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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 2001-12-04: Thanks to Inaki Garci'a Etxebarria of
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5 zapping.sourceforge.net we have now
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6 abandoned rte since it caused problems for
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7 users who didn't rtfm and compiled it with
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8 ffmpeg support. Instead we are now using
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9 libmp1e which is a modified version of mp1e.
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11 2001-11-29: Thanks to Felix Buenemann I managed to
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12 optimize the odivx playback as well as add
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13 support for the rest of the codecs!
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15 2001-11-28: ffmpeg replaced with mp1e, divx playback
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16 won't get much faster than this, huge thanks
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17 goes out to Ivan Kalvachev for helping me
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18 fix the final mp1e bugs (and contributing
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19 to the libvo2 development)
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21 1. Introduction
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23 The DXR3 and Hollywood+ are two not too different mpeg-(1/2) and ac3
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24 hardware playback cards that came at about the same time as the first
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25 dvd-rom drives hit the market. At that time most computers weren't
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26 powerful enough for synced software dvd playback. And even the faster
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27 (intel-based) computers had troubles with artifacts.
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28 Sigma Designs came up with the great idea to create a hardware
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29 mpeg-(1/2), ac3 decoder. Sigma Designs are known for their realmagic
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30 hardware (or they bought the company who came up with the first
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31 realmagic boards, I don't know which).
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32 Later Creative Labs thought, hey, we also wan't this product, and to
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33 distribute it with our dvd-drives (the DVD Encore packages if I recall
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34 correctly). So they bought the designs for the Hollywood plus and
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35 replaced the circuit used to produce a proper video feed for tv's
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36 called adv7170 or adv7175a depending on which h+ board you own with
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37 a bt865. The reason for this is beyond my understanding as this seems
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38 complete illogical to me, but I have had great experiences with
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39 bt(brooktree) circuits in the past, so I don't mind.
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40 Well, nowadays most people have no use for a mpeg-(1/2) or ac3
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41 hardware decoder since most computers these days have no problem doing
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42 this in software and have cycles left for posprocessing (removing of
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43 artefacts and other garbage produced by compression).
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44 These days, you have two uses for this card:
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45 1. You have a slow computer which you use for vcd/dvd playback
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46 2. You discover what I have done with the implementation of this as
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47 an audio/video output device for mplayer (read on and you'll find
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48 out).
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52 2. Requirements
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54 * First of all you will need the DXR3/H+ drivers properly installed.
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55 Version 0.9.0 or later
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57 * Run <mplayerdir>/configure and make sure that DXR3/H+ support = yes
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59 From here on compilation (of at least my code ;) should go without any
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60 problems.
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64 3. Usage
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66 After installation you will have two new outdevices in mplayer:
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67 -vo dxr3 For video output
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68 -ao dxr3 For audio output
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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" for maximum performance.
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83 I've switched to mp1e from ffmpeg so it should be lightning fast now.
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85 Other codecs:
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86 No "-vc <codec>" switches should be required as mplayer will autodetect.
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87 If you find an unsupported codec please contact me!
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89 * Avoid running mplayer as root or setuid root as rtc timing seems to
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90 slow down playback on the dxr3 for some users. I will look into this
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91 at a later point as this hardly qualifies as a severe bug *
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95 4. Contacting me
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97 You can contact me either by e-mailing me, <dholm@iname.com> or by using
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98 icq: 798427
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99 Feedback, bugreports and general suggestions are appreciated (preferably
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100 by e-mail). My name is David Holm for those of you who are incapable of
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101 reading a heading. ;)
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