mplayer.hg: DOCS/video.html annotate

annotate DOCS/video.html @ 8015:403f7a58ccf2

vf_unsharp: proper rounding & print if sharpening or bluring patch by Rémi Guyomarch <rguyom@pobox.com>

author	arpi
date	Fri, 01 Nov 2002 00:02:52 +0000
parents	9ec3f2b9a87f
children	66c0515d234f

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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>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	14
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	15
7699 5d4b0446a557 Cosmetics: Converted 2 spaces to one in section titles, changed some ugly diego parents: 7651 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
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	126 usable with MPlayer.</P>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	127 </LI>
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	128 <LI>And finally, check if MPlayer was compiled with 'xv' support.
6960 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>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	131
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	132
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>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	144
2865 72c750bbc249 * empty log message * gabucino parents: 2848 diff changeset	145
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>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	147
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
7640 427935644581 updates, fixes gabucino parents: 7454 diff changeset	152 <P><B>NOTE</B>: it's currently unclear which Savage models lack YV12 support,
427935644581 updates, fixes gabucino parents: 7454 diff changeset	153 and convert by driver (slow). If you suspect your card, get a newer driver,
427935644581 updates, fixes gabucino parents: 7454 diff changeset	154 or ask politely on the mplayer-users mailing list for an MMX/3DNow enabled
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	155 driver.</P>
2865 72c750bbc249 * empty log message * gabucino parents: 2848 diff changeset	156
72c750bbc249 * empty log message * gabucino parents: 2848 diff changeset	157
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	158 <H5><A NAME="xv_nvidia">2.3.1.2.3 nVidia cards</A></H5>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	159
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	160 <P>nVidia isn't a very good choice under Linux (according to nVidia, this is
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	161 <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#nvidia">not true</A>).. You'll have to
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	162 use the binary closed-source nVidia driver, available at nVidia's web site.
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	163 The standard XFree86 driver doesn't support XVideo for these cards, due to
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	164 nVidia's closed sources/specifications.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	165
3290 3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember gabucino parents: 3268 diff changeset	166 <P>As far as I know the latest XFree86 driver contains XVideo support for
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	167 GeForce 2 and 3.</P>
3290 3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember gabucino parents: 3268 diff changeset	168
6599 f20184a10258 1001 typos as found by ispell. diego parents: 6583 diff changeset	169 <P>Riva128 cards don't have XVideo support even with the nVidia driver :(
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	170 Complain to nVidia.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	171
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	172
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	173 <H5><A NAME="xv_ati">2.3.1.2.4 ATI cards</A></H5>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	174
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	175 <UL>
7937 33e4345d6dd6 URLs corrected. diego parents: 7814 diff changeset	176 <LI>The <A HREF="http://gatos.sourceforge.net">GATOS driver</A> (which you
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	177 should use, unless you have Rage128 or Radeon) has VSYNC enabled by
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	178 default. It means that decoding speed (!) is synced to the monitor's
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	179 refresh rate. If playing seems to be slow, try disabling VSYNC somehow, or
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	180 set refresh rate to n*(fps of the movie) Hz.</LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	181 <LI>Radeon VE - currently only XFree86 CVS has driver for this card, version
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	182 4.1.0 doesn't. And no TV out support. Of course with MPlayer you can
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	183 happily get <B>accelerated</B> display, with or without <B>TV output</B>, and
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	184 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	185 </UL>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	186
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	187
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	188 <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	189
4920 089485d69edd added notes about enhanced Neomagic and Savage4 drivers gabucino parents: 4908 diff changeset	190 <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	191 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	192 <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	193 Driver provided by Stefan Seyfried.</P>
5378 1a7fd8f13ac0 small update gabucino parents: 5359 diff changeset	194
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	195 <P>To allow playback of DVD sized content change your XF86Config like this:</P>
5378 1a7fd8f13ac0 small update gabucino parents: 5359 diff changeset	196
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	197 <P>Section "Device"<BR>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	198     <I>[...]</I><BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	199     Driver "neomagic"<BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	200     <B>Option "OverlayMem" "829440"</B><BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	201     <I>[...]</I><BR>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	202 EndSection</P>
1922 5f0e4310dd4d NeoMagic stuff added (legyen egyszer gyereknap...) gabucino parents: 1920 diff changeset	203
5378 1a7fd8f13ac0 small update gabucino parents: 5359 diff changeset	204
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	205 <H5><A NAME="xv_trident">2.3.1.2.6 Trident cards</A></H5>
3794 4049673123e1 know not.. gabucino parents: 3664 diff changeset	206
7640 427935644581 updates, fixes gabucino parents: 7454 diff changeset	207 <P>If you want to use xv with a trident card, provided that it doesn't work
427935644581 updates, fixes gabucino parents: 7454 diff changeset	208 with 4.1.0, install XFree 4.2.0. 4.2.0 adds support for fullscreen xv
427935644581 updates, fixes gabucino parents: 7454 diff changeset	209 support with the Cyberblade XP card.</P>
1922 5f0e4310dd4d NeoMagic stuff added (legyen egyszer gyereknap...) gabucino parents: 1920 diff changeset	210
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	211
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	212 <H4><A NAME="dga">2.3.1.3 DGA</A></H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	213
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	214
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	215 <H5><A NAME="dga_summary">2.3.1.3.1 Summary</A></H5>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	216
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	217 <P>This document tries to explain in some words what DGA is in general and what
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	218 the DGA video output driver for MPlayer can do (and what it
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	219 can't).</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	220
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	221
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	222 <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	223
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	224 <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	225 bypass the X-Server and directly modifying the framebuffer memory.
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	226 Technically spoken this happens by mapping the framebuffer memory into
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	227 the memory range of your process. This is allowed by the kernel only
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	228 if you have superuser privileges. You can get these either by logging in
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	229 as root or by setting the SUID bit on the MPlayer executable (<B>not
7015 72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	230 recommended</B>).</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	231
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	232 <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	233 introduced with XFree 4.0.1.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	234
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	235 <P>DGA1 provides only direct framebuffer access as described above. For
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	236 switching the resolution of the video signal you have to rely on the
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	237 XVidMode extension.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	238
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	239 <P>DGA2 incorporates the features of XVidMode extension and also allows
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	240 switching the depth of the display. So you may, although basically
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	241 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	242 versa. </P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	243
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	244 <P>However DGA has some drawbacks. It seems it is somewhat dependent on the
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	245 graphics chip you use and on the implementation of the X server's video
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	246 driver that controls this chip. So it does not work on every system ...</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	247
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	248
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	249 <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	250
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	251 <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	252
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	253 <P>    <CODE>(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA</CODE></P>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	254
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	255 <P>See, XFree86 4.0.x or greater is VERY RECOMMENDED! MPlayer's DGA
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	256 driver is autodetected on ./configure, or you can force it with
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	257 --enable-dga.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	258
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	259 <P>If the driver couldn't switch to a smaller resolution, experiment with
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	260 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	261 the movie fits in. There is no converter right now :(</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	262
7015 72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	263 <P>Become root. DGA needs root access to be able to write directly to video
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	264 memory. If you want to run it as user, then install MPlayer SUID
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	265 root:</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	266
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	267 <P><CODE>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	268     chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer<BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	269     chmod 750 /usr/local/bin/mplayer<BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	270     chmod +s /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE></P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	271
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	272 <P>Now it works as a simple user, too.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	273
7015 72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	274 <BLOCKQUOTE>
72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	275 <B>Warning: security risk</B><BR>
72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	276 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	277 a computer that can be accessed by other people because they can gain root
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	278 privileges through SUID root MPlayer.
7015 72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	279 </BLOCKQUOTE>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	280
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	281 <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	282 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	283 much faster.</P>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	284
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	285
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	286 <H5><A NAME="dga_resolution">2.3.1.3.4 Resolution switching</A></H5>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	287
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	288 <P>The DGA driver allows for switching the resolution of the output signal.
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	289 This avoids the need for doing (slow) software scaling and at the same time
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	290 provides a fullscreen image. Ideally it would switch to the exact resolution
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	291 (except for honoring aspect ratio) of the video data, but the X server only
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	292 allows switching to resolutions predefined in
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	293 <CODE>/etc/X11/XF86Config</CODE> (<CODE>/etc/X11/XF86Config-4</CODE> for
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	294 XFree 4.0.X respectively). Those are defined by so-called modelines and
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	295 depend on the capabilities of your video hardware. The X server scans this
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	296 config file on startup and disables the modelines not suitable for your
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	297 hardware. You can find out which modes survive with the X11 log file. It can
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	298 be found at:
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	299 <CODE>/var/log/XFree86.0.log</CODE>.</P>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	300
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	301 <P>See appendix A for some sample modeline definitions.</P>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	302
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	303
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	304 <H5><A NAME="dga_mplayer">2.3.1.3.5 DGA & MPlayer</A></H5>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	305
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	306 <P>DGA is used in two places with MPlayer: The SDL driver can be made to
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	307 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	308 said is true for both; in the following sections I'll explain how the DGA
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	309 driver for MPlayer works.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	310
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	311
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	312 <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	313
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	314 <P>The DGA driver is invoked by specifying -vo dga at the command line.
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	315 The default behavior is to switch to a resolution matching the original
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	316 resolution of the video as close as possible. It deliberately ignores the
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	317 -vm and -fs switches (enabling of video mode switching and fullscreen) -
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	318 it always tries to cover as much area of your screen as possible by switching
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	319 the video mode, thus refraining to use a single additional cycle of your CPU
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	320 to scale the image.
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	321 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	322 matching closest the resolution you specify by -x and -y.
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	323 By providing the -v option, the DGA driver will print, among a lot of other
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	324 things, a list of all resolutions supported by your current XF86-Config
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	325 file.
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	326 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	327 option. Valid depths are 15, 16, 24 and 32. It depends on your hardware
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	328 whether these depths are natively supported or if a (possibly slow)
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	329 conversion has to be done.</P>
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	330
33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	331 <P>If you should be lucky enough to have enough offscreen memory left to
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	332 put a whole image there, the DGA driver will use doublebuffering, which
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	333 results in much smoother movie replaying. It will tell you whether double-
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	334 buffering is enabled or not.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	335
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	336 <P>Doublebuffering means that the next frame of your video is being drawn in
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	337 some offscreen memory while the current frame is being displayed. When the
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	338 next frame is ready, the graphics chip is just told the location in memory
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	339 of the new frame and simply fetches the data to be displayed from there.
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	340 In the meantime the other buffer in memory will be filled again with new
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	341 video data.</P>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	342
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	343 <P>Doublebuffering may be switched on by using the option -double and may be
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	344 disabled with -nodouble. Current default option is to disable
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	345 doublebuffering. When using the DGA driver, onscreen display (OSD) only
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	346 works with doublebuffering enabled. However, enabling doublebuffering may
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	347 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	348 CPU time!) depending on the implementation of DGA for your hardware.</P>
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	349
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	350
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	351 <H5><A NAME="dga_speed">2.3.1.3.7 Speed issues</A></H5>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	352
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	353 <P>Generally spoken, DGA framebuffer access should be at least as fast as using
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	354 the X11 driver with the additional benefit of getting a fullscreen image.
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	355 The percentage speed values printed by MPlayer have to be interpreted
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	356 with some care, as for example, with the X11 driver they do not include the
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	357 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	358 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	359 box...</P>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	360
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	361 <P>Generally spoken, the speedup done by using DGA against 'normal' use of X11
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	362 highly depends on your graphics card and how well the X-Server module for it
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	363 is optimized.</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>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	366 only half the memory bandwidth of a 32 bit display.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	367
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	368 <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	369 supports 32 bit depth since it transfers 25% less data compared to the 32/32
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	370 mode.</P>
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	371
6599 f20184a10258 1001 typos as found by ispell. diego parents: 6583 diff changeset	372 <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	373 CPUs might work at 400 MHZ and above.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	374
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	375
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	376 <H5><A NAME="dga_bugs">2.3.1.3.8 Known bugs</A></H5>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	377
6599 f20184a10258 1001 typos as found by ispell. diego parents: 6583 diff changeset	378 <P>Well, according to some developers of XFree, DGA is quite a beast. They
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	379 tell you better not to use it. Its implementation is not always flawless
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	380 with every chipset driver for XFree out there.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	381
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	382 <UL>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	383 <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	384 colors.</LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	385 <LI>ATI driver requires to switch mode back more than once after finishing
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	386 using of DGA.</LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	387 <LI>Some drivers simply fail to switch back to normal resolution (use
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	388 Ctrl-Alt-Keypad +, - to switch back manually).</LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	389 <LI>Some drivers simply display strange colors.</LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	390 <LI>Some drivers lie about the amount of memory they map into the process's
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	391 address space, thus vo_dga won't use doublebuffering (SIS?).</LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	392 <LI>some drivers seem to fail to report even a single valid mode. In this
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	393 case the DGA driver will crash telling you about a nonsense mode of
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	394 100000x100000 or the like ...</LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	395 <LI>OSD only works with doublebuffering enabled.</LI>
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	396 </UL>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	397
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	398
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	399 <H5><A NAME="dga_future">2.3.1.3.9 Future work</A></H5>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	400
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	401 <UL>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	402 <LI>use of the new X11 render interface for OSD</LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	403 <LI>where is my TODO list ???? :-(((</LI>
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	404 </UL>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	405
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	406
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	407 <H5><A NAME="dga_modelines">2.3.1.3.A Some modelines</A></H5>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	408
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	409 <PRE>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	410 Section "Modes"
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	411 Identifier "Modes[0]"
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	412 Modeline "800x600" 40 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	413 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	414 Modeline "640x480" 25.175 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	415 Modeline "400x300" 20 400 416 480 528 300 301 303 314 Doublescan
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	416 Modeline "352x288" 25.10 352 368 416 432 288 296 290 310
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	417 Modeline "352x240" 15.750 352 368 416 432 240 244 246 262 Doublescan
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	418 Modeline "320x240" 12.588 320 336 384 400 240 245 246 262 Doublescan
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	419 EndSection
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	420 </PRE>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	421
6599 f20184a10258 1001 typos as found by ispell. diego parents: 6583 diff changeset	422 <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	423 module.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	424
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	425
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	426 <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	427
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	428 <P>If you experience troubles with the DGA driver please feel free to file
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	429 a bug report to me (e-mail address below). Please start MPlayer with
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	430 the -v option and include all lines in the bug report that start with
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	431 vo_dga:</P>
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	432
33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	433 <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	434 and your CPU type. The X11 driver module (defined in XF86-Config) might
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	435 also help. Thanks!</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	436
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	437 <P><I>Acki (acki@acki-netz.de, www.acki-netz.de)</I></P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	438
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	439
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	440 <H4><A NAME="sdl">2.3.1.4 SDL</A></H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	441
6583 4b7d097a9c69 big update gabucino parents: 6499 diff changeset	442 <P>SDL (Simple Directmedia Layer) is basically a unified video/audio
3988 a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	443 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	444 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	445 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	446 (for example) video driver to use with the SDL_VIDEODRIVER environment
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	447 variable. Well, in theory.</P>
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	448
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	449 <P>With MPlayer, we used its X11 driver's software scaler ability for
3988 a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	450 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	451 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	452 which is more comfortable. Its DGA mode was better than ours, until
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	453 recently. Get it now? :)</P>
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	454
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	455 <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	456 (not slow system problem), or audio is lagging.</P>
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	457
5119 636b20788503 szrii, tuu, van, fajor gabucino parents: 5116 diff changeset	458 <P>SDL video output supports displaying subtitles under the movie, on the (if
636b20788503 szrii, tuu, van, fajor gabucino parents: 5116 diff changeset	459 present) black bar.</P>
636b20788503 szrii, tuu, van, fajor gabucino parents: 5116 diff changeset	460
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	461 <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	462 <DL>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	463 <DT><CODE>-vo sdl:name</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	464 <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	465
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	466 <DT><CODE>-ao sdl:name</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	467 <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	468
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	469 <DT><CODE>-noxv</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	470 <DD>disables XVideo hardware acceleration</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	471
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	472 <DT><CODE>-forcexv</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	473 <DD>tries to force XVideo acceleration</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	474 </DL>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	475
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	476 <TABLE BORDER=0>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	477 <TR><TD COLSPAN=4><P><B>SDL Keys:</B></P></TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	478 <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	479 <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	480 <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	481 </TABLE>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	482
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	483 <H4>Known bugs:</H4>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	484
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	485 <UL>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	486 <LI>Keys pressed under sdl:aalib console driver repeat forever. (use -vo aa!)
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	487 It's bug in SDL, I can't change it (tested with SDL 1.2.1).</LI>
7640 427935644581 updates, fixes gabucino parents: 7454 diff changeset	488 <LI>DO�NOT�USE�SDL with GUI! It won't work as it should.</LI>
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	489 </UL>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	490
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	491
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	492 <H4><A NAME="svgalib">2.3.1.5 SVGAlib</A></H4>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	493
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	494 <H4>Installation</H4>
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	495
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	496 <P>You'll have to install svgalib and its development package in order for
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	497 MPlayer build its SVGAlib driver (autodetected, but can be forced),
6499 ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	498 and don't forget to edit /etc/vga/libvga.config to suit your card &
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	499 monitor.</P>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	500
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	501 <H4>Notes</H4>
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	502
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	503 <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	504 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	505 option which will produce bad quality, but is somewhat faster.</P>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	506
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	507 <H4>EGA (4bpp) support</H4>
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	508
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	509 <P>SVGAlib incorporates EGAlib, and MPlayer has the possibility to
6499 ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	510 display any movie in 16 colors, thus usable in the following sets:</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	511
6499 ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	512 <UL>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	513 <LI>EGA card with EGA monitor: 320x200x4bpp, 640x200x4bpp, 640x350x4bpp</LI>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	514 <LI>EGA card with CGA monitor: 320x200x4bpp, 640x200x4bpp</LI>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	515 </UL>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	516
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	517 <P>The bpp (bits per pixel) value must be set to 4 by hand:<BR>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	518   <CODE>-bpp 4</CODE><BR>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	519 The movie probably must be scaled down to fit in EGA mode:<BR>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	520   <CODE>-vop scale=640:350</CODE> or<BR>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	521   <CODE>-vop scale=320:200</CODE><BR>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	522 For that we need fast but bad quality scaling routine:<BR>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	523   <CODE>-sws 4</CODE><BR>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	524 Maybe automatic aspect correction has to be shut off:<BR>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	525   <CODE>-noaspect</CODE></P>
6499 ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	526
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	527
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	528 <H4><A NAME="fbdev">2.3.1.6 Framebuffer output (FBdev)</A></H4>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	529
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	530 <P>Whether to build the FBdev target is autodetected during ./configure .
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	531 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	532 (Documentation/fb/*) for more information.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	533
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	534 <P>If your card doesn't support VBE 2.0 standard (older ISA/PCI
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	535 cards, such as S3 Trio64), only VBE 1.2 (or older?):
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	536 Well, VESAfb is still available, but you'll have to load SciTech Display
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	537 Doctor (formerly UniVBE) before booting Linux. Use a DOS boot disk or
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	538 whatever. And don't forget to register your UniVBE ;))</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	539
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	540 <P>The FBdev output takes some additional parameters above the others:</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	541
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	542 <DL>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	543 <DT><CODE>-fb</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	544 <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	545
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	546 <DT><CODE>-fbmode</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	547 <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	548
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	549 <DT><CODE>-fbmodeconfig</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	550 <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	551
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	552 <DT><CODE>-monitor_hfreq</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	553 <DT><CODE>-monitor_vfreq</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	554 <DT><CODE>-monitor_dotclock</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	555 <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	556 </DL>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	557
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	558 <P>If you want to change to a specific mode, then use</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	559
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	560 <P><CODE>    mplayer -vm -fbmode (NameOfMode) filename</CODE></P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	561
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	562 <UL>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	563 <LI><B>-vm</B> alone will choose the most suitable mode from /etc/fb.modes.
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	564 Can be used together with -x and -y options too. The -flip option is
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	565 supported only if the movie's pixel format matches the video mode's pixel
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	566 format. Pay attention to the bpp value, fbdev driver tries to use the
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	567 current, or if you specify the -bpp option, then that.</LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	568 <LI><B>-zoom</B> option isn't supported (software scaling is slow). -fs
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	569 option isn't supported. You can't use 8bpp (or less) modes.</LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	570 <LI>you possibly want to turn the cursor off: <CODE>echo -e
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	571 '\033[?25l'</CODE> or <CODE>setterm -cursor off</CODE><BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	572 and the screen saver: <CODE>setterm -blank 0</CODE><BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	573 To turn the cursor back on: <CODE>echo -e '\033[?25h'</CODE>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	574 or <CODE>setterm -cursor on</CODE></LI>
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	575 </UL>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	576
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	577 <P>NOTE: FBdev video mode changing _does not work_ with the VESA framebuffer,
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	578 and don't ask for it, since it's not an MPlayer limitation.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	579
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	580
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	581 <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	582
1992 156639eddf49 tdfxfb added gabucino parents: 1988 diff changeset	583 <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	584 support, the mga_vid kernel driver. It's active developed by me (A'rpi), and
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	585 it has hardware VSYNC support with triple buffering. It works on both
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	586 framebuffer console and under X.</P>
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	587
6906 3274d0725fde Changed all link names from the section number to a sensible label. diego parents: 6882 diff changeset	588 <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	589 mga_vid!</P>
4505 fdeee8424d90 on non-Linux use Vidix instead of mga_vid kernelmodule gabucino parents: 4504 diff changeset	590
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	591 <P><B>Installation:</B></P>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	592 <OL>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	593 <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	594 <P><CODE>cd drivers<BR>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	595 make</CODE></P></LI>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	596 <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	597 <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	598 <P>and load the driver with</P>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	599 <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	600 <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	601 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	602 (<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	603 <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	604 <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	605 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	606 <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	607 <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	608 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	609 <P>Then run</P>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	610 <P><CODE>depmod -a</CODE></P></LI>
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	611 <LI>Now you have to (re)compile MPlayer, <CODE>configure</CODE> will
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	612 detect <CODE>/dev/mga_vid</CODE> and build the 'mga' driver. Using it from
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	613 MPlayer goes by <CODE>-vo mga</CODE> if you have matroxfb console,
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	614 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	615 </OL>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	616
2108 767dbc5b7daa mga_vid now cooperates with xv gabucino parents: 2063 diff changeset	617 <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	618
4504 b2f4c590fb74 mga_vid supports reads and writes gabucino parents: 4498 diff changeset	619 <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	620 <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	621 change: <CODE>echo "brightness=120" > /dev/mga_vid</CODE></P>
4504 b2f4c590fb74 mga_vid supports reads and writes gabucino parents: 4498 diff changeset	622
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	623
7367 5b0baab4c4fd Numbering corrected. diego parents: 7281 diff changeset	624 <H4><A NAME="tdfxfb">2.3.1.8 3dfx YUV support (tdfxfb)</A></H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	625
1992 156639eddf49 tdfxfb added gabucino parents: 1988 diff changeset	626 <P>This driver uses the kernel's tdfx framebuffer driver to play movies with
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	627 YUV acceleration. You'll need a kernel with tdfxfb support, and recompile
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	628 with <CODE>./configure --enable-tdfxfb</CODE></P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	629
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	630
7367 5b0baab4c4fd Numbering corrected. diego parents: 7281 diff changeset	631 <H4><A NAME="opengl">2.3.1.9 OpenGL output</A></H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	632
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	633 <P>MPlayer supports displaying movies using OpenGL, but if your
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	634 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	635 instead, OpenGL performance is considerably worse. If you have an X11
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	636 implementation without xv support, OpenGL is a viable alternative.</P>
6309 d6eea5314980 OpenGL update diego parents: 5713 diff changeset	637
d6eea5314980 OpenGL update diego parents: 5713 diff changeset	638 <P>Unfortunately not all drivers support this feature. The Utah-GLX drivers
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	639 (for XFree86 3.3.6) support it for all cards. See
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	640 <A HREF="http://utah-glx.sourceforge.net">http://utah-glx.sourceforge.net</A>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	641 for details about how to install it.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	642
7076 3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly diego parents: 7061 diff changeset	643 <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	644 4.2.0 or later supports Rage128. See
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	645 <A HREF="http://dri.sourceforge.net">http://dri.sourceforge.net</A>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	646 for download and installation instructions.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	647
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	648
7367 5b0baab4c4fd Numbering corrected. diego parents: 7281 diff changeset	649 <H4><A NAME="aalib">2.3.1.10 AAlib - text mode displaying</A></H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	650
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	651 <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	652 ASCII renderer. There are LOTS of programs already supporting it, like Doom,
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	653 Quake, etc. MPlayer contains a very usable driver for it.
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	654 If ./configure detects aalib installed, the aalib libvo driver will be
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	655 built.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	656
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	657 <TABLE BORDER=0>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	658 <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	659 <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	660 <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	661 <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	662 <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	663 <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	664 <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	665 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>7</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>invert image</TD></TR>
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	666 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>a</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>toggles between aa and MPlayer control)</TD></TR>
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	667 </TABLE>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	668
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	669 <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	670 <DL>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	671 <DT><CODE>-aaosdcolor=V</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	672 <DD>change OSD color</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	673
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	674 <DT><CODE>-aasubcolor=V</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	675 <DD>change subtitle color
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	676 <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	677 5/special)</I></P></DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	678 </DL>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	679
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	680 <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	681 Here are some important:</B></P>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	682 <DL>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	683 <DT><CODE>-aadriver</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	684 <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	685
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	686 <DT><CODE>-aaextended</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	687 <DD>use all 256 characters</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>-aaeight</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	690 <DD>use eight bit ASCII</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>-aahelp</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	693 <DD>prints out all aalib options</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	694 </DL>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	695
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	696 <P>NOTE: the rendering is very CPU intensive, especially when using AA-on-X
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	697 (using aalib on X), and it's least CPU intensive on standard,
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	698 non-framebuffer console. Use SVGATextMode to set up a big textmode,
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	699 then enjoy! (secondary head Hercules cards rock :)) (anyone can enhance
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	700 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	701
6732 8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	702 <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	703 render all frames!</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	704
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	705 <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	706 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	707 <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	708 to find the best mode. See
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	709 <A HREF="http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/tune/">http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/tune/</A>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	710 for further tuning issues.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	711
2471 6bf47f224789 * empty log message * gabucino parents: 2452 diff changeset	712
7699 5d4b0446a557 Cosmetics: Converted 2 spaces to one in section titles, changed some ugly diego parents: 7651 diff changeset	713 <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	714
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	715 <P>This driver was designed and introduced as a <B>generic driver</B> for any
7651 9bb9ce641684 documenting vesa 3 / GTF config arpi parents: 7640 diff changeset	716 video card which has VESA VBE 2.0+ compatible BIOS. Another advantage of this
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	717 driver is that it tries to force TV output on.<BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	718 <B>VESA BIOS EXTENSION (VBE) Version 3.0 Date: September 16, 1998</B> (Page
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	719 70) says:</P>
2448 1e56c3381d55 'vesa' vo driver added. By Nick Kurshev. (spellchecked, fixed, mplayerdoxized) gabucino parents: 2408 diff changeset	720
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	721 <BLOCKQUOTE>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	722 <B>Dual-Controller Designs</B><BR>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	723 VBE 3.0 supports the dual-controller design by assuming that since both
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	724 controllers are typically provided by the same OEM, under control of a
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	725 single BIOS ROM on the same graphics card, it is possible to hide the fact
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	726 that two controllers are indeed present from the application. This has the
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	727 limitation of preventing simultaneous use of the independent controllers,
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	728 but allows applications released before VBE 3.0 to operate normally. The
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	729 VBE Function 00h (Return Controller Information) returns the combined
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	730 information of both controllers, including the combined list of available
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	731 modes. When the application selects a mode, the appropriate controller is
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	732 activated. Each of the remaining VBE functions then operates on the active
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	733 controller.
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	734 </BLOCKQUOTE>
2448 1e56c3381d55 'vesa' vo driver added. By Nick Kurshev. (spellchecked, fixed, mplayerdoxized) gabucino parents: 2408 diff changeset	735
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	736 <P>So you have chances to get working TV-out by using this driver.<BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	737 (I guess that TV-out frequently is standalone head or standalone output
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	738 at least.)</P>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	739
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	740 <H4>Advantages:</H4>
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	741
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	742 <UL>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	743 <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	744 your video hardware.</LI>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	745 <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	746 (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	747 <B>text-mode</B>.</LI>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	748 <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	749 ATI's cards).</LI>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	750 <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	751 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	752 in vm86 mode).</LI>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	753 <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	754 <B>AND</B> TV output at the same time! (recommended for ATI cards)</LI>
7793 6d8b4a1adb9d Remove option descriptions that are in the man page, add some missing diego parents: 7699 diff changeset	755 <LI>If you have VESA VBE 3.0+, and you had specified <CODE>monitor_hfreq</CODE>,
6d8b4a1adb9d Remove option descriptions that are in the man page, add some missing diego parents: 7699 diff changeset	756 <CODE>monitor_vfreq</CODE>, <CODE>monitor_dotclock</CODE> somewhere (config
6d8b4a1adb9d Remove option descriptions that are in the man page, add some missing diego parents: 7699 diff changeset	757 file, or commandline) you will get the highest possible refresh rate. (Using
6d8b4a1adb9d Remove option descriptions that are in the man page, add some missing diego parents: 7699 diff changeset	758 General Timing Formula). To enable this feature you have to specify
6d8b4a1adb9d Remove option descriptions that are in the man page, add some missing diego parents: 7699 diff changeset	759 <B>all</B> your monitor options.</LI>
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	760 </UL>
2448 1e56c3381d55 'vesa' vo driver added. By Nick Kurshev. (spellchecked, fixed, mplayerdoxized) gabucino parents: 2408 diff changeset	761
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	762 <H4>Disadvantages:</H4>
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	763
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	764 <UL>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	765 <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	766 <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	767 <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	768 </UL>
2448 1e56c3381d55 'vesa' vo driver added. By Nick Kurshev. (spellchecked, fixed, mplayerdoxized) gabucino parents: 2408 diff changeset	769
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	770 <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	771
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	772 <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	773 <DL>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	774 <DT><CODE>-vo vesa:opts</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	775 <DD>currently recognized: <B>dga</B> to force dga mode and <B>nodga</B> to
7793 6d8b4a1adb9d Remove option descriptions that are in the man page, add some missing diego parents: 7699 diff changeset	776 disable dga mode. In dga mode you can enable double buffering via the
6d8b4a1adb9d Remove option descriptions that are in the man page, add some missing diego parents: 7699 diff changeset	777 <CODE>-double</CODE> option. Note: you may omit these parameters to enable
6d8b4a1adb9d Remove option descriptions that are in the man page, add some missing diego parents: 7699 diff changeset	778 <B>autodetection</B> of dga mode.</DD>
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	779 </DL>
2448 1e56c3381d55 'vesa' vo driver added. By Nick Kurshev. (spellchecked, fixed, mplayerdoxized) gabucino parents: 2408 diff changeset	780
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	781 <H4>Known problems and workaround:</H4>
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	782
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	783 <UL>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	784 <LI>If you have installed <B>NLS</B> font on your Linux box and run VESA
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	785 driver from text-mode then after terminating MPlayer you will have
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	786 <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	787 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	788 for example.<BR>
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	789 (<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	790 <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	791 DOS memory. So if you have such problem - always use VESA driver only from
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	792 <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	793 you will need restart your computer.</LI>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	794 <LI>Often after terminating VESA driver you get <B>black screen</B>. To return
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	795 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	796 <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	797 <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	798 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	799 procedure.</LI>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	800 </UL>
2448 1e56c3381d55 'vesa' vo driver added. By Nick Kurshev. (spellchecked, fixed, mplayerdoxized) gabucino parents: 2408 diff changeset	801
1e56c3381d55 'vesa' vo driver added. By Nick Kurshev. (spellchecked, fixed, mplayerdoxized) gabucino parents: 2408 diff changeset	802
7699 5d4b0446a557 Cosmetics: Converted 2 spaces to one in section titles, changed some ugly diego parents: 7651 diff changeset	803 <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	804
33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	805 <P>Avoid if possible. Outputs to X11 (uses shared memory extension), with no
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	806 hardware acceleration at all. Supports (MMX/3DNow/SSE accelerated, but still
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	807 slow) software scaling, use the options <CODE>-fs -zoom</CODE>. Most cards
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	808 have hardware scaling support, use the <CODE>-vo xv</CODE> output for them,
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	809 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	810
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	811 <P>The problem is that most cards' driver doesn't support hardware acceleration
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	812 on the second head/TV. In those cases, you see green/blue colored window
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	813 instead of the movie. This is where this driver comes in handy, but you need
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	814 powerful CPU to use software scaling. Don't use the SDL driver's software
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	815 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	816
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	817 <P>Software scaling is very slow, you better try changing video modes instead.
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	818 It's very simple. See the <A HREF="#dga_modelines">DGA section's modelines</A>,
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	819 and insert them into your XF86Config.</P>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	820
3290 3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember gabucino parents: 3268 diff changeset	821 <UL>
3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember gabucino parents: 3268 diff changeset	822 <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	823 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	824 <LI>With XFree86 3.x.x - you have to cycle through available resolutions
3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember gabucino parents: 3268 diff changeset	825 with the <B>CTRL-ALT-plus</B> and <B>minus</B> keys.</LI>
3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember gabucino parents: 3268 diff changeset	826 </UL>
3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember gabucino parents: 3268 diff changeset	827
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	828 <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	829 drivers can't use low pixelclocks that are needed for low resolution
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	830 video modes.</P>
3290 3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember gabucino parents: 3268 diff changeset	831
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	832
7367 5b0baab4c4fd Numbering corrected. diego parents: 7281 diff changeset	833 <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	834
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	835 <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	836 *ni<B>X</B>.<BR>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	837 VIDIX was designed and introduced as an interface for fast user-space drivers
6583 4b7d097a9c69 big update gabucino parents: 6499 diff changeset	838 providing such video performance as mga_vid does for Matrox cards. It's
4b7d097a9c69 big update gabucino parents: 6499 diff changeset	839 also very portable.</P>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	840
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	841 <P>This interface was designed as an attempt to fit existing video acceleration
6583 4b7d097a9c69 big update gabucino parents: 6499 diff changeset	842 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	843 provides highlevel interface to chips which are known as BES (BackEnd
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	844 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	845 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	846 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	847 maximize the speed of video playback.</P>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	848
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	849 <H4>USAGE</H4>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	850
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	851 <UL>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	852 <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	853 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	854 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	855 <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	856 drivers, such as:<BR>
7015 72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	857 <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	858 </UL>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	859
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	860 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	861
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	862 <H4>REQUIREMENTS</H4>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	863
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	864 <UL>
d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	865 <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	866 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	867 AAlib for that).<BR>
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	868 <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	869 vo_vesa driver.</I></LI>
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	870 <LI>MPlayer's video output driver should know active video mode and be
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	871 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	872 </UL>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	873
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	874 I hope that probably every video output driver of MPlayer will
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	875 recognize <CODE>:vidix</CODE> subdevice.
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	876
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	877 <H4>USAGE METHODS</H4>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	878
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	879 <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	880 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	881 (<B>vo_server</B> in short). Therefore you can pass into command line of
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	882 MPlayer the same keys as for vo_server. In addition it understands
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	883 <CODE>-double</CODE> key as globally visible parameter. (I recommend using
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	884 this key with VIDIX at least for ATI's card).<BR>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	885 As for <CODE>-vo xvidix</CODE>: currently it recognizes the following
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	886 options: <CODE>-fs -zoom -x -y -double</CODE>.</P>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	887
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	888 <P>Also you can specify VIDIX's driver directly as third subargument in command
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	889 line:<BR>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	890 <BR>
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	891   <code>mplayer -vo xvidix:mga_vid.so -fs -zoom -double
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	892 file.avi</code><BR>
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	893 or<BR>
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	894   <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	895 32 file.avi</code><BR>
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	896 <BR>
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	897 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	898 be forced and result is unpredictable (it may <B>freeze</B> your
4339 4b231f3778a6 entudjam? gabucino parents: 4223 diff changeset	899 computer). You should do that ONLY if you are absolutely sure it will work,
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	900 and MPlayer doesn't do it automatically. Please tell about it to the
4339 4b231f3778a6 entudjam? gabucino parents: 4223 diff changeset	901 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	902 autodetection.</P>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	903
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	904 <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	905 (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	906 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	907 where X11 does.</P>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	908
7015 72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	909 <BLOCKQUOTE>
72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	910 <B>Warning: security risk</B><BR>
72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	911 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	912 due to direct hardware access. At least the <B>SUID</B> bit on the
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	913 MPlayer executable must be set.
7015 72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	914 </BLOCKQUOTE>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	915
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	916 <H4>VIDEO EQUALIZER</H4>
4496 bf7ea03b1adf Vidix video equalizing (Nick's patch) gabucino parents: 4360 diff changeset	917
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	918 <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	919 it either with <B>1-8</B> keys as described in the man page, or
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	920 by command line arguments. MPlayer recognizes the
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	921 following options:</P>
4496 bf7ea03b1adf Vidix video equalizing (Nick's patch) gabucino parents: 4360 diff changeset	922
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	923 <DL>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	924 <DT><CODE>-brightness</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	925 <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	926 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	927 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	928
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	929 <DT><CODE>-contrast</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	930 <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	931 brightness.</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	932
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	933 <DT><CODE>-saturation</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	934 <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	935 output with this option.</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	936
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	937 <DT><CODE>-hue</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	938 <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	939 of image with this option.</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	940
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	941 <DT><CODE>-red_intensity</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	942 <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	943
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	944 <DT><CODE>-green_intensity</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	945 <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	946
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	947 <DT><CODE>-blue_intensity</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	948 <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	949 </DL>
6732 8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	950
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	951 <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	952 Default value for each parameter is <B>0</B>.</P>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	953
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	954 <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	955 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	956 Other drivers only partly support these options.</P>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	957
4496 bf7ea03b1adf Vidix video equalizing (Nick's patch) gabucino parents: 4360 diff changeset	958 <P><B>Examples:</B><BR>
bf7ea03b1adf Vidix video equalizing (Nick's patch) gabucino parents: 4360 diff changeset	959 <CODE>mplayer -vo vesa:vidix -brightness -300 -contrast 200
bf7ea03b1adf Vidix video equalizing (Nick's patch) gabucino parents: 4360 diff changeset	960 filename.avi</CODE><BR>
bf7ea03b1adf Vidix video equalizing (Nick's patch) gabucino parents: 4360 diff changeset	961 or<BR>
bf7ea03b1adf Vidix video equalizing (Nick's patch) gabucino parents: 4360 diff changeset	962 <CODE>mplayer -vo xvidix -red_intensity -50 -saturation 400 -hue 300
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	963 filename.vob</CODE></P>
4496 bf7ea03b1adf Vidix video equalizing (Nick's patch) gabucino parents: 4360 diff changeset	964
2956 f6b51da0a50d DOXized and applied Nick's radeon_vid patch. Nick, should I update gabucino parents: 2883 diff changeset	965
7367 5b0baab4c4fd Numbering corrected. diego parents: 7281 diff changeset	966 <H4><A NAME="zr">2.3.1.14 Zr</A></H4>
4339 4b231f3778a6 entudjam? gabucino parents: 4223 diff changeset	967
4b231f3778a6 entudjam? gabucino parents: 4223 diff changeset	968 <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	969 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	970 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	971 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	972 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	973 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	974 MJPEG cards. Depending on resolution and quality settings, this driver
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	975 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	976 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	977 -framedrop</CODE>) quite adequate for watching VCD sized material and
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	978 downscaled movies.
4339 4b231f3778a6 entudjam? gabucino parents: 4223 diff changeset	979
4b231f3778a6 entudjam? gabucino parents: 4223 diff changeset	980 <P>This driver talks to the kernel driver available at
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	981 <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	982 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	983 by the configure script, if autodetection fails, force detection with
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	984
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	985 <PRE>
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	986 ./configure --enable-zr
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	987 </PRE>
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	988
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	989 <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	990 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	991 viewed by running
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	992
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	993 <PRE>
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	994 mplayer -zrhelp
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	995 </PRE>
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	996
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	997 <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	998 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	999 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	1000 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	1001 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	1002 <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	1003 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	1004 bilinear software scaler. The commandline is
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 <PRE>
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1007 mplayer -vo zr -sws 0 -vop scale=384:204 movie.avi
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1008 </PRE>
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 <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	1011 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	1012 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	1013 wide, the you would issue the following command
4339 4b231f3778a6 entudjam? gabucino parents: 4223 diff changeset	1014
7192 f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1015 <PRE>
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1016 mplayer -vo zr -zrcrop 720x320+80+0 benhur.avi
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1017 </PRE>
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1018
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1019 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	1020
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1021 <PRE>
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1022 mplayer -vo zr -vop crop=720:320:80:0 benhur.avi
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1023 </PRE>
4339 4b231f3778a6 entudjam? gabucino parents: 4223 diff changeset	1024
7192 f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1025 <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	1026 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	1027 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	1028 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	1029 <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	1030 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	1031 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	1032 then you would issue the following command
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1033
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 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	1036 -zrcrop 352x288+0+0 -zrdev /dev/video1 -zrquality 10 movie.avi
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1037 </PRE>
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1038
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1039 <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	1040 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	1041 <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	1042 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	1043 vidiwall.</P>
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1044
f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	1045 <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	1046 device during playback, it will crash your computer. It is, however, fine to
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	1047 <B>FIRST</B> start XawTV, <B>THEN</B> start MPlayer, wait for
988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	1048 MPlayer to finish and <B>THEN</B> stop XawTV.</P>
4339 4b231f3778a6 entudjam? gabucino parents: 4223 diff changeset	1049
7367 5b0baab4c4fd Numbering corrected. diego parents: 7281 diff changeset	1050
5b0baab4c4fd Numbering corrected. diego parents: 7281 diff changeset	1051 <H4><A NAME="dvb">2.3.1.15 DVB</A></H4>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1052
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	1053 <P>MPlayer supports cards with the Siemens DVB chipset from vendors like
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1054 Siemens, Technotrend, Galaxis or Hauppauge. The latest DVB drivers are
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1055 available from the <A HREF="http://www.linuxtv.org">Linux TV site</A>. If you
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1056 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	1057
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1058 <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	1059
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1060 <PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1061 ./configure --enable-dvb
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1062 </PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1063
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1064 <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	1065
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1066 <PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1067 ./configure --with-extraincdir=<DVB source directory>/ost/include
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1068 </PRE>
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>Then compile and install as usual.</P>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1071
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	1072 <H4>USAGE</H4>
6732 8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	1073
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1074 <P>Hardware decoding (playing standard MPEG1/2 files) can be done with this
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1075 command:</P>
6729 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 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes file.mpg\|vob
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>Software decoding or transcoding different formats to MPEG1 can be achieved
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1082 using a command like this:</P>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1083
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1084 <PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1085 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vop lavc yourfile.ext
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1086 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vop fame,expand yourfile.ext
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1087 </PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1088
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1089 <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	1090 for NTSC. You <B>must</B> rescale for other heights by adding
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1091 <CODE>scale=width:height</CODE> with the width and height you want to the
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1092 <CODE>-vop</CODE> option. DVB cards accept various widths, like 720, 704,
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1093 640, 512, 480, 352 etc and do hardware scaling in horizontal direction, so
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1094 you do not need to scale horizontally in most cases. For a 512x384 (aspect
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1095 4:3) DivX try:</P>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1096
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1097 <PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1098 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vop lavc,scale=512:576
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1099 </PRE>
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 <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	1102 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	1103 640x384 DivX, try:</P>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1104
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1105 <PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1106 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vop lavc,expand=640:576 file.avi
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1107 </PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1108
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1109 <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	1110
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1111 <PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1112 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vop lavc,scale=352:576 file.avi
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1113 </PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1114
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1115 <P>If speed does not improve, try vertical downscaling, too:</P>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1116
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1117 <PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1118 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vop lavc,scale=352:288 file.avi
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1119 </PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1120
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1121 <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	1122 of <CODE>expand=w:h</CODE> or <CODE>expand=w:h:x:y</CODE>, use
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1123 <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	1124 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	1125 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	1126 they are outside your TV screen, use the <CODE>-subpos <0-100></CODE> switch
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1127 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	1128
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1129 <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	1130 <CODE>-framedrop</CODE> option.</P>
6729 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>To keep the aspect ratio of DivX files and get the optimal scaling parameters
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1133 (hardware horizontal scaling and software vertical scaling while keeping the
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1134 right aspect ratio), use the new dvbscale plugin:</P>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1135
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 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	1138 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	1139 </PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1140
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	1141 <H4>FUTURE</H4>
6732 8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	1142
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1143 <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	1144 discussions on this subject, join our
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1145 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dvb">MPlayer-DVB</A>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1146 mailing list. Please remember that the list language is English.</P>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1147
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1148 <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	1149 the native OSD feature of DVB cards, as well as more fluent playback of
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1150 non-25fps movies and realtime transcoding between MPEG2 and MPEG4 (partial
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1151 decompression).</P>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1152
4496 bf7ea03b1adf Vidix video equalizing (Nick's patch) gabucino parents: 4360 diff changeset	1153
7367 5b0baab4c4fd Numbering corrected. diego parents: 7281 diff changeset	1154 <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	1155
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	1156 <P>MPlayer 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	1157 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	1158 decoder chip from Sigma Designs.</P>
6732 8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	1159
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1160 <P>First of all you will need properly installed DXR3/H+ drivers, version
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1161 0.12.0 or later. You can find the drivers and installation instructions at
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1162 the <A HREF="http://dxr3.sourceforge.net/">DXR3 & Hollywood Plus for
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1163 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	1164 should go without problems.</P>
6732 8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	1165
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	1166 <H4>Usage:</H4>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	1167 <DL>
7951 32ae0a9d06aa Updated the DXR3 section to reflect command changes, prebuf replaced mswitch parents: 7937 diff changeset	1168 <DT><CODE>-vo dxr3:prebuf:sync:<device></CODE></DT>
32ae0a9d06aa Updated the DXR3 section to reflect command changes, prebuf replaced mswitch parents: 7937 diff changeset	1169 <DD><CODE>prebuf</CODE> turns on prebuffering. Prebuffering is a feature
7270 60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1170 of the em8300 chip that enables it to hold more than one frame of video at
7951 32ae0a9d06aa Updated the DXR3 section to reflect command changes, prebuf replaced mswitch parents: 7937 diff changeset	1171 a time. This means that when you are running with prebuffering
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	1172 MPlayer will try to keep the video buffer filled with data at all
988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	1173 times. If you are on a slow machine MPlayer will probably use close
7270 60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1174 to, or precisely 100% of CPU. This is especially common if you play pure MPEG
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	1175 streams (like DVDs, SVCDs a.s.o.) since MPlayer will not have to
7270 60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1176 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	1177 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	1178 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	1179 the CPU for a long time.<BR>
7951 32ae0a9d06aa Updated the DXR3 section to reflect command changes, prebuf replaced mswitch parents: 7937 diff changeset	1180 When running without prebuffering the em8300 is much more sensitive to CPU
7969 9ec3f2b9a87f <B>MPlayer</B> --> MPlayer diego parents: 7951 diff changeset	1181 load, so it is highly suggested that you turn on MPlayer's
7951 32ae0a9d06aa Updated the DXR3 section to reflect command changes, prebuf replaced mswitch parents: 7937 diff changeset	1182 <CODE>-framedrop</CODE> option to avoid further loss of sync.<BR>
32ae0a9d06aa Updated the DXR3 section to reflect command changes, prebuf replaced mswitch parents: 7937 diff changeset	1183 <CODE>sync</CODE> will turn on the new sync-engine. This is currently an
32ae0a9d06aa Updated the DXR3 section to reflect command changes, prebuf replaced mswitch parents: 7937 diff changeset	1184 experimental feature. With the sync feature turned on the em8300's internal
32ae0a9d06aa Updated the DXR3 section to reflect command changes, prebuf replaced mswitch parents: 7937 diff changeset	1185 clock will be monitored at all times, if it starts to deviate from MPlayer's
32ae0a9d06aa Updated the DXR3 section to reflect command changes, prebuf replaced mswitch parents: 7937 diff changeset	1186 clock it will be reset causing the em8300 to drop any frames that are lagging
32ae0a9d06aa Updated the DXR3 section to reflect command changes, prebuf replaced mswitch parents: 7937 diff changeset	1187 behind.<BR>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1188 <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	1189 em8300 card.
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1190 <BR>
7951 32ae0a9d06aa Updated the DXR3 section to reflect command changes, prebuf replaced mswitch parents: 7937 diff changeset	1191 Any of these options may be left out.</DD>
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	1192
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	1193 <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	1194 <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	1195 (0 if one card).</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	1196
7270 60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1197 <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	1198 <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	1199 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	1200 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	1201 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	1202 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	1203
7270 60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1204 <DT><CODE>-vop lavc/fame</CODE></DT>
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1205 <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	1206 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	1207 (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	1208 is suggested that you use that unless you have problems with it. See the man
7951 32ae0a9d06aa Updated the DXR3 section to reflect command changes, prebuf replaced mswitch parents: 7937 diff changeset	1209 page for further info about <CODE>-vop lavc/fame</CODE>.<BR>
32ae0a9d06aa Updated the DXR3 section to reflect command changes, prebuf replaced mswitch parents: 7937 diff changeset	1210 Using lavc is highly recommended. Currently there is no way of setting the
32ae0a9d06aa Updated the DXR3 section to reflect command changes, prebuf replaced mswitch parents: 7937 diff changeset	1211 fps of the em8300 which means that it is fixed to 29.97fps. Because of this
32ae0a9d06aa Updated the DXR3 section to reflect command changes, prebuf replaced mswitch parents: 7937 diff changeset	1212 it is highly recommended that you use <CODE>-vop lavc=<quality>:29.97</CODE>,
32ae0a9d06aa Updated the DXR3 section to reflect command changes, prebuf replaced mswitch parents: 7937 diff changeset	1213 especially if you are using prebuffering.</DD>
7270 60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1214
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1215 <DT><CODE>-ac hwac3</CODE></DT>
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1216 <DD>The em8300 supports playing back AC3 audio (surround sound) through the
7640 427935644581 updates, fixes gabucino parents: 7454 diff changeset	1217 digital audio output of the card. See the <CODE>-ao oss</CODE> option
427935644581 updates, fixes gabucino parents: 7454 diff changeset	1218 above, it must be used to specify the DXR3's output instead of
427935644581 updates, fixes gabucino parents: 7454 diff changeset	1219 a soundcard. Also read <A HREF="codecs.html#hardware_ac3">hardware AC3</A>
427935644581 updates, fixes gabucino parents: 7454 diff changeset	1220 section for further information on AC3.</DD>
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	1221 </DL>
6732 8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	1222
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	1223 <H4>Overlay</H4>
6732 8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	1224
8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	1225 <P>To get overlay run dxr3view that comes with the em8300 package before
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	1226 starting MPlayer. You can set various options in dxr3view by pressing
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1227 <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	1228
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	1229 <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	1230
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	1231 <P>MPEG1/2 content should now automatically be detected by MPlayer and
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1232 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	1233 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	1234 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	1235
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1236 <P>In some instances, subtitles may not appear properly in sync with the A/V
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1237 stream when using hardware decoding (<CODE>-vc mpegpes</CODE>). This is a
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1238 known bug. The em8300 will also improperly handle subtitles that are too big,
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1239 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	1240 <CODE>-vc mpeg12</CODE> when viewing DVDs with subtitles. When running with
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	1241 <CODE>-vc mpeg12</CODE> MPlayer will reencode video to MPEG (even if it
7270 60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1242 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	1243 loose some picture quality.</P>
6732 8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	1244
8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	1245
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	1246 <H4><A NAME="tv-out">2.3.1.A TV-out support</A></H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	1247
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1248
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	1249 <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	1250
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1251 <P>Under Linux you have 2 methods to get G400 TV out working:</P>
5116 20bf56a828d1 "nememlex" --Gabucino, 2002 arpi parents: 4982 diff changeset	1252
7377 2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1253 <P><B>IMPORTANT:</B> for Matrox G450/G550 TV-out instructions, please see the
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1254 next section!</P>
2309 3128b9d8b4ea New section: Matrox TVout - method 2 gabucino parents: 2206 diff changeset	1255
2486 d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1256 <UL>
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1257 <LI><B>XFree86</B>: using the driver and the HAL module, available from
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1258 <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	1259 the TV.<BR> <B>This method doesn't give you accelerated playback</B> as
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1260 under Windoze! The second head has only YUV framebuffer, the <I>BES</I>
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1261 (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	1262 on it! The Windows driver somehow works around this, probably by using the
2486 d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1263 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	1264 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	1265 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	1266 enabled (you can "workaround" Macrovision using
cab4ac1467e4 many small updates gabucino parents: 3988 diff changeset	1267 <A HREF="http://avifile.sourceforge.net/mgamacro.pl">this</A> perl
cab4ac1467e4 many small updates gabucino parents: 3988 diff changeset	1268 script.</LI>
2486 d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1269 <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	1270 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	1271 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	1272 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	1273 enabled.
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	1274 <OL>
2486 d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1275 <LI>
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1276 Enter <CODE>TVout/matroxset</CODE> and type <CODE>make</CODE>. Install
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1277 <CODE>matroxset</CODE> into somewhere in your PATH.</LI>
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1278 <LI>
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1279 If you don't have <CODE>fbset</CODE> installed, enter
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1280 <CODE>TVout/fbset</CODE> and type <CODE>make</CODE>. Install
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1281 <CODE>fbset</CODE> into somewhere in your PATH.</LI>
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1282 <LI>
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	1283 Then enter into the <CODE>TVout/</CODE> directory in the MPlayer
2486 d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1284 source, and execute <CODE>./modules</CODE> as root. Your text-mode console
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1285 will enter into framebuffer mode (no way back!).</LI>
7454 a8ae3f53eb14 matroxtv script was modified gabucino parents: 7377 diff changeset	1286 <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	1287 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	1288 have the same picture on your monitor, and TV. If
a8ae3f53eb14 matroxtv script was modified gabucino parents: 7377 diff changeset	1289 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	1290 set the resolution correctly (to 640x512 by default). Try other
a8ae3f53eb14 matroxtv script was modified gabucino parents: 7377 diff changeset	1291 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	1292 </OL>
2486 d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1293
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1294 <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	1295 and turn off screen blanking. Execute the following commands:</P>
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1296
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1297 <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	1298 setterm -blank 0</CODE></P>
2486 d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1299
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1300 <P>You possibly want to put the above into a script, and also clear
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1301 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	1302 or <CODE>setterm -cursor on</CODE></P>
2486 d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1303
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1304 <P>Yeah kewl. Start movie playing with <CODE>mplayer -vo mga -fs -screenw 640
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1305 -screenh 512 <filename></CODE><BR>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1306 (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	1307 Change 640x512 if you set the resolution to other.<BR>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1308 <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	1309 </LI>
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1310 </UL>
2309 3128b9d8b4ea New section: Matrox TVout - method 2 gabucino parents: 2206 diff changeset	1311
3128b9d8b4ea New section: Matrox TVout - method 2 gabucino parents: 2206 diff changeset	1312
7377 2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1313 <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	1314
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1315 <P>TV output support for these cards has only been recently introduced, and is
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1316 not yet in the mainstream kernel. Currently the <B>mga_vid</B> module
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1317 can't be used AFAIK, because the G450/G550 driver works only in one
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1318 configuration: the first CRTC chip (with much more features) on the first
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1319 display (on monitor), and the second CRTC (no <B>BES</B> - for explanation
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1320 on BES, please see the G400 section above) on TV. So you can only use
7969 9ec3f2b9a87f <B>MPlayer</B> --> MPlayer diego parents: 7951 diff changeset	1321 MPlayer's <I>fbdev</I> output driver at the present.</P>
7377 2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1322
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1323 <P>The first CRTC can't be routed to the second head currently.
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1324 The author of the kernel matroxfb driver - Petr Vandrovec - will maybe make
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1325 support for this, by displaying the first CRTC's output onto both of the
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1326 heads at once, as currently recommended for G400, see the section above.</P>
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1327
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1328 <P>The necessary kernel patch and the detailed howto is downloadable from
7937 33e4345d6dd6 URLs corrected. diego parents: 7814 diff changeset	1329 <A HREF="http://www3.sympatico.ca/dan.eriksen/matrox_tvout/">http://www3.sympatico.ca/dan.eriksen/matrox_tvout/</A></P>
7377 2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1330
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1331
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1332 <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	1333
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	1334 <H5>PREAMBLE</H5>
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	1335
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	1336 <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	1337 because of their licensed Macrovision technology.</P>
6583 4b7d097a9c69 big update gabucino parents: 6499 diff changeset	1338
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	1339 <H5>ATI CARDS TV-OUT STATUS ON LINUX</H5>
2206 0e8e8fed492e ATI TVout stuff added (from Nick Kurshev) gabucino parents: 2131 diff changeset	1340
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	1341 <UL>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1342 <LI><B>ATI Mach64</B>: supported by
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1343 <A HREF="http://gatos.sf.net">gatos</A>.</LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1344 <LI><B>ASIC Radeon VIVO</B>: supported by
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1345 <A HREF="http://gatos.sf.net">gatos</A>.</LI>
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	1346 <LI><B>Radeon</B> and <B>Rage128</B>: supported by MPlayer!
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	1347 Check <a href="#vesa">VESA driver</a> and <A HREF="#vidix">VIDIX</A>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1348 sections.</LI>
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	1349 </UL>
2206 0e8e8fed492e ATI TVout stuff added (from Nick Kurshev) gabucino parents: 2131 diff changeset	1350
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1351 <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	1352 VIDIX. Powerful CPU is needed, though.</P>
2206 0e8e8fed492e ATI TVout stuff added (from Nick Kurshev) gabucino parents: 2131 diff changeset	1353
6583 4b7d097a9c69 big update gabucino parents: 6499 diff changeset	1354 <P>Only thing you need to do - <B>have TV connector plugged in before
4b7d097a9c69 big update gabucino parents: 6499 diff changeset	1355 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	1356 POST procedure.</P>
2206 0e8e8fed492e ATI TVout stuff added (from Nick Kurshev) gabucino parents: 2131 diff changeset	1357
2472 487f5bbb38ae link to tomi ollila's voodoo3 tvout text. if he has interest to integrate gabucino parents: 2471 diff changeset	1358
7377 2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1359 <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	1360
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1361 <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	1362
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	1363 </BODY>
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