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author	arpi
date	Sun, 22 Sep 2002 16:31:21 +0000
parents	a8ae3f53eb14
children	427935644581

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6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	1 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	2 <HTML>
4982 6cb9d9a1716d HTML: different font handling - idea from new hp dezign gabucino parents: 4920 diff changeset	3
6cb9d9a1716d HTML: different font handling - idea from new hp dezign gabucino parents: 4920 diff changeset	4 <HEAD>
6882 f3f87f6bf5cf Added a uniform title: something - MPlayer - The Movie Player for Linux. diego parents: 6732 diff changeset	5 <TITLE>Video - MPlayer - The Movie Player for Linux</TITLE>
6391 4e5c236ade69 small updates gabucino parents: 6309 diff changeset	6 <LINK REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" HREF="default.css">
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	7 <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
4982 6cb9d9a1716d HTML: different font handling - idea from new hp dezign gabucino parents: 4920 diff changeset	8 </HEAD>
6cb9d9a1716d HTML: different font handling - idea from new hp dezign gabucino parents: 4920 diff changeset	9
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	10 <BODY>
1704 a2e1432f7ac3 Arial font gabucino parents: 1686 diff changeset	11
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	12
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	13 <H3><A NAME="video">2.3.1 Video output devices</A></H3>
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1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	15
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	16 <H4><A NAME="mtrr">2.3.1.1 Setting up MTRR</A></H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	17
1946 7fb1fb6f295f * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1922 diff changeset	18 <P>It is VERY recommended to check if the MTRR registers are set up properly,
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	19 because they can give a big performance boost.</P>
1946 7fb1fb6f295f * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1922 diff changeset	20
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	21 <P>Do a '<CODE>cat /proc/mtrr</CODE>':</P>
1946 7fb1fb6f295f * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1922 diff changeset	22
7fb1fb6f295f * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1922 diff changeset	23 <P><CODE>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	24 --($:~)-- cat /proc/mtrr<BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	25 reg00: base=0xe4000000 (3648MB), size= 16MB: write-combining, count=9<BR>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	26 reg01: base=0xd8000000 (3456MB), size= 128MB: write-combining, count=1</CODE></P>
1946 7fb1fb6f295f * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1922 diff changeset	27
6599 f20184a10258 1001 typos as found by ispell. diego parents: 6583 diff changeset	28 <P>It's right, shows my Matrox G400 with 16MB memory. I did this from
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	29 XFree 4.x.x , which sets up MTRR registers automatically.</P>
1946 7fb1fb6f295f * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1922 diff changeset	30
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	31 <P>If nothing worked, you have to do it manually. First, you have to find the
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	32 base address. You have 3 ways to find it:</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	33
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	34 <UL>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	35 <LI>from X11 startup messages, for example:
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	36 <P><CODE>(--) SVGA: PCI: Matrox MGA G400 AGP rev 4, Memory @ 0xd8000000, 0xd4000000<BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	37 (--) SVGA: Linear framebuffer at 0xD8000000</CODE></P></LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	38 <LI>from /proc/pci (use lspci -v command):
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	39 <P>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	40 <CODE>01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc.: Unknown device 0525</CODE>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	41 <CODE>Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)</CODE>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	42 </P></LI>
7138 8ab4d11353ae Fixed some small HTML errors. diego parents: 7099 diff changeset	43 <LI>from mga_vid kernel driver messages (use <CODE>dmesg</CODE>):
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	44 <P><CODE>mga_mem_base = d8000000</CODE></P></LI>
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	45 </UL>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	46
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	47 <P>Then let's find the memory size. This is very easy, just convert video ram
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	48 size to hexadecimal, or use this table:</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	49
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	50 <TABLE BORDER=0>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	51 <TR><TD>  </TD><TD>1 MB</TD><TD WIDTH="10%"></TD><TD>0x100000</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	52 <TR><TD></TD><TD>2 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x200000</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	53 <TR><TD></TD><TD>4 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x400000</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	54 <TR><TD></TD><TD>8 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x800000</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	55 <TR><TD></TD><TD>16 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x1000000</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	56 <TR><TD></TD><TD>32 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x2000000</TD></TR>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	57 </TABLE>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	58
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	59
6599 f20184a10258 1001 typos as found by ispell. diego parents: 6583 diff changeset	60 <P>You know base address and memory size, let's setup MTRR registers!
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	61 For example, for the Matrox card above (base=0xd8000000) with 32MB
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	62 ram (size=0x2000000) just execute:</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	63
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	64
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	65 <P><CODE>  echo "base=0xd8000000 size=0x2000000 type=write-combining" >\| /proc/mtrr</CODE></P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	66
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	67
6599 f20184a10258 1001 typos as found by ispell. diego parents: 6583 diff changeset	68 <P>Not all CPUs support MTRRs. For example older K6-2's [around 266MHz,
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	69 stepping 0] doesn't support MTRR, but stepping 12's do ('<CODE>cat
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	70 /proc/cpuinfo</CODE>' to check it').</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	71
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	72
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	73 <H4><A NAME="xv">2.3.1.2 Xv</A></H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	74
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	75 <P>Under XFree86 4.0.2 or newer, you can use your card's hardware YUV routines
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	76 using the XVideo extension. This is what the option '-vo xv' uses. Also,
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	77 this is driver supports adjusting brightness/contrast/hue/etc (unless you use
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	78 the old, slow DirectShow DivX codec, which supports it everywhere), see the
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	79 man page.</P>
4498 554af641717d -vo xv does video equalizing gabucino parents: 4496 diff changeset	80
554af641717d -vo xv does video equalizing gabucino parents: 4496 diff changeset	81 <P>In order to make this work, be sure to check the following:</P>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	82
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	83 <UL>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	84 <LI>You have to use XFree86 4.0.2 or newer (former versions don't have
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	85 XVideo)</LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	86 <LI>Your card actually supports hardware acceleration (modern cards do)</LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	87 <LI>X loads the XVideo extension, it's something like this:
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	88
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	89 <P><CODE>  (II) Loading extension XVideo</CODE></P>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	90
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	91 <P>in /var/log/XFree86.0.log</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	92
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	93 <P>NOTE: this loads only the XFree86's extension. In a good install, this
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	94 is always loaded, and doesn't mean that the <B>card's</B> XVideo support is
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	95 loaded!</P>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	96 </LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	97 <LI>Your card has Xv support under Linux. To check, try 'xvinfo', it is the
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	98 part of the XFree86 distribution. It should display a long text, similar
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	99 to this:
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	100 <PRE>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	101 X-Video Extension version 2.2
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	102 screen #0
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	103 Adaptor #0: "Savage Streams Engine"
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	104 number of ports: 1
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	105 port base: 43
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	106 operations supported: PutImage
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	107 supported visuals:
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	108 depth 16, visualID 0x22
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	109 depth 16, visualID 0x23
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	110 number of attributes: 5
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	111 (...)
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	112 Number of image formats: 7
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	113 id: 0x32595559 (YUY2)
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	114 guid: 59555932-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	115 bits per pixel: 16
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	116 number of planes: 1
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	117 type: YUV (packed)
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	118 id: 0x32315659 (YV12)
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	119 guid: 59563132-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	120 bits per pixel: 12
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	121 number of planes: 3
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	122 type: YUV (planar)
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	123 (...etc...)
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	124 </PRE>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	125 <P>It must support YUY2 packed, and YV12 planar pixel formats to be
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	126 usable with <B>MPlayer</B>.</P>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	127 </LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	128 <LI>And finally, check if <B>MPlayer</B> was compiled with 'xv' support.
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	129 ./configure prints this.</LI>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	130 </UL>
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7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	133 <H5><A NAME="xv_3dfx">2.3.1.2.1 3dfx cards</A></H5>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	134
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	135 <P>Older 3dfx drivers were known to have problems with XVideo acceleration, it
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	136 didn't support either YUY2 or YV12, and so. Verify that you have XFree86
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	137 version 4.2.0 or greater, it works OK with YV12 and YUY2. Previous versions,
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	138 including 4.1.0, <B>crash with YV12</B>. If you experience strange effects
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	139 using -vo xv, try SDL (it has XVideo too) and see if it helps. Check the
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	140 <A HREF="#sdl">SDL section</A> for details.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	141
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	142 <P><B>OR</B>, try the NEW -vo tdfxfb driver! See the
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	143 <A HREF="#tdfxfb">tdfxfb</A> section.</P>
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7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	146 <H5><A NAME="xv_s3">2.3.1.2.2 S3 cards</A></H5>
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dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	148 <P>S3 Savage3D's should work fine, but for Savage4, use XFree86 version 4.0.3
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	149 or greater (in case of image problems, try 16bpp). As for S3 Virge.. there is
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	150 xv support, but the card itself is very slow, so you better sell it.</P>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	151
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	152 <P><B>NOTE</B>: Savage cards have a slow YV12 image displaying capability (it
7076 3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly diego parents: 7061 diff changeset	153 needs to do YV12 to YUY2 conversion, because the Savage hardware can't display
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	154 YV12). So when this documentation says at some point "this has YV12 output
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	155 use this, it's faster", it's not sure. Try
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	156 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/contrib/Savage-driver/savage_drv.o.mmx2.bz2">this
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	157 driver</A>, it uses MMX2 for this task and is faster than the native X
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	158 driver.</P>
2865 72c750bbc249 * empty log message * gabucino parents: 2848 diff changeset	159
72c750bbc249 * empty log message * gabucino parents: 2848 diff changeset	160
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	161 <H5><A NAME="xv_nvidia">2.3.1.2.3 nVidia cards</A></H5>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	162
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	163 <P>nVidia isn't a very good choice under Linux (according to nVidia, this is
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	164 <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#nvidia">not true</A>).. You'll have to
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	165 use the binary closed-source nVidia driver, available at nVidia's web site.
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	166 The standard XFree86 driver doesn't support XVideo for these cards, due to
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	167 nVidia's closed sources/specifications.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	168
3290 3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember gabucino parents: 3268 diff changeset	169 <P>As far as I know the latest XFree86 driver contains XVideo support for
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	170 GeForce 2 and 3.</P>
3290 3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember gabucino parents: 3268 diff changeset	171
6599 f20184a10258 1001 typos as found by ispell. diego parents: 6583 diff changeset	172 <P>Riva128 cards don't have XVideo support even with the nVidia driver :(
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	173 Complain to nVidia.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	174
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7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	176 <H5><A NAME="xv_ati">2.3.1.2.4 ATI cards</A></H5>
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6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	178 <UL>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	179 <LI>The <A HREF="http://www.linuxvideo.org/gatos">GATOS driver</A> (which you
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	180 should use, unless you have Rage128 or Radeon) has VSYNC enabled by
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	181 default. It means that decoding speed (!) is synced to the monitor's
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	182 refresh rate. If playing seems to be slow, try disabling VSYNC somehow, or
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	183 set refresh rate to n*(fps of the movie) Hz.</LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	184 <LI>Radeon VE - currently only XFree86 CVS has driver for this card, version
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	185 4.1.0 doesn't. And no TV out support. Of course with <B>MPlayer</B> you can
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	186 happily get <B>accelerated</B> display, with or without <B>TV output</B>, and
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	187 no libraries or X are needed. Read <A HREF="#vidix">Vidix</A> section.</LI>
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	188 </UL>
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1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	190
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	191 <H5><A NAME="xv_neomagic">2.3.1.2.5 NeoMagic cards</A></H5>
1922 5f0e4310dd4d NeoMagic stuff added (legyen egyszer gyereknap...) gabucino parents: 1920 diff changeset	192
4920 089485d69edd added notes about enhanced Neomagic and Savage4 drivers gabucino parents: 4908 diff changeset	193 <P>These cards can be found in many laptops. Unfortunately, the driver in
089485d69edd added notes about enhanced Neomagic and Savage4 drivers gabucino parents: 4908 diff changeset	194 X 4.2.0 can't do Xv, but we have a modified, Xv-capable driver for you.
089485d69edd added notes about enhanced Neomagic and Savage4 drivers gabucino parents: 4908 diff changeset	195 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/contrib/NeoMagic-driver/neomagic_drv.o.4.2.0.bz2">Download from here</A>.
5359 a647a4bd5e93 Updated neomagic info. atmos4 parents: 5119 diff changeset	196 Driver provided by Stefan Seyfried.</P>
5378 1a7fd8f13ac0 small update gabucino parents: 5359 diff changeset	197
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	198 <P>To allow playback of DVD sized content change your XF86Config like this:</P>
5378 1a7fd8f13ac0 small update gabucino parents: 5359 diff changeset	199
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	200 <P>Section "Device"<BR>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	201     <I>[...]</I><BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	202     Driver "neomagic"<BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	203     <B>Option "OverlayMem" "829440"</B><BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	204     <I>[...]</I><BR>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	205 EndSection</P>
1922 5f0e4310dd4d NeoMagic stuff added (legyen egyszer gyereknap...) gabucino parents: 1920 diff changeset	206
5378 1a7fd8f13ac0 small update gabucino parents: 5359 diff changeset	207
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	208 <H5><A NAME="xv_trident">2.3.1.2.6 Trident cards</A></H5>
3794 4049673123e1 know not.. gabucino parents: 3664 diff changeset	209
4049673123e1 know not.. gabucino parents: 3664 diff changeset	210 <P>If you want to use xv with a trident card, provided that it doesn't
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	211 work with 4.1.0, try the latest CVS of XFree or wait for XFree 4.2.0.
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	212 The latest CVS adds support for fullscreen xv support with the
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	213 Cyberblade XP card.</P>
1922 5f0e4310dd4d NeoMagic stuff added (legyen egyszer gyereknap...) gabucino parents: 1920 diff changeset	214
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	215
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	216 <H4><A NAME="dga">2.3.1.3 DGA</A></H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	217
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	218
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	219 <H5><A NAME="dga_summary">2.3.1.3.1 Summary</A></H5>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	220
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	221 <P>This document tries to explain in some words what DGA is in general and what
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	222 the DGA video output driver for <B>MPlayer</B> can do (and what it
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	223 can't).</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	224
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	225
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	226 <H5><A NAME="dga_whatis">2.3.1.3.2 What is DGA</A></H5>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	227
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	228 <P>DGA is short for Direct Graphics Access and is a means for a program to
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	229 bypass the X-Server and directly modifying the framebuffer memory.
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	230 Technically spoken this happens by mapping the framebuffer memory into
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	231 the memory range of your process. This is allowed by the kernel only
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	232 if you have superuser privileges. You can get these either by logging in
7015 72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	233 as root or by setting the SUID bit on the <B>MPlayer</B> executable (<B>not
72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	234 recommended</B>).</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	235
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	236 <P>There are two versions of DGA: DGA1 is used by XFree 3.x.x and DGA2 was
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	237 introduced with XFree 4.0.1.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	238
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	239 <P>DGA1 provides only direct framebuffer access as described above. For
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	240 switching the resolution of the video signal you have to rely on the
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	241 XVidMode extension.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	242
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	243 <P>DGA2 incorporates the features of XVidMode extension and also allows
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	244 switching the depth of the display. So you may, although basically
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	245 running a 32 bit depth X server, switch to a depth of 15 bits and vice
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	246 versa. </P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	247
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	248 <P>However DGA has some drawbacks. It seems it is somewhat dependent on the
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	249 graphics chip you use and on the implementation of the X server's video
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	250 driver that controls this chip. So it does not work on every system ...</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	251
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	252
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	253 <H5><A NAME="dga_installation">2.3.1.3.3 Installing DGA support for MPlayer</A></H5>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	254
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	255 <P>First make sure X loads the DGA extension, see in /var/log/XFree86.0.log:</P>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	256
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	257 <P>    <CODE>(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA</CODE></P>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	258
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	259 <P>See, XFree86 4.0.x or greater is VERY RECOMMENDED! <B>MPlayer</B>'s DGA
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	260 driver is autodetected on ./configure, or you can force it with
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	261 --enable-dga.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	262
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	263 <P>If the driver couldn't switch to a smaller resolution, experiment with
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	264 switches -vm (only with X 3.3.x), -fs, -bpp, -zoom to find a video mode that
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	265 the movie fits in. There is no converter right now :(</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	266
7015 72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	267 <P>Become root. DGA needs root access to be able to write directly to video
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	268 memory. If you want to run it as user, then install <B>MPlayer</B> SUID
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	269 root:</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	270
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	271 <P><CODE>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	272     chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer<BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	273     chmod 750 /usr/local/bin/mplayer<BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	274     chmod +s /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE></P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	275
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	276 <P>Now it works as a simple user, too.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	277
7015 72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	278 <BLOCKQUOTE>
72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	279 <B>Warning: security risk</B><BR>
72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	280 This is a <B>big</B> security risk! <B>Never</B> do this on a server or on
72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	281 a computer that can be accessed by other people because they can gain root
72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	282 privileges through SUID root <B>MPlayer</B>.
72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	283 </BLOCKQUOTE>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	284
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	285 <P>Now use the <CODE>-vo dga</CODE> option, and there you go (hope so :))!
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	286 You should also try if the <CODE>-vo sdl:dga</CODE> option works for you. It's
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	287 much faster.</P>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	288
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	289
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	290 <H5><A NAME="dga_resolution">2.3.1.3.4 Resolution switching</A></H5>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	291
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	292 <P>The DGA driver allows for switching the resolution of the output signal.
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	293 This avoids the need for doing (slow) software scaling and at the same time
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	294 provides a fullscreen image. Ideally it would switch to the exact resolution
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	295 (except for honoring aspect ratio) of the video data, but the X server only
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	296 allows switching to resolutions predefined in
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	297 <CODE>/etc/X11/XF86Config</CODE> (<CODE>/etc/X11/XF86Config-4</CODE> for
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	298 XFree 4.0.X respectively). Those are defined by so-called modelines and
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	299 depend on the capabilities of your video hardware. The X server scans this
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	300 config file on startup and disables the modelines not suitable for your
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	301 hardware. You can find out which modes survive with the X11 log file. It can
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	302 be found at:
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	303 <CODE>/var/log/XFree86.0.log</CODE>.</P>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	304
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	305 <P>See appendix A for some sample modeline definitions.</P>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	306
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	307
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	308 <H5><A NAME="dga_mplayer">2.3.1.3.5 DGA & MPlayer</A></H5>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	309
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	310 <P>DGA is used in two places with <B>MPlayer</B>: The SDL driver can be made to
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	311 make use of it (-vo sdl:dga) and within the DGA driver (-vo dga). The above
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	312 said is true for both; in the following sections I'll explain how the DGA
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	313 driver for <B>MPlayer</B> works.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	314
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	315
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	316 <H5><A NAME="dga_features">2.3.1.3.6 Features of the DGA driver</A></H5>
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	317
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	318 <P>The DGA driver is invoked by specifying -vo dga at the command line.
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	319 The default behavior is to switch to a resolution matching the original
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	320 resolution of the video as close as possible. It deliberately ignores the
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	321 -vm and -fs switches (enabling of video mode switching and fullscreen) -
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	322 it always tries to cover as much area of your screen as possible by switching
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	323 the video mode, thus refraining to use a single additional cycle of your CPU
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	324 to scale the image.
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	325 If you don't like the mode it chooses you may force it to choose the mode
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	326 matching closest the resolution you specify by -x and -y.
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	327 By providing the -v option, the DGA driver will print, among a lot of other
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	328 things, a list of all resolutions supported by your current XF86-Config
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	329 file.
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	330 Having DGA2 you may also force it to use a certain depth by using the -bpp
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	331 option. Valid depths are 15, 16, 24 and 32. It depends on your hardware
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	332 whether these depths are natively supported or if a (possibly slow)
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	333 conversion has to be done.</P>
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	334
33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	335 <P>If you should be lucky enough to have enough offscreen memory left to
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	336 put a whole image there, the DGA driver will use doublebuffering, which
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	337 results in much smoother movie replaying. It will tell you whether double-
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	338 buffering is enabled or not.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	339
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	340 <P>Doublebuffering means that the next frame of your video is being drawn in
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	341 some offscreen memory while the current frame is being displayed. When the
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	342 next frame is ready, the graphics chip is just told the location in memory
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	343 of the new frame and simply fetches the data to be displayed from there.
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	344 In the meantime the other buffer in memory will be filled again with new
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	345 video data.</P>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	346
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	347 <P>Doublebuffering may be switched on by using the option -double and may be
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	348 disabled with -nodouble. Current default option is to disable
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	349 doublebuffering. When using the DGA driver, onscreen display (OSD) only
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	350 works with doublebuffering enabled. However, enabling doublebuffering may
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	351 result in a big speed penalty (on my K6-II+ 525 it used an additional 20% of
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	352 CPU time!) depending on the implementation of DGA for your hardware.</P>
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1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	354
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	355 <H5><A NAME="dga_speed">2.3.1.3.7 Speed issues</A></H5>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	356
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	357 <P>Generally spoken, DGA framebuffer access should be at least as fast as using
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	358 the X11 driver with the additional benefit of getting a fullscreen image.
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	359 The percentage speed values printed by <B>MPlayer</B> have to be interpreted
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	360 with some care, as for example, with the X11 driver they do not include the
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	361 time used by the X-Server needed for the actual drawing. Hook a terminal to a
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	362 serial line of your box and start top to see what is really going on in your
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	363 box...</P>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	364
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	365 <P>Generally spoken, the speedup done by using DGA against 'normal' use of X11
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	366 highly depends on your graphics card and how well the X-Server module for it
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	367 is optimized.</P>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	368
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	369 <P>If you have a slow system, better use 15 or 16bit depth since they require
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	370 only half the memory bandwidth of a 32 bit display.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	371
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	372 <P>Using a depth of 24bit is even a good idea if your card natively just
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	373 supports 32 bit depth since it transfers 25% less data compared to the 32/32
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	374 mode.</P>
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	375
6599 f20184a10258 1001 typos as found by ispell. diego parents: 6583 diff changeset	376 <P>I've seen some AVI files already be replayed on a Pentium MMX 266. AMD K6-2
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	377 CPUs might work at 400 MHZ and above.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	378
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	379
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	380 <H5><A NAME="dga_bugs">2.3.1.3.8 Known bugs</A></H5>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	381
6599 f20184a10258 1001 typos as found by ispell. diego parents: 6583 diff changeset	382 <P>Well, according to some developers of XFree, DGA is quite a beast. They
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	383 tell you better not to use it. Its implementation is not always flawless
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	384 with every chipset driver for XFree out there.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	385
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	386 <UL>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	387 <LI>With XFree 4.0.3 and nv.o there is a bug resulting in strange
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	388 colors.</LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	389 <LI>ATI driver requires to switch mode back more than once after finishing
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	390 using of DGA.</LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	391 <LI>Some drivers simply fail to switch back to normal resolution (use
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	392 Ctrl-Alt-Keypad +, - to switch back manually).</LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	393 <LI>Some drivers simply display strange colors.</LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	394 <LI>Some drivers lie about the amount of memory they map into the process's
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	395 address space, thus vo_dga won't use doublebuffering (SIS?).</LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	396 <LI>some drivers seem to fail to report even a single valid mode. In this
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	397 case the DGA driver will crash telling you about a nonsense mode of
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	398 100000x100000 or the like ...</LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	399 <LI>OSD only works with doublebuffering enabled.</LI>
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	400 </UL>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	401
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	402
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	403 <H5><A NAME="dga_future">2.3.1.3.9 Future work</A></H5>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	404
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	405 <UL>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	406 <LI>use of the new X11 render interface for OSD</LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	407 <LI>where is my TODO list ???? :-(((</LI>
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	408 </UL>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	409
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	410
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	411 <H5><A NAME="dga_modelines">2.3.1.3.A Some modelines</A></H5>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	412
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	413 <PRE>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	414 Section "Modes"
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	415 Identifier "Modes[0]"
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	416 Modeline "800x600" 40 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	417 Modeline "712x600" 35.0 712 740 850 900 400 410 412 425
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	418 Modeline "640x480" 25.175 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	419 Modeline "400x300" 20 400 416 480 528 300 301 303 314 Doublescan
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	420 Modeline "352x288" 25.10 352 368 416 432 288 296 290 310
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	421 Modeline "352x240" 15.750 352 368 416 432 240 244 246 262 Doublescan
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	422 Modeline "320x240" 12.588 320 336 384 400 240 245 246 262 Doublescan
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	423 EndSection
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	424 </PRE>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	425
6599 f20184a10258 1001 typos as found by ispell. diego parents: 6583 diff changeset	426 <P>These entries work fine with my Riva128 chip, using nv.o X server driver
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	427 module.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	428
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	429
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	430 <H5><A NAME="dga_bug_reports">2.3.1.3.B Bug Reports</A></H5>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	431
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	432 <P>If you experience troubles with the DGA driver please feel free to file
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	433 a bug report to me (e-mail address below). Please start <B>MPlayer</B> with
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	434 the -v option and include all lines in the bug report that start with
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	435 vo_dga:</P>
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	436
33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	437 <P>Please do also include the version of X11 you are using, the graphics card
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	438 and your CPU type. The X11 driver module (defined in XF86-Config) might
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	439 also help. Thanks!</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	440
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	441 <P><I>Acki (acki@acki-netz.de, www.acki-netz.de)</I></P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	442
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	443
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	444 <H4><A NAME="sdl">2.3.1.4 SDL</A></H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	445
6583 4b7d097a9c69 big update gabucino parents: 6499 diff changeset	446 <P>SDL (Simple Directmedia Layer) is basically a unified video/audio
3988 a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	447 interface. Programs that use it know only about SDL, and not about what video
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	448 or audio driver does SDL actually use. For example a Doom port using SDL can
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	449 run on svgalib, aalib, X, fbdev, and others, you only have to specify the
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	450 (for example) video driver to use with the SDL_VIDEODRIVER environment
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	451 variable. Well, in theory.</P>
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	452
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	453 <P>With <B>MPlayer</B>, we used its X11 driver's software scaler ability for
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	454 cards/drivers that doesn't support XVideo, until we made our own (faster,
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	455 nicer) software scaler. Also we used its aalib output, but now we have ours
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	456 which is more comfortable. Its DGA mode was better than ours, until
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	457 recently. Get it now? :)</P>
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	458
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	459 <P>It also helps with some buggy drivers/cards if the video is jerky
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	460 (not slow system problem), or audio is lagging.</P>
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	461
5119 636b20788503 szrii, tuu, van, fajor gabucino parents: 5116 diff changeset	462 <P>SDL video output supports displaying subtitles under the movie, on the (if
636b20788503 szrii, tuu, van, fajor gabucino parents: 5116 diff changeset	463 present) black bar.</P>
636b20788503 szrii, tuu, van, fajor gabucino parents: 5116 diff changeset	464
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	465 <P><B>There are several command line switches for SDL:</B></P>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	466 <DL>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	467 <DT><CODE>-vo sdl:name</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	468 <DD>specifies sdl video driver to use (i.e.. aalib, dga, x11)</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	469
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	470 <DT><CODE>-ao sdl:name</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	471 <DD>specifies sdl audio driver to use (i.e. dsp, esd, arts)</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	472
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	473 <DT><CODE>-noxv</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	474 <DD>disables XVideo hardware acceleration</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	475
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	476 <DT><CODE>-forcexv</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	477 <DD>tries to force XVideo acceleration</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	478 </DL>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	479
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	480 <TABLE BORDER=0>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	481 <TR><TD COLSPAN=4><P><B>SDL Keys:</B></P></TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	482 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>F</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>toggles fullscreen/windowed mode</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	483 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>C</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>cycles available fullscreen modes</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	484 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>W/S</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>mappings for * and / (mixer control)</TD></TR>
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	485 </TABLE>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	486
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	487 <H4>Known bugs:</H4>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	488
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	489 <UL>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	490 <LI>Keys pressed under sdl:aalib console driver repeat forever. (use -vo aa!)
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	491 It's bug in SDL, I can't change it (tested with SDL 1.2.1).</LI>
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	492 </UL>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	493
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	494
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	495 <H4><A NAME="svgalib">2.3.1.5 SVGAlib</A></H4>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	496
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	497 <H4>Installation</H4>
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	498
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	499 <P>You'll have to install svgalib and its development package in order for
6499 ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	500 <B>MPlayer</B> build its SVGAlib driver (autodetected, but can be forced),
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	501 and don't forget to edit /etc/vga/libvga.config to suit your card &
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	502 monitor.</P>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	503
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	504 <H4>Notes</H4>
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	505
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	506 <P>Be sure not to use the -fs switch, since it toggles the usage of the software
6499 ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	507 scaler, and it's slow. If you really need it, use the <CODE>-sws 4</CODE>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	508 option which will produce bad quality, but is somewhat faster.</P>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	509
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	510 <H4>EGA (4bpp) support</H4>
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	511
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	512 <P>SVGAlib incorporates EGAlib, and <B>MPlayer</B> has the possibility to
6499 ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	513 display any movie in 16 colors, thus usable in the following sets:</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	514
6499 ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	515 <UL>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	516 <LI>EGA card with EGA monitor: 320x200x4bpp, 640x200x4bpp, 640x350x4bpp</LI>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	517 <LI>EGA card with CGA monitor: 320x200x4bpp, 640x200x4bpp</LI>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	518 </UL>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	519
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	520 <P>The bpp (bits per pixel) value must be set to 4 by hand:<BR>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	521   <CODE>-bpp 4</CODE><BR>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	522 The movie probably must be scaled down to fit in EGA mode:<BR>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	523   <CODE>-vop scale=640:350</CODE> or<BR>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	524   <CODE>-vop scale=320:200</CODE><BR>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	525 For that we need fast but bad quality scaling routine:<BR>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	526   <CODE>-sws 4</CODE><BR>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	527 Maybe automatic aspect correction has to be shut off:<BR>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	528   <CODE>-noaspect</CODE></P>
6499 ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	529
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	530
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	531 <H4><A NAME="fbdev">2.3.1.6 Framebuffer output (FBdev)</A></H4>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	532
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	533 <P>Whether to build the FBdev target is autodetected during ./configure .
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	534 Read the framebuffer documentation in the kernel sources
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	535 (Documentation/fb/*) for more information.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	536
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	537 <P>If your card doesn't support VBE 2.0 standard (older ISA/PCI
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	538 cards, such as S3 Trio64), only VBE 1.2 (or older?):
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	539 Well, VESAfb is still available, but you'll have to load SciTech Display
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	540 Doctor (formerly UniVBE) before booting Linux. Use a DOS boot disk or
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	541 whatever. And don't forget to register your UniVBE ;))</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	542
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	543 <P>The FBdev output takes some additional parameters above the others:</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	544
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	545 <DL>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	546 <DT><CODE>-fb</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	547 <DD>specify the framebuffer device to use (/dev/fb0)</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	548
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	549 <DT><CODE>-fbmode</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	550 <DD>mode name to use (according to /etc/fb.modes)</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	551
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	552 <DT><CODE>-fbmodeconfig</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	553 <DD>config file of modes (default /etc/fb.modes)</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	554
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	555 <DT><CODE>-monitor_hfreq</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	556 <DT><CODE>-monitor_vfreq</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	557 <DT><CODE>-monitor_dotclock</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	558 <DD><STRONG>Important</STRONG> values, see <CODE>example.conf</CODE></DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	559 </DL>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	560
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	561 <P>If you want to change to a specific mode, then use</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	562
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	563 <P><CODE>    mplayer -vm -fbmode (NameOfMode) filename</CODE></P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	564
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	565 <UL>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	566 <LI><B>-vm</B> alone will choose the most suitable mode from /etc/fb.modes.
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	567 Can be used together with -x and -y options too. The -flip option is
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	568 supported only if the movie's pixel format matches the video mode's pixel
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	569 format. Pay attention to the bpp value, fbdev driver tries to use the
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	570 current, or if you specify the -bpp option, then that.</LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	571 <LI><B>-zoom</B> option isn't supported (software scaling is slow). -fs
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	572 option isn't supported. You can't use 8bpp (or less) modes.</LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	573 <LI>you possibly want to turn the cursor off: <CODE>echo -e
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	574 '\033[?25l'</CODE> or <CODE>setterm -cursor off</CODE><BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	575 and the screen saver: <CODE>setterm -blank 0</CODE><BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	576 To turn the cursor back on: <CODE>echo -e '\033[?25h'</CODE>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	577 or <CODE>setterm -cursor on</CODE></LI>
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	578 </UL>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	579
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	580 <P>NOTE: FBdev video mode changing _does not work_ with the VESA framebuffer,
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	581 and don't ask for it, since it's not an <B>MPlayer</B> limitation.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	582
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	583
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	584 <H4><A NAME="mga_vid">2.3.1.7 Matrox framebuffer (mga_vid)</A></H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	585
1992 156639eddf49 tdfxfb added gabucino parents: 1988 diff changeset	586 <P>This section is about the Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550 BES (Back-End Scaler)
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	587 support, the mga_vid kernel driver. It's active developed by me (A'rpi), and
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	588 it has hardware VSYNC support with triple buffering. It works on both
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	589 framebuffer console and under X.</P>
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	590
6906 3274d0725fde Changed all link names from the section number to a sensible label. diego parents: 6882 diff changeset	591 <P><B>WARNING</B>: on non-Linux systems, use <A HREF="#vidix">VIDIX</A> for
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	592 mga_vid!</P>
4505 fdeee8424d90 on non-Linux use Vidix instead of mga_vid kernelmodule gabucino parents: 4504 diff changeset	593
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	594 <P><B>Installation:</B></P>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	595 <OL>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	596 <LI>To use it, you first have to compile mga_vid.o:
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	597 <P><CODE>cd drivers<BR>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	598 make</CODE></P></LI>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	599 <LI>Then create the <CODE>/dev/mga_vid</CODE> device:
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	600 <P><CODE>mknod /dev/mga_vid c 178 0</CODE></P>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	601 <P>and load the driver with</P>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	602 <P><CODE>insmod mga_vid.o</CODE></P></LI>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	603 <LI>You should verify the memory size detection using the <CODE>dmesg</CODE>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	604 command. If it's bad, use the <CODE>mga_ram_size</CODE> option
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	605 (<CODE>rmmod mga_vid</CODE> first), specify card's memory size in MB:
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	606 <P><CODE>insmod mga_vid.o mga_ram_size=16</CODE></P></LI>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	607 <LI>To make it load/unload automatically when needed, first insert the
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	608 following line at the end of <CODE>/etc/modules.conf</CODE>:
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	609 <P><CODE>alias char-major-178 mga_vid</CODE></P>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	610 <P>Then copy the <CODE>mga_vid.o</CODE> module to the appropriate place
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	611 under <CODE>/lib/modules/<kernel version>/somewhere</CODE>.</P>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	612 <P>Then run</P>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	613 <P><CODE>depmod -a</CODE></P></LI>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	614 <LI>Now you have to (re)compile <B>MPlayer</B>, <CODE>configure</CODE> will
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	615 detect <CODE>/dev/mga_vid</CODE> and build the 'mga' driver. Using it from
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	616 <B>MPlayer</B> goes by <CODE>-vo mga</CODE> if you have matroxfb console,
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	617 or <CODE>-vo xmga</CODE> under XFree86 3.x.x or 4.x.x.</LI>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	618 </OL>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	619
2108 767dbc5b7daa mga_vid now cooperates with xv gabucino parents: 2063 diff changeset	620 <P>The mga_vid driver cooperates with Xv.</P>
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	621
4504 b2f4c590fb74 mga_vid supports reads and writes gabucino parents: 4498 diff changeset	622 <P>The <CODE>/dev/mga_vid</CODE> device file can be read (for example by
b2f4c590fb74 mga_vid supports reads and writes gabucino parents: 4498 diff changeset	623 <CODE>cat /dev/mga_vid</CODE>) for some info, and written for brightness
7076 3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly diego parents: 7061 diff changeset	624 change: <CODE>echo "brightness=120" > /dev/mga_vid</CODE></P>
4504 b2f4c590fb74 mga_vid supports reads and writes gabucino parents: 4498 diff changeset	625
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	626
7367 5b0baab4c4fd Numbering corrected. diego parents: 7281 diff changeset	627 <H4><A NAME="tdfxfb">2.3.1.8 3dfx YUV support (tdfxfb)</A></H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	628
1992 156639eddf49 tdfxfb added gabucino parents: 1988 diff changeset	629 <P>This driver uses the kernel's tdfx framebuffer driver to play movies with
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	630 YUV acceleration. You'll need a kernel with tdfxfb support, and recompile
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	631 with <CODE>./configure --enable-tdfxfb</CODE></P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	632
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	633
7367 5b0baab4c4fd Numbering corrected. diego parents: 7281 diff changeset	634 <H4><A NAME="opengl">2.3.1.9 OpenGL output</A></H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	635
6309 d6eea5314980 OpenGL update diego parents: 5713 diff changeset	636 <P><B>MPlayer</B> supports displaying movies using OpenGL, but if your
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	637 platform/driver supports xv as should be the case on a PC with Linux, use xv
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	638 instead, OpenGL performance is considerably worse. If you have an X11
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	639 implementation without xv support, OpenGL is a viable alternative.</P>
6309 d6eea5314980 OpenGL update diego parents: 5713 diff changeset	640
d6eea5314980 OpenGL update diego parents: 5713 diff changeset	641 <P>Unfortunately not all drivers support this feature. The Utah-GLX drivers
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	642 (for XFree86 3.3.6) support it for all cards. See
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	643 <A HREF="http://utah-glx.sourceforge.net">http://utah-glx.sourceforge.net</A>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	644 for details about how to install it.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	645
7076 3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly diego parents: 7061 diff changeset	646 <P>XFree86(DRI) 4.0.3 or later supports OpenGL with Matrox and Radeon cards,
3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly diego parents: 7061 diff changeset	647 4.2.0 or later supports Rage128. See
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	648 <A HREF="http://dri.sourceforge.net">http://dri.sourceforge.net</A>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	649 for download and installation instructions.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	650
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	651
7367 5b0baab4c4fd Numbering corrected. diego parents: 7281 diff changeset	652 <H4><A NAME="aalib">2.3.1.10 AAlib - text mode displaying</A></H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	653
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	654 <P><B>AAlib</B> is a library for displaying graphics in text mode, using powerful
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	655 ASCII renderer. There are LOTS of programs already supporting it, like Doom,
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	656 Quake, etc. <B>MPlayer</B> contains a very usable driver for it.
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	657 If ./configure detects aalib installed, the aalib libvo driver will be
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	658 built.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	659
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	660 <TABLE BORDER=0>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	661 <TR><TD COLSPAN=4><P><B>You can use some keys in the AA Window to change rendering options:</B></P></TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	662 <TR><TD>  </TD><TD><CODE>1</CODE></TD><TD>  </TD><TD>decrease contrast</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	663 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>2</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>increase contrast</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	664 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>3</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>decrease brightness</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	665 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>4</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>increase brightness</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	666 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>5</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>switch fast rendering on/off</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	667 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>6</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>set dithering mode (none, error distribution, Floyd Steinberg)</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	668 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>7</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>invert image</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	669 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>a</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>toggles between aa and <B>MPlayer</B> control)</TD></TR>
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	670 </TABLE>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	671
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	672 <P><B>The following command line options can be used:</B></P>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	673 <DL>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	674 <DT><CODE>-aaosdcolor=V</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	675 <DD>change OSD color</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	676
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	677 <DT><CODE>-aasubcolor=V</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	678 <DD>change subtitle color
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	679 <P><I>where V can be: (0/normal, 1/dark, 2/bold, 3/bold font, 4/reverse,
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	680 5/special)</I></P></DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	681 </DL>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	682
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	683 <P><B>AAlib itself provides a large sum of options.
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	684 Here are some important:</B></P>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	685 <DL>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	686 <DT><CODE>-aadriver</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	687 <DD>set recommended aa driver (X11, curses, Linux)</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	688
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	689 <DT><CODE>-aaextended</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	690 <DD>use all 256 characters</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	691
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	692 <DT><CODE>-aaeight</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	693 <DD>use eight bit ASCII</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	694
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	695 <DT><CODE>-aahelp</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	696 <DD>prints out all aalib options</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	697 </DL>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	698
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	699 <P>NOTE: the rendering is very CPU intensive, especially when using AA-on-X
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	700 (using aalib on X), and it's least CPU intensive on standard,
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	701 non-framebuffer console. Use SVGATextMode to set up a big textmode,
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	702 then enjoy! (secondary head Hercules cards rock :)) (anyone can enhance
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	703 fbdev to do conversion/dithering to hgafb? Would be neat :)</P>
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	704
6732 8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	705 <P>Use the <CODE>-framedrop</CODE> option if your computer isn't fast enough to
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	706 render all frames!</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	707
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	708 <P>Playing on terminal you'll get better speed and quality using the Linux
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	709 driver, not curses (<CODE>-aadriver linux</CODE>). But therefore you need write access on
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	710 <CODE>/dev/vcsa<terminal></CODE>. That isn't autodetected by aalib, but vo_aa tries
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	711 to find the best mode. See
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	712 <A HREF="http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/tune/">http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/tune/</A>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	713 for further tuning issues.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	714
2471 6bf47f224789 * empty log message * gabucino parents: 2452 diff changeset	715
7367 5b0baab4c4fd Numbering corrected. diego parents: 7281 diff changeset	716 <H4><A NAME="vesa">2.3.1.11 VESA - output to VESA BIOS</A></H4>
6906 3274d0725fde Changed all link names from the section number to a sensible label. diego parents: 6882 diff changeset	717
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	718 <P>This driver was designed and introduced as a <B>generic driver</B> for any
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	719 video card which has VESA VBE 2.0 compatible BIOS. Another advantage of this
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	720 driver is that it tries to force TV output on.<BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	721 <B>VESA BIOS EXTENSION (VBE) Version 3.0 Date: September 16, 1998</B> (Page
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	722 70) says:</P>
2448 1e56c3381d55 'vesa' vo driver added. By Nick Kurshev. (spellchecked, fixed, mplayerdoxized) gabucino parents: 2408 diff changeset	723
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	724 <BLOCKQUOTE>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	725 <B>Dual-Controller Designs</B><BR>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	726 VBE 3.0 supports the dual-controller design by assuming that since both
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	727 controllers are typically provided by the same OEM, under control of a
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	728 single BIOS ROM on the same graphics card, it is possible to hide the fact
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	729 that two controllers are indeed present from the application. This has the
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	730 limitation of preventing simultaneous use of the independent controllers,
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	731 but allows applications released before VBE 3.0 to operate normally. The
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	732 VBE Function 00h (Return Controller Information) returns the combined
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	733 information of both controllers, including the combined list of available
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	734 modes. When the application selects a mode, the appropriate controller is
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	735 activated. Each of the remaining VBE functions then operates on the active
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	736 controller.
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	737 </BLOCKQUOTE>
2448 1e56c3381d55 'vesa' vo driver added. By Nick Kurshev. (spellchecked, fixed, mplayerdoxized) gabucino parents: 2408 diff changeset	738
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	739 <P>So you have chances to get working TV-out by using this driver.<BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	740 (I guess that TV-out frequently is standalone head or standalone output
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	741 at least.)</P>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	742
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	743 <H4>Advantages:</H4>
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	744
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	745 <UL>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	746 <LI>You have the possibility to watch movies <B>even if Linux doesn't know</B>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	747 your video hardware.</LI>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	748 <LI>You don't need to have installed any graphics' related things on your Linux
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	749 (like X11 (aka XFree86), fbdev and so on). This driver can be run from
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	750 <B>text-mode</B>.</LI>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	751 <LI>You have chances to get <B>working TV-out</B>. (It's known at least for
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	752 ATI's cards).</LI>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	753 <LI>This driver calls <B>int 10h</B> handler thus it's not an emulator - it
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	754 calls <B>real</B> things of <B>real</B> BIOS in <B>real</B>-mode. (Finely -
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	755 in vm86 mode).</LI>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	756 <LI>You can use Vidix with it, thus getting accelerated video display
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	757 <B>AND</B> TV output at the same time! (recommended for ATI cards)</LI>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	758 </UL>
2448 1e56c3381d55 'vesa' vo driver added. By Nick Kurshev. (spellchecked, fixed, mplayerdoxized) gabucino parents: 2408 diff changeset	759
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	760 <H4>Disadvantages:</H4>
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	761
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	762 <UL>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	763 <LI>It works only on <B>x86 systems</B>.</LI>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	764 <LI>It can be used only by <B>root</B>.</LI>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	765 <LI>Currently it's available only for <B>Linux</B>.</LI>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	766 </UL>
2448 1e56c3381d55 'vesa' vo driver added. By Nick Kurshev. (spellchecked, fixed, mplayerdoxized) gabucino parents: 2408 diff changeset	767
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	768 <P>Don't use this driver with <B>GCC 2.96</B>! It won't work!</P>
3141 21b6aab15ec9 -vo vesa + gcc 2.96 warning (is this confirmed?) gabucino parents: 3053 diff changeset	769
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	770 <P><B>Command line options available for VESA:</B></P>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	771 <DL>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	772 <DT><CODE>-vo vesa:opts</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	773 <DD>currently recognized: <B>dga</B> to force dga mode and <B>nodga</B> to
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	774 disable dga mode. Note: you may omit these parameters to enable <B>autodetect</B>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	775 of dga mode. (In the future also will specify mode parameters such as refresh
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	776 rate, interlacing, doublescan and so on. Samples: i43, 85, d100)</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	777
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	778 <DT><CODE>-screenw, -screenh, -bpp</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	779 <DD>force userdefined mode</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	780
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	781 <DT><CODE>-x, -y</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	782 <DD>set userdefined prescaling</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	783
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	784 <DT><CODE>-zoom</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	785 <DD>enables userdefined prescaling</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	786
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	787 <DT><CODE>-fs</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	788 <DD>scales image to fullscreen</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	789
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	790 <DT><CODE>-fs -zoom</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	791 <DD>scales userdefined prescaling to fullscreen</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	792
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	793 <DT><CODE>-double</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	794 <DD>enables double buffering mode. (Available only in DGA mode). Should be
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	795 slower of single buffering, but has no flickering effects.</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	796 </DL>
2448 1e56c3381d55 'vesa' vo driver added. By Nick Kurshev. (spellchecked, fixed, mplayerdoxized) gabucino parents: 2408 diff changeset	797
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	798 <H4>Known problems and workaround:</H4>
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	799
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	800 <UL>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	801 <LI>If you have installed <B>NLS</B> font on your Linux box and run VESA
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	802 driver from text-mode then after terminating <B>MPlayer</B> you will have
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	803 <B>ROM font</B> loaded instead of national. You can load national font again
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	804 by using <B><I>setsysfont</I></B> utility from the Mandrake distribution
7076 3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly diego parents: 7061 diff changeset	805 for example.<BR>
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	806 (<B>Hint:</B> The same utility is used for the localization of fbdev).</LI>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	807 <LI>Some <B>Linux graphics drivers</B> don't update active <B>BIOS mode</B> in
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	808 DOS memory. So if you have such problem - always use VESA driver only from
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	809 <B>text-mode</B>. Otherwise text-mode (#03) will be activated anyway and
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	810 you will need restart your computer.</LI>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	811 <LI>Often after terminating VESA driver you get <B>black screen</B>. To return
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	812 your screen to original state - simply switch to other console (by pressing
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	813 <B>Alt-Fx</B>) then switch to your previous console by the same way.</LI>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	814 <LI>To get <B>working TV-out</B> you need have plugged TV-connector in before
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	815 booting your PC since video BIOS initializes itself only once during POST
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	816 procedure.</LI>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	817 </UL>
2448 1e56c3381d55 'vesa' vo driver added. By Nick Kurshev. (spellchecked, fixed, mplayerdoxized) gabucino parents: 2408 diff changeset	818
1e56c3381d55 'vesa' vo driver added. By Nick Kurshev. (spellchecked, fixed, mplayerdoxized) gabucino parents: 2408 diff changeset	819
7367 5b0baab4c4fd Numbering corrected. diego parents: 7281 diff changeset	820 <H4><A NAME="x11">2.3.1.12 X11</A></H4>
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	821
33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	822 <P>Avoid if possible. Outputs to X11 (uses shared memory extension), with no
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	823 hardware acceleration at all. Supports (MMX/3DNow/SSE accelerated, but still
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	824 slow) software scaling, use the options <CODE>-fs -zoom</CODE>. Most cards
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	825 have hardware scaling support, use the <CODE>-vo xv</CODE> output for them,
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	826 or <CODE>-vo xmga</CODE> for Matroxes.</P>
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	827
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	828 <P>The problem is that most cards' driver doesn't support hardware acceleration
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	829 on the second head/TV. In those cases, you see green/blue colored window
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	830 instead of the movie. This is where this driver comes in handy, but you need
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	831 powerful CPU to use software scaling. Don't use the SDL driver's software
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	832 output+scaler, it has worse image quality!</P>
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	833
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	834 <P>Software scaling is very slow, you better try changing video modes instead.
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	835 It's very simple. See the <A HREF="#dga_modelines">DGA section's modelines</A>,
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	836 and insert them into your XF86Config.</P>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	837
3290 3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember gabucino parents: 3268 diff changeset	838 <UL>
3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember gabucino parents: 3268 diff changeset	839 <LI>If you have XFree86 4.x.x - use the <CODE>-vm</CODE> option. It will
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	840 change to a resolution your movie fits in. If it doesn't:</LI>
3290 3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember gabucino parents: 3268 diff changeset	841 <LI>With XFree86 3.x.x - you have to cycle through available resolutions
3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember gabucino parents: 3268 diff changeset	842 with the <B>CTRL-ALT-plus</B> and <B>minus</B> keys.</LI>
3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember gabucino parents: 3268 diff changeset	843 </UL>
3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember gabucino parents: 3268 diff changeset	844
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	845 <P>If you can't find the modes you inserted, browse XFree86's output. Some
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	846 drivers can't use low pixelclocks that are needed for low resolution
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	847 video modes.</P>
3290 3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember gabucino parents: 3268 diff changeset	848
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	849
7367 5b0baab4c4fd Numbering corrected. diego parents: 7281 diff changeset	850 <H4><A NAME="vidix">2.3.1.13 VIDIX</A></H4>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	851
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	852 <P>VIDIX is the abbreviation for <B>VID</B>eo <B>I</B>nterface for
d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	853 *ni<B>X</B>.<BR>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	854 VIDIX was designed and introduced as an interface for fast user-space drivers
6583 4b7d097a9c69 big update gabucino parents: 6499 diff changeset	855 providing such video performance as mga_vid does for Matrox cards. It's
4b7d097a9c69 big update gabucino parents: 6499 diff changeset	856 also very portable.</P>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	857
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	858 <P>This interface was designed as an attempt to fit existing video acceleration
6583 4b7d097a9c69 big update gabucino parents: 6499 diff changeset	859 interfaces (known as mga_vid, rage128_vid, radeon_vid, pm3_vid) into a fixed scheme. It
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	860 provides highlevel interface to chips which are known as BES (BackEnd
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	861 scalers) or OV (Video Overlays). It doesn't provide lowlevel interface to
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	862 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 diff changeset	863 team in graphics mode switching). I.e. main goal of this interface is to
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	864 maximize the speed of video playback.</P>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	865
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	866 <H4>USAGE</H4>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	867
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	868 <UL>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	869 <LI>You can use standalone video output driver: <CODE>-vo xvidix</CODE><BR>
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	870 This driver was developed as X11's front end to VIDIX technology. It
6599 f20184a10258 1001 typos as found by ispell. diego parents: 6583 diff changeset	871 requires X server and can work only under X server.</LI>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	872 <LI>You can use VIDIX subdevice which was applied to several video output
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	873 drivers, such as:<BR>
7015 72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	874 <CODE>-vo vesa:vidix</CODE> (<B>Linux only</B>) and <CODE>-vo fbdev:vidix</CODE></LI>
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	875 </UL>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	876
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	877 Indeed it doesn't matter which video output driver is used with <B>VIDIX</B>.
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	878
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	879 <H4>REQUIREMENTS</H4>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	880
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	881 <UL>
d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	882 <LI>video card should be in graphics mode (I write <B>should</B> simply
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	883 because I tested it in text mode - it works but has awful output ;) Use
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	884 AAlib for that).<BR>
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	885 <I>Note: Everyone can try this trick by commenting out mode switching in
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	886 vo_vesa driver.</I></LI>
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	887 <LI><B>MPlayer</B>'s video output driver should know active video mode and be
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	888 able to tell to VIDIX subdevice some video characteristics of server.</LI>
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	889 </UL>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	890
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	891 I hope that probably every video output driver of <B>MPlayer</B> will
d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	892 recognize <CODE>:vidix</CODE> subdevice.
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	893
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	894 <H4>USAGE METHODS</H4>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	895
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	896 <P>When VIDIX is used as <B>subdevice</B> (<CODE>-vo vesa:vidix</CODE>) then
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	897 video mode configuration is performed by video output device
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	898 (<B>vo_server</B> in short). Therefore you can pass into command line of
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	899 <B>MPlayer</B> the same keys as for vo_server. In addition it understands
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	900 <CODE>-double</CODE> key as globally visible parameter. (I recommend using
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	901 this key with VIDIX at least for ATI's card).<BR>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	902 As for <CODE>-vo xvidix</CODE>: currently it recognizes the following
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	903 options: <CODE>-fs -zoom -x -y -double</CODE>.</P>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	904
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	905 <P>Also you can specify VIDIX's driver directly as third subargument in command
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	906 line:<BR>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	907 <BR>
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	908   <code>mplayer -vo xvidix:mga_vid.so -fs -zoom -double
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	909 file.avi</code><BR>
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	910 or<BR>
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	911   <code>mplayer -vo vesa:vidix:radeon_vid.so -fs -zoom -double -bpp
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	912 32 file.avi</code><BR>
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	913 <BR>
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	914 But it's dangerous, and you shouldn't do that. In this case given driver will
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	915 be forced and result is unpredictable (it may <B>freeze</B> your
4339 4b231f3778a6 entudjam? gabucino parents: 4223 diff changeset	916 computer). You should do that ONLY if you are absolutely sure it will work,
4b231f3778a6 entudjam? gabucino parents: 4223 diff changeset	917 and <B>MPlayer</B> doesn't do it automatically. Please tell about it to the
4b231f3778a6 entudjam? gabucino parents: 4223 diff changeset	918 developers. The Right Way is to use VIDIX without arguments to enable driver
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	919 autodetection.</P>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	920
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	921 <P>VIDIX is very new technology and it's extremely possible that on your system
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	922 (OS=abc CPU=xyz) it won't work. In this case only solution for you it's port
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	923 it (mainly libdha). But there is hope that it will work on those systems
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	924 where X11 does.</P>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	925
7015 72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	926 <BLOCKQUOTE>
72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	927 <B>Warning: security risk</B><BR>
72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	928 Unfortunately you <B>must</B> have <B>root</B> privileges to use VIDIX
72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	929 due to direct hardware access. At least the <B>SUID</B> bit on the
72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	930 <B>MPlayer</B> executable must be set.
72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	931 </BLOCKQUOTE>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	932
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	933 <H4>VIDEO EQUALIZER</H4>
4496 bf7ea03b1adf Vidix video equalizing (Nick's patch) gabucino parents: 4360 diff changeset	934
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	935 <P>This is a video equalizer implemented especially for VIDIX. You can use
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	936 it either with <B>1-8</B> keys as described in the man page, or
4506 84e45c414ae9 vidix equalizer can be used with 1-8 keys also gabucino parents: 4505 diff changeset	937 by command line arguments. <B>MPlayer</B> recognizes the
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	938 following options:</P>
4496 bf7ea03b1adf Vidix video equalizing (Nick's patch) gabucino parents: 4360 diff changeset	939
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	940 <DL>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	941 <DT><CODE>-brightness</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	942 <DD>Adjust <B>BRIGHTNESS</B> of video output. It's not equal to brightness
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	943 adjusting on monitor panel or on TV. It changes intensity of RGB components of
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	944 video signal from black to white screen.</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	945
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	946 <DT><CODE>-contrast</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	947 <DD>Adjust <B>CONTRAST</B> of video output. Works in similar manner as
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	948 brightness.</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	949
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	950 <DT><CODE>-saturation</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	951 <DD>Adjust <B>SATURATION</B> of video output. You can get grayscale
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	952 output with this option.</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	953
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	954 <DT><CODE>-hue</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	955 <DD>Adjust <B>HUE</B> of video signal. You can get colored negative
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	956 of image with this option.</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	957
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	958 <DT><CODE>-red_intensity</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	959 <DD>Adjust intensity of <B>RED</B> component of video signal.</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	960
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	961 <DT><CODE>-green_intensity</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	962 <DD>Adjust intensity of <B>GREEN</B> component of video signal.</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	963
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	964 <DT><CODE>-blue_intensity</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	965 <DD>Adjust intensity of <B>BLUE</B> component of video signal.</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	966 </DL>
6732 8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	967
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	968 <P>Each parameter can accept values from <B>-1000</B> to <B>+1000</B>.<BR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	969 Default value for each parameter is <B>0</B>.</P>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	970
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	971 <P><B>Note:</B> Not every driver provides support for each of those parameters.
6599 f20184a10258 1001 typos as found by ispell. diego parents: 6583 diff changeset	972 Currently only <B>radeon_vid.so</B> provides full support for video equalizing.
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	973 Other drivers only partly support these options.</P>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	974
4496 bf7ea03b1adf Vidix video equalizing (Nick's patch) gabucino parents: 4360 diff changeset	975 <P><B>Examples:</B><BR>
bf7ea03b1adf Vidix video equalizing (Nick's patch) gabucino parents: 4360 diff changeset	976 <CODE>mplayer -vo vesa:vidix -brightness -300 -contrast 200
bf7ea03b1adf Vidix video equalizing (Nick's patch) gabucino parents: 4360 diff changeset	977 filename.avi</CODE><BR>
bf7ea03b1adf Vidix video equalizing (Nick's patch) gabucino parents: 4360 diff changeset	978 or<BR>
bf7ea03b1adf Vidix video equalizing (Nick's patch) gabucino parents: 4360 diff changeset	979 <CODE>mplayer -vo xvidix -red_intensity -50 -saturation 400 -hue 300
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	980 filename.vob</CODE></P>
4496 bf7ea03b1adf Vidix video equalizing (Nick's patch) gabucino parents: 4360 diff changeset	981
2956 f6b51da0a50d DOXized and applied Nick's radeon_vid patch. Nick, should I update gabucino parents: 2883 diff changeset	982
7367 5b0baab4c4fd Numbering corrected. diego parents: 7281 diff changeset	983 <H4><A NAME="zr">2.3.1.14 Zr</A></H4>
4339 4b231f3778a6 entudjam? gabucino parents: 4223 diff changeset	984
4b231f3778a6 entudjam? gabucino parents: 4223 diff changeset	985 <P>This is a display-driver (<CODE>-vo zr</CODE>) for a number of MJPEG
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	986 capture/playback cards (tested for DC10+ and Buz, and it should work for the
7192 f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	987 LML33 and the original DC10). The driver works by encoding the frame to jpeg
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	988 and then sending it to the card. For the jpeg encoding <B>libavcodec</B> is
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	989 used, and required. With the special <I>cinerama</I> mode, you can watch
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	990 movies in true wide screen provided that you have two beamers and two
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	991 MJPEG cards. Depending on resolution and quality settings, this driver
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	992 may require a lot of CPU power, remember to specify <CODE>-framedrop</CODE>
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	993 if your machine is too slow. Note: My AMD K6-2 350MHz is (with <CODE>
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	994 -framedrop</CODE>) quite adequate for watching VCD sized material and
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	995 downscaled movies.
4339 4b231f3778a6 entudjam? gabucino parents: 4223 diff changeset	996
4b231f3778a6 entudjam? gabucino parents: 4223 diff changeset	997 <P>This driver talks to the kernel driver available at
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	998 <A HREF="http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net">http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net</A>, so
7192 f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	999 you must get it working first. The presence of an MJPEG card is autodetected
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1000 by the configure script, if autodetection fails, force detection with
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1001
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1002 <PRE>
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1003 ./configure --enable-zr
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1004 </PRE>
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1005
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1006 <P>The output can be controlled by several options, a long description of the
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1007 options can be found in the man page, a short list of options can be
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1008 viewed by running
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1009
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1010 <PRE>
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1011 mplayer -zrhelp
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1012 </PRE>
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1013
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1014 <P>Things like scaling and the OSD (on screen display) are not handled by
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1015 this driver but can be done using the video filters. For example,
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1016 suppose that you have a movie with a resolution of <CODE>512x272</CODE> and
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1017 you want to view it fullscreen on your DC10+. There are three main
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1018 possibilities, you may scale the movie to a width of <CODE>768</CODE>,
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1019 <CODE>384</CODE> or <CODE>192</CODE>. For performance and quality reasons,
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1020 I would choose to scale the movie to <CODE>384x204</CODE> using the fast
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1021 bilinear software scaler. The commandline is
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1022
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1023 <PRE>
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1024 mplayer -vo zr -sws 0 -vop scale=384:204 movie.avi
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1025 </PRE>
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1026
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1027 <P>Cropping can be done by the <CODE>crop</CODE> filter and by
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1028 this driver itself. Suppose that a movie is too wide for display on your
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1029 Buz and that you want to use <CODE>-zrcrop</CODE> to make the movie less
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1030 wide, the you would issue the following command
4339 4b231f3778a6 entudjam? gabucino parents: 4223 diff changeset	1031
7192 f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1032 <PRE>
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1033 mplayer -vo zr -zrcrop 720x320+80+0 benhur.avi
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1034 </PRE>
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1035
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1036 if you want to use the <CODE>crop</CODE> filter, you would do
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1037
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1038 <PRE>
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1039 mplayer -vo zr -vop crop=720:320:80:0 benhur.avi
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1040 </PRE>
4339 4b231f3778a6 entudjam? gabucino parents: 4223 diff changeset	1041
7192 f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1042 <P>Extra occurances of <CODE>-zrcrop</CODE> invoke <I>cinerama</I> mode, i.e.
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1043 you can distribute the movie over several TV's or beamers to create a larger
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1044 screen. Suppose you have two beamers. The left one is connected to your Buz
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1045 at <CODE>/dev/video1</CODE> and the right one is connected to your DC10+ at
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1046 <CODE>/dev/video0</CODE>. The movie has a resolution of <CODE>704x288</CODE>.
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1047 Suppose also that you want the right beamer in black and white and that
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1048 the right beamer should have jpeg frames at quality <CODE>10</CODE>,
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1049 then you would issue the following command
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1050
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1051 <PRE>
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1052 mplayer -vo zr -zrdev /dev/video0 -zrcrop 352x288+352+0 -zrxdoff 0 -zrbw \
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1053 -zrcrop 352x288+0+0 -zrdev /dev/video1 -zrquality 10 movie.avi
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1054 </PRE>
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1055
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1056 <P>You see that the options appearing before the second <CODE>-zrcrop</CODE>
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1057 only apply to the DC10+ and that the options after the second
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1058 <CODE>-zrcrop</CODE> apply to the Buz. The maximum number of MJPEG cards
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1059 participating in <I>cinerama</I> is four, so you can buid a <CODE>2x2</CODE>
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1060 vidiwall.</P>
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1061
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1062 <P>Finally an important remark: Do not start or stop XawTV on the playback
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1063 device during playback, it will crash your computer. It is, however, fine to
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1064 <B>FIRST</B> start XawTV, <B>THEN</B> start <B>MPlayer</B>, wait for
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1065 <B>MPlayer</B> to finish and <B>THEN</B> stop XawTV.</P>
4339 4b231f3778a6 entudjam? gabucino parents: 4223 diff changeset	1066
7367 5b0baab4c4fd Numbering corrected. diego parents: 7281 diff changeset	1067
5b0baab4c4fd Numbering corrected. diego parents: 7281 diff changeset	1068 <H4><A NAME="dvb">2.3.1.15 DVB</A></H4>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1069
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1070 <P><B>MPlayer</B> supports cards with the Siemens DVB chipset from vendors like
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1071 Siemens, Technotrend, Galaxis or Hauppauge. The latest DVB drivers are
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1072 available from the <A HREF="http://www.linuxtv.org">Linux TV site</A>. If you
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1073 want to do software transcoding you should have at least a 1GHz CPU.</P>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1074
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1075 <P>Configure should detect your DVB card. If it did not, force detection with
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1076
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1077 <PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1078 ./configure --enable-dvb
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1079 </PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1080
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1081 <P>If you have ost headers at a non-standard path, set the path with</P>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1082
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1083 <PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1084 ./configure --with-extraincdir=<DVB source directory>/ost/include
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1085 </PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1086
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1087 <P>Then compile and install as usual.</P>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1088
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	1089 <H4>USAGE</H4>
6732 8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	1090
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1091 <P>Hardware decoding (playing standard MPEG1/2 files) can be done with this
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1092 command:</P>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1093
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1094 <PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1095 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes file.mpg\|vob
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1096 </PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1097
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1098 <P>Software decoding or transcoding different formats to MPEG1 can be achieved
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1099 using a command like this:</P>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1100
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1101 <PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1102 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vop lavc yourfile.ext
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1103 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vop fame,expand yourfile.ext
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1104 </PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1105
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1106 <P>Note that DVB cards only support heights 288 and 576 for PAL or 240 and 480
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1107 for NTSC. You <B>must</B> rescale for other heights by adding
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1108 <CODE>scale=width:height</CODE> with the width and height you want to the
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1109 <CODE>-vop</CODE> option. DVB cards accept various widths, like 720, 704,
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1110 640, 512, 480, 352 etc and do hardware scaling in horizontal direction, so
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1111 you do not need to scale horizontally in most cases. For a 512x384 (aspect
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1112 4:3) DivX try:</P>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1113
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1114 <PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1115 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vop lavc,scale=512:576
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1116 </PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1117
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1118 <P>If you have a widescreen movie and you do not want to scale it to full height,
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1119 you can use the <CODE>expand=w:h</CODE> plugin to add black bands. To view a
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1120 640x384 DivX, try:</P>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1121
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1122 <PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1123 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vop lavc,expand=640:576 file.avi
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1124 </PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1125
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1126 <P>If your CPU is too slow for a full size 720x576 DivX, try downscaling:</P>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1127
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1128 <PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1129 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vop lavc,scale=352:576 file.avi
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1130 </PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1131
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1132 <P>If speed does not improve, try vertical downscaling, too:</P>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1133
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1134 <PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1135 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vop lavc,scale=352:288 file.avi
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1136 </PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1137
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1138 <P>For OSD and subtitles use the expand feature of the OSD plugin. So, instead
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1139 of <CODE>expand=w:h</CODE> or <CODE>expand=w:h:x:y</CODE>, use
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1140 <CODE>expand=w:h:x:y:1</CODE> (the 5th parameter <CODE>:1</CODE> at the end
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1141 will enable OSD rendering). You may want to move the image up a bit to get a
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1142 bigger black zone for subtitles. You may also want to move subtitles up, if
7076 3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly diego parents: 7061 diff changeset	1143 they are outside your TV screen, use the <CODE>-subpos <0-100></CODE> switch
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1144 to adjust this (<CODE>-subpos 80</CODE> is a good choice).</P>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1145
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1146 <P>In order to play non-25fps movies on a PAL TV or with a slow CPU, add the
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1147 <CODE>-framedrop</CODE> option.</P>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1148
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1149 <P>To keep the aspect ratio of DivX files and get the optimal scaling parameters
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1150 (hardware horizontal scaling and software vertical scaling while keeping the
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1151 right aspect ratio), use the new dvbscale plugin:</P>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1152
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1153 <PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1154 for 3:4 TV: -vop lavc,expand=-1:576:-1:-1:1,scale=-1:0,dvbscale
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1155 for 16:9 TV: -vop lavc,expand=-1:576:-1:-1:1,scale=-1:0,dvbscale=1024
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1156 </PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1157
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	1158 <H4>FUTURE</H4>
6732 8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	1159
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1160 <P>If you have questions or want to hear feature announcements and take part in
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1161 discussions on this subject, join our
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1162 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dvb">MPlayer-DVB</A>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1163 mailing list. Please remember that the list language is English.</P>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1164
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1165 <P>In the future you may expect the ability to display OSD and subtitles using
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1166 the native OSD feature of DVB cards, as well as more fluent playback of
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1167 non-25fps movies and realtime transcoding between MPEG2 and MPEG4 (partial
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1168 decompression).</P>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1169
4496 bf7ea03b1adf Vidix video equalizing (Nick's patch) gabucino parents: 4360 diff changeset	1170
7367 5b0baab4c4fd Numbering corrected. diego parents: 7281 diff changeset	1171 <H4><A NAME="dxr3">2.3.1.16 DXR3/Hollywood+</A></H4>
6732 8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	1172
8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	1173 <P><B>MPlayer</B> supports hardware accelerated playback with the Creative DXR3
7270 60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1174 and Sigma Designs Hollywood Plus cards. These cards both use the em8300 MPEG
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1175 decoder chip from Sigma Designs.</P>
6732 8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	1176
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1177 <P>First of all you will need properly installed DXR3/H+ drivers, version
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1178 0.12.0 or later. You can find the drivers and installation instructions at
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1179 the <A HREF="http://dxr3.sourceforge.net/">DXR3 & Hollywood Plus for
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1180 Linux</A> site. Configure should detect your card automatically, compilation
7270 60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1181 should go without problems.</P>
6732 8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	1182
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	1183 <H4>Usage:</H4>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	1184 <DL>
7270 60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1185 <DT><CODE>-vo dxr3:noprebuf:<device></CODE></DT>
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1186 <DD><CODE>noprebuf</CODE> turns off prebuffering. Prebuffering is a feature
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1187 of the em8300 chip that enables it to hold more than one frame of video at
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1188 a time. This means that when you are running with prebuffering (default)
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1189 <B>MPlayer</B> will try to keep the video buffer filled with data at all
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1190 times. If you are on a slow machine <B>MPlayer</B> will probably use close
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1191 to, or precisely 100% of CPU. This is especially common if you play pure MPEG
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1192 streams (like DVDs, SVCDs a.s.o.) since <B>MPlayer</B> will not have to
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1193 reencode it to MPEG it will fill the buffer very fast.<BR>
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1194 With prebuffering video playback is <B>much</B> less sensitive to other
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1195 programs hogging the CPU, it will not drop frames unless applications hog
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1196 the CPU for a long time.<BR>
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1197 Prebuffering does not work on all machines (especially Athlons where it is
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1198 turned off automatically). If you experience problems with video/audio sync
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1199 use <CODE>noprebuf</CODE>. When running without prebuffering the em8300 is
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1200 much more sensitive to CPU load, so it is highly suggested that you turn on
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1201 <B>MPlayer's</B> <CODE>-framedrop</CODE> option to avoid further loss of
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1202 sync.<BR>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1203 <CODE><device></CODE> = device number to use if you have more than one
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1204 em8300 card.
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1205 <BR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1206 Any of these options may be left out, but they must be specified in this
7270 60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1207 exact order, i.e. <CODE>dxr3:noprebuf</CODE> works, <CODE>dxr3:1</CODE>
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1208 works, but <CODE>dxr3:1:noprebuf</CODE> will not.</DD>
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	1209
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	1210 <DT><CODE>-ao oss:/dev/em8300_ma-X</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	1211 <DD>For audio output, where <CODE>X</CODE> is the device number
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	1212 (0 if one card).</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	1213
7270 60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1214 <DT><CODE>-aop list=resample:fout=xxxxx</CODE></DT>
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1215 <DD>The em8300 cannot play back samplerates lower than 44100Hz. If the sample
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1216 rate is below 44100Hz select either 44100Hz or 48000Hz depending on which
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1217 one matches closest. I.e. if the movie uses 22050Hz use 44100Hz as
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1218 44100 / 2 = 22050, if it is 24000Hz use 48000Hz as 48000 / 2 = 24000 and so
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1219 on. This does not work with digital audio output (<CODE>-ac hwac3</CODE>).</DD>
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	1220
7270 60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1221 <DT><CODE>-vop lavc/fame</CODE></DT>
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1222 <DD>To watch non-MPEG content on the em8300 (i.e. DivX or RealVideo) you have
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1223 to specify an MPEG1 video filter such as libavcodec (lavc) or libfame
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1224 (fame). At the moment lavc is both faster and gives better image quality, it
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1225 is suggested that you use that unless you have problems with it. See the man
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1226 page for further info about <CODE>-vop lavc/fame</CODE>.</DD>
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1227
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1228 <DT><CODE>-ac hwac3</CODE></DT>
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1229 <DD>The em8300 supports playing back AC3 audio (surround sound) through the
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1230 digital audio output of the card. Read
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1231 <A HREF="codecs.html#hardware_ac3">hardware AC3</A> section for further
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1232 information on AC3.</DD>
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	1233 </DL>
6732 8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	1234
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	1235 <H4>Overlay</H4>
6732 8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	1236
8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	1237 <P>To get overlay run dxr3view that comes with the em8300 package before
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1238 starting <B>MPlayer</B>. You can set various options in dxr3view by pressing
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1239 <CODE>T</CODE> while holding the mouse cursor above the window.</P>
6732 8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	1240
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	1241 <H4>MPEG1, MPEG2, VCD and DVD Notes</H4>
6732 8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	1242
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1243 <P>MPEG1/2 content should now automatically be detected by <B>MPlayer</B> and
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1244 it will use the hardware acceleration of the DXR3 to play it. If not, you can
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1245 force it to hardware acceleration with <CODE>-vc mpegpes</CODE>. Also, if you
7270 60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1246 plan to use postprocessing filters you must use <CODE>-vc mpeg12</CODE>.</P>
6732 8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	1247
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1248 <P>In some instances, subtitles may not appear properly in sync with the A/V
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1249 stream when using hardware decoding (<CODE>-vc mpegpes</CODE>). This is a
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1250 known bug. The em8300 will also improperly handle subtitles that are too big,
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1251 and may hang for a second or two. At this time, the only workaround is to use
7270 60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1252 <CODE>-vc mpeg12</CODE> when viewing DVDs with subtitles. When running with
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1253 <CODE>-vc mpeg12</CODE> <B>MPlayer</B> will reencode video to MPEG (even if it
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1254 already is MPEG). This means that it will need more CPU power, and you might
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1255 loose some picture quality.</P>
6732 8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	1256
8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	1257
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	1258 <H4><A NAME="tv-out">2.3.1.A TV-out support</A></H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	1259
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1260
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	1261 <H5><A NAME="tv-out_matrox">2.3.1.A.1 Matrox G400 cards</A></H5>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	1262
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1263 <P>Under Linux you have 2 methods to get G400 TV out working:</P>
5116 20bf56a828d1 "nememlex" --Gabucino, 2002 arpi parents: 4982 diff changeset	1264
7377 2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1265 <P><B>IMPORTANT:</B> for Matrox G450/G550 TV-out instructions, please see the
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1266 next section!</P>
2309 3128b9d8b4ea New section: Matrox TVout - method 2 gabucino parents: 2206 diff changeset	1267
2486 d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1268 <UL>
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1269 <LI><B>XFree86</B>: using the driver and the HAL module, available from
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1270 <A HREF="http://www.matrox.com">Matrox's site</A>. This will give you X on
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1271 the TV.<BR> <B>This method doesn't give you accelerated playback</B> as
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1272 under Windoze! The second head has only YUV framebuffer, the <I>BES</I>
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1273 (Back End Scaler, the YUV scaler on G200/G400/G450/G550 cards) doesn't work
7061 33624384dd7b Typos, cosmetics and a tag closed. diego parents: 7047 diff changeset	1274 on it! The Windows driver somehow works around this, probably by using the
2486 d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1275 3D engine to zoom, and the YUV framebuffer to display the zoomed
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	1276 image. If you really want to use X, use the <CODE>-vo x11 -fs -zoom</CODE>
6599 f20184a10258 1001 typos as found by ispell. diego parents: 6583 diff changeset	1277 options, but it will be <B>SLOW</B>, and has <B>Macrovision</B> copy protection
4177 cab4ac1467e4 many small updates gabucino parents: 3988 diff changeset	1278 enabled (you can "workaround" Macrovision using
cab4ac1467e4 many small updates gabucino parents: 3988 diff changeset	1279 <A HREF="http://avifile.sourceforge.net/mgamacro.pl">this</A> perl
cab4ac1467e4 many small updates gabucino parents: 3988 diff changeset	1280 script.</LI>
2486 d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1281 <LI><B>Framebuffer</B>: using the <B>matroxfb modules</B> in the 2.4 kernels.
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1282 2.2 kernels don't have the TVout feature in them, thus unusable for this.
3030 1dbc569b6528 more fix/update gabucino parents: 3027 diff changeset	1283 You have to enable ALL matroxfb-specific feature during compilation (except
5713 634fbb5dd181 I2C is also needed for G400 tvout gabucino parents: 5378 diff changeset	1284 MultiHead), and compile them into <B>modules</B>! You'll also need I2C
634fbb5dd181 I2C is also needed for G400 tvout gabucino parents: 5378 diff changeset	1285 enabled.
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	1286 <OL>
2486 d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1287 <LI>
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1288 Enter <CODE>TVout/matroxset</CODE> and type <CODE>make</CODE>. Install
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1289 <CODE>matroxset</CODE> into somewhere in your PATH.</LI>
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1290 <LI>
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1291 If you don't have <CODE>fbset</CODE> installed, enter
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1292 <CODE>TVout/fbset</CODE> and type <CODE>make</CODE>. Install
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1293 <CODE>fbset</CODE> into somewhere in your PATH.</LI>
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1294 <LI>
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1295 Then enter into the <CODE>TVout/</CODE> directory in the <B>MPlayer</B>
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1296 source, and execute <CODE>./modules</CODE> as root. Your text-mode console
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1297 will enter into framebuffer mode (no way back!).</LI>
7454 a8ae3f53eb14 matroxtv script was modified gabucino parents: 7377 diff changeset	1298 <LI>Next, EDIT and run the <CODE>./matroxtv</CODE> script. This will present you
2486 d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1299 to a very simple menu. Press <B>2</B> and <B>ENTER</B>. Now you should
7454 a8ae3f53eb14 matroxtv script was modified gabucino parents: 7377 diff changeset	1300 have the same picture on your monitor, and TV. If
a8ae3f53eb14 matroxtv script was modified gabucino parents: 7377 diff changeset	1301 the TV (PAL by default) picture has some weird stripes on it, the script wasn't able to
a8ae3f53eb14 matroxtv script was modified gabucino parents: 7377 diff changeset	1302 set the resolution correctly (to 640x512 by default). Try other
a8ae3f53eb14 matroxtv script was modified gabucino parents: 7377 diff changeset	1303 resolutions from the menu and/or experiment with fbset.</LI>
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	1304 </OL>
2486 d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1305
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1306 <P>Yoh. Next task is to make the cursor on tty1 (or whatever) to disappear,
2486 d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1307 and turn off screen blanking. Execute the following commands:</P>
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1308
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1309 <P><CODE>echo -e '\033[?25l'</CODE> or <CODE>setterm -cursor off<BR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1310 setterm -blank 0</CODE></P>
2486 d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1311
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1312 <P>You possibly want to put the above into a script, and also clear
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1313 the screen.. To turn the cursor back:<BR><CODE>echo -e '\033[?25h'</CODE>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1314 or <CODE>setterm -cursor on</CODE></P>
2486 d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1315
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1316 <P>Yeah kewl. Start movie playing with <CODE>mplayer -vo mga -fs -screenw 640
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1317 -screenh 512 <filename></CODE><BR>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1318 (if you use X, now change to matroxfb with for example CTRL-ALT-F1!)<BR>
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	1319 Change 640x512 if you set the resolution to other.<BR>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1320 <B>Enjoy the ultra-fast ultra-featured Matrox TV output (better than Xv)!</B></P>
2486 d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1321 </LI>
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1322 </UL>
2309 3128b9d8b4ea New section: Matrox TVout - method 2 gabucino parents: 2206 diff changeset	1323
3128b9d8b4ea New section: Matrox TVout - method 2 gabucino parents: 2206 diff changeset	1324
7377 2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1325 <H5><A NAME="tv-out_matrox_g450">2.3.1.A.2 Matrox G450/G550 cards</A></H5>
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1326
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1327 <P>TV output support for these cards has only been recently introduced, and is
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1328 not yet in the mainstream kernel. Currently the <B>mga_vid</B> module
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1329 can't be used AFAIK, because the G450/G550 driver works only in one
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1330 configuration: the first CRTC chip (with much more features) on the first
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1331 display (on monitor), and the second CRTC (no <B>BES</B> - for explanation
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1332 on BES, please see the G400 section above) on TV. So you can only use
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1333 <B>MPlayer's</B> <I>fbdev</I> output driver at the present.</P>
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1334
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1335 <P>The first CRTC can't be routed to the second head currently.
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1336 The author of the kernel matroxfb driver - Petr Vandrovec - will maybe make
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1337 support for this, by displaying the first CRTC's output onto both of the
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1338 heads at once, as currently recommended for G400, see the section above.</P>
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1339
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1340 <P>The necessary kernel patch and the detailed howto is downloadable from
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1341 <A HREF="http://www3.sympatico.ca/dan.eriksen/matrox_tvout">http://www3.sympatico.ca/dan.eriksen/matrox_tvout</A></P>
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1342
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1343
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1344 <H5><A NAME="tv-out_ati">2.3.1.A.3 ATI cards</A></H5>
2206 0e8e8fed492e ATI TVout stuff added (from Nick Kurshev) gabucino parents: 2131 diff changeset	1345
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	1346 <H5>PREAMBLE</H5>
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	1347
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	1348 <P>Currently ATI doesn't want to support any of its TV-out chips under Linux,
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1349 because of their licensed Macrovision technology.</P>
6583 4b7d097a9c69 big update gabucino parents: 6499 diff changeset	1350
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	1351 <H5>ATI CARDS TV-OUT STATUS ON LINUX</H5>
2206 0e8e8fed492e ATI TVout stuff added (from Nick Kurshev) gabucino parents: 2131 diff changeset	1352
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	1353 <UL>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1354 <LI><B>ATI Mach64</B>: supported by
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1355 <A HREF="http://gatos.sf.net">gatos</A>.</LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1356 <LI><B>ASIC Radeon VIVO</B>: supported by
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1357 <A HREF="http://gatos.sf.net">gatos</A>.</LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1358 <LI><B>Radeon</B> and <B>Rage128</B>: supported by <B>MPlayer</B>!
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	1359 Check <a href="#vesa">VESA driver</a> and <A HREF="#vidix">VIDIX</A>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1360 sections.</LI>
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	1361 </UL>
2206 0e8e8fed492e ATI TVout stuff added (from Nick Kurshev) gabucino parents: 2131 diff changeset	1362
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1363 <P>On other cards, just use the <a href="#vesa">VESA driver</a>, without
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1364 VIDIX. Powerful CPU is needed, though.</P>
2206 0e8e8fed492e ATI TVout stuff added (from Nick Kurshev) gabucino parents: 2131 diff changeset	1365
6583 4b7d097a9c69 big update gabucino parents: 6499 diff changeset	1366 <P>Only thing you need to do - <B>have TV connector plugged in before
4b7d097a9c69 big update gabucino parents: 6499 diff changeset	1367 booting your PC</B> since video BIOS initializes itself only once during
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1368 POST procedure.</P>
2206 0e8e8fed492e ATI TVout stuff added (from Nick Kurshev) gabucino parents: 2131 diff changeset	1369
2472 487f5bbb38ae link to tomi ollila's voodoo3 tvout text. if he has interest to integrate gabucino parents: 2471 diff changeset	1370
7377 2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1371 <H5><A NAME="tv-out_voodoo">2.3.1.A.4 Voodoo 3</A></H5>
2472 487f5bbb38ae link to tomi ollila's voodoo3 tvout text. if he has interest to integrate gabucino parents: 2471 diff changeset	1372
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1373 <P>Check <A HREF="http://www.iki.fi/too/tvout-voodoo3-3000-xfree">this URL</A>.</P>
2472 487f5bbb38ae link to tomi ollila's voodoo3 tvout text. if he has interest to integrate gabucino parents: 2471 diff changeset	1374
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	1375 </BODY>
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