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1 DXR3/H+ video/audio output plugins manual by David Holm
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2 =======================================================
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4 1. Introduction
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6 The DXR3 and Hollywood+ are two not too different mpeg-(1/2) and ac3
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7 hardware playback cards that came at about the same time as the first
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8 dvd-rom drives hit the market. At that time most computers weren't
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9 powerful enough for synced software dvd playback. And even the faster
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10 (intel-based) computers had troubles with artifacts.
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11 Sigma Designs came up with the great idea to create a hardware
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12 mpeg-(1/2), ac3 decoder. Sigma Designs are known for their realmagic
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13 hardware (or they bought the company who came up with the first
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14 realmagic boards, I don't know which).
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15 Later Creative Labs thought, hey, we also wan't this product, and to
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16 distribute it with our dvd-drives (the DVD Encore packages if I recall
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17 correctly). So they bought the designs for the Hollywood plus and
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18 replaced the circuit used to produce a proper video feed for tv's
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19 called adv7170 or adv7175a depending on which h+ board you own with
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20 a bt865. The reason for this is beyond my understanding as this seems
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21 complete illogical to me, but I have had great experiences with
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22 bt(brooktree) circuits in the past, so I don't mind.
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23 Well, nowadays most people have no use for a mpeg-(1/2) or ac3
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24 hardware decoder since most computers these days have no problem doing
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25 this in software and have cycles left for posprocessing (removing of
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26 artefacts and other garbage produced by compression).
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27 These days, you have two uses for this card:
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28 1. You have a slow computer which you use for vcd/dvd playback
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29 2. You discover what I have done with the implementation of this as
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30 an audio/video output device for mplayer (read on and you'll find
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31 out).
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35 2. Requirements
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36
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37 * First of all you will need the DXR3/H+ drivers properly installed,
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38 including the dev-api.
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39 These can be downloaded from dxr3.sourceforge.net (I suggest using
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40 the CVS version since most of the time I use the latest features
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41 which are only available through cvs)
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43 * <mplayerdir>/libavcodec from ffmpeg (only required if you intend to
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44 play formats other than mpeg-(1/2), highly recommended!) there are
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45 two ways of doing this:
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46 1. Download and install ffmpeg from ffmpeg.sourceforge.net.
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47 Configure it with --enable-shared
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48 2. Download ffmpeg from ffmpeg.sourceforge.net, copy the entire
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49 contents from <ffmpegdir>/libavcodec into <mplayer>/libavcodec
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50 (symlinking won't work!). Then edit <mplayerdir>/libavcodec/utils.c
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51 and move the line containing register_avcodec(&mpeg1video_encoder);
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52 out of the CONFIG_ENCODERS #ifdef block and place it outside, for
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53 instance below register_avcodec(&rawvideo_encoder);
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55 * Run <mplayerdir>/configure and make sure that DXR3/H+ support =yes
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56 and optionally that libavcodec or ffmpeg.so = yes
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58 From here on compilation (of at least my code ;) should go without
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59 problems.
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63 3. Usage
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65 After installation you will have two new outdevices in mplayer:
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66 -vo dxr3 For video output
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67 -ao dxr3 For audio output (due to an unresolved bug
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68 this is not recommended/useful!)
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70 MPEG-1, MPEG-2, VCD and DVD Notes
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71 There are some notes to take into account here for optimum playback.
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72 When playing any mpeg-(1/2) file, this including usage of the "-dvd"
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73 and "-vcd" options you must either add the "-vc mpegpes" or edit
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74 codecs.conf and make sure videocodec mpegpes is listed above mpeg12.
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75 If you fail to do this you will only get software playback which kinda
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76 spoils most of the useful features of this card except for tv-out ;).
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77 Remember that if you edit the codecs.conf file and move the mpegpes
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78 section will have to specify "-vc mpeg12" if you want to playback
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79 any of these video types _without_ "-vo dxr3"!
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81 DIVX Notes
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82 When playing divx's add "-vc odivx", if you get any other divx codec
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83 to run faster tell me which one because I'll be interested in how it
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84 could possibly be any faster than OpenDivX4Linux...
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86 Unsupported Codecs:
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87 If you ever get a codec unsupported message, lookup the codec in the
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88 codecs.conf file (search for "videocodec <codecname>"), copy the entire
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89 codec section and send it to me and I'll make sure it works with the
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90 next patch (or the next after that if I have a thousand things to take
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91 care of first ;) my e-mail is at the bottom of this page.
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93 4. Todo
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96 * Make the osd use the subpic feature of the dxr3 (almost done)(High)
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97 * Driver options (probably not until libvo2) (Medium)
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101 5. Contacting me
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103 You can contact me either by e-mailing me, <dholm@iname.com> or by using
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104 icq: 798427
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105 Feedback, bugreports and general suggestions are appreciated (preferably
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106 by e-mail). My name is David Holm for those of you who are incapable of
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