't work !</P> |
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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 | 803 <TD> </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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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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2747 | 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> |
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811 </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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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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833 <P>Avoid if possible. Outputs to X11 (uses shared memory extension), with no |
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835 slow) software scaling, use the options <CODE>-fs -zoom</CODE>. Most cards have |
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836 hardware scaling support, use the <CODE>-vo xv</CODE> output for them, or |
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837 <CODE>-vo xmga</CODE> for Matroxes.</P> |
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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 |
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841 coloured window instead of the movie. This is where this driver comes in |
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843 SDL driver's software output+scaler, it has worse image quality !</P> |
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3290 | 845 <P>Software scaling is very slow, you better try changing video modes instead. |
846 It's very simple. See the <A HREF=#2.3.1.3.A>DGA section's modelines</A>, and | |
847 insert them into your XF86Config. | |
848 <UL> | |
849 <LI>If you have XFree86 4.x.x - use the <CODE>-vm</CODE> option. It will | |
850 change to a resolution your movie fits in. If it doesn't :</LI> | |
851 <LI>With XFree86 3.x.x - you have to cycle through available resolutions | |
852 with the <B>CTRL-ALT-plus</B> and <B>minus</B> keys.</LI> | |
853 </UL> | |
854 | |
855 If you can't find the modes you inserted, browse XFree86's output. Some | |
856 drivers can't use low pixelclocks that are needed for low resolution | |
857 video modes.</P> | |
858 | |
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3224 | 860 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.14>2.3.1.14. Rage128 (Pro) / Radeon video overlay (radeon_vid)</A></B></P> |
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3267 | 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. |
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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> |
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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> |
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865 Simply because VESA enables TV-out on ATI's card but Backend scaler is used after |
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866 mode switching. This implementation outputs video stream on both: <b>TV-screen</b> and <b>CRTC</b> |
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867 display simultaneously. (It slightly degrades quality of video output but it's |
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868 much better than nothing). |
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869 Sorry! I couldn't find out any video overlay's related information |
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870 on ATI pages. (I planned to implement it through <b>int 10h</b> calls). But it was |
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871 very easy to implement this stuff through reading/writing Radeon ports. |
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872 <br><b>NOTE</b>: XXX_VID technology is perfectly undocumented and maybe in the |
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873 future this stuff will be fully rewritten. This is the first public release of |
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874 driver.</P> |
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2958 | 876 <P><B>Installation</B></P> |
877 | |
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2958 | 879 <UL> |
880 <LI> | |
3224 | 881 <CODE>cd drivers/radeon<BR> |
3268 | 882 make<BR> |
883 make install<BR> | |
884 make nodes</CODE></LI> | |
3267 | 885 <LI>add one of the following at the end of the <CODE>/etc/modules.conf</CODE> file :<BR> |
886 <CODE> alias char-major-178 radeon_vid</CODE><BR> | |
887 <CODE> alias char-major-178 rage128_vid</CODE></LI> | |
2958 | 888 <LI>run <CODE>depmod -a</CODE></LI> |
889 </UL> | |
890 </P> | |
891 | |
892 <P> | |
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3267 | 897 <P>More examples (for hardware deinterlacing, etc) can be found |
898 <A HREF="../drivers/radeon/README">here</A>.</P> | |
899 | |
2958 | 900 <P><B>NOTE</B>: don't use any framebuffers when you plan to use this driver ! Use |
901 it only from textmode console.</P> | |
902 | |
3224 | 903 <P> |
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904 <b>Conclusion:</b> I know there are lot of lacks and bugs. So if you are able |
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905 to improve something then simply send me your patches. |
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4339 | 908 |
4199 | 909 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.15>2.3.1.15. VIDIX</A></B></P> |
910 | |
911 <P><B><I>WHAT IS VIDIX</I></B></P> | |
912 | |
913 <P>VIDIX is the abbreviation for <b>VID</b>eo <b>I</b>nterface for | |
914 *ni<b>X</b>.<BR> | |
915 VIDIX was designed and introduced as an interface for fast user-space drivers | |
916 providing <b>DGA</b> everywhere where it's possible (<b>unlike X11</b>). I | |
917 hope that these drivers will be as portable as X11 (<b>not only on | |
918 *nix</b>).<BR> | |
919 What is it: | |
920 <LI>It's a portable successor of mga_vid technology, but it's located in | |
921 user-space.</LI> | |
922 <LI>Unlike X11 it provides DGA everywhere it's possible</LI> | |
923 <LI>Unlike v4l it provides interface for video playback</LI> | |
924 <LI>Unlike linux's drivers it uses mathematics library</LI> | |
925 </P> | |
926 | |
927 <P>I can tell you in bold capital letters :<BR> | |
928 <b>VIDIX PROVIDES DIRECT GRAPHICS ACCESS TO BES YUV MEMORY.</b> | |
929 </P> | |
930 | |
931 <P><i>Well (it's in my todo) - implement DGA to MPEG2 decoder.</i></P> | |
932 | |
933 <P>This interface was designed as an attempt to fit existing video acceleration | |
934 interfaces (known as mga_vid, mga_yuv, radeon_vid) into a fixed scheme. It | |
935 provides highlevel interface to chips which are known as BES (BackEnd | |
936 scalers) or OV (Video Overlays). It doesn't provide lowlevel interface to | |
937 things which are known as graphics servers. (I don't want to compete with X11 | |
938 team in graphics mode switching). I.e. main goal of this interface is to | |
939 provide maximal speed of video playback but not putting video signal on | |
940 screen of your TV or on tape of your VCR. Although these things are also very | |
941 significant - it's perfectly other task. (However I guess that it would be | |
942 possible to implement something like mini-X (don't mix it with Minix ;) in | |
943 the future, if some number of volunteers will be found. | |
944 </P> | |
945 | |
946 <P><B><I>USAGE</I></B></P> | |
947 | |
948 <P> | |
949 <LI>You can use standalone video output driver: <CODE>-vo xvidix</CODE><BR> | |
950 This driver was developed as X11's front end to VIDIX technology. It | |
951 requires XServer and can work only under XServer.</LI> | |
952 <LI>You can use VIDIX subdevice which was applied to several video output | |
953 drivers, such as:<BR> | |
954 <CODE>-vo vesa:vidix</CODE> and <CODE>-vo fbdev:vidix</CODE></LI> | |
955 Indeed it doesn't matter which video output driver is used with <b>VIDIX</b>. | |
956 </P> | |
957 | |
958 <P><B><I>REQUIREMENTS</I></B></P> | |
959 | |
960 <P> | |
961 <LI>video card should be in graphics mode (I write <b>should</b> simply | |
962 because I tested it in text mode - it works but has awful output ;) Use | |
963 AAlib for that).<BR> | |
964 <I>Note: Everyone can try this trick by commenting out mode switching in | |
965 vo_vesa driver.</I></LI> | |
966 <LI><B>MPlayer</B>'s video output driver should know active video mode and be | |
967 able to tell to VIDIX subdevice some video characteristics of server.</LI> | |
968 I hope that probably every video output driver of <B>MPlayer</B> will | |
969 recognize <CODE>:vidix</CODE> subdevice. | |
970 </P> | |
971 | |
972 <P><B><I>USAGE METHODS</I></B></P> | |
973 | |
4223 | 974 <P>When VIDIX is used as <b>subdevice</b> (<CODE>-vo vesa:vidix</CODE>) then |
4199 | 975 video mode configuration is performed by video output device |
976 (<b>vo_server</b> in short). Therefore you can pass into command line of | |
977 <B>MPlayer</B> the same keys as for vo_server. In addition it understands | |
978 <CODE>-double</CODE> key as globally visible parameter. (I recommend using | |
979 this key with VIDIX at least for ATI's card).<BR> | |
980 As for <CODE>-vo xvidix</CODE> : currently it recognizes the following | |
4356 | 981 options: <CODE>-fs -zoom -x -y -double</CODE>.<BR> |
4199 | 982 </P> |
983 | |
984 <P>Also you can specify VIDIX's driver directly as third subargument in command | |
985 line :<BR> | |
986 <BR> | |
987 <code>mplayer -vo xvidix:mga_vid.so -fs -zoom -double | |
988 file.avi</code><BR> | |
989 or<BR> | |
990 <code>mplayer -vo vesa:vidix:radeon_vid.so -fs -zoom -double -bpp | |
991 32 file.avi</code><BR> | |
992 <BR> | |
993 But it's dangerous, and you shouldn't do that. In this case given driver will | |
994 be forced and result is unpredictable (it may <b>freeze</b> your | |
4339 | 995 computer). You should do that ONLY if you are absolutely sure it will work, |
996 and <B>MPlayer</B> doesn't do it automatically. Please tell about it to the | |
997 developers. The Right Way is to use VIDIX without arguments to enable driver | |
4199 | 998 autodetection. |
999 </P> | |
1000 | |
1001 <P> | |
1002 VIDIX is very new technology and it's extremely possible that on your system | |
1003 (OS=abc CPU=xyz) it won't work. In this case only solution for you it's port | |
1004 it (mainly libdha). But there is hope that it will work on those systems | |
1005 where X11 does. | |
1006 </P> | |
1007 | |
1008 <P>And the last <b>WARNING</b>: (un)fortunately you <b>MUST</b> have | |
1009 <b>ROOT</b> privileges to use VIDIX due to direct hardware access. At least | |
1010 set the <b>suid</b> bit on the <B>MPlayer</B> excecutable. | |
1011 </P> | |
1012 | |
4496 | 1013 <P><B><I>VIDEO EQUALIZER</I></B></P> |
1014 | |
1015 <P> | |
4506 | 1016 This is a video equalizer implemented especially for Vidix. You can use |
1017 it either with <B>1-8</B> keys as described in the manpage, or | |
1018 by command line arguments. <B>MPlayer</B> recognizes the | |
4496 | 1019 following options : |
1020 </P> | |
1021 | |
1022 <P> | |
1023 <CODE>-brightness</CODE> - adjust <B>BRIGHTNESS</B> of video | |
1024 output. It's not equal to brightness adjusting on monitor panel or on TV. It | |
1025 changes intensity of RGB components of video signal from black to white | |
1026 screen.<BR> | |
1027 <CODE>-contrast</CODE> - adjust <B>CONTRAST</B> of video output. | |
1028 Works in similar manner as brightness.<BR> | |
1029 <CODE>-saturation</CODE> - adjust <B>SATURATION</B> of video | |
1030 output. You can get grayscale output with this option.<BR> | |
1031 <CODE>-hue</CODE> - adjust <B>HUE</B> of video signal. You can | |
1032 get colored negative of image with this option.<BR> | |
1033 <CODE>-red_intensity</CODE> - adjust intensity of <B>RED</B> | |
1034 component of video signal.<BR> | |
1035 <CODE>-green_intensity</CODE> - adjust intensity of <B>GREEN</B> | |
1036 component of video signal.<BR> | |
1037 <CODE>-blue_intensity</CODE> - adjust intensity of <B>BLUE</B> | |
1038 component of video signal. | |
1039 </P> | |
1040 <P> | |
1041 Each parameter can accept values from <B>-1000</B> to <B>+1000</B>.<BR> | |
1042 Default value for each parameter is <B>0</B>. | |
1043 </P> | |
1044 <P> | |
1045 <B>Note:</B> Not every driver provides support for each of those parameters. | |
1046 Currently only <B>radeon_vid.so</B> provides full support for video eqalizing. | |
1047 Other drivers only partly support these options. | |
1048 </P> | |
1049 <P><B>Examples:</B><BR> | |
1050 <CODE>mplayer -vo vesa:vidix -brightness -300 -contrast 200 | |
1051 filename.avi</CODE><BR> | |
1052 or<BR> | |
1053 <CODE>mplayer -vo xvidix -red_intensity -50 -saturation 400 -hue 300 | |
1054 filename.vob</CODE> | |
1055 </P> | |
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4339 | 1058 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.16>2.3.1.16. Zr</A></B></P> |
1059 | |
1060 <P>This is a display-driver (<CODE>-vo zr</CODE>) for a number of MJPEG | |
4360 | 1061 capture/playback cards (tested for DC10+ and Buz, and it should work for the |
4339 | 1062 LML33, the DC10). The driver works by encoding the frame to jpeg and then |
1063 sending it to the card. For the jpeg encoding <B>libavcodec</B> is | |
1064 used, and required.</P> | |
1065 | |
1066 <P>This driver talks to the kernel driver available at | |
1067 <A HREF="http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net">http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net</A>, so | |
1068 you must get it working first. Then recompile <B>MPlayer</B> with | |
1069 <CODE>--enable-zr</CODE>.</P> | |
1070 | |
1071 <P>Some remarks: | |
1072 <UL> | |
4360 | 1073 <LI>don't start or stop XawTV on the playback device during playback, |
1074 it will crash your computer. It is, however, fine to <B>FIRST</B> start | |
1075 XawTV, <B>THEN</B> start <B>MPlayer</B>, wait for <B>MPlayer</B> to finish | |
1076 and <B>THEN</B> stop XawTV.</LI> | |
4339 | 1077 <LI>this driver adds <CODE>-zr*</CODE> commandline options. The explanation |
1078 of these options can be viewed with <CODE>-zrhelp</CODE>. It is possible to | |
1079 crop the input frame (cut borders to make it fit or to enhance performace) | |
1080 and to do other things.</LI> | |
4360 | 1081 <LI>the driver takes data in YV12 and YUY2 format, this means that some |
1082 codecs won't work. Some old VfW (Video for Windows) codecs, for example, | |
1083 are incompatible with this driver. The errormessage that you will see is: | |
1084 <CODE>Sorry, selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec. | |
1085 </CODE></LI> | |
1086 <LI>OSD is currently not supported, so you won't see | |
1087 subtitles.</LI> | |
4339 | 1088 </UL> |
1089 </P> | |
1090 | |
1091 | |
4496 | 1092 |
2745 | 1093 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.A>2.3.1.A. TV-out support</A></B></P> |
1612 | 1094 |
2745 | 1095 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.A.1>2.3.1.A.1. Matrox cards</A></B></P> |
1612 | 1096 |
2486 | 1097 <P>Under Linux you have 2 methods to get TV out working :</P> |
2309 | 1098 |
1099 <P> | |
2486 | 1100 <UL> |
1101 <LI><B>XFree86</B>: using the driver and the HAL module, available from | |
1102 <A HREF="http://www.matrox.com">Matrox's site</A>. This will give you X on | |
1103 the TV.<BR> <B>This method doesn't give you accelerated playback</B> as | |
1104 under Windoze! The second head has only YUV framebuffer, the <I>BES</I> | |
1105 (Back End Scaler, the YUV scaler on G200/G400/G450/G550 cards) doesn't work | |
1106 on it! The windows driver somehow workarounds this, probably by using the | |
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2486 | 1109 options, but it will be <B>SLOW</B>, and has <B>Macrovision</B> copyprotection |
4177 | 1110 enabled (you can "workaround" Macrovision using |
1111 <A HREF="http://avifile.sourceforge.net/mgamacro.pl">this</A> perl | |
1112 script.</LI> | |
2486 | 1113 <LI><B>Framebuffer</B>: using the <B>matroxfb modules</B> in the 2.4 kernels. |
1114 2.2 kernels don't have the TVout feature in them, thus unusable for this. | |
3030 | 1115 You have to enable ALL matroxfb-specific feature during compilation (except |
1116 MultiHead), and compile them into <B>modules</B>! | |
2486 | 1117 <UL> |
1118 <LI> | |
1119 Enter <CODE>TVout/matroxset</CODE> and type <CODE>make</CODE>. Install | |
1120 <CODE>matroxset</CODE> into somewhere in your PATH.</LI> | |
1121 <LI> | |
1122 If you don't have <CODE>fbset</CODE> installed, enter | |
1123 <CODE>TVout/fbset</CODE> and type <CODE>make</CODE>. Install | |
1124 <CODE>fbset</CODE> into somewhere in your PATH.</LI> | |
1125 <LI> | |
1126 Then enter into the <CODE>TVout/</CODE> directory in the <B>MPlayer</B> | |
1127 source, and execute <CODE>./modules</CODE> as root. Your text-mode console | |
1128 will enter into framebuffer mode (no way back!).</LI> | |
1129 <LI>Next, run the <CODE>./matroxtv</CODE> script. This will present you | |
1130 to a very simple menu. Press <B>2</B> and <B>ENTER</B>. Now you should | |
1131 have the same picture on your monitor, and TV. The <B>3.</B> option | |
1132 will turn on independent display, but then you <B>can't use X</B>! If | |
3030 | 1133 the TV (PAL !) picture has some weird stripes on it, the script wasn't able to |
2486 | 1134 set the resolution correctly (to 640x512 by default). Use other menu |
1135 items randomly and it'll be OK :)</LI> | |
1136 </UL> | |
1137 | |
1138 <P> | |
1139 Yoh. Next task is to make the cursor on tty1 (or whatever) to disappear, | |
1140 and turn off screen blanking. Execute the following commands:</P> | |
1141 | |
1142 <P> | |
4701 | 1143 <CODE>echo -e '\033[?25l'</CODE> or <CODE>setterm -cursor off<BR> |
2486 | 1144 setterm -blank 0</CODE> |
1145 </P> | |
1146 | |
1147 <P> | |
1148 You possibly want to put the above into a script, and also clear | |
1149 the screen.. To turn the cursor back :<BR><CODE>echo -e '\033[?25h'</CODE> | |
4701 | 1150 or <CODE>setterm -cursor on</CODE> |
2486 | 1151 </P> |
1152 | |
1153 <P>Yeah kewl. Start movie playing with <CODE>mplayer -vo mga -fs -screenw 640 | |
1154 -screenh 512 <filename></CODE><BR> | |
1155 (if you use X, now change to matroxfb with for example CTRL-ALT-F1 !)<BR> | |
1156 Change 640x512 if you set the resolution to other..<BR> | |
1157 <B>Enjoy the ultra-fast ultra-featured Matrox TV output (better than Xv) !</B> | |
1158 </P> | |
1159 </LI> | |
1160 </LI> | |
1161 </UL> | |
2309 | 1162 </P> |
1163 | |
1164 | |
2745 | 1165 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.A.2>2.3.1.A.2. ATI cards</A></B></P> |
2206 | 1166 |
1167 <P> | |
1168 <b>A few word about ATI's TV-out:</b><BR> | |
1169 Currently ATI doesn't want to support any of its TV-out chips under Linux. | |
1170 Below is official answer from ATI Inc.: | |
1171 | |
1172 <P> | |
1173 <code> | |
1174 <i> | |
1175 <br>> Hello! | |
1176 <br>> | |
1177 <br>> On your pages you wrote that you support linux developers. | |
1178 <br>> Currently I participate with mplayer project (www.mplayerhq.hu) | |
1179 <br>> I'm interesting with enabling TV-out on Radeon VE chips during | |
1180 <br>> movie playback. I would be glad to add this feature to radeonfb driver | |
1181 <br>> (which can be found in CVS tree of mplayer project at main/drivers/radeon). | |
1182 <br>> Do I have a chance to get any official technical documenation? | |
1183 </i> | |
1184 <br>We will not provide TV out related documents due to macrovision concerns. | |
1185 <br>Also mpeg2 decoding is something that we MAY consider in the future but not | |
1186 <br>at this current time. This is again due to proprietary and 3rd party | |
1187 <br>information. | |
1188 </code> | |
1189 </P> | |
1190 | |
1191 <P>Pity isn't?</P> | |
1192 | |
1193 <P> | |
1194 <code> | |
1195 <B>Q:What is Macrovision?</B><BR> | |
1196 A:It's copy protection mechanism.</code> | |
1197 </P> | |
1198 | |
1199 <P>It means that if they open any TV-out related information then | |
1200 hackers will be able to disable copy protection on their chips. Therefore | |
1201 we have no chance to get working TV-out on ATI.</P> | |
1202 | |
1203 <P>What's status of ATI's tv-out chips under Linux: | |
4199 | 1204 <LI><b>ATI Mach64</b> has <i>ImpacTV</i> which is supported by <A HREF="http://gatos.sf.net">gatos</A>. |
1205 <LI><b>ASIC Radeon VIVO</b> has <i>Rage Theatre</i> which is supported by <A HREF="http://gatos.sf.net">gatos</A>. | |
3027 | 1206 <LI><b>Radeon VE</b> and <b>Rage PRO LT</b> have <i>ImpacTV2+</i> which is not supported under Linux. |
1207 But with <B>MPlayer</B> you get <B>full hardware acceleration</B> and <B>TV out</B> | |
1208 for Radeons ! | |
1209 Check <a href=#2.3.1.12>VESA driver</a> and <A HREF=#2.3.1.14>Radeon | |
1210 acceleration</A> sections.</P> | |
2206 | 1211 |
1212 <P> | |
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2745 | 1214 movies on their TV</b> through <a href=#2.3.1.12>VESA drivers</a>. |
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2486 | 1218 I should say good words to ATI Inc. too:<br> |
1219 <b>they produce top quality BIOSes.</b> | |
2206 | 1220 </P> |
1221 | |
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1228 cards) so you can use <b>any video mode</b> on your <b>TV</b> (from |
2471 | 1229 <b>320x200</b> up to <b>1024x768</b>).<br> |
2747 | 1230 From other side (it's known at least for <b>Radeons</b>) there is <b>DGA</b> |
1231 mode which is detected automatically and in this case you'll get comparable | |
1232 with <b>-vo dga</b> and <b>-vo fbdev</b> drivers speed.<br> | |
2486 | 1233 Only thing you need to do - <b>have TV connector plugged in before booting your |
2471 | 1234 PC</b> since video BIOS initializes itself only once during POST procedure. |
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2745 | 1238 For detail see <a href="video.html#2.3.1.12">VESA</a> sections of this |
2471 | 1239 documentation. |
2206 | 1240 </P> |
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1250 </HTML> |