mplayer.hg: DOCS/en/video.html annotate

annotate DOCS/en/video.html @ 10770:7a2f6392fcf0

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author	diego
date	Mon, 01 Sep 2003 01:18:58 +0000
parents	65226e2ea605
children	3e147ea7fc7e

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6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	1 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	2 <HTML>
4982 6cb9d9a1716d HTML: different font handling - idea from new hp dezign gabucino parents: 4920 diff changeset	3
6cb9d9a1716d HTML: different font handling - idea from new hp dezign gabucino parents: 4920 diff changeset	4 <HEAD>
6882 f3f87f6bf5cf Added a uniform title: something - MPlayer - The Movie Player for Linux. diego parents: 6732 diff changeset	5 <TITLE>Video - MPlayer - The Movie Player for Linux</TITLE>
9506 6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	6 <LINK REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" HREF="../default.css">
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	7 <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
4982 6cb9d9a1716d HTML: different font handling - idea from new hp dezign gabucino parents: 4920 diff changeset	8 </HEAD>
6cb9d9a1716d HTML: different font handling - idea from new hp dezign gabucino parents: 4920 diff changeset	9
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	10 <BODY>
1704 a2e1432f7ac3 Arial font gabucino parents: 1686 diff changeset	11
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	12
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	13 <H3><A NAME="video">2.3.1 Video output devices</A></H3>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	14
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	15
7699 5d4b0446a557 Cosmetics: Converted 2 spaces to one in section titles, changed some ugly diego parents: 7651 diff changeset	16 <H4><A NAME="mtrr">2.3.1.1 Setting up MTRR</A></H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	17
1946 7fb1fb6f295f * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1922 diff changeset	18 <P>It is VERY recommended to check if the MTRR registers are set up properly,
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	19 because they can give a big performance boost.</P>
1946 7fb1fb6f295f * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1922 diff changeset	20
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	21 <P>Do a '<CODE>cat /proc/mtrr</CODE>':</P>
1946 7fb1fb6f295f * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1922 diff changeset	22
7fb1fb6f295f * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1922 diff changeset	23 <P><CODE>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	24 --($:~)-- cat /proc/mtrr<BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	25 reg00: base=0xe4000000 (3648MB), size= 16MB: write-combining, count=9<BR>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	26 reg01: base=0xd8000000 (3456MB), size= 128MB: write-combining, count=1</CODE></P>
1946 7fb1fb6f295f * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1922 diff changeset	27
6599 f20184a10258 1001 typos as found by ispell. diego parents: 6583 diff changeset	28 <P>It's right, shows my Matrox G400 with 16MB memory. I did this from
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	29 XFree 4.x.x , which sets up MTRR registers automatically.</P>
1946 7fb1fb6f295f * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1922 diff changeset	30
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	31 <P>If nothing worked, you have to do it manually. First, you have to find the
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	32 base address. You have 3 ways to find it:</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	33
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	34 <UL>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	35 <LI>from X11 startup messages, for example:
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	36 <P><CODE>(--) SVGA: PCI: Matrox MGA G400 AGP rev 4, Memory @ 0xd8000000, 0xd4000000<BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	37 (--) SVGA: Linear framebuffer at 0xD8000000</CODE></P></LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	38 <LI>from /proc/pci (use lspci -v command):
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	39 <P>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	40 <CODE>01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc.: Unknown device 0525</CODE>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	41 <CODE>Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)</CODE>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	42 </P></LI>
7138 8ab4d11353ae Fixed some small HTML errors. diego parents: 7099 diff changeset	43 <LI>from mga_vid kernel driver messages (use <CODE>dmesg</CODE>):
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	44 <P><CODE>mga_mem_base = d8000000</CODE></P></LI>
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	45 </UL>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	46
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	47 <P>Then let's find the memory size. This is very easy, just convert video ram
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	48 size to hexadecimal, or use this table:</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	49
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	50 <TABLE BORDER=0>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	51 <TR><TD>  </TD><TD>1 MB</TD><TD WIDTH="10%"></TD><TD>0x100000</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	52 <TR><TD></TD><TD>2 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x200000</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	53 <TR><TD></TD><TD>4 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x400000</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	54 <TR><TD></TD><TD>8 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x800000</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	55 <TR><TD></TD><TD>16 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x1000000</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	56 <TR><TD></TD><TD>32 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x2000000</TD></TR>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	57 </TABLE>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	58
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	59
6599 f20184a10258 1001 typos as found by ispell. diego parents: 6583 diff changeset	60 <P>You know base address and memory size, let's setup MTRR registers!
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	61 For example, for the Matrox card above (base=0xd8000000) with 32MB
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	62 ram (size=0x2000000) just execute:</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	63
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	64
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	65 <P><CODE>  echo "base=0xd8000000 size=0x2000000 type=write-combining" >\| /proc/mtrr</CODE></P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	66
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	67
6599 f20184a10258 1001 typos as found by ispell. diego parents: 6583 diff changeset	68 <P>Not all CPUs support MTRRs. For example older K6-2's [around 266MHz,
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	69 stepping 0] doesn't support MTRR, but stepping 12's do ('<CODE>cat
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	70 /proc/cpuinfo</CODE>' to check it').</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	71
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	72 <H4><A NAME="normal">2.3.1.2 Video outputs for traditional video cards</A></H4>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	73
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	74 <H4><A NAME="xv">2.3.1.2.1 Xv</A></H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	75
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	76 <P>Under XFree86 4.0.2 or newer, you can use your card's hardware YUV routines
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	77 using the XVideo extension. This is what the option '-vo xv' uses. Also,
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	78 this is driver supports adjusting brightness/contrast/hue/etc (unless you use
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	79 the old, slow DirectShow DivX codec, which supports it everywhere), see the
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	80 man page.</P>
4498 554af641717d -vo xv does video equalizing gabucino parents: 4496 diff changeset	81
554af641717d -vo xv does video equalizing gabucino parents: 4496 diff changeset	82 <P>In order to make this work, be sure to check the following:</P>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	83
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	84 <UL>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	85 <LI>You have to use XFree86 4.0.2 or newer (former versions don't have
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	86 XVideo)</LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	87 <LI>Your card actually supports hardware acceleration (modern cards do)</LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	88 <LI>X loads the XVideo extension, it's something like this:
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	89
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	90 <P><CODE>  (II) Loading extension XVideo</CODE></P>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	91
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	92 <P>in /var/log/XFree86.0.log</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	93
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	94 <P>NOTE: this loads only the XFree86's extension. In a good install, this
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	95 is always loaded, and doesn't mean that the <B>card's</B> XVideo support is
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	96 loaded!</P>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	97 </LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	98 <LI>Your card has Xv support under Linux. To check, try 'xvinfo', it is the
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	99 part of the XFree86 distribution. It should display a long text, similar
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	100 to this:
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	101 <PRE>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	102 X-Video Extension version 2.2
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	103 screen #0
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	104 Adaptor #0: "Savage Streams Engine"
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	105 number of ports: 1
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	106 port base: 43
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	107 operations supported: PutImage
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	108 supported visuals:
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	109 depth 16, visualID 0x22
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	110 depth 16, visualID 0x23
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	111 number of attributes: 5
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	112 (...)
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	113 Number of image formats: 7
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	114 id: 0x32595559 (YUY2)
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	115 guid: 59555932-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	116 bits per pixel: 16
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	117 number of planes: 1
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	118 type: YUV (packed)
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	119 id: 0x32315659 (YV12)
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	120 guid: 59563132-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	121 bits per pixel: 12
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	122 number of planes: 3
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	123 type: YUV (planar)
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	124 (...etc...)
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	125 </PRE>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	126 <P>It must support YUY2 packed, and YV12 planar pixel formats to be
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	127 usable with MPlayer.</P>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	128 </LI>
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	129 <LI>And finally, check if MPlayer was compiled with 'xv' support.
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	130 ./configure prints this.</LI>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	131 </UL>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	132
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	133
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	134 <H4><A NAME="xv_3dfx">2.3.1.2.1.1 3dfx cards</A></H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	135
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	136 <P>Older 3dfx drivers were known to have problems with XVideo acceleration, it
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	137 didn't support either YUY2 or YV12, and so. Verify that you have XFree86
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	138 version 4.2.0 or greater, it works OK with YV12 and YUY2. Previous versions,
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	139 including 4.1.0, <B>crash with YV12</B>. If you experience strange effects
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	140 using -vo xv, try SDL (it has XVideo too) and see if it helps. Check the
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	141 <A HREF="#sdl">SDL section</A> for details.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	142
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	143 <P><B>OR</B>, try the NEW -vo tdfxfb driver! See the
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	144 <A HREF="#tdfxfb">tdfxfb</A> section.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	145
2865 72c750bbc249 * empty log message * gabucino parents: 2848 diff changeset	146
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	147 <H4><A NAME="xv_s3">2.3.1.2.1.2 S3 cards</A></H4>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	148
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	149 <P>S3 Savage3D's should work fine, but for Savage4, use XFree86 version 4.0.3
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	150 or greater (in case of image problems, try 16bpp). As for S3 Virge.. there is
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	151 xv support, but the card itself is very slow, so you better sell it.</P>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	152
7640 427935644581 updates, fixes gabucino parents: 7454 diff changeset	153 <P><B>NOTE</B>: it's currently unclear which Savage models lack YV12 support,
427935644581 updates, fixes gabucino parents: 7454 diff changeset	154 and convert by driver (slow). If you suspect your card, get a newer driver,
427935644581 updates, fixes gabucino parents: 7454 diff changeset	155 or ask politely on the mplayer-users mailing list for an MMX/3DNow enabled
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	156 driver.</P>
2865 72c750bbc249 * empty log message * gabucino parents: 2848 diff changeset	157
72c750bbc249 * empty log message * gabucino parents: 2848 diff changeset	158
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	159 <H4><A NAME="xv_nvidia">2.3.1.2.1.3 nVidia cards</A></H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	160
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	161 <P>nVidia isn't a very good choice under Linux (according to nVidia, this is
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	162 <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#nvidia">not true</A>).. You'll have to
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	163 use the binary closed-source nVidia driver, available at nVidia's web site.
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	164 The standard XFree86 driver doesn't support XVideo for these cards, due to
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	165 nVidia's closed sources/specifications.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	166
3290 3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember gabucino parents: 3268 diff changeset	167 <P>As far as I know the latest XFree86 driver contains XVideo support for
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	168 GeForce 2 and 3.</P>
3290 3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember gabucino parents: 3268 diff changeset	169
6599 f20184a10258 1001 typos as found by ispell. diego parents: 6583 diff changeset	170 <P>Riva128 cards don't have XVideo support even with the nVidia driver :(
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	171 Complain to nVidia.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	172
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	173
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	174 <H4><A NAME="xv_ati">2.3.1.2.1.4 ATI cards</A></H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	175
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	176 <UL>
7937 33e4345d6dd6 URLs corrected. diego parents: 7814 diff changeset	177 <LI>The <A HREF="http://gatos.sourceforge.net">GATOS driver</A> (which you
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	178 should use, unless you have Rage128 or Radeon) has VSYNC enabled by
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	179 default. It means that decoding speed (!) is synced to the monitor's
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	180 refresh rate. If playing seems to be slow, try disabling VSYNC somehow, or
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	181 set refresh rate to n*(fps of the movie) Hz.</LI>
10130 e1deeb0c30e3 small updates here-and-there gabucino parents: 10112 diff changeset	182 <LI>Radeon VE - if you need X, use XFree86 4.2.0 or greater for this card.
e1deeb0c30e3 small updates here-and-there gabucino parents: 10112 diff changeset	183 No TV out support. Of course with MPlayer you can happily get
e1deeb0c30e3 small updates here-and-there gabucino parents: 10112 diff changeset	184 <B>accelerated</B> display, with or without <B>TV output</B>, and
9255 c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	185 no libraries or X are needed. Read <A HREF="#vidix">VIDIX</A> section.</LI>
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	186 </UL>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	187
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	188
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	189 <H4><A NAME="xv_neomagic">2.3.1.2.1.5 NeoMagic cards</A></H4>
1922 5f0e4310dd4d NeoMagic stuff added (legyen egyszer gyereknap...) gabucino parents: 1920 diff changeset	190
10130 e1deeb0c30e3 small updates here-and-there gabucino parents: 10112 diff changeset	191 <P>These cards can be found in many laptops. You must use XFree86 4.3.0 or
e1deeb0c30e3 small updates here-and-there gabucino parents: 10112 diff changeset	192 above, or else use Stefan Seyfried's
10068 b3ce60d238c4 Updates and a small patch provided by Bohdan Horst. diego parents: 9917 diff changeset	193 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/contrib/NeoMagic-driver/">Xv-capable drivers</A>.
10130 e1deeb0c30e3 small updates here-and-there gabucino parents: 10112 diff changeset	194 Just choose the one that applies to your version of XFree86.</P>
10068 b3ce60d238c4 Updates and a small patch provided by Bohdan Horst. diego parents: 9917 diff changeset	195
b3ce60d238c4 Updates and a small patch provided by Bohdan Horst. diego parents: 9917 diff changeset	196 <P>XFree86 4.3.0 includes Xv support, yet Bohdan Horst sent a small
b3ce60d238c4 Updates and a small patch provided by Bohdan Horst. diego parents: 9917 diff changeset	197 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/contrib/NeoMagic-driver/neo_driver.patch">patch</A>
10130 e1deeb0c30e3 small updates here-and-there gabucino parents: 10112 diff changeset	198 against the XFree86 sources that speeds up framebuffer operations (so XVideo)
e1deeb0c30e3 small updates here-and-there gabucino parents: 10112 diff changeset	199 up to four times. The patch has been included in XFree86 CVS and should be in
e1deeb0c30e3 small updates here-and-there gabucino parents: 10112 diff changeset	200 the next release after 4.3.0.</P>
5378 1a7fd8f13ac0 small update gabucino parents: 5359 diff changeset	201
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	202 <P>To allow playback of DVD sized content change your XF86Config like this:</P>
5378 1a7fd8f13ac0 small update gabucino parents: 5359 diff changeset	203
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	204 <P>Section "Device"<BR>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	205     <I>[...]</I><BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	206     Driver "neomagic"<BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	207     <B>Option "OverlayMem" "829440"</B><BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	208     <I>[...]</I><BR>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	209 EndSection</P>
1922 5f0e4310dd4d NeoMagic stuff added (legyen egyszer gyereknap...) gabucino parents: 1920 diff changeset	210
5378 1a7fd8f13ac0 small update gabucino parents: 5359 diff changeset	211
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	212 <H4><A NAME="xv_trident">2.3.1.2.1.6 Trident cards</A></H4>
3794 4049673123e1 know not.. gabucino parents: 3664 diff changeset	213
9241 537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	214 <P>If you want to use Xv with a Trident card, provided that it doesn't work
7640 427935644581 updates, fixes gabucino parents: 7454 diff changeset	215 with 4.1.0, install XFree 4.2.0. 4.2.0 adds support for fullscreen xv
427935644581 updates, fixes gabucino parents: 7454 diff changeset	216 support with the Cyberblade XP card.</P>
1922 5f0e4310dd4d NeoMagic stuff added (legyen egyszer gyereknap...) gabucino parents: 1920 diff changeset	217
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	218
9241 537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	219 <H4><A NAME="xv_powervr">2.3.1.2.1.7 Kyro/PowerVR cards</A></H4>
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	220
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	221 <P>If you want to use Xv with a Kyro based card (for example Hercules Prophet
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	222 4000XT), you should download the drivers from the
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	223 <A HREF="http://www.powervr.com/">PowerVR site</A>.</P>
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	224
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	225
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	226 <H4><A NAME="dga">2.3.1.2.2 DGA</A></H4>
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6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	228
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	229 <H4>PREAMBLE</H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	230
9255 c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	231 <P>This section tries to explain in some words what DGA is in general and what
c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	232 the DGA video output driver for MPlayer can do (and what it can't).</P>
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1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	234
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	235 <H4>WHAT IS DGA</H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	236
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	237 <P>DGA is short for Direct Graphics Access and is a means for a program to
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	238 bypass the X-Server and directly modifying the framebuffer memory.
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	239 Technically spoken this happens by mapping the framebuffer memory into
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	240 the memory range of your process. This is allowed by the kernel only
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	241 if you have superuser privileges. You can get these either by logging in
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	242 as root or by setting the SUID bit on the MPlayer executable (<B>not
7015 72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	243 recommended</B>).</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	244
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	245 <P>There are two versions of DGA: DGA1 is used by XFree 3.x.x and DGA2 was
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	246 introduced with XFree 4.0.1.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	247
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	248 <P>DGA1 provides only direct framebuffer access as described above. For
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	249 switching the resolution of the video signal you have to rely on the
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	250 XVidMode extension.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	251
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	252 <P>DGA2 incorporates the features of XVidMode extension and also allows
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	253 switching the depth of the display. So you may, although basically
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	254 running a 32 bit depth X server, switch to a depth of 15 bits and vice
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	255 versa. </P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	256
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	257 <P>However DGA has some drawbacks. It seems it is somewhat dependent on the
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	258 graphics chip you use and on the implementation of the X server's video
9255 c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	259 driver that controls this chip. So it does not work on every system.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	260
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	261
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	262 <H4>INSTALLING DGA SUPPORT FOR MPLAYER</H4>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	263
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	264 <P>First make sure X loads the DGA extension, see in /var/log/XFree86.0.log:</P>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	265
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	266 <P>    <CODE>(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA</CODE></P>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	267
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	268 <P>See, XFree86 4.0.x or greater is VERY RECOMMENDED! MPlayer's DGA
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	269 driver is autodetected on ./configure, or you can force it with
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	270 --enable-dga.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	271
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	272 <P>If the driver couldn't switch to a smaller resolution, experiment with
9138 42667fd91d4a changing "switch" -> "option" (unwritten DOCS rule) gabucino parents: 9086 diff changeset	273 options -vm (only with X 3.3.x), -fs, -bpp, -zoom to find a video mode that
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	274 the movie fits in. There is no converter right now :(</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	275
7015 72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	276 <P>Become root. DGA needs root access to be able to write directly to video
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	277 memory. If you want to run it as user, then install MPlayer SUID
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	278 root:</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	279
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	280 <P><CODE>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	281     chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer<BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	282     chmod 750 /usr/local/bin/mplayer<BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	283     chmod +s /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE></P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	284
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	285 <P>Now it works as a simple user, too.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	286
7015 72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	287 <BLOCKQUOTE>
72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	288 <B>Warning: security risk</B><BR>
72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	289 This is a <B>big</B> security risk! <B>Never</B> do this on a server or on
72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	290 a computer that can be accessed by other people because they can gain root
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	291 privileges through SUID root MPlayer.
7015 72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	292 </BLOCKQUOTE>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	293
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	294 <P>Now use the <CODE>-vo dga</CODE> option, and there you go (hope so :))!
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	295 You should also try if the <CODE>-vo sdl:dga</CODE> option works for you. It's
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	296 much faster.</P>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	297
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	298
9287 385a16aa237a fixed missing link ? dga_modelines ? nicolas parents: 9282 diff changeset	299 <H4><A NAME="dga_modelines">RESOLUTION SWITCHING</A></H4>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	300
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	301 <P>The DGA driver allows for switching the resolution of the output signal.
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	302 This avoids the need for doing (slow) software scaling and at the same time
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	303 provides a fullscreen image. Ideally it would switch to the exact resolution
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	304 (except for honoring aspect ratio) of the video data, but the X server only
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	305 allows switching to resolutions predefined in
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	306 <CODE>/etc/X11/XF86Config</CODE> (<CODE>/etc/X11/XF86Config-4</CODE> for
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	307 XFree 4.0.X respectively). Those are defined by so-called modelines and
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	308 depend on the capabilities of your video hardware. The X server scans this
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	309 config file on startup and disables the modelines not suitable for your
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	310 hardware. You can find out which modes survive with the X11 log file. It can
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	311 be found at:
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	312 <CODE>/var/log/XFree86.0.log</CODE>.</P>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	313
9260 ea27d0f2d90d Small fixes and modelines moved to a more sensible place. diego parents: 9255 diff changeset	314 <P>These entries are known to work fine with a Riva128 chip, using the
ea27d0f2d90d Small fixes and modelines moved to a more sensible place. diego parents: 9255 diff changeset	315 <CODE>nv.o</CODE> X server driver module.</P>
ea27d0f2d90d Small fixes and modelines moved to a more sensible place. diego parents: 9255 diff changeset	316
ea27d0f2d90d Small fixes and modelines moved to a more sensible place. diego parents: 9255 diff changeset	317 <PRE>
ea27d0f2d90d Small fixes and modelines moved to a more sensible place. diego parents: 9255 diff changeset	318 Section "Modes"
ea27d0f2d90d Small fixes and modelines moved to a more sensible place. diego parents: 9255 diff changeset	319 Identifier "Modes[0]"
ea27d0f2d90d Small fixes and modelines moved to a more sensible place. diego parents: 9255 diff changeset	320 Modeline "800x600" 40 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628
ea27d0f2d90d Small fixes and modelines moved to a more sensible place. diego parents: 9255 diff changeset	321 Modeline "712x600" 35.0 712 740 850 900 400 410 412 425
ea27d0f2d90d Small fixes and modelines moved to a more sensible place. diego parents: 9255 diff changeset	322 Modeline "640x480" 25.175 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525
ea27d0f2d90d Small fixes and modelines moved to a more sensible place. diego parents: 9255 diff changeset	323 Modeline "400x300" 20 400 416 480 528 300 301 303 314 Doublescan
ea27d0f2d90d Small fixes and modelines moved to a more sensible place. diego parents: 9255 diff changeset	324 Modeline "352x288" 25.10 352 368 416 432 288 296 290 310
ea27d0f2d90d Small fixes and modelines moved to a more sensible place. diego parents: 9255 diff changeset	325 Modeline "352x240" 15.750 352 368 416 432 240 244 246 262 Doublescan
ea27d0f2d90d Small fixes and modelines moved to a more sensible place. diego parents: 9255 diff changeset	326 Modeline "320x240" 12.588 320 336 384 400 240 245 246 262 Doublescan
ea27d0f2d90d Small fixes and modelines moved to a more sensible place. diego parents: 9255 diff changeset	327 EndSection
ea27d0f2d90d Small fixes and modelines moved to a more sensible place. diego parents: 9255 diff changeset	328 </PRE>
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9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	331 <H4>DGA & MPLAYER</H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	332
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	333 <P>DGA is used in two places with MPlayer: The SDL driver can be made to
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	334 make use of it (-vo sdl:dga) and within the DGA driver (-vo dga). The above
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	335 said is true for both; in the following sections I'll explain how the DGA
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	336 driver for MPlayer works.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	337
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	338
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	339 <H4>FEATURES</H4>
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	340
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	341 <P>The DGA driver is invoked by specifying -vo dga at the command line.
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	342 The default behavior is to switch to a resolution matching the original
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	343 resolution of the video as close as possible. It deliberately ignores the
9138 42667fd91d4a changing "switch" -> "option" (unwritten DOCS rule) gabucino parents: 9086 diff changeset	344 -vm and -fs options (enabling of video mode switching and fullscreen) -
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	345 it always tries to cover as much area of your screen as possible by switching
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	346 the video mode, thus refraining to use a single additional cycle of your CPU
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	347 to scale the image.
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	348 If you don't like the mode it chooses you may force it to choose the mode
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	349 matching closest the resolution you specify by -x and -y.
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	350 By providing the -v option, the DGA driver will print, among a lot of other
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	351 things, a list of all resolutions supported by your current XF86-Config
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	352 file.
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	353 Having DGA2 you may also force it to use a certain depth by using the -bpp
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	354 option. Valid depths are 15, 16, 24 and 32. It depends on your hardware
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	355 whether these depths are natively supported or if a (possibly slow)
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	356 conversion has to be done.</P>
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	357
33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	358 <P>If you should be lucky enough to have enough offscreen memory left to
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	359 put a whole image there, the DGA driver will use doublebuffering, which
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	360 results in much smoother movie replaying. It will tell you whether double-
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	361 buffering is enabled or not.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	362
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	363 <P>Doublebuffering means that the next frame of your video is being drawn in
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	364 some offscreen memory while the current frame is being displayed. When the
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	365 next frame is ready, the graphics chip is just told the location in memory
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	366 of the new frame and simply fetches the data to be displayed from there.
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	367 In the meantime the other buffer in memory will be filled again with new
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	368 video data.</P>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	369
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	370 <P>Doublebuffering may be switched on by using the option -double and may be
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	371 disabled with -nodouble. Current default option is to disable
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	372 doublebuffering. When using the DGA driver, onscreen display (OSD) only
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	373 works with doublebuffering enabled. However, enabling doublebuffering may
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	374 result in a big speed penalty (on my K6-II+ 525 it used an additional 20% of
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	375 CPU time!) depending on the implementation of DGA for your hardware.</P>
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	376
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	377
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	378 <H4>SPEED ISSUES</H4>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	379
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	380 <P>Generally spoken, DGA framebuffer access should be at least as fast as using
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	381 the X11 driver with the additional benefit of getting a fullscreen image.
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	382 The percentage speed values printed by MPlayer have to be interpreted
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	383 with some care, as for example, with the X11 driver they do not include the
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	384 time used by the X-Server needed for the actual drawing. Hook a terminal to a
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	385 serial line of your box and start top to see what is really going on in your
9255 c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	386 box.</P>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	387
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	388 <P>Generally spoken, the speedup done by using DGA against 'normal' use of X11
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	389 highly depends on your graphics card and how well the X-Server module for it
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	390 is optimized.</P>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	391
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	392 <P>If you have a slow system, better use 15 or 16bit depth since they require
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	393 only half the memory bandwidth of a 32 bit display.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	394
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	395 <P>Using a depth of 24bit is even a good idea if your card natively just
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	396 supports 32 bit depth since it transfers 25% less data compared to the 32/32
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	397 mode.</P>
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	398
6599 f20184a10258 1001 typos as found by ispell. diego parents: 6583 diff changeset	399 <P>I've seen some AVI files already be replayed on a Pentium MMX 266. AMD K6-2
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	400 CPUs might work at 400 MHZ and above.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	401
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	402
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	403 <H4>KNOWN BUGS</H4>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	404
6599 f20184a10258 1001 typos as found by ispell. diego parents: 6583 diff changeset	405 <P>Well, according to some developers of XFree, DGA is quite a beast. They
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	406 tell you better not to use it. Its implementation is not always flawless
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	407 with every chipset driver for XFree out there.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	408
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	409 <UL>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	410 <LI>With XFree 4.0.3 and nv.o there is a bug resulting in strange
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	411 colors.</LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	412 <LI>ATI driver requires to switch mode back more than once after finishing
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	413 using of DGA.</LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	414 <LI>Some drivers simply fail to switch back to normal resolution (use
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	415 Ctrl-Alt-Keypad +, - to switch back manually).</LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	416 <LI>Some drivers simply display strange colors.</LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	417 <LI>Some drivers lie about the amount of memory they map into the process's
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	418 address space, thus vo_dga won't use doublebuffering (SIS?).</LI>
9255 c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	419 <LI>Some drivers seem to fail to report even a single valid mode. In this
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	420 case the DGA driver will crash telling you about a nonsense mode of
9260 ea27d0f2d90d Small fixes and modelines moved to a more sensible place. diego parents: 9255 diff changeset	421 100000x100000 or something like that.</LI>
9255 c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	422 <LI>OSD only works with doublebuffering enabled (else it flickers).</LI>
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	423 </UL>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	424
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	425
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	426 <H4><A NAME="sdl">2.3.1.2.3 SDL</A></H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	427
6583 4b7d097a9c69 big update gabucino parents: 6499 diff changeset	428 <P>SDL (Simple Directmedia Layer) is basically a unified video/audio
3988 a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	429 interface. Programs that use it know only about SDL, and not about what video
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	430 or audio driver does SDL actually use. For example a Doom port using SDL can
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	431 run on svgalib, aalib, X, fbdev, and others, you only have to specify the
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	432 (for example) video driver to use with the SDL_VIDEODRIVER environment
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	433 variable. Well, in theory.</P>
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	434
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	435 <P>With MPlayer, we used its X11 driver's software scaler ability for
3988 a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	436 cards/drivers that doesn't support XVideo, until we made our own (faster,
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	437 nicer) software scaler. Also we used its aalib output, but now we have ours
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	438 which is more comfortable. Its DGA mode was better than ours, until
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	439 recently. Get it now? :)</P>
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	440
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	441 <P>It also helps with some buggy drivers/cards if the video is jerky
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	442 (not slow system problem), or audio is lagging.</P>
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	443
5119 636b20788503 szrii, tuu, van, fajor gabucino parents: 5116 diff changeset	444 <P>SDL video output supports displaying subtitles under the movie, on the (if
636b20788503 szrii, tuu, van, fajor gabucino parents: 5116 diff changeset	445 present) black bar.</P>
636b20788503 szrii, tuu, van, fajor gabucino parents: 5116 diff changeset	446
9138 42667fd91d4a changing "switch" -> "option" (unwritten DOCS rule) gabucino parents: 9086 diff changeset	447 <P><B>There are several command line options for SDL:</B></P>
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	448 <DL>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	449 <DT><CODE>-vo sdl:name</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	450 <DD>specifies sdl video driver to use (i.e.. aalib, dga, x11)</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	451
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	452 <DT><CODE>-ao sdl:name</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	453 <DD>specifies sdl audio driver to use (i.e. dsp, esd, arts)</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	454
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	455 <DT><CODE>-noxv</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	456 <DD>disables XVideo hardware acceleration</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	457
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	458 <DT><CODE>-forcexv</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	459 <DD>tries to force XVideo acceleration</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	460 </DL>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	461
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	462 <TABLE BORDER=0>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	463 <TR><TD COLSPAN=4><P><B>SDL Keys:</B></P></TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	464 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>F</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>toggles fullscreen/windowed mode</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	465 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>C</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>cycles available fullscreen modes</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	466 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>W/S</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>mappings for * and / (mixer control)</TD></TR>
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	467 </TABLE>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	468
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	469 <H4>KNOWN BUGS</H4>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	470
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	471 <UL>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	472 <LI>Keys pressed under sdl:aalib console driver repeat forever. (use -vo aa!)
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	473 It's bug in SDL, I can't change it (tested with SDL 1.2.1).</LI>
8145 adc8d71a15bd space, whitespace fixes gabucino parents: 8088 diff changeset	474 <LI>DO NOT USE SDL with GUI! It won't work as it should.</LI>
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	475 </UL>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	476
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	477
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	478 <H4><A NAME="svgalib">2.3.1.2.4 SVGAlib</A></H4>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	479
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	480 <H4>INSTALLATION</H4>
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	481
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	482 <P>You'll have to install svgalib and its development package in order for
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	483 MPlayer build its SVGAlib driver (autodetected, but can be forced),
6499 ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	484 and don't forget to edit /etc/vga/libvga.config to suit your card &
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	485 monitor.</P>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	486
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	487 <H4>NOTES</H4>
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	488
9138 42667fd91d4a changing "switch" -> "option" (unwritten DOCS rule) gabucino parents: 9086 diff changeset	489 <P>Be sure not to use the -fs option, since it toggles the usage of the software
6499 ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	490 scaler, and it's slow. If you really need it, use the <CODE>-sws 4</CODE>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	491 option which will produce bad quality, but is somewhat faster.</P>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	492
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	493 <H4>EGA (4BPP) SUPPORT</H4>
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	494
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	495 <P>SVGAlib incorporates EGAlib, and MPlayer has the possibility to
6499 ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	496 display any movie in 16 colors, thus usable in the following sets:</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	497
6499 ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	498 <UL>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	499 <LI>EGA card with EGA monitor: 320x200x4bpp, 640x200x4bpp, 640x350x4bpp</LI>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	500 <LI>EGA card with CGA monitor: 320x200x4bpp, 640x200x4bpp</LI>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	501 </UL>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	502
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	503 <P>The bpp (bits per pixel) value must be set to 4 by hand:<BR>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	504   <CODE>-bpp 4</CODE><BR>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	505 The movie probably must be scaled down to fit in EGA mode:<BR>
9644 0fe056bdb135 vop -> vf change, small fixes. The Polish documentation should be checked for correctness. jonas parents: 9529 diff changeset	506   <CODE>-vf scale=640:350</CODE> or<BR>
0fe056bdb135 vop -> vf change, small fixes. The Polish documentation should be checked for correctness. jonas parents: 9529 diff changeset	507   <CODE>-vf scale=320:200</CODE><BR>
6499 ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	508 For that we need fast but bad quality scaling routine:<BR>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	509   <CODE>-sws 4</CODE><BR>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	510 Maybe automatic aspect correction has to be shut off:<BR>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	511   <CODE>-noaspect</CODE></P>
6499 ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	512
9078 240e53cdce84 small EGA hint gabucino parents: 9059 diff changeset	513 <P><B>NOTE:</B> according to my experience the best image quality on EGA
9644 0fe056bdb135 vop -> vf change, small fixes. The Polish documentation should be checked for correctness. jonas parents: 9529 diff changeset	514 screens can be achieved by decreasing the brightness a bit: <CODE>-vf
9086 84a0be5caeb3 another EGA hint :) gabucino parents: 9078 diff changeset	515 eq=-20:0</CODE>. I also needed to lower the audio samplerate on my box,
84a0be5caeb3 another EGA hint :) gabucino parents: 9078 diff changeset	516 because the sound was broken on 44kHz: <CODE>-srate 22050</CODE>.</P>
9078 240e53cdce84 small EGA hint gabucino parents: 9059 diff changeset	517
240e53cdce84 small EGA hint gabucino parents: 9059 diff changeset	518 <P>You can turn on OSD and subtitles only with the <CODE>expand</CODE> filter,
240e53cdce84 small EGA hint gabucino parents: 9059 diff changeset	519 see the man page for exact parameters.</P>
240e53cdce84 small EGA hint gabucino parents: 9059 diff changeset	520
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	521
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	522 <H4><A NAME="fbdev">2.3.1.2.5 Framebuffer output (FBdev)</A></H4>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	523
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	524 <P>Whether to build the FBdev target is autodetected during ./configure .
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	525 Read the framebuffer documentation in the kernel sources
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	526 (Documentation/fb/*) for more information.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	527
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	528 <P>If your card doesn't support VBE 2.0 standard (older ISA/PCI
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	529 cards, such as S3 Trio64), only VBE 1.2 (or older?):
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	530 Well, VESAfb is still available, but you'll have to load SciTech Display
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	531 Doctor (formerly UniVBE) before booting Linux. Use a DOS boot disk or
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	532 whatever. And don't forget to register your UniVBE ;))</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	533
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	534 <P>The FBdev output takes some additional parameters above the others:</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	535
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	536 <DL>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	537 <DT><CODE>-fb</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	538 <DD>specify the framebuffer device to use (/dev/fb0)</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	539
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	540 <DT><CODE>-fbmode</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	541 <DD>mode name to use (according to /etc/fb.modes)</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	542
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	543 <DT><CODE>-fbmodeconfig</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	544 <DD>config file of modes (default /etc/fb.modes)</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	545
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	546 <DT><CODE>-monitor_hfreq</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	547 <DT><CODE>-monitor_vfreq</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	548 <DT><CODE>-monitor_dotclock</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	549 <DD><STRONG>Important</STRONG> values, see <CODE>example.conf</CODE></DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	550 </DL>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	551
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	552 <P>If you want to change to a specific mode, then use</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	553
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	554 <P><CODE>    mplayer -vm -fbmode (NameOfMode) filename</CODE></P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	555
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	556 <UL>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	557 <LI><B>-vm</B> alone will choose the most suitable mode from /etc/fb.modes.
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	558 Can be used together with -x and -y options too. The -flip option is
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	559 supported only if the movie's pixel format matches the video mode's pixel
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	560 format. Pay attention to the bpp value, fbdev driver tries to use the
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	561 current, or if you specify the -bpp option, then that.</LI>
10130 e1deeb0c30e3 small updates here-and-there gabucino parents: 10112 diff changeset	562 <LI><B>-zoom</B> option isn't supported (use <CODE>-vf scale</CODE>).
e1deeb0c30e3 small updates here-and-there gabucino parents: 10112 diff changeset	563 You can't use 8bpp (or less) modes.</LI>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	564 <LI>you possibly want to turn the cursor off: <CODE>echo -e
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	565 '\033[?25l'</CODE> or <CODE>setterm -cursor off</CODE><BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	566 and the screen saver: <CODE>setterm -blank 0</CODE><BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	567 To turn the cursor back on: <CODE>echo -e '\033[?25h'</CODE>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	568 or <CODE>setterm -cursor on</CODE></LI>
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	569 </UL>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	570
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	571 <P>NOTE: FBdev video mode changing _does not work_ with the VESA framebuffer,
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	572 and don't ask for it, since it's not an MPlayer limitation.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	573
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	574
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	575 <H4><A NAME="mga_vid">2.3.1.2.6 Matrox framebuffer (mga_vid)</A></H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	576
1992 156639eddf49 tdfxfb added gabucino parents: 1988 diff changeset	577 <P>This section is about the Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550 BES (Back-End Scaler)
9260 ea27d0f2d90d Small fixes and modelines moved to a more sensible place. diego parents: 9255 diff changeset	578 support, the mga_vid kernel driver. It's actively developed by A'rpi, and
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	579 it has hardware VSYNC support with triple buffering. It works on both
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	580 framebuffer console and under X.</P>
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	581
9241 537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	582 <P><B>NOTE</B>: This is Linux only! On non-Linux (tested on FreeBSD) systems,
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	583 you can use <A HREF="#vidix">VIDIX</A> instead!</P>
4505 fdeee8424d90 on non-Linux use Vidix instead of mga_vid kernelmodule gabucino parents: 4504 diff changeset	584
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	585 <P><B>Installation:</B></P>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	586 <OL>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	587 <LI>To use it, you first have to compile mga_vid.o:
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	588 <P><CODE>cd drivers<BR>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	589 make</CODE></P></LI>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	590 <LI>Then create the <CODE>/dev/mga_vid</CODE> device:
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	591 <P><CODE>mknod /dev/mga_vid c 178 0</CODE></P>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	592 <P>and load the driver with</P>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	593 <P><CODE>insmod mga_vid.o</CODE></P></LI>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	594 <LI>You should verify the memory size detection using the <CODE>dmesg</CODE>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	595 command. If it's bad, use the <CODE>mga_ram_size</CODE> option
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	596 (<CODE>rmmod mga_vid</CODE> first), specify card's memory size in MB:
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	597 <P><CODE>insmod mga_vid.o mga_ram_size=16</CODE></P></LI>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	598 <LI>To make it load/unload automatically when needed, first insert the
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	599 following line at the end of <CODE>/etc/modules.conf</CODE>:
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	600 <P><CODE>alias char-major-178 mga_vid</CODE></P>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	601 <P>Then copy the <CODE>mga_vid.o</CODE> module to the appropriate place
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	602 under <CODE>/lib/modules/<kernel version>/somewhere</CODE>.</P>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	603 <P>Then run</P>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	604 <P><CODE>depmod -a</CODE></P></LI>
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	605 <LI>Now you have to (re)compile MPlayer, <CODE>configure</CODE> will
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	606 detect <CODE>/dev/mga_vid</CODE> and build the 'mga' driver. Using it from
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	607 MPlayer goes by <CODE>-vo mga</CODE> if you have matroxfb console,
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	608 or <CODE>-vo xmga</CODE> under XFree86 3.x.x or 4.x.x.</LI>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	609 </OL>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	610
2108 767dbc5b7daa mga_vid now cooperates with xv gabucino parents: 2063 diff changeset	611 <P>The mga_vid driver cooperates with Xv.</P>
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	612
4504 b2f4c590fb74 mga_vid supports reads and writes gabucino parents: 4498 diff changeset	613 <P>The <CODE>/dev/mga_vid</CODE> device file can be read (for example by
b2f4c590fb74 mga_vid supports reads and writes gabucino parents: 4498 diff changeset	614 <CODE>cat /dev/mga_vid</CODE>) for some info, and written for brightness
7076 3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly diego parents: 7061 diff changeset	615 change: <CODE>echo "brightness=120" > /dev/mga_vid</CODE></P>
4504 b2f4c590fb74 mga_vid supports reads and writes gabucino parents: 4498 diff changeset	616
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	617
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	618 <H4><A NAME="tdfxfb">2.3.1.2.7 3dfx YUV support (tdfxfb)</A></H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	619
1992 156639eddf49 tdfxfb added gabucino parents: 1988 diff changeset	620 <P>This driver uses the kernel's tdfx framebuffer driver to play movies with
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	621 YUV acceleration. You'll need a kernel with tdfxfb support, and recompile
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	622 with <CODE>./configure --enable-tdfxfb</CODE></P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	623
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	624
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	625 <H4><A NAME="opengl">2.3.1.2.8 OpenGL output</A></H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	626
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	627 <P>MPlayer supports displaying movies using OpenGL, but if your
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	628 platform/driver supports xv as should be the case on a PC with Linux, use xv
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	629 instead, OpenGL performance is considerably worse. If you have an X11
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	630 implementation without xv support, OpenGL is a viable alternative.</P>
6309 d6eea5314980 OpenGL update diego parents: 5713 diff changeset	631
d6eea5314980 OpenGL update diego parents: 5713 diff changeset	632 <P>Unfortunately not all drivers support this feature. The Utah-GLX drivers
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	633 (for XFree86 3.3.6) support it for all cards. See
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	634 <A HREF="http://utah-glx.sourceforge.net">http://utah-glx.sourceforge.net</A>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	635 for details about how to install it.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	636
7076 3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly diego parents: 7061 diff changeset	637 <P>XFree86(DRI) 4.0.3 or later supports OpenGL with Matrox and Radeon cards,
3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly diego parents: 7061 diff changeset	638 4.2.0 or later supports Rage128. See
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	639 <A HREF="http://dri.sourceforge.net">http://dri.sourceforge.net</A>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	640 for download and installation instructions.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	641
10522 d23da0719a51 vsynced GL output (hint from Spacecake <spacecake@diaryland.com>) gabucino parents: 10238 diff changeset	642 <P>A hint from one of our users: the GL video output can be used to get
10526 280e03620324 Hint fixed up and synched to XML. diego parents: 10522 diff changeset	643 vsynced TV output. You'll have to set an environment variable (at least
280e03620324 Hint fixed up and synched to XML. diego parents: 10522 diff changeset	644 on nVidia):</P>
10522 d23da0719a51 vsynced GL output (hint from Spacecake <spacecake@diaryland.com>) gabucino parents: 10238 diff changeset	645
10526 280e03620324 Hint fixed up and synched to XML. diego parents: 10522 diff changeset	646 <P>
280e03620324 Hint fixed up and synched to XML. diego parents: 10522 diff changeset	647 <CODE>export $__GL_SYNC_TO_VBLANK=1</CODE>
280e03620324 Hint fixed up and synched to XML. diego parents: 10522 diff changeset	648 </P>
10522 d23da0719a51 vsynced GL output (hint from Spacecake <spacecake@diaryland.com>) gabucino parents: 10238 diff changeset	649
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	650
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	651 <H4><A NAME="aalib">2.3.1.2.9 AAlib - text mode displaying</A></H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	652
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	653 <P><B>AAlib</B> is a library for displaying graphics in text mode, using powerful
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	654 ASCII renderer. There are LOTS of programs already supporting it, like Doom,
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	655 Quake, etc. MPlayer contains a very usable driver for it.
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	656 If ./configure detects aalib installed, the aalib libvo driver will be
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	657 built.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	658
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	659 <TABLE BORDER=0>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	660 <TR><TD COLSPAN=4><P><B>You can use some keys in the AA Window to change rendering options:</B></P></TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	661 <TR><TD>  </TD><TD><CODE>1</CODE></TD><TD>  </TD><TD>decrease contrast</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	662 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>2</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>increase contrast</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	663 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>3</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>decrease brightness</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	664 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>4</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>increase brightness</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	665 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>5</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>switch fast rendering on/off</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	666 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>6</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>set dithering mode (none, error distribution, Floyd Steinberg)</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	667 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>7</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>invert image</TD></TR>
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	668 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>a</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>toggles between aa and MPlayer control)</TD></TR>
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	669 </TABLE>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	670
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	671 <P><B>The following command line options can be used:</B></P>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	672 <DL>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	673 <DT><CODE>-aaosdcolor=V</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	674 <DD>change OSD color</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	675
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	676 <DT><CODE>-aasubcolor=V</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	677 <DD>change subtitle color
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	678 <P><I>where V can be: (0/normal, 1/dark, 2/bold, 3/bold font, 4/reverse,
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	679 5/special)</I></P></DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	680 </DL>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	681
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	682 <P><B>AAlib itself provides a large sum of options.
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	683 Here are some important:</B></P>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	684 <DL>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	685 <DT><CODE>-aadriver</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	686 <DD>set recommended aa driver (X11, curses, Linux)</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	687
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	688 <DT><CODE>-aaextended</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	689 <DD>use all 256 characters</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	690
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	691 <DT><CODE>-aaeight</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	692 <DD>use eight bit ASCII</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	693
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	694 <DT><CODE>-aahelp</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	695 <DD>prints out all aalib options</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	696 </DL>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	697
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	698 <P>NOTE: the rendering is very CPU intensive, especially when using AA-on-X
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	699 (using aalib on X), and it's least CPU intensive on standard,
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	700 non-framebuffer console. Use SVGATextMode to set up a big textmode,
9138 42667fd91d4a changing "switch" -> "option" (unwritten DOCS rule) gabucino parents: 9086 diff changeset	701 then enjoy! (secondary head Hercules cards rock :)) (but imho you can use
9644 0fe056bdb135 vop -> vf change, small fixes. The Polish documentation should be checked for correctness. jonas parents: 9529 diff changeset	702 <CODE>-vf 1bpp</CODE> option to get graphics on hgafb:)</P>
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	703
6732 8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	704 <P>Use the <CODE>-framedrop</CODE> option if your computer isn't fast enough to
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	705 render all frames!</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	706
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	707 <P>Playing on terminal you'll get better speed and quality using the Linux
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	708 driver, not curses (<CODE>-aadriver linux</CODE>). But therefore you need write access on
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	709 <CODE>/dev/vcsa<terminal></CODE>. That isn't autodetected by aalib, but vo_aa tries
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	710 to find the best mode. See
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	711 <A HREF="http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/tune/">http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/tune/</A>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	712 for further tuning issues.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	713
2471 6bf47f224789 * empty log message * gabucino parents: 2452 diff changeset	714
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	715 <H4><A NAME="vesa">2.3.1.2.10 VESA - output to VESA BIOS</A></H4>
6906 3274d0725fde Changed all link names from the section number to a sensible label. diego parents: 6882 diff changeset	716
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	717 <P>This driver was designed and introduced as a <B>generic driver</B> for any
7651 9bb9ce641684 documenting vesa 3 / GTF config arpi parents: 7640 diff changeset	718 video card which has VESA VBE 2.0+ compatible BIOS. Another advantage of this
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	719 driver is that it tries to force TV output on.<BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	720 <B>VESA BIOS EXTENSION (VBE) Version 3.0 Date: September 16, 1998</B> (Page
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	721 70) says:</P>
2448 1e56c3381d55 'vesa' vo driver added. By Nick Kurshev. (spellchecked, fixed, mplayerdoxized) gabucino parents: 2408 diff changeset	722
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	723 <BLOCKQUOTE>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	724 <B>Dual-Controller Designs</B><BR>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	725 VBE 3.0 supports the dual-controller design by assuming that since both
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	726 controllers are typically provided by the same OEM, under control of a
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	727 single BIOS ROM on the same graphics card, it is possible to hide the fact
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	728 that two controllers are indeed present from the application. This has the
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	729 limitation of preventing simultaneous use of the independent controllers,
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	730 but allows applications released before VBE 3.0 to operate normally. The
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	731 VBE Function 00h (Return Controller Information) returns the combined
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	732 information of both controllers, including the combined list of available
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	733 modes. When the application selects a mode, the appropriate controller is
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	734 activated. Each of the remaining VBE functions then operates on the active
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	735 controller.
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	736 </BLOCKQUOTE>
2448 1e56c3381d55 'vesa' vo driver added. By Nick Kurshev. (spellchecked, fixed, mplayerdoxized) gabucino parents: 2408 diff changeset	737
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	738 <P>So you have chances to get working TV-out by using this driver.<BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	739 (I guess that TV-out frequently is standalone head or standalone output
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	740 at least.)</P>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	741
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	742 <H4>ADVANTAGES</H4>
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	743
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	744 <UL>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	745 <LI>You have the possibility to watch movies <B>even if Linux doesn't know</B>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	746 your video hardware.</LI>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	747 <LI>You don't need to have installed any graphics' related things on your Linux
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	748 (like X11 (aka XFree86), fbdev and so on). This driver can be run from
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	749 <B>text-mode</B>.</LI>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	750 <LI>You have chances to get <B>working TV-out</B>. (It's known at least for
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	751 ATI's cards).</LI>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	752 <LI>This driver calls <B>int 10h</B> handler thus it's not an emulator - it
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	753 calls <B>real</B> things of <B>real</B> BIOS in <B>real</B>-mode. (Finely -
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	754 in vm86 mode).</LI>
9255 c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	755 <LI>You can use VIDIX with it, thus getting accelerated video display
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	756 <B>AND</B> TV output at the same time! (recommended for ATI cards)</LI>
7793 6d8b4a1adb9d Remove option descriptions that are in the man page, add some missing diego parents: 7699 diff changeset	757 <LI>If you have VESA VBE 3.0+, and you had specified <CODE>monitor_hfreq</CODE>,
6d8b4a1adb9d Remove option descriptions that are in the man page, add some missing diego parents: 7699 diff changeset	758 <CODE>monitor_vfreq</CODE>, <CODE>monitor_dotclock</CODE> somewhere (config
6d8b4a1adb9d Remove option descriptions that are in the man page, add some missing diego parents: 7699 diff changeset	759 file, or commandline) you will get the highest possible refresh rate. (Using
6d8b4a1adb9d Remove option descriptions that are in the man page, add some missing diego parents: 7699 diff changeset	760 General Timing Formula). To enable this feature you have to specify
6d8b4a1adb9d Remove option descriptions that are in the man page, add some missing diego parents: 7699 diff changeset	761 <B>all</B> your monitor options.</LI>
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	762 </UL>
2448 1e56c3381d55 'vesa' vo driver added. By Nick Kurshev. (spellchecked, fixed, mplayerdoxized) gabucino parents: 2408 diff changeset	763
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	764 <H4>DISADVANTAGES</H4>
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	765
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	766 <UL>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	767 <LI>It works only on <B>x86 systems</B>.</LI>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	768 <LI>It can be used only by <B>root</B>.</LI>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	769 <LI>Currently it's available only for <B>Linux</B>.</LI>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	770 </UL>
2448 1e56c3381d55 'vesa' vo driver added. By Nick Kurshev. (spellchecked, fixed, mplayerdoxized) gabucino parents: 2408 diff changeset	771
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	772 <P>Don't use this driver with <B>GCC 2.96</B>! It won't work!</P>
3141 21b6aab15ec9 -vo vesa + gcc 2.96 warning (is this confirmed?) gabucino parents: 3053 diff changeset	773
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	774 <H4>COMMAND LINE OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR VESA</H4>
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	775 <DL>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	776 <DT><CODE>-vo vesa:opts</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	777 <DD>currently recognized: <B>dga</B> to force dga mode and <B>nodga</B> to
7793 6d8b4a1adb9d Remove option descriptions that are in the man page, add some missing diego parents: 7699 diff changeset	778 disable dga mode. In dga mode you can enable double buffering via the
6d8b4a1adb9d Remove option descriptions that are in the man page, add some missing diego parents: 7699 diff changeset	779 <CODE>-double</CODE> option. Note: you may omit these parameters to enable
6d8b4a1adb9d Remove option descriptions that are in the man page, add some missing diego parents: 7699 diff changeset	780 <B>autodetection</B> of dga mode.</DD>
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	781 </DL>
2448 1e56c3381d55 'vesa' vo driver added. By Nick Kurshev. (spellchecked, fixed, mplayerdoxized) gabucino parents: 2408 diff changeset	782
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	783 <H4>KNOWN PROBLEMS AND WORKAROUNDS</H4>
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	784
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	785 <UL>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	786 <LI>If you have installed <B>NLS</B> font on your Linux box and run VESA
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	787 driver from text-mode then after terminating MPlayer you will have
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	788 <B>ROM font</B> loaded instead of national. You can load national font again
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	789 by using <B><I>setsysfont</I></B> utility from the Mandrake distribution
7076 3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly diego parents: 7061 diff changeset	790 for example.<BR>
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	791 (<B>Hint:</B> The same utility is used for the localization of fbdev).</LI>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	792 <LI>Some <B>Linux graphics drivers</B> don't update active <B>BIOS mode</B> in
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	793 DOS memory. So if you have such problem - always use VESA driver only from
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	794 <B>text-mode</B>. Otherwise text-mode (#03) will be activated anyway and
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	795 you will need restart your computer.</LI>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	796 <LI>Often after terminating VESA driver you get <B>black screen</B>. To return
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	797 your screen to original state - simply switch to other console (by pressing
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	798 <B>Alt-Fx</B>) then switch to your previous console by the same way.</LI>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	799 <LI>To get <B>working TV-out</B> you need have plugged TV-connector in before
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	800 booting your PC since video BIOS initializes itself only once during POST
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	801 procedure.</LI>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	802 </UL>
2448 1e56c3381d55 'vesa' vo driver added. By Nick Kurshev. (spellchecked, fixed, mplayerdoxized) gabucino parents: 2408 diff changeset	803
1e56c3381d55 'vesa' vo driver added. By Nick Kurshev. (spellchecked, fixed, mplayerdoxized) gabucino parents: 2408 diff changeset	804
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	805 <H4><A NAME="x11">2.3.1.2.11 X11</A></H4>
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	806
33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	807 <P>Avoid if possible. Outputs to X11 (uses shared memory extension), with no
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	808 hardware acceleration at all. Supports (MMX/3DNow/SSE accelerated, but still
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	809 slow) software scaling, use the options <CODE>-fs -zoom</CODE>. Most cards
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	810 have hardware scaling support, use the <CODE>-vo xv</CODE> output for them,
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	811 or <CODE>-vo xmga</CODE> for Matroxes.</P>
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	812
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	813 <P>The problem is that most cards' driver doesn't support hardware acceleration
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	814 on the second head/TV. In those cases, you see green/blue colored window
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	815 instead of the movie. This is where this driver comes in handy, but you need
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	816 powerful CPU to use software scaling. Don't use the SDL driver's software
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	817 output+scaler, it has worse image quality!</P>
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	818
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	819 <P>Software scaling is very slow, you better try changing video modes instead.
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	820 It's very simple. See the <A HREF="#dga_modelines">DGA section's modelines</A>,
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	821 and insert them into your XF86Config.</P>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	822
3290 3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember gabucino parents: 3268 diff changeset	823 <UL>
3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember gabucino parents: 3268 diff changeset	824 <LI>If you have XFree86 4.x.x - use the <CODE>-vm</CODE> option. It will
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	825 change to a resolution your movie fits in. If it doesn't:</LI>
3290 3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember gabucino parents: 3268 diff changeset	826 <LI>With XFree86 3.x.x - you have to cycle through available resolutions
3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember gabucino parents: 3268 diff changeset	827 with the <B>CTRL-ALT-plus</B> and <B>minus</B> keys.</LI>
3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember gabucino parents: 3268 diff changeset	828 </UL>
3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember gabucino parents: 3268 diff changeset	829
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	830 <P>If you can't find the modes you inserted, browse XFree86's output. Some
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	831 drivers can't use low pixelclocks that are needed for low resolution
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	832 video modes.</P>
3290 3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember gabucino parents: 3268 diff changeset	833
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	834
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	835 <H4><A NAME="vidix">2.3.1.2.12 VIDIX</A></H4>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	836
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	837 <H4>PREAMBLE</H4>
9255 c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	838
c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	839 <P>VIDIX is the abbreviation for <B>VID</B>eo <B>I</B>nterface for *ni<B>X</B>.
c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	840 It was designed and introduced as an interface for fast user-space drivers
c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	841 providing such video performance as mga_vid does for Matrox cards. It's also
c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	842 very portable.</P>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	843
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	844 <P>This interface was designed as an attempt to fit existing video acceleration
6583 4b7d097a9c69 big update gabucino parents: 6499 diff changeset	845 interfaces (known as mga_vid, rage128_vid, radeon_vid, pm3_vid) into a fixed scheme. It
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	846 provides highlevel interface to chips which are known as BES (BackEnd
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	847 scalers) or OV (Video Overlays). It doesn't provide lowlevel interface to
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	848 things which are known as graphics servers. (I don't want to compete with X11
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	849 team in graphics mode switching). I.e. main goal of this interface is to
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	850 maximize the speed of video playback.</P>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	851
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	852 <H4>USAGE</H4>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	853
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	854 <UL>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	855 <LI>You can use standalone video output driver: <CODE>-vo xvidix</CODE><BR>
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	856 This driver was developed as X11's front end to VIDIX technology. It
8029 6ccd72982b88 Document xvidix pixmap corruption issue and known workarounds. ranma parents: 8021 diff changeset	857 requires X server and can work only under X server. Note that, as it
6ccd72982b88 Document xvidix pixmap corruption issue and known workarounds. ranma parents: 8021 diff changeset	858 directly accesses the hardware and circumvents the X driver, pixmaps
6ccd72982b88 Document xvidix pixmap corruption issue and known workarounds. ranma parents: 8021 diff changeset	859 cached in the graphics card's memory may be corrupted. You can prevent
6ccd72982b88 Document xvidix pixmap corruption issue and known workarounds. ranma parents: 8021 diff changeset	860 this by limiting the amount of video memory used by X with the XF86Config
6ccd72982b88 Document xvidix pixmap corruption issue and known workarounds. ranma parents: 8021 diff changeset	861 option "VideoRam" in the device section. You should set this to the amount
6ccd72982b88 Document xvidix pixmap corruption issue and known workarounds. ranma parents: 8021 diff changeset	862 of memory installed on your card minus 4MB. If you have less than 8MB of
6ccd72982b88 Document xvidix pixmap corruption issue and known workarounds. ranma parents: 8021 diff changeset	863 video ram, you can use the option "XaaNoPixmapCache" in the screen section
6ccd72982b88 Document xvidix pixmap corruption issue and known workarounds. ranma parents: 8021 diff changeset	864 instead.</LI>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	865 <LI>You can use VIDIX subdevice which was applied to several video output
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	866 drivers, such as:<BR>
7015 72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	867 <CODE>-vo vesa:vidix</CODE> (<B>Linux only</B>) and <CODE>-vo fbdev:vidix</CODE></LI>
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	868 </UL>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	869
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	870 Indeed it doesn't matter which video output driver is used with <B>VIDIX</B>.
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	871
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	872 <H4>REQUIREMENTS</H4>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	873
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	874 <UL>
d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	875 <LI>video card should be in graphics mode (I write <B>should</B> simply
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	876 because I tested it in text mode - it works but has awful output ;) Use
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	877 AAlib for that).<BR>
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	878 <I>Note: Everyone can try this trick by commenting out mode switching in
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	879 vo_vesa driver.</I></LI>
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	880 <LI>MPlayer's video output driver should know active video mode and be
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	881 able to tell to VIDIX subdevice some video characteristics of server.</LI>
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	882 </UL>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	883
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	884 <H4>USAGE METHODS</H4>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	885
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	886 <P>When VIDIX is used as <B>subdevice</B> (<CODE>-vo vesa:vidix</CODE>) then
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	887 video mode configuration is performed by video output device
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	888 (<B>vo_server</B> in short). Therefore you can pass into command line of
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	889 MPlayer the same keys as for vo_server. In addition it understands
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	890 <CODE>-double</CODE> key as globally visible parameter. (I recommend using
9255 c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	891 this key with VIDIX at least for ATI cards).<BR>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	892 As for <CODE>-vo xvidix</CODE>: currently it recognizes the following
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	893 options: <CODE>-fs -zoom -x -y -double</CODE>.</P>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	894
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	895 <P>Also you can specify VIDIX's driver directly as third subargument in command
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	896 line:<BR>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	897 <BR>
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	898   <code>mplayer -vo xvidix:mga_vid.so -fs -zoom -double
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	899 file.avi</code><BR>
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	900 or<BR>
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	901   <code>mplayer -vo vesa:vidix:radeon_vid.so -fs -zoom -double -bpp
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	902 32 file.avi</code><BR>
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	903 <BR>
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	904 But it's dangerous, and you shouldn't do that. In this case given driver will
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	905 be forced and result is unpredictable (it may <B>freeze</B> your
4339 4b231f3778a6 entudjam? gabucino parents: 4223 diff changeset	906 computer). You should do that ONLY if you are absolutely sure it will work,
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	907 and MPlayer doesn't do it automatically. Please tell about it to the
4339 4b231f3778a6 entudjam? gabucino parents: 4223 diff changeset	908 developers. The Right Way is to use VIDIX without arguments to enable driver
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	909 autodetection.</P>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	910
9255 c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	911 <P>VIDIX is a new technology and it's extremely possible that on your system
9260 ea27d0f2d90d Small fixes and modelines moved to a more sensible place. diego parents: 9255 diff changeset	912 it won't work. In this case the only solution for you is porting it (mainly
ea27d0f2d90d Small fixes and modelines moved to a more sensible place. diego parents: 9255 diff changeset	913 libdha). But there is hope that it will work on systems where X11 does.</P>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	914
9241 537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	915 <P>Since VIDIX requires direct hardware access you can either run it as root or
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	916 set the SUID bit on the MPlayer binary (<B>Warning: This is a security
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	917 risk!</B>). Alternatively, you can use a special kernel module, like this:</P>
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	918
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	919 <OL>
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	920 <LI>Download the
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	921 <A HREF="http://www.arava.co.il/matan/svgalib/">development version</A>
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	922 of svgalib (for example 1.9.17),<BR>
513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	923 <B>OR</B><BR>
513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	924 download a version made by Alex especially for usage with
9255 c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	925 MPlayer (it doesn't need the svgalib source to compile) from
c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	926 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/~alex/svgalib_helper-1.9.17-mplayer.tar.bz2">
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	927 here</A>.</LI>
9255 c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	928 <LI>Compile the module in the <CODE>svgalib_helper</CODE> directory (it can
c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	929 be found inside the <CODE>svgalib-1.9.17/kernel/</CODE> directory if you've
c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	930 downloaded the source from the svgalib site) and insmod it.</LI>
c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	931 <LI>Move the <CODE>svgalib_helper</CODE> directory to
9241 537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	932 <CODE>mplayer/main/libdha/svgalib_helper</CODE>.</LI>
9260 ea27d0f2d90d Small fixes and modelines moved to a more sensible place. diego parents: 9255 diff changeset	933 <LI>Required if you download the source from the svgalib site: Remove the
9255 c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	934 comment before the CFLAGS line containing "svgalib_helper" string from the
c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	935 <CODE>libdha/Makefile</CODE>.</LI>
9241 537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	936 <LI>Recompile and install libdha.</LI>
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	937 </OL>
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	938
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	939
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	940 <H4><A NAME="vidix_ati">2.3.1.2.12.1 ATI cards</A></H4>
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	941
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	942 <P>Currently most ATI cards are supported natively, from Mach64 to the newest
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	943 Radeons.</P>
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	944
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	945 <P>There are two compiled binaries: <CODE>radeon_vid</CODE> for Radeon and
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	946 <CODE>rage128_vid</CODE> for Rage 128 cards. You may force one or let the
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	947 VIDIX system autoprobe all available drivers.</P>
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	948
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	949
9241 537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	950 <H4><A NAME="vidix_matrox">2.3.1.2.12.2 Matrox cards</A></H4>
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	951
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	952 <P>Matrox G200,G400,G450 and G550 have been reported to work.</P>
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	953
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	954 <P>The driver supports video equalizers and should be nearly as fast as the
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	955 <A HREF="#mga_vid">Matrox framebuffer</A>.</P>
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	956
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	957
9917 1bb08a1dbfe2 10l alex parents: 9842 diff changeset	958 <H4><A NAME="vidix_trident">2.3.1.2.12.3 Trident cards</A></H4>
9241 537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	959
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	960 <P>There is a driver available for the Trident Cyberblade/i1 chipset, which
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	961 can be found on VIA Epia motherboards.</P>
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	962
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	963 <P>The driver was written and is maintained by Alastair M. Robinson, who offers
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	964 the very latest driver versions for download from his
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	965 <A HREF="http://www.blackfiveservices.co.uk/EPIAVidix.shtml">homepage</A>.
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	966 The drivers are added to MPlayer with only a short delay, so CVS should always
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	967 be up to date.</P>
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	968
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	969
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	970 <H4><A NAME="vidix_3dlabs">2.3.1.2.12.4 3DLabs cards</A></H4>
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	971
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	972 <P>Although there is a driver for the 3DLabs GLINT R3 and Permedia3 chips,
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	973 no one has tested it, so reports are welcome.</P>
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	974
2956 f6b51da0a50d DOXized and applied Nick's radeon_vid patch. Nick, should I update gabucino parents: 2883 diff changeset	975
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	976 <H4><A NAME="directfb">2.3.1.2.13 DirectFB</A></H4>
7192 f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	977
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	978 <P><I>"DirectFB is a graphics library which was designed with embedded systems in
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	979 mind. It offers maximum hardware accelerated performance at a minimum of
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	980 resource usage and overhead."</I> - quoted from
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	981 <A HREF="http://www.directfb.org">http://www.directfb.org</A>.</P>
7192 f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	982
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	983 <P>I'll exclude DirectFB features from this section.</P>
7192 f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	984
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	985 <P>Though MPlayer is not supported as a "video provider" in DirectFB, this
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	986 output driver will enable video playback through DirectFB. It will -
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	987 of course - be accelerated, on my Matrox G400 DirectFB's speed was the
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	988 same as XVideo.</P>
4339 4b231f3778a6 entudjam? gabucino parents: 4223 diff changeset	989
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	990 <P>Always try to use the newest version of DirectFB. You can use DirectFB
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	991 options on the command line, using the <CODE>-dfbopts</CODE> option.
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	992 Layer selection can be done by the subdevice method, e.g.: <CODE>-vo
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	993 directfb:2</CODE> (layer -1 is default: autodetect)</P>
4339 4b231f3778a6 entudjam? gabucino parents: 4223 diff changeset	994
7367 5b0baab4c4fd Numbering corrected. diego parents: 7281 diff changeset	995
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	996 <H4><A NAME="dfbmga">2.3.1.2.14 DirectFB/Matrox (dfbmga)</A></H4>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	997
8332 8368a516019e small updates, ATI TV-out, -vo directx:noaccel diego parents: 8260 diff changeset	998 <P>Please read the <A HREF="#directfb">main DirectFB section</A> for general
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	999 informations.</P>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1000
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1001 <P>This video output driver will enable CRTC2 (on the second head) on the
9529 1992bd6a788e dfb updates gabucino parents: 9510 diff changeset	1002 Matrox G400/G450/G550 cards, displaying video <B>independently</B> of the
1992bd6a788e dfb updates gabucino parents: 9510 diff changeset	1003 first head.</P>
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1004
8449 ff22f772bd38 link added, section reworded. diego parents: 8447 diff changeset	1005 <P>Instructions on how to make it work can be found in the
9387 72c0458c854a update of links regarding tech/ dir nicolas parents: 9382 diff changeset	1006 <A HREF="../tech/directfb.txt">tech section</A>
8449 ff22f772bd38 link added, section reworded. diego parents: 8447 diff changeset	1007 or directly on Ville Syrjala's
9529 1992bd6a788e dfb updates gabucino parents: 9510 diff changeset	1008 <A HREF="http://www.sci.fi/~syrjala/directfb/Matrox_TV-out_README.txt">home page</A>.</P>
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1009
10130 e1deeb0c30e3 small updates here-and-there gabucino parents: 10112 diff changeset	1010 <P>Note: the first DirectFB version with which we could kick this working was
e1deeb0c30e3 small updates here-and-there gabucino parents: 10112 diff changeset	1011 0.9.17 (it's buggy, needs that <CODE>surfacemanager</CODE> patch from
e1deeb0c30e3 small updates here-and-there gabucino parents: 10112 diff changeset	1012 the URL above). Anyway, porting of the CRTC2 code to <B>mga_vid</B> is
e1deeb0c30e3 small updates here-and-there gabucino parents: 10112 diff changeset	1013 underway.</P>
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1014
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1015
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1016 <H4><A NAME="mpegdec">2.3.1.3 MPEG decoders</A></H4>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1017
10615 65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1018 <H4><A NAME="dvb">2.3.1.3.1 DVB output and input</A></H4>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1019
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	1020 <P>MPlayer supports cards with the Siemens DVB chipset from vendors like
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1021 Siemens, Technotrend, Galaxis or Hauppauge. The latest DVB drivers are
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1022 available from the <A HREF="http://www.linuxtv.org">Linux TV site</A>. If you
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1023 want to do software transcoding you should have at least a 1GHz CPU.</P>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1024
8420 a986112926f4 small html fixes gabucino parents: 8332 diff changeset	1025 <P>Configure should detect your DVB card. If it did not, force detection with</P>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1026
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1027 <PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1028 ./configure --enable-dvb
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1029 </PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1030
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1031 <P>If you have ost headers at a non-standard path, set the path with</P>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1032
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1033 <PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1034 ./configure --with-extraincdir=<DVB source directory>/ost/include
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1035 </PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1036
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1037 <P>Then compile and install as usual.</P>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1038
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	1039 <H4>USAGE</H4>
6732 8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	1040
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1041 <P>Hardware decoding (playing standard MPEG1/2 files) can be done with this
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1042 command:</P>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1043
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1044 <PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1045 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes file.mpg\|vob
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1046 </PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1047
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1048 <P>Software decoding or transcoding different formats to MPEG1 can be achieved
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1049 using a command like this:</P>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1050
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1051 <PRE>
9506 6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1052 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes yourfile.ext
9644 0fe056bdb135 vop -> vf change, small fixes. The Polish documentation should be checked for correctness. jonas parents: 9529 diff changeset	1053 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vf expand yourfile.ext
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1054 </PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1055
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1056 <P>Note that DVB cards only support heights 288 and 576 for PAL or 240 and 480
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1057 for NTSC. You <B>must</B> rescale for other heights by adding
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1058 <CODE>scale=width:height</CODE> with the width and height you want to the
9644 0fe056bdb135 vop -> vf change, small fixes. The Polish documentation should be checked for correctness. jonas parents: 9529 diff changeset	1059 <CODE>-vf</CODE> option. DVB cards accept various widths, like 720, 704,
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1060 640, 512, 480, 352 etc and do hardware scaling in horizontal direction, so
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1061 you do not need to scale horizontally in most cases. For a 512x384 (aspect
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1062 4:3) DivX try:</P>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1063
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1064 <PRE>
9644 0fe056bdb135 vop -> vf change, small fixes. The Polish documentation should be checked for correctness. jonas parents: 9529 diff changeset	1065 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vf scale=512:576
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1066 </PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1067
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1068 <P>If you have a widescreen movie and you do not want to scale it to full height,
8420 a986112926f4 small html fixes gabucino parents: 8332 diff changeset	1069 you can use the <CODE>expand=w:h</CODE> filter to add black bands. To view a
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1070 640x384 DivX, try:</P>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1071
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1072 <PRE>
9644 0fe056bdb135 vop -> vf change, small fixes. The Polish documentation should be checked for correctness. jonas parents: 9529 diff changeset	1073 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vf expand=640:576 file.avi
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1074 </PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1075
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1076 <P>If your CPU is too slow for a full size 720x576 DivX, try downscaling:</P>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1077
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1078 <PRE>
9644 0fe056bdb135 vop -> vf change, small fixes. The Polish documentation should be checked for correctness. jonas parents: 9529 diff changeset	1079 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vf scale=352:576 file.avi
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1080 </PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1081
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1082 <P>If speed does not improve, try vertical downscaling, too:</P>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1083
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1084 <PRE>
9644 0fe056bdb135 vop -> vf change, small fixes. The Polish documentation should be checked for correctness. jonas parents: 9529 diff changeset	1085 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vf scale=352:288 file.avi
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1086 </PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1087
8420 a986112926f4 small html fixes gabucino parents: 8332 diff changeset	1088 <P>For OSD and subtitles use the OSD feature of the expand filter. So, instead
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1089 of <CODE>expand=w:h</CODE> or <CODE>expand=w:h:x:y</CODE>, use
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1090 <CODE>expand=w:h:x:y:1</CODE> (the 5th parameter <CODE>:1</CODE> at the end
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1091 will enable OSD rendering). You may want to move the image up a bit to get a
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1092 bigger black zone for subtitles. You may also want to move subtitles up, if
9138 42667fd91d4a changing "switch" -> "option" (unwritten DOCS rule) gabucino parents: 9086 diff changeset	1093 they are outside your TV screen, use the <CODE>-subpos <0-100></CODE> option
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1094 to adjust this (<CODE>-subpos 80</CODE> is a good choice).</P>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1095
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1096 <P>In order to play non-25fps movies on a PAL TV or with a slow CPU, add the
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1097 <CODE>-framedrop</CODE> option.</P>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1098
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1099 <P>To keep the aspect ratio of DivX files and get the optimal scaling parameters
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1100 (hardware horizontal scaling and software vertical scaling while keeping the
8420 a986112926f4 small html fixes gabucino parents: 8332 diff changeset	1101 right aspect ratio), use the new dvbscale filter:</P>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1102
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1103 <PRE>
10615 65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1104 for a 4:3 TV: -vf dvbscale,scale=-1:0,expand=-1:576:-1:-1:1
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1105 for a 16:9 TV: -vf dvbscale=1024,scale=-1:0,expand=-1:576:-1:-1:1
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1106 </PRE>
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1107
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1108 <H4>Using your DVB card for watching Digital TV (DVB input module)</H4>
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1109
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1110 <P>First you need to pass the <CODE>dvb_shutdown_timeout=0</CODE> parameter
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1111 to the kernel module <CODE>dvb-core</CODE>, or MPlayer will die after 10
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1112 seconds.</P>
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1113
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1114 <P>You should also have the programs <CODE>scan</CODE> and
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1115 <CODE>szap/tzap/czap</CODE> installed; they are all included in the drivers
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1116 package.</P>
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1117
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1118 <P>Verify that your drivers are working properly with a program such as
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1119 <A HREF="http://www.sf.net/projects/dvbtools/"><CODE>dvbstream</CODE></A>
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1120 (that is the base of the DVB input module).</P>
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1121
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1122 <P>Now you should compile a <CODE>~/.mplayer/channels.conf</CODE> file,
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1123 with the syntax accepted by <CODE>szap/tzap/czap</CODE>, or have
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1124 <CODE>scan</CODE> compile it for you.</P>
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1125
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1126 <P>Make sure that you have have <B>only</B> Free to Air channels in your
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1127 <CODE>channels.conf</CODE> file, or MPlayer will hang on the others.</P>
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1128
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1129 <P>To show the first of the channels present in your list, run</P>
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1130
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1131 <PRE>
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1132 mplayer dvb://
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1133 </PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1134
10615 65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1135 <P>If you want to watch a specific channel, such as <CODE>R1</CODE>, run</P>
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1136
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1137 <PRE>
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1138 mplayer dvb://R1
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1139 </PRE>
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1140
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1141 <P>To change channels press the <CODE>'h'</CODE> (next) and <CODE>'k'</CODE>
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1142 (previous) keys, or use the <CODE>OSD</CODE> menu (requires a working
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1143 <A HREF="documentation.html#subtitles_osd">OSD subsystem</a>).</P>
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1144
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1145 <P>If your <CODE>~/.mplayer/menu.conf</CODE> contains a <B><dvbsel></b>
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1146 entry, such as the one in the example file <CODE>etc/dvb-menu.conf</CODE>
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1147 (that you can use to overwrite <CODE>~/.mplayer/menu.conf</CODE>), the
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1148 main menu will show a sub-menu entry that will permit you to choose
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1149 one of the channels present in your <CODE>channels.conf</CODE>.</P>
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1150
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1151 <P>If you want to save a program to disk you can use</P>
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1152
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1153 <PRE>
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1154 mplayer -dumpfile r1.ts -dumpstream dvb://R1
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1155 </PRE>
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1156
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1157 <P>If you want to record it in a different format (re-encoding it) instead you
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1158 can run a command such as</P>
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1159
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1160 <PRE>
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1161 mencoder -o r1.avi -ovc xvid -xvidenctopts bitrate=800 -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128 -vf ci dvb://R1
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1162 </PRE>
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1163
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1164 <P>Read the man page for a list of options that you can pass to the DVB
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1165 input module.</P>
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1166
65226e2ea605 DVB input documentation by Nico <nsabbi@libero.it> with some changes by me. diego parents: 10526 diff changeset	1167
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	1168 <H4>FUTURE</H4>
6732 8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	1169
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1170 <P>If you have questions or want to hear feature announcements and take part in
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1171 discussions on this subject, join our
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1172 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dvb">MPlayer-DVB</A>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1173 mailing list. Please remember that the list language is English.</P>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1174
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1175 <P>In the future you may expect the ability to display OSD and subtitles using
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1176 the native OSD feature of DVB cards, as well as more fluent playback of
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1177 non-25fps movies and realtime transcoding between MPEG2 and MPEG4 (partial
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1178 decompression).</P>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1179
4496 bf7ea03b1adf Vidix video equalizing (Nick's patch) gabucino parents: 4360 diff changeset	1180
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1181 <H4><A NAME="dxr2">2.3.1.3.2 DXR2</A></H4>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1182
9506 6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1183 <P>MPlayer supports hardware accelerated playback with the Creative DXR2
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1184 card.</P>
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1185
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1186 <P>First of all you will need properly installed DXR2 drivers. You can find
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1187 the drivers and installation instructions at the
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1188 <A HREF="http://dxr2.sourceforge.net/">DXR2 Resource Center</A> site.</P>
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1189
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1190 <H4>USAGE</H4>
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1191 <DL>
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1192 <DT><CODE>-vo dxr2</CODE></DT>
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1193 <DD>enable TV output</DD>
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1194 <DT><CODE>-vo dxr2:x11</CODE> or <CODE>-vo dxr2:xv</CODE></DT>
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1195 <DD>enable Overlay output in X11</DD>
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1196 <DT><CODE>-dxr2 <option1:option2:...></CODE></DT>
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1197 <DD>This option is used to control the DXR2 driver.</DD>
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1198 </DL>
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1199
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1200 <P>The overlay chipset used on the DXR2 is of pretty bad quality but the
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1201 default settings should work for everybody. The OSD may be usable with the
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1202 overlay (not on TV) by drawing it in the colorkey. With the default colorkey
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1203 settings you may get variable results, usually you will see the colorkey
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1204 around the characters or some other funny effect. But if you properly adjust
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1205 the colorkey settings you should be able to get acceptable results.</P>
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1206
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1207 <P>Please see the manpage for available options.</P>
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1208
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1209
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1210 <H4><A NAME="dxr3">2.3.1.3.3 DXR3/Hollywood+</A></H4>
6732 8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	1211
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	1212 <P>MPlayer supports hardware accelerated playback with the Creative DXR3
7270 60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1213 and Sigma Designs Hollywood Plus cards. These cards both use the em8300 MPEG
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1214 decoder chip from Sigma Designs.</P>
6732 8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	1215
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1216 <P>First of all you will need properly installed DXR3/H+ drivers, version
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1217 0.12.0 or later. You can find the drivers and installation instructions at
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1218 the <A HREF="http://dxr3.sourceforge.net/">DXR3 & Hollywood Plus for
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1219 Linux</A> site. Configure should detect your card automatically, compilation
7270 60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1220 should go without problems.</P>
6732 8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	1221
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	1222 <H4>USAGE</H4>
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	1223 <DL>
8550 fd750a80c93e DXR3 norm option, patch by Thomas Jarosch <tomj@simonv.com>. diego parents: 8509 diff changeset	1224 <DT><CODE>-vo dxr3:prebuf:sync:norm=x:<device></CODE></DT>
8088 59f4133fbab5 Updated docs with DXR3 overlay info mswitch parents: 8029 diff changeset	1225 <DD><CODE>overlay</CODE> activates the overlay instead of TVOut. It requires
59f4133fbab5 Updated docs with DXR3 overlay info mswitch parents: 8029 diff changeset	1226 that you have a properly configured overlay setup to work right. The easiest
59f4133fbab5 Updated docs with DXR3 overlay info mswitch parents: 8029 diff changeset	1227 way to configure the overlay is to first run autocal. Then run mplayer with
59f4133fbab5 Updated docs with DXR3 overlay info mswitch parents: 8029 diff changeset	1228 dxr3 output and without overlay turned on, run dxr3view. In dxr3view you can
59f4133fbab5 Updated docs with DXR3 overlay info mswitch parents: 8029 diff changeset	1229 tweak the overlay settings and see the effects in realtime, perhaps this
59f4133fbab5 Updated docs with DXR3 overlay info mswitch parents: 8029 diff changeset	1230 feature will be supported by the MPlayer GUI in the future. When overlay is
59f4133fbab5 Updated docs with DXR3 overlay info mswitch parents: 8029 diff changeset	1231 properly set up you will no longer need to use dxr3view.<BR>
59f4133fbab5 Updated docs with DXR3 overlay info mswitch parents: 8029 diff changeset	1232 <CODE>prebuf</CODE> turns on prebuffering. Prebuffering is a feature
7270 60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1233 of the em8300 chip that enables it to hold more than one frame of video at
7951 32ae0a9d06aa Updated the DXR3 section to reflect command changes, prebuf replaced mswitch parents: 7937 diff changeset	1234 a time. This means that when you are running with prebuffering
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	1235 MPlayer will try to keep the video buffer filled with data at all
988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	1236 times. If you are on a slow machine MPlayer will probably use close
7270 60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1237 to, or precisely 100% of CPU. This is especially common if you play pure MPEG
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	1238 streams (like DVDs, SVCDs a.s.o.) since MPlayer will not have to
7270 60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1239 reencode it to MPEG it will fill the buffer very fast.<BR>
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1240 With prebuffering video playback is <B>much</B> less sensitive to other
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1241 programs hogging the CPU, it will not drop frames unless applications hog
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1242 the CPU for a long time.<BR>
7951 32ae0a9d06aa Updated the DXR3 section to reflect command changes, prebuf replaced mswitch parents: 7937 diff changeset	1243 When running without prebuffering the em8300 is much more sensitive to CPU
7969 9ec3f2b9a87f <B>MPlayer</B> --> MPlayer diego parents: 7951 diff changeset	1244 load, so it is highly suggested that you turn on MPlayer's
7951 32ae0a9d06aa Updated the DXR3 section to reflect command changes, prebuf replaced mswitch parents: 7937 diff changeset	1245 <CODE>-framedrop</CODE> option to avoid further loss of sync.<BR>
32ae0a9d06aa Updated the DXR3 section to reflect command changes, prebuf replaced mswitch parents: 7937 diff changeset	1246 <CODE>sync</CODE> will turn on the new sync-engine. This is currently an
32ae0a9d06aa Updated the DXR3 section to reflect command changes, prebuf replaced mswitch parents: 7937 diff changeset	1247 experimental feature. With the sync feature turned on the em8300's internal
32ae0a9d06aa Updated the DXR3 section to reflect command changes, prebuf replaced mswitch parents: 7937 diff changeset	1248 clock will be monitored at all times, if it starts to deviate from MPlayer's
32ae0a9d06aa Updated the DXR3 section to reflect command changes, prebuf replaced mswitch parents: 7937 diff changeset	1249 clock it will be reset causing the em8300 to drop any frames that are lagging
32ae0a9d06aa Updated the DXR3 section to reflect command changes, prebuf replaced mswitch parents: 7937 diff changeset	1250 behind.<BR>
8550 fd750a80c93e DXR3 norm option, patch by Thomas Jarosch <tomj@simonv.com>. diego parents: 8509 diff changeset	1251 <CODE>norm=x</CODE> will set the TV norm of the DXR3 card without the need
fd750a80c93e DXR3 norm option, patch by Thomas Jarosch <tomj@simonv.com>. diego parents: 8509 diff changeset	1252 for external tools like em8300setup. Valid norms are 5 = NTSC, 4 = PAL-60,
fd750a80c93e DXR3 norm option, patch by Thomas Jarosch <tomj@simonv.com>. diego parents: 8509 diff changeset	1253 3 = PAL. Special norms are 2 (auto-adjust using PAL/PAL-60) and 1
fd750a80c93e DXR3 norm option, patch by Thomas Jarosch <tomj@simonv.com>. diego parents: 8509 diff changeset	1254 (auto-adjust using PAL/NTSC) because they decide which norm to use by
8998 e5caaebc14d0 removed obsolete stuff gabucino parents: 8550 diff changeset	1255 looking at the frame rate of the movie. norm = 0 (default) does not
8550 fd750a80c93e DXR3 norm option, patch by Thomas Jarosch <tomj@simonv.com>. diego parents: 8509 diff changeset	1256 change the current norm.<BR>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1257 <CODE><device></CODE> = device number to use if you have more than one
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1258 em8300 card.
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1259 <BR>
8021 66c0515d234f Cleaned up the DXR3 section (lots of old stuff which was no longer mswitch parents: 7969 diff changeset	1260 Any of these options may be left out.<BR>
8998 e5caaebc14d0 removed obsolete stuff gabucino parents: 8550 diff changeset	1261 <CODE>:prebuf:sync</CODE> seems to work great when playing DivX movies.
e5caaebc14d0 removed obsolete stuff gabucino parents: 8550 diff changeset	1262 People have reported problems using the <CODE>prebuf</CODE> option when playing
e5caaebc14d0 removed obsolete stuff gabucino parents: 8550 diff changeset	1263 MPEG1/2 files. You might want to try running without any options first, if you
e5caaebc14d0 removed obsolete stuff gabucino parents: 8550 diff changeset	1264 have sync problems, or DVD subtitle problems, give <CODE>:sync</CODE> a
e5caaebc14d0 removed obsolete stuff gabucino parents: 8550 diff changeset	1265 try.</DD>
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	1266
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	1267 <DT><CODE>-ao oss:/dev/em8300_ma-X</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	1268 <DD>For audio output, where <CODE>X</CODE> is the device number
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	1269 (0 if one card).</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	1270
7270 60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1271 <DT><CODE>-aop list=resample:fout=xxxxx</CODE></DT>
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1272 <DD>The em8300 cannot play back samplerates lower than 44100Hz. If the sample
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1273 rate is below 44100Hz select either 44100Hz or 48000Hz depending on which
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1274 one matches closest. I.e. if the movie uses 22050Hz use 44100Hz as
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1275 44100 / 2 = 22050, if it is 24000Hz use 48000Hz as 48000 / 2 = 24000 and so
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1276 on. This does not work with digital audio output (<CODE>-ac hwac3</CODE>).</DD>
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	1277
9644 0fe056bdb135 vop -> vf change, small fixes. The Polish documentation should be checked for correctness. jonas parents: 9529 diff changeset	1278 <DT><CODE>-vf lavc/fame</CODE></DT>
9506 6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1279 <DD><B>(AUTO-INSERTED)</B> To watch non-MPEG content on the em8300 (i.e. DivX or RealVideo) you have
7270 60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1280 to specify an MPEG1 video filter such as libavcodec (lavc) or libfame
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1281 (fame). At the moment lavc is both faster and gives better image quality, it
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1282 is suggested that you use that unless you have problems with it. See the man
9644 0fe056bdb135 vop -> vf change, small fixes. The Polish documentation should be checked for correctness. jonas parents: 9529 diff changeset	1283 page for further info about <CODE>-vf lavc/fame</CODE>.<BR>
7951 32ae0a9d06aa Updated the DXR3 section to reflect command changes, prebuf replaced mswitch parents: 7937 diff changeset	1284 Using lavc is highly recommended. Currently there is no way of setting the
32ae0a9d06aa Updated the DXR3 section to reflect command changes, prebuf replaced mswitch parents: 7937 diff changeset	1285 fps of the em8300 which means that it is fixed to 29.97fps. Because of this
9644 0fe056bdb135 vop -> vf change, small fixes. The Polish documentation should be checked for correctness. jonas parents: 9529 diff changeset	1286 it is highly recommended that you use <CODE>-vf lavc=<quality>:25</CODE>,
8021 66c0515d234f Cleaned up the DXR3 section (lots of old stuff which was no longer mswitch parents: 7969 diff changeset	1287 especially if you are using prebuffering. Then why 25 and not 29.97? Well,
66c0515d234f Cleaned up the DXR3 section (lots of old stuff which was no longer mswitch parents: 7969 diff changeset	1288 the thing is that when you use 29.97 the picture becomes a bit jumpy. The
66c0515d234f Cleaned up the DXR3 section (lots of old stuff which was no longer mswitch parents: 7969 diff changeset	1289 reason for this is unknown to us. If you set it to somewhere between 25 and
66c0515d234f Cleaned up the DXR3 section (lots of old stuff which was no longer mswitch parents: 7969 diff changeset	1290 27 the picture becomes stable. For now all we can do is accept this for a
66c0515d234f Cleaned up the DXR3 section (lots of old stuff which was no longer mswitch parents: 7969 diff changeset	1291 fact.</DD>
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1292
9644 0fe056bdb135 vop -> vf change, small fixes. The Polish documentation should be checked for correctness. jonas parents: 9529 diff changeset	1293 <DT><CODE>-vf expand=-1:-1:-1:-1:1</CODE></DT>
9510 b4ac94a31a56 typo diego parents: 9506 diff changeset	1294 <DD>Although the DXR3 driver can put some OSD onto the MPEG1/2/4 video,
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1295 it has much lower quality than MPlayer's traditional OSD, and has several
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1296 refresh problems as well. The command line above will firstly convert the
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1297 input video to MPEG4 (this is mandatory, sorry), then apply an expand
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1298 filter which won't expand anything (-1: default), but apply the normal OSD
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1299 onto the picture (that's what the "1" at the end does).</DD>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1300
7270 60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1301 <DT><CODE>-ac hwac3</CODE></DT>
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1302 <DD>The em8300 supports playing back AC3 audio (surround sound) through the
7640 427935644581 updates, fixes gabucino parents: 7454 diff changeset	1303 digital audio output of the card. See the <CODE>-ao oss</CODE> option
427935644581 updates, fixes gabucino parents: 7454 diff changeset	1304 above, it must be used to specify the DXR3's output instead of
8998 e5caaebc14d0 removed obsolete stuff gabucino parents: 8550 diff changeset	1305 a soundcard.</DD>
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	1306 </DL>
6732 8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	1307
8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	1308
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1309 <H4><A NAME="other">2.3.1.4 Other visualization hardware</A></H4>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1310
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1311 <H4><A NAME="zr">2.3.1.4.1 Zr</A></H4>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1312
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1313 <P>This is a display-driver (<CODE>-vo zr</CODE>) for a number of MJPEG
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1314 capture/playback cards (tested for DC10+ and Buz, and it should work for the
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1315 LML33 and the original DC10). The driver works by encoding the frame to jpeg
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1316 and then sending it to the card. For the jpeg encoding <B>libavcodec</B> is
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1317 used, and required. With the special <I>cinerama</I> mode, you can watch
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1318 movies in true wide screen provided that you have two beamers and two
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1319 MJPEG cards. Depending on resolution and quality settings, this driver
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1320 may require a lot of CPU power, remember to specify <CODE>-framedrop</CODE>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1321 if your machine is too slow. Note: My AMD K6-2 350MHz is (with <CODE>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1322 -framedrop</CODE>) quite adequate for watching VCD sized material and
9174 0333afac3a56 closing some tags in Zr section gabucino parents: 9138 diff changeset	1323 downscaled movies.</P>
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1324
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1325 <P>This driver talks to the kernel driver available at
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1326 <A HREF="http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net">http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net</A>, so
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1327 you must get it working first. The presence of an MJPEG card is autodetected
9174 0333afac3a56 closing some tags in Zr section gabucino parents: 9138 diff changeset	1328 by the configure script, if autodetection fails, force detection with</P>
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1329
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1330 <PRE>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1331 ./configure --enable-zr
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1332 </PRE>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1333
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1334 <P>The output can be controlled by several options, a long description of the
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1335 options can be found in the man page, a short list of options can be
9174 0333afac3a56 closing some tags in Zr section gabucino parents: 9138 diff changeset	1336 viewed by running</P>
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1337
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1338 <PRE>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1339 mplayer -zrhelp
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1340 </PRE>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1341
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1342 <P>Things like scaling and the OSD (on screen display) are not handled by
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1343 this driver but can be done using the video filters. For example,
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1344 suppose that you have a movie with a resolution of <CODE>512x272</CODE> and
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1345 you want to view it fullscreen on your DC10+. There are three main
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1346 possibilities, you may scale the movie to a width of <CODE>768</CODE>,
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1347 <CODE>384</CODE> or <CODE>192</CODE>. For performance and quality reasons,
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1348 I would choose to scale the movie to <CODE>384x204</CODE> using the fast
9174 0333afac3a56 closing some tags in Zr section gabucino parents: 9138 diff changeset	1349 bilinear software scaler. The commandline is</P>
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1350
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1351 <PRE>
9644 0fe056bdb135 vop -> vf change, small fixes. The Polish documentation should be checked for correctness. jonas parents: 9529 diff changeset	1352 mplayer -vo zr -sws 0 -vf scale=384:204 movie.avi
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1353 </PRE>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1354
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1355 <P>Cropping can be done by the <CODE>crop</CODE> filter and by
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1356 this driver itself. Suppose that a movie is too wide for display on your
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1357 Buz and that you want to use <CODE>-zrcrop</CODE> to make the movie less
9783 1163cf586d5a Typos, patch by Roberto Togni <r_togni@libero.it>. diego parents: 9644 diff changeset	1358 wide, then you would issue the following command</P>
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1359
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1360 <PRE>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1361 mplayer -vo zr -zrcrop 720x320+80+0 benhur.avi
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1362 </PRE>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1363
9174 0333afac3a56 closing some tags in Zr section gabucino parents: 9138 diff changeset	1364 <P>if you want to use the <CODE>crop</CODE> filter, you would do</P>
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1365
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1366 <PRE>
9644 0fe056bdb135 vop -> vf change, small fixes. The Polish documentation should be checked for correctness. jonas parents: 9529 diff changeset	1367 mplayer -vo zr -vf crop=720:320:80:0 benhur.avi
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1368 </PRE>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1369
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1370 <P>Extra occurances of <CODE>-zrcrop</CODE> invoke <I>cinerama</I> mode, i.e.
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1371 you can distribute the movie over several TV's or beamers to create a larger
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1372 screen. Suppose you have two beamers. The left one is connected to your Buz
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1373 at <CODE>/dev/video1</CODE> and the right one is connected to your DC10+ at
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1374 <CODE>/dev/video0</CODE>. The movie has a resolution of <CODE>704x288</CODE>.
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1375 Suppose also that you want the right beamer in black and white and that
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1376 the right beamer should have jpeg frames at quality <CODE>10</CODE>,
9174 0333afac3a56 closing some tags in Zr section gabucino parents: 9138 diff changeset	1377 then you would issue the following command</P>
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1378
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1379 <PRE>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1380 mplayer -vo zr -zrdev /dev/video0 -zrcrop 352x288+352+0 -zrxdoff 0 -zrbw \
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1381 -zrcrop 352x288+0+0 -zrdev /dev/video1 -zrquality 10 movie.avi
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1382 </PRE>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1383
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1384 <P>You see that the options appearing before the second <CODE>-zrcrop</CODE>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1385 only apply to the DC10+ and that the options after the second
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1386 <CODE>-zrcrop</CODE> apply to the Buz. The maximum number of MJPEG cards
9783 1163cf586d5a Typos, patch by Roberto Togni <r_togni@libero.it>. diego parents: 9644 diff changeset	1387 participating in <I>cinerama</I> is four, so you can build a <CODE>2x2</CODE>
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1388 vidiwall.</P>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1389
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1390 <P>Finally an important remark: Do not start or stop XawTV on the playback
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1391 device during playback, it will crash your computer. It is, however, fine to
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1392 <B>FIRST</B> start XawTV, <B>THEN</B> start MPlayer, wait for
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1393 MPlayer to finish and <B>THEN</B> stop XawTV.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	1394
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1395
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1396 <H4><A NAME="blinken">2.3.1.4.2 Blinkenlights</A></H4>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1397
9254 a35bf9da25db typo and update alex parents: 9241 diff changeset	1398 <P>This driver is capable of playback using the Blinkenlights UDP protocol.
a35bf9da25db typo and update alex parents: 9241 diff changeset	1399 If you don't know what <A HREF="http://www.blinkenlights.de/">Blinkenlights</A>
a35bf9da25db typo and update alex parents: 9241 diff changeset	1400 is, you don't need this driver.</P>
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1401
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1402
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1403 <H4><A NAME="tv-out">2.3.1.5 TV-out support</A></H4>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1404
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1405
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1406 <H4><A NAME="tv-out_matrox">2.3.1.5.1 Matrox G400 cards</A></H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	1407
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1408 <P>Under Linux you have 2 methods to get G400 TV out working:</P>
5116 20bf56a828d1 "nememlex" --Gabucino, 2002 arpi parents: 4982 diff changeset	1409
7377 2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1410 <P><B>IMPORTANT:</B> for Matrox G450/G550 TV-out instructions, please see the
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1411 next section!</P>
2309 3128b9d8b4ea New section: Matrox TVout - method 2 gabucino parents: 2206 diff changeset	1412
2486 d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1413 <UL>
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1414 <LI><B>XFree86</B>: using the driver and the HAL module, available from
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1415 <A HREF="http://www.matrox.com">Matrox's site</A>. This will give you X on
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1416 the TV.<BR> <B>This method doesn't give you accelerated playback</B> as
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1417 under Windoze! The second head has only YUV framebuffer, the <I>BES</I>
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1418 (Back End Scaler, the YUV scaler on G200/G400/G450/G550 cards) doesn't work
7061 33624384dd7b Typos, cosmetics and a tag closed. diego parents: 7047 diff changeset	1419 on it! The Windows driver somehow works around this, probably by using the
2486 d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1420 3D engine to zoom, and the YUV framebuffer to display the zoomed
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	1421 image. If you really want to use X, use the <CODE>-vo x11 -fs -zoom</CODE>
6599 f20184a10258 1001 typos as found by ispell. diego parents: 6583 diff changeset	1422 options, but it will be <B>SLOW</B>, and has <B>Macrovision</B> copy protection
4177 cab4ac1467e4 many small updates gabucino parents: 3988 diff changeset	1423 enabled (you can "workaround" Macrovision using
cab4ac1467e4 many small updates gabucino parents: 3988 diff changeset	1424 <A HREF="http://avifile.sourceforge.net/mgamacro.pl">this</A> perl
cab4ac1467e4 many small updates gabucino parents: 3988 diff changeset	1425 script.</LI>
2486 d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1426 <LI><B>Framebuffer</B>: using the <B>matroxfb modules</B> in the 2.4 kernels.
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1427 2.2 kernels don't have the TVout feature in them, thus unusable for this.
3030 1dbc569b6528 more fix/update gabucino parents: 3027 diff changeset	1428 You have to enable ALL matroxfb-specific feature during compilation (except
5713 634fbb5dd181 I2C is also needed for G400 tvout gabucino parents: 5378 diff changeset	1429 MultiHead), and compile them into <B>modules</B>! You'll also need I2C
634fbb5dd181 I2C is also needed for G400 tvout gabucino parents: 5378 diff changeset	1430 enabled.
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	1431 <OL>
2486 d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1432 <LI>
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1433 Enter <CODE>TVout/matroxset</CODE> and type <CODE>make</CODE>. Install
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1434 <CODE>matroxset</CODE> into somewhere in your PATH.</LI>
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1435 <LI>
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1436 If you don't have <CODE>fbset</CODE> installed, enter
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1437 <CODE>TVout/fbset</CODE> and type <CODE>make</CODE>. Install
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1438 <CODE>fbset</CODE> into somewhere in your PATH.</LI>
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1439 <LI>
10238 ebd7501f3406 MGA tvout: gabucino parents: 10130 diff changeset	1440 If you don't have <CODE>con2fb</CODE> installed, enter
ebd7501f3406 MGA tvout: gabucino parents: 10130 diff changeset	1441 <CODE>TVout/con2fb</CODE> and type <CODE>make</CODE>. Install
ebd7501f3406 MGA tvout: gabucino parents: 10130 diff changeset	1442 <CODE>con2fb</CODE> into somewhere in your PATH.</LI>
ebd7501f3406 MGA tvout: gabucino parents: 10130 diff changeset	1443 <LI>
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	1444 Then enter into the <CODE>TVout/</CODE> directory in the MPlayer
2486 d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1445 source, and execute <CODE>./modules</CODE> as root. Your text-mode console
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1446 will enter into framebuffer mode (no way back!).</LI>
7454 a8ae3f53eb14 matroxtv script was modified gabucino parents: 7377 diff changeset	1447 <LI>Next, EDIT and run the <CODE>./matroxtv</CODE> script. This will present you
2486 d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1448 to a very simple menu. Press <B>2</B> and <B>ENTER</B>. Now you should
7454 a8ae3f53eb14 matroxtv script was modified gabucino parents: 7377 diff changeset	1449 have the same picture on your monitor, and TV. If
a8ae3f53eb14 matroxtv script was modified gabucino parents: 7377 diff changeset	1450 the TV (PAL by default) picture has some weird stripes on it, the script wasn't able to
a8ae3f53eb14 matroxtv script was modified gabucino parents: 7377 diff changeset	1451 set the resolution correctly (to 640x512 by default). Try other
a8ae3f53eb14 matroxtv script was modified gabucino parents: 7377 diff changeset	1452 resolutions from the menu and/or experiment with fbset.</LI>
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	1453 </OL>
2486 d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1454
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1455 <P>Yoh. Next task is to make the cursor on tty1 (or whatever) to disappear,
2486 d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1456 and turn off screen blanking. Execute the following commands:</P>
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1457
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1458 <P><CODE>echo -e '\033[?25l'</CODE> or <CODE>setterm -cursor off<BR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1459 setterm -blank 0</CODE></P>
2486 d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1460
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1461 <P>You possibly want to put the above into a script, and also clear
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1462 the screen.. To turn the cursor back:<BR><CODE>echo -e '\033[?25h'</CODE>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1463 or <CODE>setterm -cursor on</CODE></P>
2486 d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1464
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1465 <P>Yeah kewl. Start movie playing with <CODE>mplayer -vo mga -fs -screenw 640
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1466 -screenh 512 <filename></CODE><BR>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1467 (if you use X, now change to matroxfb with for example CTRL-ALT-F1!)<BR>
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	1468 Change 640x512 if you set the resolution to other.<BR>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1469 <B>Enjoy the ultra-fast ultra-featured Matrox TV output (better than Xv)!</B></P>
2486 d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1470 </LI>
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1471 </UL>
2309 3128b9d8b4ea New section: Matrox TVout - method 2 gabucino parents: 2206 diff changeset	1472
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1473 <H4>Building a Matrox TV-out cable</H4>
2309 3128b9d8b4ea New section: Matrox TVout - method 2 gabucino parents: 2206 diff changeset	1474
9059 dd733c8d7e9e G450 tvout cable pinout (contributed) gabucino parents: 8998 diff changeset	1475 <P>No one takes any responsibility, nor guarantee for any damage caused by this
dd733c8d7e9e G450 tvout cable pinout (contributed) gabucino parents: 8998 diff changeset	1476 documentation.</P>
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1477
9059 dd733c8d7e9e G450 tvout cable pinout (contributed) gabucino parents: 8998 diff changeset	1478 <P><B>Cable for G400</B>: The CRTC2 connector's fourth pin is the composite video signal. The ground
dd733c8d7e9e G450 tvout cable pinout (contributed) gabucino parents: 8998 diff changeset	1479 are the sixth, seventh and eighth pins. (info contributed from Bal�zs
dd733c8d7e9e G450 tvout cable pinout (contributed) gabucino parents: 8998 diff changeset	1480 R�cz)</P>
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1481
9059 dd733c8d7e9e G450 tvout cable pinout (contributed) gabucino parents: 8998 diff changeset	1482 <P><B>Cable for G450</B>: The CRTC2 connector's first pin is the composite video
dd733c8d7e9e G450 tvout cable pinout (contributed) gabucino parents: 8998 diff changeset	1483 signal. The ground are the fifth, sixth, seventh, and fifteenth
dd733c8d7e9e G450 tvout cable pinout (contributed) gabucino parents: 8998 diff changeset	1484 (5, 6, 7, 15) pins. (info contributed from Bal�zs Kerekes)</P>
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1485
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1486 <H4><A NAME="tv-out_matrox_g450">2.3.1.5.2 Matrox G450/G550 cards</A></H4>
7377 2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1487
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1488 <P>TV output support for these cards has only been recently introduced, and is
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1489 not yet in the mainstream kernel. Currently the <B>mga_vid</B> module
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1490 can't be used AFAIK, because the G450/G550 driver works only in one
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1491 configuration: the first CRTC chip (with much more features) on the first
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1492 display (on monitor), and the second CRTC (no <B>BES</B> - for explanation
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1493 on BES, please see the G400 section above) on TV. So you can only use
7969 9ec3f2b9a87f <B>MPlayer</B> --> MPlayer diego parents: 7951 diff changeset	1494 MPlayer's <I>fbdev</I> output driver at the present.</P>
7377 2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1495
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1496 <P>The first CRTC can't be routed to the second head currently.
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1497 The author of the kernel matroxfb driver - Petr Vandrovec - will maybe make
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1498 support for this, by displaying the first CRTC's output onto both of the
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1499 heads at once, as currently recommended for G400, see the section above.</P>
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1500
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1501 <P>The necessary kernel patch and the detailed howto is downloadable from
9842 bffe6ac086e6 url update, reported by Dan Eriksen nicolas parents: 9783 diff changeset	1502 <A HREF="http://www.bglug.ca/matrox_tvout/">http://www.bglug.ca/matrox_tvout/</A></P>
7377 2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1503
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1504
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1505 <H4><A NAME="tv-out_ati">2.3.1.5.3 ATI cards</A></H4>
2206 0e8e8fed492e ATI TVout stuff added (from Nick Kurshev) gabucino parents: 2131 diff changeset	1506
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	1507 <H4>PREAMBLE</H4>
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	1508
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	1509 <P>Currently ATI doesn't want to support any of its TV-out chips under Linux,
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1510 because of their licensed Macrovision technology.</P>
6583 4b7d097a9c69 big update gabucino parents: 6499 diff changeset	1511
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	1512 <H4>ATI CARDS TV-OUT STATUS ON LINUX</H4>
2206 0e8e8fed492e ATI TVout stuff added (from Nick Kurshev) gabucino parents: 2131 diff changeset	1513
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	1514 <UL>
8332 8368a516019e small updates, ATI TV-out, -vo directx:noaccel diego parents: 8260 diff changeset	1515 <LI><B>ATI Mach64</B>: Supported by
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1516 <A HREF="http://gatos.sf.net">gatos</A>.</LI>
8332 8368a516019e small updates, ATI TV-out, -vo directx:noaccel diego parents: 8260 diff changeset	1517 <LI><B>ASIC Radeon VIVO</B>: Supported by
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1518 <A HREF="http://gatos.sf.net">gatos</A>.</LI>
8332 8368a516019e small updates, ATI TV-out, -vo directx:noaccel diego parents: 8260 diff changeset	1519 <LI><B>Radeon</B> and <B>Rage128</B>: Supported by MPlayer!
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	1520 Check <a href="#vesa">VESA driver</a> and <A HREF="#vidix">VIDIX</A>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1521 sections.</LI>
8332 8368a516019e small updates, ATI TV-out, -vo directx:noaccel diego parents: 8260 diff changeset	1522 <LI><B>Rage Mobility P/M, Radeon, Rage 128, Mobility M3/M4</B>: Supported by
8368a516019e small updates, ATI TV-out, -vo directx:noaccel diego parents: 8260 diff changeset	1523 <A HREF="http://www.stud.uni-hamburg.de/users/lennart/projects/atitvout/">
8368a516019e small updates, ATI TV-out, -vo directx:noaccel diego parents: 8260 diff changeset	1524 atitvout</A>.
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	1525 </UL>
2206 0e8e8fed492e ATI TVout stuff added (from Nick Kurshev) gabucino parents: 2131 diff changeset	1526
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1527 <P>On other cards, just use the <a href="#vesa">VESA driver</a>, without
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1528 VIDIX. Powerful CPU is needed, though.</P>
2206 0e8e8fed492e ATI TVout stuff added (from Nick Kurshev) gabucino parents: 2131 diff changeset	1529
6583 4b7d097a9c69 big update gabucino parents: 6499 diff changeset	1530 <P>Only thing you need to do - <B>have TV connector plugged in before
4b7d097a9c69 big update gabucino parents: 6499 diff changeset	1531 booting your PC</B> since video BIOS initializes itself only once during
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1532 POST procedure.</P>
2206 0e8e8fed492e ATI TVout stuff added (from Nick Kurshev) gabucino parents: 2131 diff changeset	1533
2472 487f5bbb38ae link to tomi ollila's voodoo3 tvout text. if he has interest to integrate gabucino parents: 2471 diff changeset	1534
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1535 <H4><A NAME="tv-out_voodoo">2.3.1.5.4 Voodoo 3</A></H4>
2472 487f5bbb38ae link to tomi ollila's voodoo3 tvout text. if he has interest to integrate gabucino parents: 2471 diff changeset	1536
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1537 <P>Check <A HREF="http://www.iki.fi/too/tvout-voodoo3-3000-xfree">this URL</A>.</P>
2472 487f5bbb38ae link to tomi ollila's voodoo3 tvout text. if he has interest to integrate gabucino parents: 2471 diff changeset	1538
8260 352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1539
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1540 <H4><A NAME="tv-out_nvidia">2.3.1.5.5 nVidia</A></H4>
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1541
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1542 <P>First, you MUST download the closed-source drivers from
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1543 <A HREF="http://nvidia.com">http://nvidia.com</A>. I will not describe the
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1544 installation and configuration process because it does not cover the
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1545 scope of this documentation.</P>
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1546
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1547 <P>After XFree86, XVideo, and 3D acceleration is properly working,
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1548 edit your card's Device section in the <CODE>XF86Config</CODE> file,
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1549 according to the following example (adapt for your card/TV):</P>
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1550
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1551 <PRE>
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1552 Section "Device"
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1553 Identifier "GeForce"
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1554 VendorName "ASUS"
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1555 BoardName "nVidia GeForce2/MX 400"
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1556 Driver "nvidia"
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1557 #Option "NvAGP" "1"
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1558 Option "NoLogo"
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1559 Option "CursorShadow" "on"
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1560
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1561 Option "TwinView"
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1562 Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1563 Option "MetaModes" "1024x768,640x480"
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1564 Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT, TV"
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1565 Option "TVStandard" "PAL-B"
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1566 Option "TVOutFormat" "Composite"
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1567
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1568 EndSection
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352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1571 <P>Of course the important thing is the TwinView part.</P>
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