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2 Videocards with hardware acceleration:
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5 * read DOCS/MTRR too!
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7 "Hardware acceleration" usually means hardware YUV conversion, scaling,
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8 bilinear filtering. Under Linux, there are several ways to access it:
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10 I. the Xv (XVideo) extension of XFree86-4.0.x
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11 II. opengl drivers with glTexSubImage() support (currently the Utah-GLX drivers)
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12 III. native card-specific drivers, using special abilities of some cards
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13 IV. DGA - direct graphic access. no yuv & scaling, but faster than raw X11
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15 Now, see them in details:
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17 I. under XFree86 v4.0.x, using the XVideo extension:
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18 this is what the option '-vo xv' uses.
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20 In order to make this work, be sure to check the following:
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22 1. you use XFree86 4.0.2 or newer (former versions don't have XVideo)
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24 2. your card actually supports harware acceleration (modern cards does)
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26 3. X loads the XVideo extension, it's something like this:
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27 (II) Loading extension XVideo
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28 in /var/log/XFree86.0.log
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29 NOTE : this loads only the XFree86 support. In a good install, this is
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30 always loaded, and doesn't mean that the _card's_ XVideo support is
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33 4. your card has Xv support under linux. To check, try 'xvinfo', it is the
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34 part of the XFree86 distribution. It should display a long text, similar
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37 X-Video Extension version 2.2
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38 screen #0
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39 Adaptor #0: "Savage Streams Engine"
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40 number of ports: 1
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41 port base: 43
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42 operations supported: PutImage
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43 supported visuals:
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44 depth 16, visualID 0x22
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45 depth 16, visualID 0x23
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46 number of attributes: 5
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47 (...etc...)
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49 It must support YUY2 packed, and YV12 planar pixel formats to be
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50 usable with MPlayer.
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52 5. Be sure MPlayer is compiled with the "xv" target. "./configure" should say:
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53 Checking for Xv ... yes
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55 6. If all is fine, try the option '-vo xv' . It should work.
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56 (if it doesn't, send us a bugreport. See the README on how to do this.)
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59 II. OpenGL drivers with *working* *fast* glTexSubImage() support.
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61 Currently only the old Utah-GLX drivers (for X 3.3.6) have it.
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62 See http://utah-glx.sourceforge.net for details about how to install it.
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64 The new X4/DRI and nVidia's binary drivers has no usable glTexSubImage :(
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66 III. native card-specific drivers
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68 There is 3 native drivers for linux:
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69 1. Matrox G200/G400/G450 BES (Back-End Scaler) support -> mga_vid kernel drv.
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70 It's active developed by me (A'rpi), and it has hardware VSYNC support
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71 with triple buffering. It works on both framebuffer console and under X.
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73 To use, simply compile the mga_vid.o in the drivers/ subdir (type: make)
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74 and load it with insmod mga_vid.o. You should verify the memory size
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75 detection using the 'dmesg' command. If it's bad, use the mga_ram_size
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76 option (rmmod mga_vid first), specify card's memory size in MB:
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77 insmod mga_vid.o mga_ram_size 16
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79 Using it from MPlayer: (you should re-compile it with mga_vid support...)
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81 Use the 'mga' vo driver on framebuffer console (matroxfb): -vo mga
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82 and use the xmga driver for X 3.3.x: -vo xmga
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84 Note: it works under X 4.0.x too, but it conflicts with the Xv driver,
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85 so avoid using both. Usually X restart or reboot needs to get Xv usable
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88 2. SiS 6326 YUV Framebuffer driver -> sis_vid kernel driver
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89 Its interface should be compatible with the mga_vid, but the driver
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90 was not updated after the mga_vid changes, so it's outdated now.
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91 Volunteers needed to test it and bring the code up-to-date.
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93 3. 3dfx (which ones?) YUV+scaler support, using /dev/3dfx (tdfx.o driver?)
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94 The /dev/3dfx kernel driver exists only for 2.2.x kernels, for use with
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95 Glide 2.x linux ports. It's not tested with MPlayer, and so no more
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96 supported. Volunteers needed to test it and bring the code up-to-date.
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99 IV. If your card lacks hardware acceleration, you can still boost your fps by
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102 1. Make sure X loads the DGA extension:
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103 (II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
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104 2. MPlayer's DGA driver is autodetected on ./configure, or you can force it
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105 with --enable-dga.
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106 3. Be sure to use 24/32bpp mode, since there is no converter right now.. :(
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107 4. Install MPlayer SUID root.
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108 (see the FAQ on how to do this, and... heed the warning!)
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109 5. Use '-vo dga' option, and there you go! (hope so:)
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111 If you have fast enough CPU (P3 800 for example) you can try fsdga for
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112 fullscreen mpeg playing (using software YUV->RGB scaling):
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