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annotate DOCS/Polish/video.html @ 6861:79f54159ca15

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3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1 <HTML>
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d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	5 .text
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	6 {font-family : Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	7 font-size : 14px;}
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3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	11 <BODY BGCOLOR=white>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	12
6040 d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	13 <FONT CLASS="text">
3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	14
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	15 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1>2.3.1. Video output devices</A></B></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	16
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	17
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	18 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.1>2.3.1.1. Setting up MTRR</A></B></P>
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dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	20 <P>It is VERY recommended to check if the MTRR registers are set up properly,
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	21 because they can give a big performance boost.</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	22
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	23 <P>Do a '<CODE>cat /proc/mtrr</CODE>' :</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	24
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	25 <P><CODE>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	26 --($:~)-- cat /proc/mtrr<BR>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	27 reg00: base=0xe4000000 (3648MB), size= 16MB: write-combining, count=9<BR>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	28 reg01: base=0xd8000000 (3456MB), size= 128MB: write-combining, count=1<BR>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	29 </CODE></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	30
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	31 <P>It's right, shows my Matrox G400 with 16Mb memory. I did this from
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	32 XFree 4.x.x , which sets up MTRR registers automatically.</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	33
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	34 <P>If nothing worked, you have to do it manually. First, you have to find the base
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	35 address.
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	36 You have 3 ways to find it:</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	37
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	38 <P><UL>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	39 <LI>from X11 startup messages, for example:
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	40 <P><CODE>(--) SVGA: PCI: Matrox MGA G400 AGP rev 4, Memory @ 0xd8000000, 0xd4000000<BR>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	41 (--) SVGA: Linear framebuffer at 0xD8000000</CODE></P></LI>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	42 <LI>from /proc/pci (use lspci -v command):
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	43 <P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	44 <CODE>01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc.: Unknown device 0525</CODE>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	45 <CODE>Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)</CODE>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	46 </P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	47 <LI>from mga_vid kernel driver messages (use dmesg):
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	48 <P><CODE>mga_mem_base = d8000000</CODE></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	49 </UL></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	50
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	51 <P>Then let's find the memory size. This is very easy, just convert video ram
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	52 size to hexadecimal, or use this table:</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	53
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	54 <TABLE BORDER=0>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	55 <TD>  </TD><TD>1 MB</TD><TD WIDTH=10%></TD><TD>0x100000</TD><TR>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	56 <TD></TD><TD>2 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x200000</TD><TR>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	57 <TD></TD><TD>4 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x400000</TD><TR>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	58 <TD></TD><TD>8 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x800000</TD><TR>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	59 <TD></TD><TD>16 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x1000000</TD><TR>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	60 <TD></TD><TD>32 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x2000000</TD><TR>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	61 </TABLE>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	62
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	63
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	64 <P>You know base address and memory size, let's setup mtrr registers!
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	65 For example, for the Matrox card above (base=0xd8000000) with 32MB
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	66 ram (size=0x2000000) just execute:</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	67
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	68
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	69 <P><CODE>  echo "base=0xd8000000 size=0x2000000 type=write-combining" >\| /proc/mtrr</CODE></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	70
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	71
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	72 <P>Not all CPUs support MTRRs. For example older K6-2's [around 266Mhz,
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	73 stepping 0] doesn't support MTRR, but stepping 12's do ('<CODE>cat /proc/cpuinfo</CODE>'
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	74 to check it').</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	75
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	76 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2>2.3.1.2. Xv</A></B></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	77
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	78 <P>Under XFree86 4.0.2 or newer, you can use your card's hardware YUV routines
6040 d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	79 using the XVideo extension. This is what the option '-vo xv' uses. Also,
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	80 this is driver supports adjusting brightness/contrast/hue/etc (unless you use
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	81 the old, slow DirectShow DivX codec, which supports it everywhere), see the
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	82 manpage.</P>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	83
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	84 <P>In order to make this work, be sure to check the following:</P>
3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	85 <P><UL>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	86 <LI>You have to use XFree86 4.0.2 or newer (former versions don't have XVideo)
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	87 <LI>Your card actually supports hardware acceleration (modern cards do)
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	88 <LI>X loads the XVideo extension, it's something like this:
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	89
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	90 <P><CODE>  (II) Loading extension XVideo</CODE></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	91 <P>in /var/log/XFree86.0.log</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	92
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	93 <P>NOTE: this loads only the XFree86's extension. In a good install, this is
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	94 always loaded, and doesn't mean that the _card's_ XVideo support is loaded!</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	95
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	96 <LI>Your card has Xv support under Linux. To check, try 'xvinfo', it is the
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	97 part of the XFree86 distribution. It should display a long text, similar
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	98 to this:
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	99 <PRE>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	100 X-Video Extension version 2.2
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	101 screen #0
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	102 Adaptor #0: "Savage Streams Engine"
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	103 number of ports: 1
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	104 port base: 43
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	105 operations supported: PutImage
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	106 supported visuals:
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	107 depth 16, visualID 0x22
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	108 depth 16, visualID 0x23
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	109 number of attributes: 5
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	110 (...)
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	111 Number of image formats: 7
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	112 id: 0x32595559 (YUY2)
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	113 guid: 59555932-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	114 bits per pixel: 16
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	115 number of planes: 1
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	116 type: YUV (packed)
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	117 id: 0x32315659 (YV12)
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	118 guid: 59563132-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	119 bits per pixel: 12
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	120 number of planes: 3
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	121 type: YUV (planar)
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	122 (...etc...)
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	123 </PRE>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	124
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	125 <P>It must support YUY2 packed, and YV12 planar pixel formats to be
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	126 usable with <B>MPlayer</B>.</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	127
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	128 <LI>And finally, check if <B>MPlayer</B> was compiled with 'xv' support.
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	129 ./configure prints this.
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	130
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	131 </UL></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	132
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	133 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.1>2.3.1.2.1. 3dfx cards</A></B></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	134
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	135 <P>Older 3dfx drivers were known to have problems with XVideo acceleration,
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	136 it didn't support either YUY2 or YV12, and so. Verify that you have
6040 d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	137 XFree86 version 4.2.0 or greater, it works ok with YV12 and YUY2. Previous
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	138 versions, including 4.1.0 <B>crashes with YV12</B>!
3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	139 If you experience strange effects using -vo xv, try SDL (it has XVideo too)
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	140 and see if it helps. Check the <A HREF="#2.3.1.4">SDL section</A> for details.</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	141
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	142 <P><B>OR</B>, try the NEW -vo tdfxfb driver! See the <A HREF=#2.3.1.9>2.3.1.9</A>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	143 section!</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	144
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	145
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	146 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.2>2.3.1.2.2. S3 cards</A></B></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	147
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	148 <P>S3 Savage3D's should work fine, but for Savage4, use XFree86 version 4.0.3
6040 d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	149 or greater (in case of image problems, try 16bpp). As for S3 Virge.. there is
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	150 xv support, but the card itself is very slow, so you better sell it.</P>
3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	151
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	152 <P><B>NOTE</B>: Savage cards have a slow YV12 image displaying capability (it needs
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	153 to do YV12->YUY2 conversion, because the Savage hardware can't display YV12).
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	154 So when this documentation says at some point "this has YV12 output use this,
6040 d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	155 it's faster", it's not sure. Try <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/contrib/Savage-driver/savage_drv.o.mmx2.bz2">this
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	156 driver</A>, it uses MMX2 for this task and is faster than the native X driver.</P>
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dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	158
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	159 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.3>2.3.1.2.3. nVidia cards</A></B></P>
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6040 d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	161 <P>nVidia isn't a very good choice under Linux (according to NVidia, this
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	162 is <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#nvidia">not true</A>).. You'll have to use the
3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	163 binary closed-source nVidia driver, available at nVidia's website. The standard XFree86
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	164 driver doesn't support XVideo for these cards, due to nVidia's closed
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	165 sources/specifications.</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	166
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	167 <P>As far as I know the latest XFree86 driver contains XVideo support for
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	168 Geforce 2 and 3.</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	169
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	170 <P><UL><LI>Riva128 cards don't have XVideo support even with the nvidia driver :(
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	171 Complain to NVidia.</UL></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	172
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	173
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	174 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.4>2.3.1.2.4. ATI cards</A></B></P>
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dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	176 <P>
6040 d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	177 <LI>The <A HREF="http://www.linuxvideo.org/gatos">GATOS driver</A> (which you
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	178 should use, unless you have Rage128 or Radeon) has VSYNC enabled by default. It
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	179 means that decoding speed (!) is synced to the monitor's refresh rate. If
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	180 playing seems to be slow, try disabling VSYNC somehow, or set refresh rate to
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	181 n*(fps of the movie) Hz.</LI>
3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	182
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	183 <LI>Radeon VE - currently only XFree86 CVS has driver for this card, version
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	184 4.1.0 doesn't. And no TV out support. Of course with <B>MPlayer</B> you can
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	185 happily get <B>accelerated</B> display, with or without <B>TV output</B>, and
6040 d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	186 no libraries or X are needed. Read <A HREF=#2.3.1.15>Vidix</A> section.</LI>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	187
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	188 </P>
3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	189
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	190
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	191 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.5>2.3.1.2.5. NeoMagic cards</A></B></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	192
6040 d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	193 <P>These cards can be found in many laptops. Unfortunately, the driver in
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	194 X 4.2.0 can't do Xv, but we have a modified, Xv-capable driver for you.
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	195 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/contrib/NeoMagic-driver/neomagic_drv.o.4.2.0.bz2">Download from here</A>.
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	196 Driver provided by Stefan Seyfried.</P>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	197
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	198 <P>To allow playback of DVD sized content change your XF86Config like this :</P>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	199
3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	200 <P>
6040 d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	201 Section "Device"<BR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	202     <I>[...]</I><BR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	203     Driver "neomagic"<BR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	204     <B>Option "OverlayMem" "829440"</B><BR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	205     <I>[...]</I><BR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	206 EndSection
3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	207 </P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	208
6040 d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	209
3879 ed33540a982b "updated documentation.html (and new chapter translated in it), gabucino parents: 3523 diff changeset	210 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.6>2.3.1.2.6. Trident cards</A></B></P>
ed33540a982b "updated documentation.html (and new chapter translated in it), gabucino parents: 3523 diff changeset	211
ed33540a982b "updated documentation.html (and new chapter translated in it), gabucino parents: 3523 diff changeset	212 <P>If you want to use xv with a trident card, provided that it doesn't
ed33540a982b "updated documentation.html (and new chapter translated in it), gabucino parents: 3523 diff changeset	213 work with 4.1.0, try the latest cvs of Xfree or wait for Xfree 4.2.0.
ed33540a982b "updated documentation.html (and new chapter translated in it), gabucino parents: 3523 diff changeset	214 The latest cvs adds support for fullscreen xv support with the
ed33540a982b "updated documentation.html (and new chapter translated in it), gabucino parents: 3523 diff changeset	215 Cyberblade XP card.</P>
3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	216
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	217 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3>2.3.1.3. DGA</A></B></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	218
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	219 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.1>2.3.1.3.1. Summary</A></B></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	220
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	221 <P>This document tries to explain in some words what DGA is in general and
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	222 what the DGA video output driver for mplayer can do (and what it can't).</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	223
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	224
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	225 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.2>2.3.1.3.2. What is DGA</A></B></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	226
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	227 <P>DGA is short for Direct Graphics Access and is a means for a program to
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	228 bypass the X-Server and directly modifying the framebuffer memory.
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	229 Technically spoken this happens by mapping the framebuffer memory into
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	230 the memory range of your process. This is allowed by the kernel only
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	231 if you have superuser privileges. You can get these either by logging in
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	232 as root or by setting the suid bit on the mplayer excecutable (NOT
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	233 recommended!).</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	234
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	235 <P>There are two versions of DGA: DGA1 is used by XFree 3.x.x and DGA2 was
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	236 introduced with XFree 4.0.1.</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	237
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	238 <P>DGA1 provides only direct framebuffer access as described above. For
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	239 switching the resolution of the video signal you have to rely on the
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	240 XVidMode extension.</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	241
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	242 <P>DGA2 incorporates the features of XVidMode extension and also allows
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	243 switching the depth of the display. So you may, although basically
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	244 running a 32 bit depth XServer, switch to a depth of 15 bits and vice
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	245 versa. </P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	246
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	247 <P>However DGA has some drawbacks. It seems it is somewhat dependent on the
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	248 graphics chip you use and on the implementation of the XServer's video
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	249 driver that controls this chip. So it does not work on every system ...</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	250
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	251
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	252 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.3>2.3.1.3.3. Installing DGA support for MPlayer</A></B></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	253
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	254 <P>First make sure X loads the DGA extension, see in /var/log/XFree86.0.log:</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	255
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	256 <P>    <CODE>(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA</CODE></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	257
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	258 <P>See, XFree86 4.0.x or greater is VERY RECOMMENDED!
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	259 <B>MPlayer</B>'s DGA driver is autodetected on ./configure, or you can force it
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	260 with --enable-dga.</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	261
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	262 <P>If the driver couldn't switch to a smaller resolution, experiment with
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	263 switches -vm (only with X 3.3.x), -fs, -bpp, -zoom to find a video mode that
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	264 the movie fits in. There is no converter right now.. :(</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	265
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	266 <P>Become ROOT. DGA needs root access to be able to write directly video memory.
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	267 If you want to run it as user, then install <B>MPlayer</B> SUID root:</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	268
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	269 <P><CODE>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	270     chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer<BR>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	271     chmod 750 /usr/local/bin/mplayer<BR>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	272     chmod +s /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	273
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	274
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	275 <P>Now it works as a simple user, too.</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	276
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	277
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	278 <P><B>!!!! BUT STAY TUNED !!!!</B><BR>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	279 This is a <B>BIG</B> security risk! Never do this on a server or on a computer
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	280 can be accessed by more people than only you because they can gain root
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	281 privilegies through suid root mplayer.<BR>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	282 <B>!!!! SO YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ... !!!!</B></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	283
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	284 <P>Now use '-vo dga' option, and there you go! (hope so:)
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	285 You should also try if the '-vo sdl:dga' option works for you! It's much
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	286 faster!!!</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	287
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	288 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.4>2.3.1.3.4. Resolution switching</A></B></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	289
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	290 <P>The DGA driver allows for switching the resolution of the output signal.
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	291 This avoids the need for doing (slow) software scaling and at the same
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	292 time provides a fullscreen image. Ideally it would switch to the exact
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	293 resolution (except for honouring aspect ratio) of the video data, but the
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	294 XServer only allows switching to resolutions predefined in
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	295 <CODE>/etc/X11/XF86Config</CODE> (<CODE>/etc/X11/XF86Config-4</CODE> for XFree 4.0.X respectively).
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	296 Those are defined by so-called modelines and depend on the capabilites
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	297 of your video hardware. The XServer scans this config file on startup and
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	298 disables the modelines not suitable for your hardware. You can find
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	299 out which modes survive with the X11 log file. It can be found at:
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	300 <CODE>/var/log/XFree86.0.log</CODE>.</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	301 <P>See appendix A for some sample modeline definitions.</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	302
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	303 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.5>2.3.1.3.5. DGA & MPlayer</A></B></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	304
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	305 <P>DGA is used in two places with <B>MPlayer</B>: The SDL driver can be made to make
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	306 use of it (-vo sdl:dga) and within the DGA driver (-vo dga).
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	307 The above said is true for both; in the following sections I'll explain
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	308 how the DGA driver for <B>MPlayer</B> works.</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	309
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	310 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.6>2.3.1.3.6. Features of the DGA driver</A></B></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	311
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	312 <P>The DGA driver is invoked by specifying -vo dga at the command line.
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	313 The default behaviour is to switch to a resolution matching the original
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	314 resolution of the video as close as possible. It deliberately ignores the
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	315 -vm and -fs switches (enabling of video mode switching and fullscreen) -
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	316 it always tries to cover as much area of your screen as possible by switching
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	317 the video mode, thus refraining to use a single additional cycle of your CPU
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	318 to scale the image.
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	319 If you don't like the mode it chooses you may force it to choose the mode
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	320 matching closest the resolution you specify by -x and -y.
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	321 By providing the -v option, the DGA driver will print, among a lot of other
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	322 things, a list of all resolutions supported by your current XF86-Config
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	323 file.
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	324 Having DGA2 you may also force it to use a certain depth by using the -bpp
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	325 option. Valid depths are 15, 16, 24 and 32. It depends on your hardware
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	326 whether these depths are natively supported or if a (possibly slow)
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	327 conversion has to be done.</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	328
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	329 <P>If you should be lucky enough to have enough offscreen memory left to
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	330 put a whole image there, the DGA driver will use doublebuffering, which
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	331 results in much smoother movie replaying. It will tell you whether double-
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	332 buffering is enabled or not.</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	333
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	334 <P>Doublebuffering means that the next frame of your video is being drawn in
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	335 some offscreen memory while the current frame is being displayed. When the
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	336 next frame is ready, the graphics chip is just told the location in memory
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	337 of the new frame and simply fetches the data to be displayed from there.
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	338 In the meantime the other buffer in memory will be filled again with new
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	339 video data.</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	340
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	341 Doublebuffering may be switched on by using the option -double and may be
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	342 disabled with -nodouble. Current default option is to disable
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	343 doublebuffering. When using the DGA driver, onscreen display (OSD) only
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	344 works with doublebuffering enabled. However, enabling doublebuffering may
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	345 result in a big speed penalty (on my K6-II+ 525 it used an additional 20% of
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	346 CPU time!) depending on the implementation of DGA for your hardware.</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	347
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	348
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	349 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.7>2.3.1.3.7. Speed issues</A></B></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	350
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	351 <P>Generally spoken, DGA framebuffer access should be at least as fast as using
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	352 the X11 driver with the additional benefit of getting a fullscreen image.
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	353 The percentage speed values printed by mplayer have to be interpreted with
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	354 some care, as for example, with the X11 driver they do not include the time
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	355 used by the X-Server needed for the actual drawing. Hook a terminal to a
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	356 serial line of your box and start top to see what is really going on in your
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	357 box ...</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	358
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	359 <P>Generally spoken, the speedup done by using DGA against 'normal' use of X11
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	360 highly depends on your graphics card and how well the X-Server module for it
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	361 is optimized.</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	362
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	363 <P>If you have a slow system, better use 15 or 16bit depth since they require
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	364 only half the memory bandwidth of a 32 bit display.</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	365
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	366 <P>Using a depth of 24bit is even a good idea if your card natively just supports
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	367 32 bit depth since it transfers 25% less data compared to the 32/32 mode.</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	368
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	369 <P>I've seen some avi files already be replayed on a Pentium MMX 266. AMD K6-2
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	370 CPUs might work at 400 MHZ and above.</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	371
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	372 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.8>2.3.1.3.8. Known bugs</A></B></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	373
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	374 <P>Well, according to some developpers of XFree, DGA is quite a beast. They
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	375 tell you better not to use it. Its implementation is not always flawless
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	376 with every chipset driver for XFree out there.</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	377
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	378 <P><UL>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	379 <LI>with XFree 4.0.3 and nv.o there is a bug resulting in strange colors
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	380 <LI>ATI driver requires to switch mode back more than once after finishing
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	381 using of DGA
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	382 <LI>some drivers simply fail to switch back to normal resolution (use
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	383 Ctrl-Alt-Keypad +, - to switch back manually)
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	384 <LI>some drivers simply display strange colors
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	385 <LI>some drivers lie about the amount of memory they map into the process's
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	386 address space, thus vo_dga won't use doublebuffering (SIS?)
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	387 <LI>some drivers seem to fail to report even a single valid mode. In this
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	388 case the DGA driver will crash telling you about a nonsense mode of
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	389 100000x100000 or the like ...
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	390 <LI>OSD only works with doublebuffering enabled
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	391 </UL></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	392
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	393 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.9>2.3.1.3.9. Future work</A></B></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	394
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	395 <P><UL><LI>use of the new X11 render interface for OSD
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	396 <LI>where is my TODO list ???? :-(((</UL></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	397
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	398
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	399 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.A>2.3.1.3.A. Some modelines</A></B></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	400
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	401 <PRE>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	402 Section "Modes"
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	403 Identifier "Modes[0]"
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	404 Modeline "800x600" 40 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	405 Modeline "712x600" 35.0 712 740 850 900 400 410 412 425
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	406 Modeline "640x480" 25.175 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	407 Modeline "400x300" 20 400 416 480 528 300 301 303 314 Doublescan
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	408 Modeline "352x288" 25.10 352 368 416 432 288 296 290 310
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	409 Modeline "352x240" 15.750 352 368 416 432 240 244 246 262 Doublescan
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	410 Modeline "320x240" 12.588 320 336 384 400 240 245 246 262 Doublescan
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	411 EndSection
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	412 </PRE>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	413
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	414 <P>These entries work fine with my Riva128 chip, using nv.o XServer driver
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	415 module.</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	416
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	417
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	418 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.B>2.3.1.3.B. Bug Reports</A></B></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	419
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	420 <P>If you experience troubles with the DGA driver please feel free to file
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	421 a bug report to me (e-mail address below). Please start mplayer with the
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	422 -v option and include all lines in the bug report that start with vo_dga:</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	423
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	424 <P>Please do also include the version of X11 you are using, the graphics card
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	425 and your CPU type. The X11 driver module (defined in XF86-Config) might
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	426 also help. Thanks!</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	427
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	428
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	429 <P><I>Acki (acki@acki-netz.de, www.acki-netz.de)</I></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	430
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	431
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	432 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.4>2.3.1.4. SDL</A></B></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	433
6040 d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	434 <P>SDL (Simple Directmedia Layer) is basically an unified video/audio
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	435 interface. Programs that use it know only about SDL, and not about what video
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	436 or audio driver does SDL actually use. For example a Doom port using SDL can
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	437 run on svgalib, aalib, X, fbdev, and others, you only have to specify the
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	438 (for example) video driver to use with the SDL_VIDEODRIVER environment
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	439 variable. Well, in theory.</P>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	440
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	441 <P>With <B>MPlayer</B>, we used its X11 driver's software scaler ability for
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	442 cards/drivers that doesn't support XVideo, until we made our own (faster,
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	443 nicer) software scaler. Also we used its aalib output, but now we have ours
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	444 which is more comfortable. Its DGA mode was better than ours, until
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	445 recently. Get it now? :)</P>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	446
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	447 <P>It also helps with some buggy drivers/cards if the video is jerky
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	448 (not slow system problem), or audio is lagging.</P>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	449
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	450 <P>SDL video output supports displaying subtitles under the movie, on the (if
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	451 present) black bar.</P>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	452
3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	453 <P>Here are some notes about SDL out in <B>MPlayer</B>.</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	454
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	455
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	456
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	457 <P><TABLE BORDER=0>
6040 d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	458 <TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT CLASS="text">There are several commandline switches for SDL:</B></P></TD><TR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	459 <TD>  </TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-vo sdl:name</TD><TD>  </TD><TD>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	460 <FONT CLASS="text">specifies sdl video driver to use (ie. aalib, dga, x11)</TD><TR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	461 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-ao sdl:name</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">specifies sdl audio driver to use (ie. dsp,
3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	462 esd, arts)</TD><TR>
6040 d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	463 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-noxv</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">disables Xvideo hardware acceleration</TD><TR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	464 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-forcexv</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">tries to force Xvideo acceleration</TD><TR>
3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	465
6040 d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	466 <TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT CLASS="text">SDL Keys:</B></P></TD><TR>
3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	467
6040 d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	468 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">F</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">toggles fullscreen/windowed mode</TD><TR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	469 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">C</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">cycles available fullscreen modes</TD><TR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	470 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">W/S</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">mappings for * and / (mixer control)</TD><TR>
3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	471
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	472 </TABLE></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	473
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	474 <P><B>KNOWN BUGS:</B></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	475 <P><UL><LI>Keys pressed under sdl:aalib console driver repeat forever. (use -vo aa !)
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	476 It's bug in SDL, I can't change it (tested with SDL 1.2.1).
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	477 </UL></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	478
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	479 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.5>2.3.1.5. SVGAlib</A></B></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	480
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	481 <P>If you don't have X, you can use the SVGAlib target! Be sure not to use the
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	482 -fs switch, since it toggles the usage of the software scaler, and it's
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	483 SLOOOW now, unless you have a real fast CPU (and/or MTRR?). :(</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	484
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	485 <P>Of course you'll have to install svgalib and its development package in
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	486 order for <B>MPlayer</B> build its SVGAlib driver (autodetected, but can be
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	487 forced), and don't forget to edit /etc/vga/libvga.config to suit your
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	488 card & monitor.</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	489
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	490 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.6>2.3.1.6. Framebuffer output (FBdev)</A></B></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	491
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	492 <P>Whether to build the FBdev target is autodetected during ./configure .
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	493 Read the framebuffer documentation in the kernel sources
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	494 (Documentation/fb/*) for info on how to enable it, etc.. !</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	495
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	496 <P>If your card doesn't support VBE 2.0 standard (older ISA/PCI
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	497 cards, such as S3 Trio64), only VBE 1.2 (or older?) :
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	498 Well, VESAfb is still available, but you'll have to load SciTech Display
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	499 Doctor (formerly UniVBE) before booting Linux. Use a DOS boot disk or
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	500 whatever. And don't forget to register your UniVBE ;))</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	501
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	502 <P>The FBdev output takes some additional parameters above the others:</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	503
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	504 <P><TABLE BORDER=0>
6040 d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	505 <TD>  </TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-fb</TD><TD>  </TD><TD>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	506 <FONT CLASS="text">specify the framebuffer device to use (/dev/fb0)</TD><TR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	507 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-fbmode</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">mode name to use (according to /etc/fb.modes)</TD><TR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	508 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-fbmodeconfig</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> config file of modes (default /etc/fb.modes)</TD><TR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	509 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-monitor_hfreq</TD><TD></TD><TD ROWSPAN=3><FONT CLASS="text">IMPORTANT values, see example.conf</TD><TR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	510 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-monitor_vfreq</TD><TD></TD><TR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	511 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-monitor_dotclock</TD><TD></TD><TR>
3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	512 </TABLE></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	513
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	514 <P>If you want to change to a specific mode, then use</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	515
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	516 <P><CODE>    mplayer -vm -fbmode (NameOfMode) filename</CODE></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	517
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	518 <P><UL><LI><B>-vm</B> alone will choose the most suitable mode from /etc/fb.modes . Can be
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	519 used together with -x and -y options too. The -flip option is supported only
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	520 if the movie's pixel format matches the video mode's pixel format.
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	521 Pay attention to the bpp value, fbdev driver tries to use the current,
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	522 or if you specify the -bpp option, then that.</LI>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	523 <LI><B>-zoom</B> option isn't supported (software scaling is slow). -fs option
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	524 isn't supported. You can't use 8bpp (or less) modes.</LI>
6040 d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	525 <LI>you possibly want to turn the cursor off : <CODE>echo -e '\033[?25l'</CODE>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	526 or <CODE>setterm -cursor off</CODE><BR>
3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	527 and the screen saver: <CODE>setterm -blank 0</CODE><BR>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	528 To turn the cursor back on : <CODE>echo -e '\033[?25h'</CODE>
6040 d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	529 or <CODE>setterm -cursor on</CODE>
3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	530 </UL></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	531
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	532 <P>NOTE: FBdev video mode changing _does not work_ with the VESA framebuffer,
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	533 and don't ask for it, since it's not an <B>MPlayer</B> limitation.</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	534
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	535 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.7>2.3.1.7. Matrox framebuffer (mga_vid)</A></B></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	536
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	537 <P>This section is about the Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550 BES (Back-End Scaler)
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	538 support, the mga_vid kernel driver. It's active developed by me (A'rpi), and
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	539 it has hardware VSYNC support with triple buffering. It works on both
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	540 framebuffer console and under X.</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	541
6040 d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	542 <P><B>WARNING</B>: on non-Linux systems, use <A HREF=#2.3.1.15>Vidix</A> for
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	543 mga_vid !!!</P>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	544
3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	545 <P>To use it, you first have to compile mga_vid.o:</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	546
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	547 <P><CODE>    cd drivers<BR>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	548     make</CODE></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	549
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	550 <P>Then create /dev/mga_vid device:</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	551
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	552 <P><CODE>    mknod /dev/mga_vid c 178 0</CODE></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	553
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	554 <P>and load the driver with</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	555
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	556 <P><CODE>    insmod mga_vid.o</CODE></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	557
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	558 <P>You should verify the memory size detection using the 'dmesg' command. If
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	559 it's bad, use the mga_ram_size option (rmmod mga_vid first), specify card's
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	560 memory size in MB:</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	561
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	562 <P><CODE>    insmod mga_vid.o mga_ram_size=16</CODE></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	563
3879 ed33540a982b "updated documentation.html (and new chapter translated in it), gabucino parents: 3523 diff changeset	564 <P>To make it load/unload automatically when needed, first insert the following line
3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	565 at the end of /etc/modules.conf:</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	566
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	567 <P><CODE>    alias char-major-178 mga_vid</CODE></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	568
3879 ed33540a982b "updated documentation.html (and new chapter translated in it), gabucino parents: 3523 diff changeset	569 <P>Then copy the <CODE>mga_vid.o</CODE> module to the appropriate place under
ed33540a982b "updated documentation.html (and new chapter translated in it), gabucino parents: 3523 diff changeset	570 <CODE>/lib/modules/<kernel version>/somewhere</CODE>.</P>
ed33540a982b "updated documentation.html (and new chapter translated in it), gabucino parents: 3523 diff changeset	571
3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	572 <P>Then run</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	573
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	574 <P><CODE>    depmod -a</CODE></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	575
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	576 <P>Now you have to (re)compile <B>MPlayer</B>, ./configure will detect /dev/mga_vid
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	577 and build the 'mga' driver. Using it from <B>MPlayer</B> goes by '-vo mga' if
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	578 you have matroxfb console, or '-vo xmga' under XFree86 3.x.x or 4.x.x.</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	579
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	580 <P>The mga_vid driver cooperates with Xv.</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	581
6040 d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	582 <P>The <CODE>/dev/mga_vid</CODE> device file can be read (for example by
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	583 <CODE>cat /dev/mga_vid</CODE>) for some info, and written for brightness
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	584 change : <CODE>echo "brightness=120" > /dev/mga_vid</CODE></P>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	585
3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	586
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	587 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.8>2.3.1.8. SiS 6326 framebuffer (sis_vid)</A></B></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	588
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	589 <P>SiS 6326 YUV Framebuffer driver -> sis_vid kernel driver</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	590
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	591 <P>Its interface should be compatible with the mga_vid, but the driver was not
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	592 updated after the mga_vid changes, so it's outdated now. Volunteers
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	593 needed to test it and bring the code up-to-date.</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	594
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	595 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.9>2.3.1.9. 3dfx YUV support (tdfxfb)</A></B></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	596
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	597 <P>This driver uses the kernel's tdfx framebuffer driver to play movies with
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	598 YUV acceleration. You'll need a kernel with tdfxfb support, and recompile with
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	599 <CODE>./configure --enable-tdfxfb</CODE></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	600
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	601 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.10>2.3.1.10. OpenGL output</A></B></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	602
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	603 <P><B>MPlayer</B> support displaying movies using OpenGL. Unfortunately, not all
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	604 drivers support this ability. For example the Utah-GLX drivers
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	605 (for XFree86 3.3.6) have it, with all cards.
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	606 See <A HREF="http://utah-glx.sourceforge.net">http://utah-glx.sourceforge.net</A>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	607 for details about how to install it.</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	608
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	609 <P>XFree86(DRI) >= 4.0.3 supports it only with Matrox, and Radeon cards.
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	610 See <A HREF="http://dri.sourceforge.net">http://dri.sourceforge.net</A> for download,
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	611 and installation instructions.</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	612
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	613 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.11>2.3.1.11. AAlib - text mode displaying</B></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	614
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	615 <P><B>AAlib</B> is a library for displaying graphics in text mode, using powerful
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	616 ASCII renderer. There are LOTS of programs already supporting it, like Doom,
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	617 Quake, etc. MPlayer contains a very usable driver for it.
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	618 If ./configure detects aalib installed, the aalib libvo driver will be built.</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	619
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	620 <P><TABLE BORDER=0>
6040 d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	621 <TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT CLASS="text">You can use some keys in the AA Window to change rendering options:</B></P></TD><TR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	622 <TD>  </TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">1</TD><TD>  </TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">decrease contrast</TD><TR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	623 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">2</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">increase contrast</TD><TR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	624 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">3</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">decrease brightness</TD><TR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	625 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">4</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">increase brightness</TD><TR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	626 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">5</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">switch fast rendering on/off</TD><TR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	627 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">6</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">set dithering mode (none, error distribution, floyd steinberg)</TD><TR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	628 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">7</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">invert image</TD><TR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	629 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">a</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">toggles between aa and mplayer control)</TD><TR>
3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	630
6040 d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	631 <TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT CLASS="text">The following command line options can be used:</B></P></TD><TR>
3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	632
6040 d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	633 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-aaosdcolor=V</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">change osd color</TD><TR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	634 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-aasubcolor=V</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">change subtitle color</TD><TR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	635 <TD COLSPAN=3></TD><TD><P><I><FONT CLASS="text">where V can be: (0/normal, 1/dark, 2/bold, 3/boldfont, 4/reverse, 5/special)</P></TD><TR>
3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	636
6040 d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	637 <TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT CLASS="text">AAlib itselves provides a large sum of options.
3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	638 Here are some important:</P></B></TD><TR>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	639
6040 d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	640 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-aadriver</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">set recommended aa driver (X11, curses, linux)</TD><TR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	641 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-aaextended</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">use all 256 characters</TD><TR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	642 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-aaeight</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">use eight bit ascii</TD><TR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	643 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-aahelp</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">prints out all aalib options</TD><TR>
3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	644 </TABLE></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	645
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	646 <P>NOTE: the rendering is very CPU intensive, especially when using AA-on-X
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	647 (using aalib on X), and it's least CPU intensive on standard,
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	648 non-framebuffer console. Use SVGATextMode to set up a big textmode,
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	649 then enjoy! (secondary head Hercules cards rock :)) (anyone can enhance
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	650 bdev to do conversion/dithering to hgafb? Would be neat :)</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	651
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	652 <P>Use the -framedrop option if your comp isn't fast enough to render all frames!</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	653
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	654 <P>Playing on terminal you'll get better speed and quality using the linux driver, not
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	655 curses (-aadriver linux). But therefore you need write access on /dev/vcsa<terminal>!
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	656 That isn't autodetected by aalib, bu vo_aa tries to find the best mode.
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	657 See <A HREF="http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/tune/">http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/tune/</A> for further tuning issues.</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	658
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	659
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	660 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.12>2.3.1.12. VESA - output to VESA BIOS</B></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	661 <P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	662 This driver was designed and introduced as <b>generic driver</b> for any video
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	663 card which has VESA VBE 2.0 compatible BIOS. But exists still one reason of
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	664 developing of this driver - it's multiple troubles with displaying movie on TV.<BR>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	665 <b>VESA BIOS EXTENSION (VBE) Version 3.0 Date: September 16, 1998</b> (Page 70)
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	666 says:
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	667 </P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	668
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	669 <P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	670 <code><i>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	671 <b>Dual-Controller Designs</b><br>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	672 VBE 3.0 supports the dual-controller design by assuming that since both
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	673 controllers are typically provided by the same OEM, under control of a
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	674 single BIOS ROM on the same graphics card, it is possible to hide the fact
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	675 that two controllers are indeed present from the application. This has the
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	676 limitation of preventing simultaneous use of the independent controllers,
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	677 but allows applications released before VBE 3.0 to operate normally. The
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	678 VBE Function 00h (Return Controller Information) returns the combined
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	679 information of both controllers, including the combined list of available modes.
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	680 When the application selects a mode, the appropriate controller is activated.
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	681 Each of the remaining VBE functions then operates on the active controller.
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	682 </i></code>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	683 </P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	684
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	685 <P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	686 So you have chances to get working TV-out by using this driver.<br>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	687 (I guess that TV-out frequently is standalone head or standalone output
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	688 at least.)
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	689 </P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	690
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	691 <P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	692 <b>What are pluses:</b><BR>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	693 - You have chances to watch movies <b>if Linux even doesn't know</b> your video hardware.<BR>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	694 - You don't need to have installed any graphics' related things on your Linux
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	695 (like X11 (aka XFree86), fbdev and so on). This driver can be run from
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	696 <b>text-mode</b>.<BR>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	697 - You have chances to get <b>working TV-out</b>. (It's known at least for ATI's cards).<BR>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	698 - This driver calls <b>int 10h</b> handler thus it's not an emulator - it
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	699 calls <b>real</b> things of <b>real</b> BIOS in <b>real</b>-mode. (Finely -
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	700 in vm86 mode).<BR>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	701 - Most important :) You can watch <b>DVD at 320x200</b> if you don't have a powerful CPU.<BR>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	702 </P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	703
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	704 <P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	705 <b>What are minuses:</b><BR>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	706 - It works only on <b>x86 systems</b>.<BR>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	707 - <b>It's the slowest driver</b> from all the available ones for MPlayer.<BR>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	708 (But only if your card doesn't support <b>DGA mode</b> - otherwise this
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	709 driver is comparable by speed with <b>-vo dga</b> and <b>-vo fbdev</b> ones.<BR>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	710
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	711 - It can be used only by <b>ROOT</b>.<BR>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	712 - Currently it's available only for <b>Linux</b>.<BR>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	713 - It <b>doesn't use</b> any <b>hardware accelerations</b> (like YUV overlay or hw scaling).<BR>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	714 </P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	715
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	716 <P>Don't use this driver with <B>GCC 2.96</B> ! It won't work !</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	717
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	718 <P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	719 <TABLE BORDER=0>
6040 d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	720 <TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT CLASS="text">These switches of command line currently are available for VESA:</B></P></TD><TR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	721 <TD>  </TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-vo vesa:opts</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">currently recognized: <b>dga</b> to force dga mode and <b>nodga</b> to disable dga mode. Note: you may omit these parameters to enable <b>autodetect</b> of dga mode. (In the future also will specify mode parameters such as refresh rate, interlacing, doublescan and so on. Samples: i43, 85, d100)</TD><TR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	722 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-screenw, -screenh, -bpp</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">force userdefined mode</TD><TR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	723 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-x, -y</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">set userdefined prescaling</TD><TR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	724 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-zoom</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">enables userdefined prescaling</TD><TR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	725 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-fs</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">scales image to fullscreen</TD><TR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	726 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-fs -zoom</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">scales userdefined prescaling to fullscreen</TD><TR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	727 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-double</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">enables double buffering mode. (Available only in DGA mode). Should be slower of single buffering, but has no flickering effects.</TD><TR>
3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	728 </TABLE>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	729 </P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	730
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	731 <P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	732 <b>Known problems and workaround:</b><br>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	733 - If you have installed <b>NLS</b> font on your Linux box and run VESA driver
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	734 from text-mode then after terminating mplayer you will have <b>ROM font</b> loaded instead
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	735 of national. You can load national font again by using <b><i>setsysfont</i></b> utility
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	736 from for example Mandrake distribution.<br>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	737 (<b>Hint</b>: The same utility is used for localizating fbdev).<br>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	738 - Some <b>Linux graphics drivers</b> don't update active <b>BIOS mode</b> in DOS memory. So if you have such
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	739 problem - always use VESA driver only from <b>text-mode</b>. Otherwise text-mode (#03) will be
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	740 activated anyway and you will need restart your computer.<br>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	741 - Often after terminating VESA driver you get <b>black screen</b>. To return your screen
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	742 to original state - simply switch to other console (by pressing <b>Alt-Fx</b>) then switch
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	743 to your previous console by the same way.<br>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	744 - To get <b>working TV-out</b> you need have plugged tv-connector in before booting
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	745 your PC since video BIOS initializes itself only once during POST procedure.
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	746 </P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	747
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	748
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	749 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.13>2.3.1.13. X11</B></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	750
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	751 <P>Avoid if possible. Outputs to X11 (uses shared memory extension), with no
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	752 hardware acceleration at all. Supports (MMX/3DNow/SSE accelerated, but still
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	753 slow) software scaling, use the options <CODE>-fs -zoom</CODE>. Most cards have
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	754 hardware scaling support, use the <CODE>-vo xv</CODE> output for them, or
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	755 <CODE>-vo xmga</CODE> for Matroxes.</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	756
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	757 <P>The problem is that most cards' driver doesn't support
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	758 hardware acceleration on the second head/TV. In those cases, you see green/blue
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	759 coloured window instead of the movie. This is where this driver comes in
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	760 handy, but you need powerful CPU to use software scaling. Don't use the
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	761 SDL driver's software output+scaler, it has worse image quality !</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	762
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	763 <P>Software scaling is very slow, you better try changing video modes instead.
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	764 It's very simple. See the <A HREF=#2.3.1.3.A>DGA section's modelines</A>, and
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	765 insert them into your XF86Config.
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	766 <UL>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	767 <LI>If you have XFree86 4.x.x - use the <CODE>-vm</CODE> option. It will
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	768 change to a resolution your movie fits in. If it doesn't :</LI>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	769 <LI>With XFree86 3.x.x - you have to cycle through available resolutions
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	770 with the <B>CTRL-ALT-plus</B> and <B>minus</B> keys.</LI>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	771 </UL>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	772
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	773 If you can't find the modes you inserted, browse XFree86's output. Some
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	774 drivers can't use low pixelclocks that are needed for low resolution
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	775 video modes.</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	776
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	777
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	778 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.14>2.3.1.14. Rage128 (Pro) / Radeon video overlay (radeon_vid)</A></B></P>
6040 d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	779
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	780 <P>This section is OBSOLETED ! Use Vidix !</P>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	781
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	782
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	783 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.15>2.3.1.15. VIDIX</A></B></P>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	784
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	785 <P><B><I>WHAT IS VIDIX</I></B></P>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	786
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	787 <P>VIDIX is the abbreviation for <b>VID</b>eo <b>I</b>nterface for
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	788 *ni<b>X</b>.<BR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	789 VIDIX was designed and introduced as an interface for fast user-space drivers
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	790 providing <b>DGA</b> everywhere where it's possible (<b>unlike X11</b>). I
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	791 hope that these drivers will be as portable as X11 (<b>not only on
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	792 *nix</b>).<BR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	793 What is it:
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	794 <LI>It's a portable successor of mga_vid technology, but it's located in
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	795 user-space.</LI>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	796 <LI>Unlike X11 it provides DGA everywhere it's possible</LI>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	797 <LI>Unlike v4l it provides interface for video playback</LI>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	798 <LI>Unlike linux's drivers it uses mathematics library</LI>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	799 </P>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	800
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	801 <P>I can tell you in bold capital letters :<BR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	802 <b>VIDIX PROVIDES DIRECT GRAPHICS ACCESS TO BES YUV MEMORY.</b>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	803 </P>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	804
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	805 <P><i>Well (it's in my todo) - implement DGA to MPEG2 decoder.</i></P>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	806
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	807 <P>This interface was designed as an attempt to fit existing video acceleration
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	808 interfaces (known as mga_vid, mga_yuv, radeon_vid) into a fixed scheme. It
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	809 provides highlevel interface to chips which are known as BES (BackEnd
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	810 scalers) or OV (Video Overlays). It doesn't provide lowlevel interface to
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	811 things which are known as graphics servers. (I don't want to compete with X11
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	812 team in graphics mode switching). I.e. main goal of this interface is to
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	813 provide maximal speed of video playback but not putting video signal on
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	814 screen of your TV or on tape of your VCR. Although these things are also very
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	815 significant - it's perfectly other task. (However I guess that it would be
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	816 possible to implement something like mini-X (don't mix it with Minix ;) in
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	817 the future, if some number of volunteers will be found.
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	818 </P>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	819
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	820 <P><B><I>USAGE</I></B></P>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	821
3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	822 <P>
6040 d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	823 <LI>You can use standalone video output driver: <CODE>-vo xvidix</CODE><BR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	824 This driver was developed as X11's front end to VIDIX technology. It
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	825 requires XServer and can work only under XServer.</LI>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	826 <LI>You can use VIDIX subdevice which was applied to several video output
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	827 drivers, such as:<BR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	828 <CODE>-vo vesa:vidix</CODE> and <CODE>-vo fbdev:vidix</CODE></LI>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	829 Indeed it doesn't matter which video output driver is used with <b>VIDIX</b>.
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	830 </P>
3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	831
6040 d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	832 <P><B><I>REQUIREMENTS</I></B></P>
3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	833
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	834 <P>
6040 d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	835 <LI>video card should be in graphics mode (I write <b>should</b> simply
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	836 because I tested it in text mode - it works but has awful output ;) Use
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	837 AAlib for that).<BR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	838 <I>Note: Everyone can try this trick by commenting out mode switching in
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	839 vo_vesa driver.</I></LI>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	840 <LI><B>MPlayer</B>'s video output driver should know active video mode and be
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	841 able to tell to VIDIX subdevice some video characteristics of server.</LI>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	842 I hope that probably every video output driver of <B>MPlayer</B> will
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	843 recognize <CODE>:vidix</CODE> subdevice.
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	844 </P>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	845
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	846 <P><B><I>USAGE METHODS</I></B></P>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	847
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	848 <P>When VIDIX is used as <b>subdevice</b> (<CODE>-vo vesa:vidix</CODE>) then
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	849 video mode configuration is performed by video output device
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	850 (<b>vo_server</b> in short). Therefore you can pass into command line of
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	851 <B>MPlayer</B> the same keys as for vo_server. In addition it understands
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	852 <CODE>-double</CODE> key as globally visible parameter. (I recommend using
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	853 this key with VIDIX at least for ATI's card).<BR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	854 As for <CODE>-vo xvidix</CODE> : currently it recognizes the following
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	855 options: <CODE>-fs -zoom -x -y -double</CODE>.<BR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	856 </P>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	857
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	858 <P>Also you can specify VIDIX's driver directly as third subargument in command
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	859 line :<BR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	860 <BR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	861   <code>mplayer -vo xvidix:mga_vid.so -fs -zoom -double
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	862 file.avi</code><BR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	863 or<BR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	864   <code>mplayer -vo vesa:vidix:radeon_vid.so -fs -zoom -double -bpp
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	865 32 file.avi</code><BR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	866 <BR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	867 But it's dangerous, and you shouldn't do that. In this case given driver will
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	868 be forced and result is unpredictable (it may <b>freeze</b> your
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	869 computer). You should do that ONLY if you are absolutely sure it will work,
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	870 and <B>MPlayer</B> doesn't do it automatically. Please tell about it to the
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	871 developers. The Right Way is to use VIDIX without arguments to enable driver
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	872 autodetection.
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	873 </P>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	874
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	875 <P>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	876 VIDIX is very new technology and it's extremely possible that on your system
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	877 (OS=abc CPU=xyz) it won't work. In this case only solution for you it's port
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	878 it (mainly libdha). But there is hope that it will work on those systems
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	879 where X11 does.
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	880 </P>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	881
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	882 <P>And the last <b>WARNING</b>: (un)fortunately you <b>MUST</b> have
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	883 <b>ROOT</b> privileges to use VIDIX due to direct hardware access. At least
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	884 set the <b>suid</b> bit on the <B>MPlayer</B> excecutable.
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	885 </P>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	886
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	887 <P><B><I>VIDEO EQUALIZER</I></B></P>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	888
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	889 <P>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	890 This is a video equalizer implemented especially for Vidix. You can use
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	891 it either with <B>1-8</B> keys as described in the manpage, or
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	892 by command line arguments. <B>MPlayer</B> recognizes the
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	893 following options :
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	894 </P>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	895
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	896 <P>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	897   <CODE>-brightness</CODE> - adjust <B>BRIGHTNESS</B> of video
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	898 output. It's not equal to brightness adjusting on monitor panel or on TV. It
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	899 changes intensity of RGB components of video signal from black to white
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	900 screen.<BR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	901   <CODE>-contrast</CODE> - adjust <B>CONTRAST</B> of video output.
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	902 Works in similar manner as brightness.<BR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	903   <CODE>-saturation</CODE> - adjust <B>SATURATION</B> of video
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	904 output. You can get grayscale output with this option.<BR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	905   <CODE>-hue</CODE> - adjust <B>HUE</B> of video signal. You can
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	906 get colored negative of image with this option.<BR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	907   <CODE>-red_intensity</CODE> - adjust intensity of <B>RED</B>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	908 component of video signal.<BR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	909   <CODE>-green_intensity</CODE> - adjust intensity of <B>GREEN</B>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	910 component of video signal.<BR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	911   <CODE>-blue_intensity</CODE> - adjust intensity of <B>BLUE</B>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	912 component of video signal.
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	913 </P>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	914 <P>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	915 Each parameter can accept values from <B>-1000</B> to <B>+1000</B>.<BR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	916 Default value for each parameter is <B>0</B>.
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	917 </P>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	918 <P>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	919 <B>Note:</B> Not every driver provides support for each of those parameters.
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	920 Currently only <B>radeon_vid.so</B> provides full support for video eqalizing.
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	921 Other drivers only partly support these options.
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	922 </P>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	923 <P><B>Examples:</B><BR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	924 <CODE>mplayer -vo vesa:vidix -brightness -300 -contrast 200
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	925 filename.avi</CODE><BR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	926 or<BR>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	927 <CODE>mplayer -vo xvidix -red_intensity -50 -saturation 400 -hue 300
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	928 filename.vob</CODE>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	929 </P>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	930
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	931
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	932 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.16>2.3.1.16. Zr</A></B></P>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	933
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	934 <P>This is a display-driver (<CODE>-vo zr</CODE>) for a number of MJPEG
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	935 capture/playback cards (tested for DC10+ and Buz, and it should work for the
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	936 LML33, the DC10). The driver works by encoding the frame to jpeg and then
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	937 sending it to the card. For the jpeg encoding <B>libavcodec</B> is
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	938 used, and required.</P>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	939
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	940 <P>This driver talks to the kernel driver available at
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	941 <A HREF="http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net">http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net</A>, so
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	942 you must get it working first. Then recompile <B>MPlayer</B> with
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	943 <CODE>--enable-zr</CODE>.</P>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	944
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	945 <P>Some remarks:
3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	946 <UL>
6040 d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	947 <LI>don't start or stop XawTV on the playback device during playback,
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	948 it will crash your computer. It is, however, fine to <B>FIRST</B> start
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	949 XawTV, <B>THEN</B> start <B>MPlayer</B>, wait for <B>MPlayer</B> to finish
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	950 and <B>THEN</B> stop XawTV.</LI>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	951 <LI>this driver adds <CODE>-zr*</CODE> commandline options. The explanation
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	952 of these options can be viewed with <CODE>-zrhelp</CODE>. It is possible to
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	953 crop the input frame (cut borders to make it fit or to enhance performace)
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	954 and to do other things.</LI>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	955 <LI>the driver takes data in YV12 and YUY2 format, this means that some
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	956 codecs won't work. Some old VfW (Video for Windows) codecs, for example,
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	957 are incompatible with this driver. The errormessage that you will see is:
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	958 <CODE>Sorry, selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	959 </CODE></LI>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	960 <LI>OSD is currently not supported, so you won't see
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	961 subtitles.</LI>
3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	962 </UL>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	963 </P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	964
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	965
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	966
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	967 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.A>2.3.1.A. TV-out support</A></B></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	968
6040 d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	969 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.A.1>2.3.1.A.1. Matrox G400 cards</A></B></P>
3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	970
6040 d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	971 <P>Under Linux you have 2 methods to get G400 TV out working :</P>
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	972
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	973 <P><B>IMPORTANT:</B> Only Matrox G400DH/G400MAX has TV-out support under Linux, others (G450, G550) has <B>NOT!</B></P>
3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	974
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	975 <P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	976 <UL>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	977 <LI><B>XFree86</B>: using the driver and the HAL module, available from
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	978 <A HREF="http://www.matrox.com">Matrox's site</A>. This will give you X on
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	979 the TV.<BR> <B>This method doesn't give you accelerated playback</B> as
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	980 under Windoze! The second head has only YUV framebuffer, the <I>BES</I>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	981 (Back End Scaler, the YUV scaler on G200/G400/G450/G550 cards) doesn't work
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	982 on it! The windows driver somehow workarounds this, probably by using the
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	983 3D engine to zoom, and the YUV framebuffer to display the zoomed
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	984 image. If you really want to use X, use the <CODE>-vo x11 -fs -zoom</CODE>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	985 options, but it will be <B>SLOW</B>, and has <B>Macrovision</B> copyprotection
6040 d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	986 enabled (you can "workaround" Macrovision using
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	987 <A HREF="http://avifile.sourceforge.net/mgamacro.pl">this</A> perl
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	988 script.</LI>
3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	989 <LI><B>Framebuffer</B>: using the <B>matroxfb modules</B> in the 2.4 kernels.
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	990 2.2 kernels don't have the TVout feature in them, thus unusable for this.
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	991 You have to enable ALL matroxfb-specific feature during compilation (except
6040 d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	992 MultiHead), and compile them into <B>modules</B>! You'll also need I2C
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	993 enabled.
3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	994 <UL>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	995 <LI>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	996 Enter <CODE>TVout/matroxset</CODE> and type <CODE>make</CODE>. Install
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	997 <CODE>matroxset</CODE> into somewhere in your PATH.</LI>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	998 <LI>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	999 If you don't have <CODE>fbset</CODE> installed, enter
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1000 <CODE>TVout/fbset</CODE> and type <CODE>make</CODE>. Install
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1001 <CODE>fbset</CODE> into somewhere in your PATH.</LI>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1002 <LI>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1003 Then enter into the <CODE>TVout/</CODE> directory in the <B>MPlayer</B>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1004 source, and execute <CODE>./modules</CODE> as root. Your text-mode console
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1005 will enter into framebuffer mode (no way back!).</LI>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1006 <LI>Next, run the <CODE>./matroxtv</CODE> script. This will present you
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1007 to a very simple menu. Press <B>2</B> and <B>ENTER</B>. Now you should
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1008 have the same picture on your monitor, and TV. The <B>3.</B> option
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1009 will turn on independent display, but then you <B>can't use X</B>! If
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1010 the TV (PAL !) picture has some weird stripes on it, the script wasn't able to
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1011 set the resolution correctly (to 640x512 by default). Use other menu
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1012 items randomly and it'll be OK :)</LI>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1013 </UL>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1014
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1015 <P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1016 Yoh. Next task is to make the cursor on tty1 (or whatever) to disappear,
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1017 and turn off screen blanking. Execute the following commands:</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1018
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1019 <P>
6040 d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	1020 <CODE>echo -e '\033[?25l'</CODE> or <CODE>setterm -cursor off<BR>
3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1021 setterm -blank 0</CODE>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1022 </P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1023
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1024 <P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1025 You possibly want to put the above into a script, and also clear
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1026 the screen.. To turn the cursor back :<BR><CODE>echo -e '\033[?25h'</CODE>
6040 d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	1027 or <CODE>setterm -cursor on</CODE>
3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1028 </P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1029
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1030 <P>Yeah kewl. Start movie playing with <CODE>mplayer -vo mga -fs -screenw 640
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1031 -screenh 512 <filename></CODE><BR>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1032 (if you use X, now change to matroxfb with for example CTRL-ALT-F1 !)<BR>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1033 Change 640x512 if you set the resolution to other..<BR>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1034 <B>Enjoy the ultra-fast ultra-featured Matrox TV output (better than Xv) !</B>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1035 </P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1036 </LI>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1037 </LI>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1038 </UL>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1039 </P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1040
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1041
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1042 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.A.2>2.3.1.A.2. ATI cards</A></B></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1043
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1044 <P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1045 <b>A few word about ATI's TV-out:</b><BR>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1046 Currently ATI doesn't want to support any of its TV-out chips under Linux.
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1047 Below is official answer from ATI Inc.:
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1048
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1049 <P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1050 <code>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1051 <i>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1052 <br>> Hello!
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1053 <br>>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1054 <br>> On your pages you wrote that you support linux developers.
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1055 <br>> Currently I participate with mplayer project (www.mplayerhq.hu)
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1056 <br>> I'm interesting with enabling TV-out on Radeon VE chips during
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1057 <br>> movie playback. I would be glad to add this feature to radeonfb driver
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1058 <br>> (which can be found in CVS tree of mplayer project at main/drivers/radeon).
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1059 <br>> Do I have a chance to get any official technical documenation?
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1060 </i>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1061 <br>We will not provide TV out related documents due to macrovision concerns.
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1062 <br>Also mpeg2 decoding is something that we MAY consider in the future but not
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1063 <br>at this current time. This is again due to proprietary and 3rd party
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1064 <br>information.
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1065 </code>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1066 </P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1067
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1068 <P>Pity isn't?</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1069
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1070 <P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1071 <code>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1072 <B>Q:What is Macrovision?</B><BR>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1073 A:It's copy protection mechanism.</code>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1074 </P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1075
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1076 <P>It means that if they open any TV-out related information then
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1077 hackers will be able to disable copy protection on their chips. Therefore
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1078 we have no chance to get working TV-out on ATI.</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1079
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1080 <P>What's status of ATI's tv-out chips under Linux:
6040 d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	1081 <LI><b>ATI Mach64</b> has <i>ImpacTV</i> which is supported by <A HREF="http://gatos.sf.net">gatos</A>.
d5c692754cf2 refresh and charset settings nell parents: 3879 diff changeset	1082 <LI><b>ASIC Radeon VIVO</b> has <i>Rage Theatre</i> which is supported by <A HREF="http://gatos.sf.net">gatos</A>.
3523 dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1083 <LI><b>Radeon VE</b> and <b>Rage PRO LT</b> have <i>ImpacTV2+</i> which is not supported under Linux.
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1084 But with <B>MPlayer</B> you get <B>full hardware acceleration</B> and <B>TV out</B>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1085 for Radeons !
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1086 Check <a href=#2.3.1.12>VESA driver</a> and <A HREF=#2.3.1.14>Radeon
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1087 acceleration</A> sections.</P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1088
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1089 <P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1090 Fortunately, owners of fast enough CPUs (Duron, Celeron2 and better) <b>can watch
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1091 movies on their TV</b> through <a href=#2.3.1.12>VESA drivers</a>.
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1092 </P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1093
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1094 <P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1095 I should say good words to ATI Inc. too:<br>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1096 <b>they produce top quality BIOSes.</b>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1097 </P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1098
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1099 <P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1100 <b>VESA drivers</b> don't use any hardware acceleration but it simulates
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1101 <b>DGA</b> through 64K window, which is configured through 32-bit mode
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1102 functions of BIOS. ATI cards have enough <b>fast video memory</b> (DIMM or DDR
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1103 chips with 64 - 128-bit access) so it's not bottleneck for them. There are no
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1104 limitations on which video mode can be displayed on your TV (like on other
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1105 cards) so you can use <b>any video mode</b> on your <b>TV</b> (from
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1106 <b>320x200</b> up to <b>1024x768</b>).<br>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1107 From other side (it's known at least for <b>Radeons</b>) there is <b>DGA</b>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1108 mode which is detected automatically and in this case you'll get comparable
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1109 with <b>-vo dga</b> and <b>-vo fbdev</b> drivers speed.<br>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1110 Only thing you need to do - <b>have TV connector plugged in before booting your
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1111 PC</b> since video BIOS initializes itself only once during POST procedure.
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1112 </P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1113
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1114 <P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1115 For detail see <a href="video.html#2.3.1.12">VESA</a> sections of this
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1116 documentation.
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1117 </P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1118
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1119
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1120 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.A.3>2.3.1.A.3. Voodoo 3</A></B></P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1121
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1122 <P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1123 Check <A HREF="http://www.iki.fi/too/tvout-voodoo3-3000-xfree">this URL</A>.
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1124 </P>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1125
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1126 </BODY>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress) gabucino parents: diff changeset	1127 </HTML>

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