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annotate DOCS/Polish/video.html @ 5175:8354d89498d4
video codec selection redesigned and moved to libmpcodecs - now it's 'intelligent'
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1 <HTML> |
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2 <BODY BGCOLOR=white> |
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4 <FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> |
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6 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1>2.3.1. Video output devices</A></B></P> |
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8 <TABLE BORDER=0> |
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10 <TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>General:</B></P></TD><TR> |
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12 <TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, |
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13 sans-serif" size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.13>x11</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD><FONT |
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14 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>X11 with optional SHM |
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15 extension</TD><TR> |
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16 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" |
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17 size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.2>xv</A></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, |
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18 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>X11 using overlays with the Xvideo extension |
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19 (hardware YUV & scaling)</TD><TR> |
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20 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" |
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21 size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.10>gl</A></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, |
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22 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>OpenGL renderer, so far works only with: |
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23 <UL><LI>all cards with Utah-GLX |
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24 <LI>Matrox cards with X/DRI >=4.0.3 |
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25 <LI>Radeon with X/DRI CVS</UL></TD><TR> |
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27 size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.10>gl2</A></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, |
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28 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>OpenGL renderer, multiple textures version</TD><TR> |
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30 size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.3>dga</A></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, |
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31 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>X11 DGA extension</TD><TR> |
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32 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" |
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33 size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.6>fbdev</A></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, |
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34 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Output to general framebuffers</TD><TR> |
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35 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" |
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36 size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.5>svga</A></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, |
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37 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Output to SVGAlib</TD><TR> |
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38 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" |
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39 size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.4>sdl</A></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, |
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41 <CODE>1.1.7:</CODE> supports software scaling<BR> |
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42 <CODE>1.1.8:</CODE> supports Xvideo (hardware scaling/fullscreen)<BR> |
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43 <CODE>1.2.0:</CODE> supports AAlib (-vo aa is very recommended, see below!)</TD><TR> |
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44 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" |
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45 size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.14-TODO>ggi</A></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, |
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46 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>similar to SDL</TD><TR> |
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47 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" |
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48 size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.11>aa</A></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, |
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49 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>textmode rendering with AAlib</TD><TR> |
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50 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" |
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51 size=2><a href=#2.3.1.12>vesa</a></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, |
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53 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" |
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54 size=2>directfb</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, |
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55 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Direct Framebuffer Device</TD><TR> |
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57 <TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" |
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58 size=2>Card specific:</B></P></TD><TR> |
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60 <TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, |
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61 sans-serif" size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.7>mga</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD><FONT |
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62 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Matrox G200/G400 hardware |
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63 YUV overlay via the mga_vid device</TD><TR> |
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65 size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.7>xmga</A></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, |
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66 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Matrox G200/G400 overlay (mga_vid) in X11 |
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67 window<BR> |
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78 size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.9>tdfxfb</A></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, |
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79 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Voodoo3/Banshee hardware YUV support on tdfx |
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80 framebuffer (works!)</TD><TR> |
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83 size=2>Special:</B></P></TD><TR> |
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90 size=2>pgm</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" |
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93 size=2>md5</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" |
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94 size=2>MD5sum output (for MPEG conformance tests)</TD><TR> |
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96 size=2>null</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" |
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97 size=2>Null output (for speed tests/benchmarking)</TD><TR> |
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100 <P>NOTE: <I>check the following subsections for details and requirements!</I></P> |
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103 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.1>2.3.1.1. Setting up MTRR</A></B></P> |
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105 <P>It is VERY recommended to check if the MTRR registers are set up properly, |
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106 because they can give a big performance boost.</P> |
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108 <P>Do a '<CODE>cat /proc/mtrr</CODE>' :</P> |
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110 <P><CODE> |
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111 --($:~)-- cat /proc/mtrr<BR> |
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112 reg00: base=0xe4000000 (3648MB), size= 16MB: write-combining, count=9<BR> |
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113 reg01: base=0xd8000000 (3456MB), size= 128MB: write-combining, count=1<BR> |
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114 </CODE></P> |
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116 <P>It's right, shows my Matrox G400 with 16Mb memory. I did this from |
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117 XFree 4.x.x , which sets up MTRR registers automatically.</P> |
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119 <P>If nothing worked, you have to do it manually. First, you have to find the base |
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120 address. |
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121 You have 3 ways to find it:</P> |
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123 <P><UL> |
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124 <LI>from X11 startup messages, for example: |
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125 <P><CODE>(--) SVGA: PCI: Matrox MGA G400 AGP rev 4, Memory @ 0xd8000000, 0xd4000000<BR> |
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126 (--) SVGA: Linear framebuffer at 0xD8000000</CODE></P></LI> |
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127 <LI>from /proc/pci (use lspci -v command): |
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128 <P> |
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129 <CODE>01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc.: Unknown device 0525</CODE> |
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130 <CODE>Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)</CODE> |
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131 </P> |
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132 <LI>from mga_vid kernel driver messages (use dmesg): |
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133 <P><CODE>mga_mem_base = d8000000</CODE></P> |
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134 </UL></P> |
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136 <P>Then let's find the memory size. This is very easy, just convert video ram |
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137 size to hexadecimal, or use this table:</P> |
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139 <TABLE BORDER=0> |
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140 <TD> </TD><TD>1 MB</TD><TD WIDTH=10%></TD><TD>0x100000</TD><TR> |
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141 <TD></TD><TD>2 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x200000</TD><TR> |
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142 <TD></TD><TD>4 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x400000</TD><TR> |
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143 <TD></TD><TD>8 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x800000</TD><TR> |
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144 <TD></TD><TD>16 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x1000000</TD><TR> |
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145 <TD></TD><TD>32 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x2000000</TD><TR> |
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149 <P>You know base address and memory size, let's setup mtrr registers! |
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150 For example, for the Matrox card above (base=0xd8000000) with 32MB |
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151 ram (size=0x2000000) just execute:</P> |
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154 <P><CODE> echo "base=0xd8000000 size=0x2000000 type=write-combining" >| /proc/mtrr</CODE></P> |
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157 <P>Not all CPUs support MTRRs. For example older K6-2's [around 266Mhz, |
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158 stepping 0] doesn't support MTRR, but stepping 12's do ('<CODE>cat /proc/cpuinfo</CODE>' |
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159 to check it').</P> |
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161 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2>2.3.1.2. Xv</A></B></P> |
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163 <P>Under XFree86 4.0.2 or newer, you can use your card's hardware YUV routines |
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164 using the XVideo extension. This is what the option '-vo xv' uses. |
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165 In order to make this work, be sure to check the following:</P> |
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166 <P><UL> |
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167 <LI>You have to use XFree86 4.0.2 or newer (former versions don't have XVideo) |
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168 <LI>Your card actually supports hardware acceleration (modern cards do) |
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169 <LI>X loads the XVideo extension, it's something like this: |
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171 <P><CODE> (II) Loading extension XVideo</CODE></P> |
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172 <P>in /var/log/XFree86.0.log</P> |
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174 <P>NOTE: this loads only the XFree86's extension. In a good install, this is |
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175 always loaded, and doesn't mean that the _card's_ XVideo support is loaded!</P> |
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177 <LI>Your card has Xv support under Linux. To check, try 'xvinfo', it is the |
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178 part of the XFree86 distribution. It should display a long text, similar |
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180 <PRE> |
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181 X-Video Extension version 2.2 |
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182 screen #0 |
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183 Adaptor #0: "Savage Streams Engine" |
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184 number of ports: 1 |
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185 port base: 43 |
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186 operations supported: PutImage |
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187 supported visuals: |
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188 depth 16, visualID 0x22 |
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189 depth 16, visualID 0x23 |
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190 number of attributes: 5 |
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191 (...) |
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192 Number of image formats: 7 |
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193 id: 0x32595559 (YUY2) |
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195 bits per pixel: 16 |
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202 type: YUV (planar) |
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214 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.1>2.3.1.2.1. 3dfx cards</A></B></P> |
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217 it didn't support either YUY2 or YV12, and so. Verify that you have |
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220 If you experience strange effects using -vo xv, try SDL (it has XVideo too) |
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221 and see if it helps. Check the <A HREF="#2.3.1.4">SDL section</A> for details.</P> |
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223 <P><B>OR</B>, try the NEW -vo tdfxfb driver! See the <A HREF=#2.3.1.9>2.3.1.9</A> |
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224 section!</P> |
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227 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.2>2.3.1.2.2. S3 cards</A></B></P> |
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229 <P>S3 Savage3D's should work fine, but for Savage4, use XFree86 version 4.0.3 |
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230 or greater (in case of image problems, try 16bpp). As for S3 Virge.. sell it.</P> |
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232 <P><B>NOTE</B>: Savage cards have a slow YV12 image displaying capability (it needs |
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233 to do YV12->YUY2 conversion, because the Savage hardware can't display YV12). |
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234 So when this documentation says at some point "this has YV12 output use this, |
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235 it's faster", it's not sure. Try.</P> |
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238 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.3>2.3.1.2.3. nVidia cards</A></B></P> |
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240 <P>nVidia isn't a very good choice under Linux.. You'll have to use the |
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241 binary closed-source nVidia driver, available at nVidia's website. The standard XFree86 |
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242 driver doesn't support XVideo for these cards, due to nVidia's closed |
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243 sources/specifications.</P> |
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245 <P>As far as I know the latest XFree86 driver contains XVideo support for |
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246 Geforce 2 and 3.</P> |
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248 <P><UL><LI>Riva128 cards don't have XVideo support even with the nvidia driver :( |
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249 Complain to NVidia.</UL></P> |
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252 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.4>2.3.1.2.4. ATI cards</A></B></P> |
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254 <P> |
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255 <LI>The GATOS driver (which you should use) has VSYNC enabled by default. It means that decoding speed |
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256 (!) is synced to the monitor's refresh rate. If playing seems to be slow, try |
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257 disabling VSYNC somehow, or set refresh rate to n*(fps of the movie) Hz.</LI> |
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259 <LI>Radeon VE - currently only XFree86 CVS has driver for this card, version |
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260 4.1.0 doesn't. And no TV out support. Of course with <B>MPlayer</B> you can |
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261 happily get <B>accelerated</B> display, with or without <B>TV output</B>, and |
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262 no libraries or X are needed. Read <a href=#2.3.1.12>VESA driver</a> and <A |
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263 HREF=#2.3.1.14>Radeon video overlay</A> sections).</LI> </P> |
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266 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.5>2.3.1.2.5. NeoMagic cards</A></B></P> |
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268 <P> |
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269 These cards can be found in many laptops. Under Linux, their peak is only DGA. |
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270 Unfortunately, the DGA driver in X 4.1.0 doesn't work, you'll have to wait for |
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271 4.2.0, or download a modified driver for 4.0.3 or 4.1.0 from here : |
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272 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/contrib/NeoMagic-driver">http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/contrib/NeoMagic-driver</A> |
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273 (there is also the patch to the driver's source).<BR> |
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274 Drivers provided by <A HREF="mailto:tomee@cpi.pl">Tomek Jarzynka</A>. |
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277 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.6>2.3.1.2.6. Trident cards</A></B></P> |
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279 <P>If you want to use xv with a trident card, provided that it doesn't |
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280 work with 4.1.0, try the latest cvs of Xfree or wait for Xfree 4.2.0. |
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282 Cyberblade XP card.</P> |
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284 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3>2.3.1.3. DGA</A></B></P> |
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286 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.1>2.3.1.3.1. Summary</A></B></P> |
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288 <P>This document tries to explain in some words what DGA is in general and |
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289 what the DGA video output driver for mplayer can do (and what it can't).</P> |
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292 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.2>2.3.1.3.2. What is DGA</A></B></P> |
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294 <P>DGA is short for Direct Graphics Access and is a means for a program to |
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295 bypass the X-Server and directly modifying the framebuffer memory. |
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296 Technically spoken this happens by mapping the framebuffer memory into |
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297 the memory range of your process. This is allowed by the kernel only |
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298 if you have superuser privileges. You can get these either by logging in |
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299 as root or by setting the suid bit on the mplayer excecutable (NOT |
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300 recommended!).</P> |
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302 <P>There are two versions of DGA: DGA1 is used by XFree 3.x.x and DGA2 was |
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303 introduced with XFree 4.0.1.</P> |
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305 <P>DGA1 provides only direct framebuffer access as described above. For |
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306 switching the resolution of the video signal you have to rely on the |
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311 running a 32 bit depth XServer, switch to a depth of 15 bits and vice |
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314 <P>However DGA has some drawbacks. It seems it is somewhat dependent on the |
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316 driver that controls this chip. So it does not work on every system ...</P> |
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319 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.3>2.3.1.3.3. Installing DGA support for MPlayer</A></B></P> |
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321 <P>First make sure X loads the DGA extension, see in /var/log/XFree86.0.log:</P> |
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323 <P> <CODE>(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA</CODE></P> |
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325 <P>See, XFree86 4.0.x or greater is VERY RECOMMENDED! |
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326 <B>MPlayer</B>'s DGA driver is autodetected on ./configure, or you can force it |
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327 with --enable-dga.</P> |
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329 <P>If the driver couldn't switch to a smaller resolution, experiment with |
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330 switches -vm (only with X 3.3.x), -fs, -bpp, -zoom to find a video mode that |
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331 the movie fits in. There is no converter right now.. :(</P> |
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333 <P>Become ROOT. DGA needs root access to be able to write directly video memory. |
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334 If you want to run it as user, then install <B>MPlayer</B> SUID root:</P> |
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336 <P><CODE> |
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337 chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer<BR> |
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338 chmod 750 /usr/local/bin/mplayer<BR> |
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339 chmod +s /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE></P> |
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342 <P>Now it works as a simple user, too.</P> |
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344 |
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345 <P><B>!!!! BUT STAY TUNED !!!!</B><BR> |
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346 This is a <B>BIG</B> security risk! Never do this on a server or on a computer |
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347 can be accessed by more people than only you because they can gain root |
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348 privilegies through suid root mplayer.<BR> |
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349 <B>!!!! SO YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ... !!!!</B></P> |
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350 |
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351 <P>Now use '-vo dga' option, and there you go! (hope so:) |
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352 You should also try if the '-vo sdl:dga' option works for you! It's much |
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353 faster!!!</P> |
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354 |
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355 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.4>2.3.1.3.4. Resolution switching</A></B></P> |
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357 <P>The DGA driver allows for switching the resolution of the output signal. |
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358 This avoids the need for doing (slow) software scaling and at the same |
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359 time provides a fullscreen image. Ideally it would switch to the exact |
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360 resolution (except for honouring aspect ratio) of the video data, but the |
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361 XServer only allows switching to resolutions predefined in |
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362 <CODE>/etc/X11/XF86Config</CODE> (<CODE>/etc/X11/XF86Config-4</CODE> for XFree 4.0.X respectively). |
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363 Those are defined by so-called modelines and depend on the capabilites |
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364 of your video hardware. The XServer scans this config file on startup and |
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365 disables the modelines not suitable for your hardware. You can find |
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366 out which modes survive with the X11 log file. It can be found at: |
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367 <CODE>/var/log/XFree86.0.log</CODE>.</P> |
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368 <P>See appendix A for some sample modeline definitions.</P> |
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370 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.5>2.3.1.3.5. DGA & MPlayer</A></B></P> |
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372 <P>DGA is used in two places with <B>MPlayer</B>: The SDL driver can be made to make |
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373 use of it (-vo sdl:dga) and within the DGA driver (-vo dga). |
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374 The above said is true for both; in the following sections I'll explain |
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375 how the DGA driver for <B>MPlayer</B> works.</P> |
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377 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.6>2.3.1.3.6. Features of the DGA driver</A></B></P> |
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379 <P>The DGA driver is invoked by specifying -vo dga at the command line. |
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380 The default behaviour is to switch to a resolution matching the original |
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381 resolution of the video as close as possible. It deliberately ignores the |
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382 -vm and -fs switches (enabling of video mode switching and fullscreen) - |
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383 it always tries to cover as much area of your screen as possible by switching |
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384 the video mode, thus refraining to use a single additional cycle of your CPU |
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385 to scale the image. |
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386 If you don't like the mode it chooses you may force it to choose the mode |
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387 matching closest the resolution you specify by -x and -y. |
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388 By providing the -v option, the DGA driver will print, among a lot of other |
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389 things, a list of all resolutions supported by your current XF86-Config |
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390 file. |
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391 Having DGA2 you may also force it to use a certain depth by using the -bpp |
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392 option. Valid depths are 15, 16, 24 and 32. It depends on your hardware |
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393 whether these depths are natively supported or if a (possibly slow) |
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394 conversion has to be done.</P> |
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396 <P>If you should be lucky enough to have enough offscreen memory left to |
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397 put a whole image there, the DGA driver will use doublebuffering, which |
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398 results in much smoother movie replaying. It will tell you whether double- |
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399 buffering is enabled or not.</P> |
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401 <P>Doublebuffering means that the next frame of your video is being drawn in |
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402 some offscreen memory while the current frame is being displayed. When the |
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403 next frame is ready, the graphics chip is just told the location in memory |
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404 of the new frame and simply fetches the data to be displayed from there. |
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405 In the meantime the other buffer in memory will be filled again with new |
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406 video data.</P> |
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408 Doublebuffering may be switched on by using the option -double and may be |
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409 disabled with -nodouble. Current default option is to disable |
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410 doublebuffering. When using the DGA driver, onscreen display (OSD) only |
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411 works with doublebuffering enabled. However, enabling doublebuffering may |
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412 result in a big speed penalty (on my K6-II+ 525 it used an additional 20% of |
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413 CPU time!) depending on the implementation of DGA for your hardware.</P> |
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416 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.7>2.3.1.3.7. Speed issues</A></B></P> |
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418 <P>Generally spoken, DGA framebuffer access should be at least as fast as using |
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419 the X11 driver with the additional benefit of getting a fullscreen image. |
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420 The percentage speed values printed by mplayer have to be interpreted with |
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421 some care, as for example, with the X11 driver they do not include the time |
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422 used by the X-Server needed for the actual drawing. Hook a terminal to a |
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423 serial line of your box and start top to see what is really going on in your |
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424 box ...</P> |
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426 <P>Generally spoken, the speedup done by using DGA against 'normal' use of X11 |
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427 highly depends on your graphics card and how well the X-Server module for it |
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428 is optimized.</P> |
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430 <P>If you have a slow system, better use 15 or 16bit depth since they require |
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431 only half the memory bandwidth of a 32 bit display.</P> |
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433 <P>Using a depth of 24bit is even a good idea if your card natively just supports |
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434 32 bit depth since it transfers 25% less data compared to the 32/32 mode.</P> |
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436 <P>I've seen some avi files already be replayed on a Pentium MMX 266. AMD K6-2 |
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437 CPUs might work at 400 MHZ and above.</P> |
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439 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.8>2.3.1.3.8. Known bugs</A></B></P> |
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441 <P>Well, according to some developpers of XFree, DGA is quite a beast. They |
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442 tell you better not to use it. Its implementation is not always flawless |
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443 with every chipset driver for XFree out there.</P> |
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445 <P><UL> |
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446 <LI>with XFree 4.0.3 and nv.o there is a bug resulting in strange colors |
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447 <LI>ATI driver requires to switch mode back more than once after finishing |
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448 using of DGA |
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449 <LI>some drivers simply fail to switch back to normal resolution (use |
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450 Ctrl-Alt-Keypad +, - to switch back manually) |
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451 <LI>some drivers simply display strange colors |
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452 <LI>some drivers lie about the amount of memory they map into the process's |
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453 address space, thus vo_dga won't use doublebuffering (SIS?) |
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454 <LI>some drivers seem to fail to report even a single valid mode. In this |
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455 case the DGA driver will crash telling you about a nonsense mode of |
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456 100000x100000 or the like ... |
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457 <LI>OSD only works with doublebuffering enabled |
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458 </UL></P> |
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460 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.9>2.3.1.3.9. Future work</A></B></P> |
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462 <P><UL><LI>use of the new X11 render interface for OSD |
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463 <LI>where is my TODO list ???? :-(((</UL></P> |
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466 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.A>2.3.1.3.A. Some modelines</A></B></P> |
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468 <PRE> |
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469 Section "Modes" |
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470 Identifier "Modes[0]" |
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471 Modeline "800x600" 40 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 |
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472 Modeline "712x600" 35.0 712 740 850 900 400 410 412 425 |
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473 Modeline "640x480" 25.175 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525 |
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474 Modeline "400x300" 20 400 416 480 528 300 301 303 314 Doublescan |
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475 Modeline "352x288" 25.10 352 368 416 432 288 296 290 310 |
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476 Modeline "352x240" 15.750 352 368 416 432 240 244 246 262 Doublescan |
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477 Modeline "320x240" 12.588 320 336 384 400 240 245 246 262 Doublescan |
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478 EndSection |
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479 </PRE> |
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481 <P>These entries work fine with my Riva128 chip, using nv.o XServer driver |
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482 module.</P> |
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485 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.B>2.3.1.3.B. Bug Reports</A></B></P> |
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487 <P>If you experience troubles with the DGA driver please feel free to file |
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488 a bug report to me (e-mail address below). Please start mplayer with the |
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489 -v option and include all lines in the bug report that start with vo_dga:</P> |
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491 <P>Please do also include the version of X11 you are using, the graphics card |
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492 and your CPU type. The X11 driver module (defined in XF86-Config) might |
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493 also help. Thanks!</P> |
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496 <P><I>Acki (acki@acki-netz.de, www.acki-netz.de)</I></P> |
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499 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.4>2.3.1.4. SDL</A></B></P> |
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501 <P>Here are some notes about SDL out in <B>MPlayer</B>.</P> |
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505 <P><TABLE BORDER=0> |
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506 <TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>There are several commandline switches for SDL:</B></P></TD><TR> |
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507 <TD> </TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-vo sdl:name</TD><TD> </TD><TD> |
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508 <FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>specifies sdl video driver to use (ie. aalib, dga, x11)</TD><TR> |
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509 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-ao sdl:name</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>specifies sdl audio driver to use (ie. dsp, |
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510 esd, arts)</TD><TR> |
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511 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-noxv</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>disables Xvideo hardware acceleration</TD><TR> |
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512 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-forcexv</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>tries to force Xvideo acceleration</TD><TR> |
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514 <TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>SDL Keys:</B></P></TD><TR> |
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516 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>F</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>toggles fullscreen/windowed mode</TD><TR> |
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517 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>C</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>cycles available fullscreen modes</TD><TR> |
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518 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>W/S</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>mappings for * and / (mixer control)</TD><TR> |
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520 </TABLE></P> |
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522 <P><B>KNOWN BUGS:</B></P> |
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523 <P><UL><LI>Keys pressed under sdl:aalib console driver repeat forever. (use -vo aa !) |
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524 It's bug in SDL, I can't change it (tested with SDL 1.2.1). |
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525 </UL></P> |
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527 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.5>2.3.1.5. SVGAlib</A></B></P> |
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529 <P>If you don't have X, you can use the SVGAlib target! Be sure not to use the |
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530 -fs switch, since it toggles the usage of the software scaler, and it's |
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531 SLOOOW now, unless you have a real fast CPU (and/or MTRR?). :(</P> |
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533 <P>Of course you'll have to install svgalib and its development package in |
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534 order for <B>MPlayer</B> build its SVGAlib driver (autodetected, but can be |
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535 forced), and don't forget to edit /etc/vga/libvga.config to suit your |
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538 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.6>2.3.1.6. Framebuffer output (FBdev)</A></B></P> |
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540 <P>Whether to build the FBdev target is autodetected during ./configure . |
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542 (Documentation/fb/*) for info on how to enable it, etc.. !</P> |
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544 <P>If your card doesn't support VBE 2.0 standard (older ISA/PCI |
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546 Well, VESAfb is still available, but you'll have to load SciTech Display |
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547 Doctor (formerly UniVBE) before booting Linux. Use a DOS boot disk or |
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548 whatever. And don't forget to register your UniVBE ;))</P> |
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550 <P>The FBdev output takes some additional parameters above the others:</P> |
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552 <P><TABLE BORDER=0> |
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553 <TD> </TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-fb</TD><TD> </TD><TD> |
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555 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-fbmode</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>mode name to use (according to /etc/fb.modes)</TD><TR> |
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556 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-fbmodeconfig</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> config file of modes (default /etc/fb.modes)</TD><TR> |
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557 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-monitor_hfreq</TD><TD></TD><TD ROWSPAN=3><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>IMPORTANT values, see example.conf</TD><TR> |
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558 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-monitor_vfreq</TD><TD></TD><TR> |
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559 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-monitor_dotclock</TD><TD></TD><TR> |
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560 </TABLE></P> |
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562 <P>If you want to change to a specific mode, then use</P> |
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564 <P><CODE> mplayer -vm -fbmode (NameOfMode) filename</CODE></P> |
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566 <P><UL><LI><B>-vm</B> alone will choose the most suitable mode from /etc/fb.modes . Can be |
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567 used together with -x and -y options too. The -flip option is supported only |
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568 if the movie's pixel format matches the video mode's pixel format. |
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569 Pay attention to the bpp value, fbdev driver tries to use the current, |
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570 or if you specify the -bpp option, then that.</LI> |
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571 <LI><B>-zoom</B> option isn't supported (software scaling is slow). -fs option |
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572 isn't supported. You can't use 8bpp (or less) modes.</LI> |
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573 <LI>you possibly want to turn the cursor off : <CODE>echo -e '\033[?25l'</CODE><BR> |
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574 and the screen saver: <CODE>setterm -blank 0</CODE><BR> |
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575 To turn the cursor back on : <CODE>echo -e '\033[?25h'</CODE> |
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576 </UL></P> |
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578 <P>NOTE: FBdev video mode changing _does not work_ with the VESA framebuffer, |
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579 and don't ask for it, since it's not an <B>MPlayer</B> limitation.</P> |
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581 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.7>2.3.1.7. Matrox framebuffer (mga_vid)</A></B></P> |
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583 <P>This section is about the Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550 BES (Back-End Scaler) |
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584 support, the mga_vid kernel driver. It's active developed by me (A'rpi), and |
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585 it has hardware VSYNC support with triple buffering. It works on both |
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586 framebuffer console and under X.</P> |
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588 <P>To use it, you first have to compile mga_vid.o:</P> |
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590 <P><CODE> cd drivers<BR> |
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591 make</CODE></P> |
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593 <P>Then create /dev/mga_vid device:</P> |
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595 <P><CODE> mknod /dev/mga_vid c 178 0</CODE></P> |
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597 <P>and load the driver with</P> |
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599 <P><CODE> insmod mga_vid.o</CODE></P> |
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601 <P>You should verify the memory size detection using the 'dmesg' command. If |
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602 it's bad, use the mga_ram_size option (rmmod mga_vid first), specify card's |
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603 memory size in MB:</P> |
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605 <P><CODE> insmod mga_vid.o mga_ram_size=16</CODE></P> |
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607 <P>To make it load/unload automatically when needed, first insert the following line |
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608 at the end of /etc/modules.conf:</P> |
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610 <P><CODE> alias char-major-178 mga_vid</CODE></P> |
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612 <P>Then copy the <CODE>mga_vid.o</CODE> module to the appropriate place under |
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613 <CODE>/lib/modules/<kernel version>/somewhere</CODE>.</P> |
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615 <P>Then run</P> |
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617 <P><CODE> depmod -a</CODE></P> |
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619 <P>Now you have to (re)compile <B>MPlayer</B>, ./configure will detect /dev/mga_vid |
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620 and build the 'mga' driver. Using it from <B>MPlayer</B> goes by '-vo mga' if |
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621 you have matroxfb console, or '-vo xmga' under XFree86 3.x.x or 4.x.x.</P> |
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623 <P>The mga_vid driver cooperates with Xv.</P> |
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626 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.8>2.3.1.8. SiS 6326 framebuffer (sis_vid)</A></B></P> |
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628 <P>SiS 6326 YUV Framebuffer driver -> sis_vid kernel driver</P> |
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630 <P>Its interface should be compatible with the mga_vid, but the driver was not |
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632 needed to test it and bring the code up-to-date.</P> |
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634 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.9>2.3.1.9. 3dfx YUV support (tdfxfb)</A></B></P> |
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636 <P>This driver uses the kernel's tdfx framebuffer driver to play movies with |
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637 YUV acceleration. You'll need a kernel with tdfxfb support, and recompile with |
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638 <CODE>./configure --enable-tdfxfb</CODE></P> |
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640 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.10>2.3.1.10. OpenGL output</A></B></P> |
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642 <P><B>MPlayer</B> support displaying movies using OpenGL. Unfortunately, not all |
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643 drivers support this ability. For example the Utah-GLX drivers |
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644 (for XFree86 3.3.6) have it, with all cards. |
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645 See <A HREF="http://utah-glx.sourceforge.net">http://utah-glx.sourceforge.net</A> |
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646 for details about how to install it.</P> |
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648 <P>XFree86(DRI) >= 4.0.3 supports it only with Matrox, and Radeon cards. |
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649 See <A HREF="http://dri.sourceforge.net">http://dri.sourceforge.net</A> for download, |
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650 and installation instructions.</P> |
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652 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.11>2.3.1.11. AAlib - text mode displaying</B></P> |
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654 <P><B>AAlib</B> is a library for displaying graphics in text mode, using powerful |
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655 ASCII renderer. There are LOTS of programs already supporting it, like Doom, |
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657 If ./configure detects aalib installed, the aalib libvo driver will be built.</P> |
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659 <P><TABLE BORDER=0> |
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660 <TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>You can use some keys in the AA Window to change rendering options:</B></P></TD><TR> |
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661 <TD> </TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>1</TD><TD> </TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>decrease contrast</TD><TR> |
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663 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>3</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>decrease brightness</TD><TR> |
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664 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>4</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>increase brightness</TD><TR> |
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665 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>5</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>switch fast rendering on/off</TD><TR> |
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667 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>7</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>invert image</TD><TR> |
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668 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>a</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>toggles between aa and mplayer control)</TD><TR> |
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670 <TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>The following command line options can be used:</B></P></TD><TR> |
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672 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-aaosdcolor=V</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>change osd color</TD><TR> |
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673 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-aasubcolor=V</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>change subtitle color</TD><TR> |
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674 <TD COLSPAN=3></TD><TD><P><I><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>where V can be: (0/normal, 1/dark, 2/bold, 3/boldfont, 4/reverse, 5/special)</P></TD><TR> |
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676 <TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>AAlib itselves provides a large sum of options. |
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677 Here are some important:</P></B></TD><TR> |
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679 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-aadriver</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>set recommended aa driver (X11, curses, linux)</TD><TR> |
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680 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-aaextended</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>use all 256 characters</TD><TR> |
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681 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-aaeight</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>use eight bit ascii</TD><TR> |
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682 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-aahelp</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>prints out all aalib options</TD><TR> |
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683 </TABLE></P> |
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685 <P>NOTE: the rendering is very CPU intensive, especially when using AA-on-X |
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686 (using aalib on X), and it's least CPU intensive on standard, |
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687 non-framebuffer console. Use SVGATextMode to set up a big textmode, |
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688 then enjoy! (secondary head Hercules cards rock :)) (anyone can enhance |
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689 bdev to do conversion/dithering to hgafb? Would be neat :)</P> |
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691 <P>Use the -framedrop option if your comp isn't fast enough to render all frames!</P> |
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693 <P>Playing on terminal you'll get better speed and quality using the linux driver, not |
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694 curses (-aadriver linux). But therefore you need write access on /dev/vcsa<terminal>! |
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695 That isn't autodetected by aalib, bu vo_aa tries to find the best mode. |
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696 See <A HREF="http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/tune/">http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/tune/</A> for further tuning issues.</P> |
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699 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.12>2.3.1.12. VESA - output to VESA BIOS</B></P> |
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700 <P> |
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701 This driver was designed and introduced as <b>generic driver</b> for any video |
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702 card which has VESA VBE 2.0 compatible BIOS. But exists still one reason of |
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703 developing of this driver - it's multiple troubles with displaying movie on TV.<BR> |
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704 <b>VESA BIOS EXTENSION (VBE) Version 3.0 Date: September 16, 1998</b> (Page 70) |
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705 says: |
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706 </P> |
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708 <P> |
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709 <code><i> |
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710 <b>Dual-Controller Designs</b><br> |
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711 VBE 3.0 supports the dual-controller design by assuming that since both |
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712 controllers are typically provided by the same OEM, under control of a |
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713 single BIOS ROM on the same graphics card, it is possible to hide the fact |
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714 that two controllers are indeed present from the application. This has the |
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715 limitation of preventing simultaneous use of the independent controllers, |
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716 but allows applications released before VBE 3.0 to operate normally. The |
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717 VBE Function 00h (Return Controller Information) returns the combined |
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718 information of both controllers, including the combined list of available modes. |
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719 When the application selects a mode, the appropriate controller is activated. |
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720 Each of the remaining VBE functions then operates on the active controller. |
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721 </i></code> |
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722 </P> |
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724 <P> |
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725 So you have chances to get working TV-out by using this driver.<br> |
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726 (I guess that TV-out frequently is standalone head or standalone output |
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727 at least.) |
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728 </P> |
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731 <b>What are pluses:</b><BR> |
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732 - You have chances to watch movies <b>if Linux even doesn't know</b> your video hardware.<BR> |
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733 - You don't need to have installed any graphics' related things on your Linux |
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735 <b>text-mode</b>.<BR> |
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736 - You have chances to get <b>working TV-out</b>. (It's known at least for ATI's cards).<BR> |
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737 - This driver calls <b>int 10h</b> handler thus it's not an emulator - it |
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738 calls <b>real</b> things of <b>real</b> BIOS in <b>real</b>-mode. (Finely - |
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739 in vm86 mode).<BR> |
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740 - Most important :) You can watch <b>DVD at 320x200</b> if you don't have a powerful CPU.<BR> |
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741 </P> |
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744 <b>What are minuses:</b><BR> |
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745 - It works only on <b>x86 systems</b>.<BR> |
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746 - <b>It's the slowest driver</b> from all the available ones for MPlayer.<BR> |
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747 (But only if your card doesn't support <b>DGA mode</b> - otherwise this |
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748 driver is comparable by speed with <b>-vo dga</b> and <b>-vo fbdev</b> ones.<BR> |
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750 - It can be used only by <b>ROOT</b>.<BR> |
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751 - Currently it's available only for <b>Linux</b>.<BR> |
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752 - It <b>doesn't use</b> any <b>hardware accelerations</b> (like YUV overlay or hw scaling).<BR> |
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753 </P> |
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755 <P>Don't use this driver with <B>GCC 2.96</B> ! It won't work !</P> |
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758 <TABLE BORDER=0> |
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759 <TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>These switches of command line currently are available for VESA:</B></P></TD><TR> |
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760 <TD> </TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-vo vesa:opts</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>currently recognized: <b>dga</b> to force dga mode and <b>nodga</b> to disable dga mode. Note: you may omit these parameters to enable <b>autodetect</b> of dga mode. (In the future also will specify mode parameters such as refresh rate, interlacing, doublescan and so on. Samples: i43, 85, d100)</TD><TR> |
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761 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-screenw, -screenh, -bpp</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>force userdefined mode</TD><TR> |
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762 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-x, -y</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>set userdefined prescaling</TD><TR> |
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763 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-zoom</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>enables userdefined prescaling</TD><TR> |
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764 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-fs</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>scales image to fullscreen</TD><TR> |
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765 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-fs -zoom</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>scales userdefined prescaling to fullscreen</TD><TR> |
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767 </TABLE> |
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768 </P> |
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770 <P> |
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771 <b>Known problems and workaround:</b><br> |
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772 - If you have installed <b>NLS</b> font on your Linux box and run VESA driver |
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773 from text-mode then after terminating mplayer you will have <b>ROM font</b> loaded instead |
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774 of national. You can load national font again by using <b><i>setsysfont</i></b> utility |
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775 from for example Mandrake distribution.<br> |
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776 (<b>Hint</b>: The same utility is used for localizating fbdev).<br> |
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777 - Some <b>Linux graphics drivers</b> don't update active <b>BIOS mode</b> in DOS memory. So if you have such |
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778 problem - always use VESA driver only from <b>text-mode</b>. Otherwise text-mode (#03) will be |
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779 activated anyway and you will need restart your computer.<br> |
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780 - Often after terminating VESA driver you get <b>black screen</b>. To return your screen |
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781 to original state - simply switch to other console (by pressing <b>Alt-Fx</b>) then switch |
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782 to your previous console by the same way.<br> |
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783 - To get <b>working TV-out</b> you need have plugged tv-connector in before booting |
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784 your PC since video BIOS initializes itself only once during POST procedure. |
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785 </P> |
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788 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.13>2.3.1.13. X11</B></P> |
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790 <P>Avoid if possible. Outputs to X11 (uses shared memory extension), with no |
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791 hardware acceleration at all. Supports (MMX/3DNow/SSE accelerated, but still |
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792 slow) software scaling, use the options <CODE>-fs -zoom</CODE>. Most cards have |
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793 hardware scaling support, use the <CODE>-vo xv</CODE> output for them, or |
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794 <CODE>-vo xmga</CODE> for Matroxes.</P> |
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796 <P>The problem is that most cards' driver doesn't support |
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797 hardware acceleration on the second head/TV. In those cases, you see green/blue |
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798 coloured window instead of the movie. This is where this driver comes in |
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799 handy, but you need powerful CPU to use software scaling. Don't use the |
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800 SDL driver's software output+scaler, it has worse image quality !</P> |
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802 <P>Software scaling is very slow, you better try changing video modes instead. |
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803 It's very simple. See the <A HREF=#2.3.1.3.A>DGA section's modelines</A>, and |
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804 insert them into your XF86Config. |
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805 <UL> |
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806 <LI>If you have XFree86 4.x.x - use the <CODE>-vm</CODE> option. It will |
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807 change to a resolution your movie fits in. If it doesn't :</LI> |
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808 <LI>With XFree86 3.x.x - you have to cycle through available resolutions |
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809 with the <B>CTRL-ALT-plus</B> and <B>minus</B> keys.</LI> |
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810 </UL> |
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812 If you can't find the modes you inserted, browse XFree86's output. Some |
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813 drivers can't use low pixelclocks that are needed for low resolution |
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814 video modes.</P> |
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817 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.14>2.3.1.14. Rage128 (Pro) / Radeon video overlay (radeon_vid)</A></B></P> |
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818 <P> |
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819 <b>radeon_vid</b> and <B>rage128_vid</B> provides support for the <b>BackEnd Scaler</b> on ATI <b>Radeon</b> and Rage128 (Pro) chipsets. |
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820 It was designed and introduced as analog of <a href="video.html#2.3.1.7">mga_vid</a> driver, so you can use it in the same way!<br> |
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821 But main goal of this driver usage is <a href="video.html#2.3.1.12">VESA</a> driver.<br> |
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822 Simply because VESA enables TV-out on ATI's card but Backend scaler is used after |
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823 mode switching. This implementation outputs video stream on both: <b>TV-screen</b> and <b>CRTC</b> |
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824 display simultaneously. (It slightly degrades quality of video output but it's |
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825 much better than nothing). |
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826 Sorry! I couldn't find out any video overlay's related information |
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827 on ATI pages. (I planned to implement it through <b>int 10h</b> calls). But it was |
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828 very easy to implement this stuff through reading/writing Radeon ports. |
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829 <br><b>NOTE</b>: XXX_VID technology is perfectly undocumented and maybe in the |
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830 future this stuff will be fully rewritten. This is the first public release of |
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831 driver.</P> |
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833 <P><B>Installation</B></P> |
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835 <P> |
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836 <UL> |
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837 <LI> |
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838 <CODE>cd drivers/radeon<BR> |
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839 make<BR> |
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840 make install<BR> |
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841 make nodes</CODE></LI> |
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842 <LI>add one of the following at the end of the <CODE>/etc/modules.conf</CODE> file :<BR> |
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843 <CODE> alias char-major-178 radeon_vid</CODE><BR> |
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844 <CODE> alias char-major-178 rage128_vid</CODE></LI> |
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845 <LI>run <CODE>depmod -a</CODE></LI> |
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846 </UL> |
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847 </P> |
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849 <P> |
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850 <br><b>Usage:</b><BR> |
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851 <CODE>mplayer -vo vesa:lvo:/dev/radeon_vid <your options> filename</CODE> |
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852 </P> |
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854 <P>More examples (for hardware deinterlacing, etc) can be found |
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855 <A HREF="../drivers/radeon/README">here</A>.</P> |
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857 <P><B>NOTE</B>: don't use any framebuffers when you plan to use this driver ! Use |
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858 it only from textmode console.</P> |
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860 <P> |
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861 <b>Conclusion:</b> I know there are lot of lacks and bugs. So if you are able |
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862 to improve something then simply send me your patches. |
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863 </P> |
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866 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.A>2.3.1.A. TV-out support</A></B></P> |
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868 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.A.1>2.3.1.A.1. Matrox cards</A></B></P> |
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870 <P>Under Linux you have 2 methods to get TV out working :</P> |
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872 <P> |
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873 <UL> |
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874 <LI><B>XFree86</B>: using the driver and the HAL module, available from |
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875 <A HREF="http://www.matrox.com">Matrox's site</A>. This will give you X on |
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876 the TV.<BR> <B>This method doesn't give you accelerated playback</B> as |
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877 under Windoze! The second head has only YUV framebuffer, the <I>BES</I> |
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878 (Back End Scaler, the YUV scaler on G200/G400/G450/G550 cards) doesn't work |
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879 on it! The windows driver somehow workarounds this, probably by using the |
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880 3D engine to zoom, and the YUV framebuffer to display the zoomed |
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881 image. If you really want to use X, use the <CODE>-vo x11 -fs -zoom</CODE> |
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882 options, but it will be <B>SLOW</B>, and has <B>Macrovision</B> copyprotection |
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883 enabled.</LI> |
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884 <LI><B>Framebuffer</B>: using the <B>matroxfb modules</B> in the 2.4 kernels. |
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885 2.2 kernels don't have the TVout feature in them, thus unusable for this. |
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886 You have to enable ALL matroxfb-specific feature during compilation (except |
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887 MultiHead), and compile them into <B>modules</B>! |
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888 <UL> |
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889 <LI> |
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890 Enter <CODE>TVout/matroxset</CODE> and type <CODE>make</CODE>. Install |
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891 <CODE>matroxset</CODE> into somewhere in your PATH.</LI> |
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892 <LI> |
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893 If you don't have <CODE>fbset</CODE> installed, enter |
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894 <CODE>TVout/fbset</CODE> and type <CODE>make</CODE>. Install |
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895 <CODE>fbset</CODE> into somewhere in your PATH.</LI> |
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896 <LI> |
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897 Then enter into the <CODE>TVout/</CODE> directory in the <B>MPlayer</B> |
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898 source, and execute <CODE>./modules</CODE> as root. Your text-mode console |
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899 will enter into framebuffer mode (no way back!).</LI> |
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900 <LI>Next, run the <CODE>./matroxtv</CODE> script. This will present you |
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901 to a very simple menu. Press <B>2</B> and <B>ENTER</B>. Now you should |
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902 have the same picture on your monitor, and TV. The <B>3.</B> option |
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903 will turn on independent display, but then you <B>can't use X</B>! If |
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904 the TV (PAL !) picture has some weird stripes on it, the script wasn't able to |
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905 set the resolution correctly (to 640x512 by default). Use other menu |
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906 items randomly and it'll be OK :)</LI> |
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907 </UL> |
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908 |
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909 <P> |
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910 Yoh. Next task is to make the cursor on tty1 (or whatever) to disappear, |
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911 and turn off screen blanking. Execute the following commands:</P> |
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912 |
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913 <P> |
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914 <CODE>echo -e '\033[?25l'<BR> |
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915 setterm -blank 0</CODE> |
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916 </P> |
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917 |
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918 <P> |
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919 You possibly want to put the above into a script, and also clear |
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920 the screen.. To turn the cursor back :<BR><CODE>echo -e '\033[?25h'</CODE> |
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921 </P> |
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922 |
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923 <P>Yeah kewl. Start movie playing with <CODE>mplayer -vo mga -fs -screenw 640 |
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924 -screenh 512 <filename></CODE><BR> |
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925 (if you use X, now change to matroxfb with for example CTRL-ALT-F1 !)<BR> |
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926 Change 640x512 if you set the resolution to other..<BR> |
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927 <B>Enjoy the ultra-fast ultra-featured Matrox TV output (better than Xv) !</B> |
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928 </P> |
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929 </LI> |
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930 </LI> |
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931 </UL> |
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932 </P> |
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933 |
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934 |
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935 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.A.2>2.3.1.A.2. ATI cards</A></B></P> |
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936 |
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937 <P> |
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938 <b>A few word about ATI's TV-out:</b><BR> |
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939 Currently ATI doesn't want to support any of its TV-out chips under Linux. |
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940 Below is official answer from ATI Inc.: |
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941 |
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942 <P> |
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943 <code> |
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944 <i> |
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945 <br>> Hello! |
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946 <br>> |
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947 <br>> On your pages you wrote that you support linux developers. |
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948 <br>> Currently I participate with mplayer project (www.mplayerhq.hu) |
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949 <br>> I'm interesting with enabling TV-out on Radeon VE chips during |
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950 <br>> movie playback. I would be glad to add this feature to radeonfb driver |
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951 <br>> (which can be found in CVS tree of mplayer project at main/drivers/radeon). |
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952 <br>> Do I have a chance to get any official technical documenation? |
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953 </i> |
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954 <br>We will not provide TV out related documents due to macrovision concerns. |
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955 <br>Also mpeg2 decoding is something that we MAY consider in the future but not |
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956 <br>at this current time. This is again due to proprietary and 3rd party |
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957 <br>information. |
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958 </code> |
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959 </P> |
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960 |
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961 <P>Pity isn't?</P> |
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962 |
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963 <P> |
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964 <code> |
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965 <B>Q:What is Macrovision?</B><BR> |
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966 A:It's copy protection mechanism.</code> |
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967 </P> |
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968 |
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969 <P>It means that if they open any TV-out related information then |
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970 hackers will be able to disable copy protection on their chips. Therefore |
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971 we have no chance to get working TV-out on ATI.</P> |
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972 |
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973 <P>What's status of ATI's tv-out chips under Linux: |
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974 <LI><b>ATI Mach64</b> has <i>ImpacTV</i> which is supported by gatos. |
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975 <LI><b>ASIC Radeon VIVO</b> has <i>Rage Theatre</i> which is supported by gatos. |
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976 <LI><b>Radeon VE</b> and <b>Rage PRO LT</b> have <i>ImpacTV2+</i> which is not supported under Linux. |
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977 But with <B>MPlayer</B> you get <B>full hardware acceleration</B> and <B>TV out</B> |
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978 for Radeons ! |
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979 Check <a href=#2.3.1.12>VESA driver</a> and <A HREF=#2.3.1.14>Radeon |
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980 acceleration</A> sections.</P> |
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981 |
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982 <P> |
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983 Fortunately, owners of fast enough CPUs (Duron, Celeron2 and better) <b>can watch |
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984 movies on their TV</b> through <a href=#2.3.1.12>VESA drivers</a>. |
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985 </P> |
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986 |
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987 <P> |
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988 I should say good words to ATI Inc. too:<br> |
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989 <b>they produce top quality BIOSes.</b> |
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990 </P> |
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991 |
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992 <P> |
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993 <b>VESA drivers</b> don't use any hardware acceleration but it simulates |
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994 <b>DGA</b> through 64K window, which is configured through 32-bit mode |
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995 functions of BIOS. ATI cards have enough <b>fast video memory</b> (DIMM or DDR |
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996 chips with 64 - 128-bit access) so it's not bottleneck for them. There are no |
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997 limitations on which video mode can be displayed on your TV (like on other |
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998 cards) so you can use <b>any video mode</b> on your <b>TV</b> (from |
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999 <b>320x200</b> up to <b>1024x768</b>).<br> |
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1000 From other side (it's known at least for <b>Radeons</b>) there is <b>DGA</b> |
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1001 mode which is detected automatically and in this case you'll get comparable |
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1002 with <b>-vo dga</b> and <b>-vo fbdev</b> drivers speed.<br> |
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1003 Only thing you need to do - <b>have TV connector plugged in before booting your |
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1004 PC</b> since video BIOS initializes itself only once during POST procedure. |
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1005 </P> |
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1007 <P> |
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1008 For detail see <a href="video.html#2.3.1.12">VESA</a> sections of this |
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1009 documentation. |
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1010 </P> |
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1013 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.A.3>2.3.1.A.3. Voodoo 3</A></B></P> |
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1015 <P> |
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1016 Check <A HREF="http://www.iki.fi/too/tvout-voodoo3-3000-xfree">this URL</A>. |
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1017 </P> |
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1019 </BODY> |
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1020 </HTML> |