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1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
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2 <!-- $Revision$ -->
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3 <sect2 id="video-dev">
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4 <title>Video output devices</title>
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6 <sect3 id="mtrr">
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7 <title>Setting up MTRR</title>
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8
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9 <para>
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10 It is VERY recommended to check if the MTRR registers
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11 are set up properly, because they can give a big performance boost.
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12 </para>
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14 <para>
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15 Do a <command>cat /proc/mtrr</command>:
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16 <screen>
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17 <prompt>--($:~)--</prompt> cat /proc/mtrr
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18 reg00: base=0xe4000000 (3648MB), size= 16MB: write-combining, count=9
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19 reg01: base=0xd8000000 (3456MB), size= 128MB: write-combining, count=1<!--
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20 --></screen>
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21 </para>
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23 <para>
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24 It's right, shows my Matrox G400 with 16MB memory. I did this from
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25 XFree 4.x.x , which sets up MTRR registers automatically.
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26 </para>
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27
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28 <para>
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29 If nothing worked, you have to do it manually. First, you have to find the
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30 base address. You have 3 ways to find it:
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31
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32 <orderedlist>
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33 <listitem><para>
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34 from X11 startup messages, for example:
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35 <screen>
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36 (--) SVGA: PCI: Matrox MGA G400 AGP rev 4, Memory @ 0xd8000000, 0xd4000000
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37 (--) SVGA: Linear framebuffer at 0xD8000000<!--
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38 --></screen>
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39 </para></listitem>
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40 <listitem><para>
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41 from <filename>/proc/pci</filename> (use <command>lspci -v</command>
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42 command):
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43 <screen>
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44 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc.: Unknown device 0525
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45 Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
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46 </screen>
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47 </para></listitem>
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48 <listitem><para>
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49 from mga_vid kernel driver messages (use <command>dmesg</command>):
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50 <screen>mga_mem_base = d8000000</screen>
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51 </para></listitem>
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52 </orderedlist>
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53 </para>
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54
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55 <para>
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56 Then let's find the memory size. This is very easy, just convert video RAM
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57 size to hexadecimal, or use this table:
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58 <informaltable frame="none">
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59 <tgroup cols="2">
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60 <tbody>
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61 <row><entry>1 MB</entry><entry>0x100000</entry></row>
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62 <row><entry>2 MB</entry><entry>0x200000</entry></row>
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63 <row><entry>4 MB</entry><entry>0x400000</entry></row>
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64 <row><entry>8 MB</entry><entry>0x800000</entry></row>
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65 <row><entry>16 MB</entry><entry>0x1000000</entry></row>
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66 <row><entry>32 MB</entry><entry>0x2000000</entry></row>
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67 </tbody>
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68 </tgroup>
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69 </informaltable>
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70 </para>
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72 <para>
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73 You know base address and memory size, let's setup MTRR registers!
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74 For example, for the Matrox card above (<literal>base=0xd8000000</literal>)
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75 with 32MB ram (<literal>size=0x2000000</literal>) just execute:
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76 <screen>
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77 echo "base=0xd8000000 size=0x2000000 type=write-combining" &gt;| /proc/mtrr
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78 </screen>
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79 </para>
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81 <para>
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82 Not all CPUs support MTRRs. For example older K6-2's (around 266MHz,
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83 stepping 0) doesn't support MTRR, but stepping 12's do
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84 (<command>cat /proc/cpuinfo</command> to check it).
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85 </para>
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86 </sect3>
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87
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88 <sect3 id="output-trad">
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89 <title>Video outputs for traditional video cards</title>
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90 <sect4 id="xv">
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91 <title>Xv</title>
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92
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93 <para>
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94 Under XFree86 4.0.2 or newer, you can use your card's hardware YUV routines
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95 using the XVideo extension. This is what the option
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96 '<option>-vo xv</option>' uses. Also, this driver supports adjusting
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97 brightness/contrast/hue/etc (unless you use the old, slow DirectShow DivX
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98 codec, which supports it everywhere), see the man page.
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99 </para>
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101 <para>
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102 In order to make this work, be sure to check the following:
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103
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104 <orderedlist>
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105 <listitem><para>
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106 You have to use XFree86 4.0.2 or newer (former versions don't have XVideo)
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107 </para></listitem>
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108 <listitem><para>
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109 Your card actually supports hardware acceleration (modern cards do)
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110 </para></listitem>
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111 <listitem><para>
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112 X loads the XVideo extension, it's something like this:
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113 <programlisting>(II) Loading extension XVideo</programlisting>
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114 in <filename>/var/log/XFree86.0.log</filename>
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115 <note><para>
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116 This loads only the XFree86's extension. In a good install, this is
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117 always loaded, and doesn't mean that the <emphasis role="bold">card's</emphasis>
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118 XVideo support is loaded!
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119 </para></note>
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120 </para></listitem>
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121 <listitem><para>
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122 Your card has Xv support under Linux. To check, try
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123 <command>xvinfo</command>, it is the part of the XFree86 distribution. It
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124 should display a long text, similar to this:
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125 <screen>
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126 X-Video Extension version 2.2
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127 screen #0
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128 Adaptor #0: "Savage Streams Engine"
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129 number of ports: 1
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130 port base: 43
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131 operations supported: PutImage
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132 supported visuals:
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133 depth 16, visualID 0x22
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134 depth 16, visualID 0x23
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135 number of attributes: 5
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136 (...)
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137 Number of image formats: 7
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138 id: 0x32595559 (YUY2)
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139 guid: 59555932-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
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140 bits per pixel: 16
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141 number of planes: 1
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142 type: YUV (packed)
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143 id: 0x32315659 (YV12)
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144 guid: 59563132-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
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145 bits per pixel: 12
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146 number of planes: 3
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147 type: YUV (planar)
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148 (...etc...)<!--
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149 --></screen>
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150 It must support YUY2 packed, and YV12 planar pixel formats to be usable
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151 with <application>MPlayer</application>.
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152 </para></listitem>
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153 <listitem><para>
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154 And finally, check if <application>MPlayer</application> was compiled
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155 with 'xv' support. Do a <command>mplayer -vo help | grep xv </command>
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156 If 'xv' support was built a line similar to this should appear:
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157 <screen>
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158 xv X11/Xv<!--
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159 --></screen>
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160 </para></listitem>
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161 </orderedlist>
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162 </para>
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163
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164 <sect5 id="tdfx">
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165 <title>3dfx cards</title>
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166
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167 <para>
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168 Older 3dfx drivers were known to have problems with XVideo acceleration, it
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169 didn't support either YUY2 or YV12, and so. Verify that you have XFree86
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170 version 4.2.0 or greater, it works OK with YV12 and YUY2. Previous
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171 versions, including 4.1.0, <emphasis role="bold">crashes with YV12</emphasis>.
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172 If you experience strange effects using <option>-vo xv</option>, try SDL
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173 (it has XVideo, too) and see if it helps. Check the
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174 <link linkend="sdl">SDL</link> section for details.
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175 </para>
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177 <para>
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178 <emphasis role="bold">OR</emphasis>, try the NEW
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179 <option>-vo tdfxfb</option> driver! See the <link linkend="tdfxfb">tdfxfb</link>
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180 section.
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181 </para>
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182 </sect5>
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185 <sect5 id="s3">
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186 <title>S3 cards</title>
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187
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188 <para>
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189 S3 Savage3D's should work fine, but for Savage4, use XFree86 version 4.0.3
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190 or greater (in case of image problems, try 16bpp). As for S3 Virge: there is
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191 xv support, but the card itself is very slow, so you better sell it.
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192 </para>
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205 <title>nVidia cards</title>
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210 open-source driver supports most of these cards, but for some cases, you'll
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212 <ulink url="http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux.html">nVidia's web site</ulink>.
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223 <link linkend="vidix">VIDIX</link> driver for most nVidia cards. Currently it
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231 <title>ATI cards</title>
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234 The <ulink url="http://www.linuxvideo.org/gatos">GATOS driver</ulink>
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239 </para>
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245 <emphasis role="bold">TV output</emphasis>, and no libraries or X are needed.
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252 <title>NeoMagic cards</title>
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261 <para>
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262 XFree86 4.3.0 includes Xv support, yet Bohdan Horst sent a small
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263 <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/contrib/NeoMagic-driver/neo_driver.patch">patch</ulink>
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265 up to four times. The patch has been included in XFree86 CVS and should be in the
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266 next release after 4.3.0.
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267 </para>
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269 <para>
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270 To allow playback of DVD sized content change your XF86Config like this:
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271 <programlisting>
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272 Section "Device"
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273 [...]
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276 [...]
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277 EndSection<!--
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283 <sect5 id="trident">
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284 <title>Trident cards</title>
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285 <para>
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286 If you want to use xv with a trident card, provided that it doesn't work
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288 support with the Cyberblade XP card.
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289 </para>
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291 <para>
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293 <link linkend="vidix">VIDIX</link> driver for the Cyberblade/i1 card.
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299 <sect5 id="kyro">
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300 <title>Kyro/PowerVR cards</title>
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301 <para>
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303 Prophet 4000XT), you should download the drivers from the
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304 <ulink url="http://www.powervr.com/">PowerVR site</ulink>
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305 </para>
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312 <title>DGA</title>
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315 <title>PREAMBLE</title>
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316 <para>
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318 what the DGA video output driver for <application>MPlayer</application>
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319 can do (and what it can't).
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323 <formalpara>
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324 <title>WHAT IS DGA</title>
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325 <para>
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326 <acronym>DGA</acronym> is short for <emphasis>Direct Graphics
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327 Access</emphasis> and is a means for a program to bypass the X server and
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328 directly modifying the framebuffer memory. Technically spoken this happens
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329 by mapping the framebuffer memory into the memory range of your process.
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330 This is allowed by the kernel only if you have superuser privileges. You
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331 can get these either by logging in as <systemitem
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332 class="username">root</systemitem> or by setting the SUID bit on the
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333 <application>MPlayer</application> executable (<emphasis role="bold">not
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334 recommended</emphasis>).
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337 <para>
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338 There are two versions of DGA: DGA1 is used by XFree 3.x.x and DGA2 was
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340 </para>
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342 <para>
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343 DGA1 provides only direct framebuffer access as described above. For
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344 switching the resolution of the video signal you have to rely on the
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345 XVidMode extension.
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346 </para>
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348 <para>
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349 DGA2 incorporates the features of XVidMode extension and also allows
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350 switching the depth of the display. So you may, although basically
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351 running a 32 bit depth X server, switch to a depth of 15 bits and vice
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352 versa.
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353 </para>
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355 <para>
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356 However DGA has some drawbacks. It seems it is somewhat dependent on the
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357 graphics chip you use and on the implementation of the X server's video
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358 driver that controls this chip. So it does not work on every system...
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359 </para>
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361 <formalpara>
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362 <title>INSTALLING DGA SUPPORT FOR MPLAYER</title>
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364 <para>
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365 First make sure X loads the DGA extension, see in
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366 <filename>/var/log/XFree86.0.log</filename>:
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368 <programlisting>(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA</programlisting>
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371 <application>MPlayer</application>'s DGA driver is autodetected by
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372 <filename>./configure</filename>, or you can force it
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373 with <option>--enable-dga</option>.
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374 </para>
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377 <para>
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378 If the driver couldn't switch to a smaller resolution, experiment with
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379 options <option>-vm</option> (only with X 3.3.x), <option>-fs</option>,
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380 <option>-bpp</option>, <option>-zoom</option> to find a video mode that
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381 the movie fits in. There is no converter right now :(
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382 </para>
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384 <para>
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385 Become <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>. DGA needs root
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386 access to be able to write directly video memory. If you want to run it as
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387 user, then install <application>MPlayer</application> SUID root:
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389 <screen>
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390 chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer
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391 chmod 750 /usr/local/bin/mplayer
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392 chmod +s /usr/local/bin/mplayer
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393 </screen>
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394
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395 Now it works as a simple user, too.
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396 </para>
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397
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398 <caution>
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399 <title>Security risk</title>
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400 <para>
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401 This is a <emphasis role="bold">big</emphasis> security risk!
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402 <emphasis role="bold">Never</emphasis> do this on a server or on a computer that can be
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403 accessed by other people because they can gain root privileges through SUID root
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404 <application>MPlayer</application>.
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405 </para>
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406 </caution>
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407
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408 <para>
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409 Now use <option>-vo dga</option> option, and there you go! (hope so:) You
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410 should also try if the <option>-vo sdl:dga</option> option works for you!
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411 It's much faster!
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412 </para>
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414
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415 <formalpara id="dga-modelines">
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416 <title>RESOLUTION SWITCHING</title>
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417
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418 <para>
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419 The DGA driver allows for switching the resolution of the output signal.
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420 This avoids the need for doing (slow) software scaling and at the same time
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421 provides a fullscreen image. Ideally it would switch to the exact
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422 resolution (except for honoring aspect ratio) of the video data, but the X
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423 server only allows switching to resolutions predefined in
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424 <filename>/etc/X11/XF86Config</filename>
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425 (<filename>/etc/X11/XF86Config-4</filename> for XFree 4.X.X respectively).
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426 Those are defined by so-called modelines and depend on
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427 the capabilities of your video hardware. The X server scans this config
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428 file on startup and disables the modelines not suitable for your hardware.
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429 You can find out which modes survive with the X11 log file. It can be found
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430 at: <filename>/var/log/XFree86.0.log</filename>.
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431 </para>
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432 </formalpara>
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433
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434 <para>
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435 These entries are known to work fine with a Riva128 chip, using the nv.o X
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436 server driver module.
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437 </para>
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438
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439
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440 <para><programlisting>
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441 Section "Modes"
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442 Identifier "Modes[0]"
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443 Modeline "800x600" 40 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628
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444 Modeline "712x600" 35.0 712 740 850 900 400 410 412 425
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445 Modeline "640x480" 25.175 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525
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446 Modeline "400x300" 20 400 416 480 528 300 301 303 314 Doublescan
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447 Modeline "352x288" 25.10 352 368 416 432 288 296 290 310
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448 Modeline "352x240" 15.750 352 368 416 432 240 244 246 262 Doublescan
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449 Modeline "320x240" 12.588 320 336 384 400 240 245 246 262 Doublescan
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450 EndSection
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451 </programlisting></para>
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452
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454 <formalpara>
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455 <title>DGA &amp; MPLAYER</title>
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456 <para>
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457 DGA is used in two places with <application>MPlayer</application>: The SDL
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458 driver can be made to make use of it (<option>-vo sdl:dga</option>) and
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459 within the DGA driver (<option>-vo dga</option>). The above said is true
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460 for both; in the following sections I'll explain how the DGA driver for
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461 <application>MPlayer</application> works.
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462 </para>
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463 </formalpara>
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466 <formalpara>
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467 <title>FEATURES</title>
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468
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469 <para>
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470 The DGA driver is invoked by specifying <option>-vo dga</option> at the
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471 command line. The default behavior is to switch to a resolution matching
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472 the original resolution of the video as close as possible. It deliberately
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473 ignores the <option>-vm</option> and <option>-fs</option> options
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474 (enabling of video mode switching and fullscreen) - it always tries to
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475 cover as much area of your screen as possible by switching the video mode,
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476 thus refraining to use a single additional cycle of your CPU to scale the
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477 image. If you don't like the mode it chooses you may force it to choose
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478 the mode matching closest the resolution you specify by <option>-x</option>
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479 and <option>-y</option>. By providing the <option>-v</option> option, the
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480 DGA driver will print, among a lot of other things, a list of all
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481 resolutions supported by your current <filename>XF86Config</filename> file.
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482 Having DGA2 you may also force it to use a certain depth by using the
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483 <option>-bpp</option> option. Valid depths are 15, 16, 24 and 32. It
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484 depends on your hardware whether these depths are natively supported or if
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485 a (possibly slow) conversion has to be done.
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486 </para>
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487 </formalpara>
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488 <para>
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489 If you should be lucky enough to have enough offscreen memory left to
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490 put a whole image there, the DGA driver will use doublebuffering, which
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491 results in much smoother movie replaying. It will tell you whether
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492 double-buffering is enabled or not.
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493 </para>
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495 <para>
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496 Doublebuffering means that the next frame of your video is being drawn in
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497 some offscreen memory while the current frame is being displayed. When the
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498 next frame is ready, the graphics chip is just told the location in memory
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499 of the new frame and simply fetches the data to be displayed from there.
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500 In the meantime the other buffer in memory will be filled again with new
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501 video data.
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502 </para>
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503
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504 <para>
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505 Doublebuffering may be switched on by using the option
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506 <option>-double</option> and may be disabled with
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507 <option>-nodouble</option>. Current default option is to disable
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508 doublebuffering. When using the DGA driver, onscreen display (OSD) only
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509 works with doublebuffering enabled. However, enabling doublebuffering may
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510 result in a big speed penalty (on my K6-II+ 525 it used an additional 20%
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511 of CPU time!) depending on the implementation of DGA for your hardware.
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512 </para>
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515 <formalpara>
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516 <title>SPEED ISSUES</title>
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517
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518 <para>
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519 Generally spoken, DGA framebuffer access should be at least as fast as
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520 using the X11 driver with the additional benefit of getting a fullscreen
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521 image. The percentage speed values printed by
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522 <application>MPlayer</application> have to be interpreted with some care,
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523 as for example, with the X11 driver they do not include the time used by
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524 the X server needed for the actual drawing. Hook a terminal to a serial
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525 line of your box and start <command>top</command> to see what is really
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526 going on in your box.
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527 </para>
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528 </formalpara>
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529
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530 <para>
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531 Generally spoken, the speedup done by using DGA against 'normal' use of X11
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532 highly depends on your graphics card and how well the X server module for it
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533 is optimized.
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534 </para>
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535
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536 <para>
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537 If you have a slow system, better use 15 or 16 bit depth since they require
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538 only half the memory bandwidth of a 32 bit display.
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539 </para>
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540
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541 <para>
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542 Using a depth of 24 bit is even a good idea if your card natively just supports
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543 32 bit depth since it transfers 25% less data compared to the 32/32 mode.
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544 </para>
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545
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546 <para>
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547 I've seen some AVI files already be replayed on a Pentium MMX 266. AMD K6-2
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548 CPUs might work at 400 MHZ and above.
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549 </para>
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550
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552 <formalpara>
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553 <title>KNOWN BUGS</title>
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554
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555 <para>
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556 Well, according to some developers of XFree, DGA is quite a beast. They
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557 tell you better not to use it. Its implementation is not always flawless
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558 with every chipset driver for XFree out there.
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559 </para>
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560 </formalpara>
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561
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562 <itemizedlist>
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563 <listitem><simpara>
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564 With XFree 4.0.3 and <filename>nv.o</filename> there is a bug resulting
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565 in strange colors.
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566 </simpara></listitem>
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567 <listitem><simpara>
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568 ATI driver requires to switch mode back more than once after finishing
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569 using of DGA.
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570 </simpara></listitem>
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571 <listitem><simpara>
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572 Some drivers simply fail to switch back to normal resolution (use
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573 <keycap>Ctrl</keycap>+<keycap>Alt</keycap>+<keycap>Keypad +</keycap> and
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574 <keycap>Ctrl</keycap>+<keycap>Alt</keycap>+<keycap>Keypad -</keycap>
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575 to switch back manually).
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576 </simpara></listitem>
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577 <listitem><simpara>
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578 Some drivers simply display strange colors.
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579 </simpara></listitem>
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580 <listitem><simpara>
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581 Some drivers lie about the amount of memory they map into the process's
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582 address space, thus vo_dga won't use doublebuffering (SIS?).
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583 </simpara></listitem>
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584 <listitem><simpara>
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585 Some drivers seem to fail to report even a single valid mode. In this
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586 case the DGA driver will crash telling you about a nonsense mode of
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587 100000x100000 or something like that.
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588 </simpara></listitem>
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589 <listitem><simpara>
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590 OSD only works with doublebuffering enabled (else it flickers).
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591 </simpara></listitem>
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592 </itemizedlist>
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594 </sect4>
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595 <!--</sect3>-->
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599 <sect4 id="sdl">
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600 <title>SDL</title>
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602 <para>
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603 <acronym>SDL</acronym> (Simple Directmedia Layer) is basically a unified
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604 video/audio interface. Programs that use it know only about SDL, and not
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605 about what video or audio driver does SDL actually use. For example a Doom
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606 port using SDL can run on svgalib, aalib, X, fbdev, and others, you only
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607 have to specify the (for example) video driver to use with the
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608 <envar>SDL_VIDEODRIVER</envar> environment variable. Well, in theory.
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609 </para>
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610
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611 <para>
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612 With <application>MPlayer</application>, we used its X11 driver's software
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613 scaler ability for cards/drivers that doesn't support XVideo, until we made
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614 our own (faster, nicer) software scaler. Also we used its aalib output, but
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615 now we have ours which is more comfortable. Its DGA mode was better than
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616 ours, until recently. Get it now? :)
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617 </para>
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618
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619 <para>
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620 It also helps with some buggy drivers/cards if the video is jerky (not slow
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621 system problem), or audio is lagging.
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622 </para>
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624 <para>
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625 SDL video output supports displaying subtitles under the movie, on the (if
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626 present) black bar.
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627 </para>
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628
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629 <variablelist>
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630 <title>There are several command line switches for SDL:</title>
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631 <varlistentry>
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632 <term><option>-vo sdl:<replaceable>name</replaceable></option></term>
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633 <listitem><simpara>
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634 specifies SDL video driver to use (i.e. <literal>aalib</literal>,
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635 <literal>dga</literal>, <literal>x11</literal>)
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636 </simpara></listitem>
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637 </varlistentry>
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638 <varlistentry>
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639 <term><option>-ao sdl:<replaceable>name</replaceable></option></term>
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640 <listitem><simpara>
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641 specifies SDL audio driver to use (i.e. <literal>dsp</literal>,
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642 <literal>esd</literal>, <literal>arts</literal>)
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643 </simpara></listitem>
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644 </varlistentry>
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645 <varlistentry>
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646 <term><option>-noxv</option></term>
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647 <listitem><simpara>
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648 disables XVideo hardware acceleration
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649 </simpara></listitem>
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650 </varlistentry>
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651 <varlistentry>
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652 <term><option>-forcexv</option></term>
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653 <listitem><simpara>
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654 tries to force XVideo acceleration
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655 </simpara></listitem>
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656 </varlistentry>
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657 </variablelist>
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658
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659 <table>
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660 <title>SDL only keys</title>
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661 <tgroup cols="2">
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662 <thead>
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663 <row><entry>Key</entry><entry>Action</entry></row>
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664 </thead>
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665 <tbody>
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666 <row><entry><keycap>c</keycap></entry><entry>
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667 cycles available fullscreen modes
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668 </entry></row>
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669 <row><entry><keycap>n</keycap></entry><entry>
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670 changes back to normal mode
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671 </entry></row>
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672 </tbody>
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673 </tgroup>
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674 </table>
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675
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676 <itemizedlist>
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677 <title>Known bugs:</title>
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678 <listitem><simpara>
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679 Keys pressed under sdl:aalib console driver repeat forever. (use
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680 <option>-vo aa</option>!) It's bug in SDL, I can't change it (tested with
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681 SDL 1.2.1).
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682 </simpara></listitem>
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683 <listitem><simpara>
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684 DO NOT USE SDL with GUI! It won't work as it should.
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685 </simpara></listitem>
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686 </itemizedlist>
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687 </sect4>
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689
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690 <sect4 id="svgalib">
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691 <title>SVGAlib</title>
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692
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693 <formalpara>
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694 <title>INSTALLATION</title>
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695 <para>
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696 You'll have to install svgalib and its development package in order for
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697 <application>MPlayer</application> build its SVGAlib driver (autodetected,
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698 but can be forced), and don't forget to edit
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699 <filename>/etc/vga/libvga.config</filename> to suit your card and monitor.
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700 </para>
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701 </formalpara>
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702
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703 <note>
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704 <para>
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705 Be sure not to use the <option>-fs</option> switch, since it toggles the
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706 usage of the software scaler, and it's slow. If you really need it, use the
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707 <option>-sws 4</option> option which will produce bad quality, but is
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708 somewhat faster.
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709 </para>
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710 </note>
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711
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712 <formalpara><title>EGA (4BPP) SUPPORT</title>
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713 <para>
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714 SVGAlib incorporates EGAlib, and <application>MPlayer</application> has the
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715 possibility to display any movie in 16 colors, thus usable in the following
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716 sets:
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717 </para>
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718 </formalpara>
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719
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720 <itemizedlist>
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721 <listitem><simpara>
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722 EGA card with EGA monitor: 320x200x4bpp, 640x200x4bpp, 640x350x4bpp
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723 </simpara></listitem>
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724 <listitem><simpara>
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725 EGA card with CGA monitor: 320x200x4bpp, 640x200x4bpp
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726 </simpara></listitem>
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727 </itemizedlist>
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728
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729 <para>
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730 The bpp (bits per pixel) value must be set to 4 by hand:
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731 <option>-bpp 4</option>
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732 </para>
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733
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734 <para>
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735 The movie probably must be scaled down to fit in EGA mode:
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736 <screen>-vf scale=640:350</screen>
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737 or
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738 <screen>-vf scale=320:200</screen>
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739 </para>
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740
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741 <para>
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742 For that we need fast but bad quality scaling routine:
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743 <screen>-sws 4</screen>
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744 </para>
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745
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746 <para>
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747 Maybe automatic aspect correction has to be shut off:
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748 <screen>-noaspect</screen>
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749 </para>
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750
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751 <note><para>
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752 According to my experience the best image quality on
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753 EGA screens can be achieved by decreasing the brightness a bit:
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754 <option>-vf eq=-20:0</option>. I also needed to lower the audio
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755 samplerate on my box, because the sound was broken on 44kHz:
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756 <option>-srate 22050</option>.
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757 </para></note>
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758
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759 <para>
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760 You can turn on OSD and subtitles only with the <option>expand</option>
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761 filter, see the man page for exact parameters.
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762 </para>
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763 </sect4>
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766 <sect4 id="fbdev">
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767 <title>Framebuffer output (FBdev)</title>
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768
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769 <para>
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770 Whether to build the FBdev target is autodetected during
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771 <filename>./configure</filename>. Read the framebuffer documentation in
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772 the kernel sources (<filename>Documentation/fb/*</filename>) for more
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773 information.
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774 </para>
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776 <para>
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777 If your card doesn't support VBE 2.0 standard (older ISA/PCI cards, such as
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778 S3 Trio64), only VBE 1.2 (or older?): Well, VESAfb is still available, but
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779 you'll have to load SciTech Display Doctor (formerly UniVBE) before booting
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780 Linux. Use a DOS boot disk or whatever. And don't forget to register your
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781 UniVBE ;))
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782 </para>
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783
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784 <para>
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785 The FBdev output takes some additional parameters above the others:
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786 </para>
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788 <variablelist>
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789 <varlistentry>
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790 <term><option>-fb</option></term>
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791 <listitem><simpara>
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792 specify the framebuffer device to use (<filename>/dev/fb0</filename>)
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793 </simpara></listitem>
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794 </varlistentry>
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795 <varlistentry>
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796 <term><option>-fbmode</option></term>
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797 <listitem><simpara>
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798 mode name to use (according to <filename>/etc/fb.modes</filename>)
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799 </simpara></listitem>
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800 </varlistentry>
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801 <varlistentry>
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802 <term><option>-fbmodeconfig</option></term>
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803 <listitem><simpara>
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804 config file of modes (default <filename>/etc/fb.modes</filename>)
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805 </simpara></listitem>
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806 </varlistentry>
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807 <varlistentry>
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808 <term><option>-monitor-hfreq</option></term>
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809 <term><option>-monitor-vfreq</option></term>
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810 <term><option>-monitor-dotclock</option></term>
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811 <listitem><simpara>
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812 <emphasis role="bold">important</emphasis> values, see
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813 <filename>example.conf</filename>
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814 </simpara></listitem>
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815 </varlistentry>
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816 </variablelist>
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817
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818 <para>
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819 If you want to change to a specific mode, then use
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820 <screen>mplayer -vm -fbmode <replaceable>name_of_mode</replaceable> <replaceable>filename</replaceable></screen>
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821 </para>
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822
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823 <itemizedlist>
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824 <listitem><para>
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825 <option>-vm</option> alone will choose the most suitable mode from
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826 <filename>/etc/fb.modes</filename>. Can be used together with
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827 <option>-x</option> and <option>-y</option> options too. The
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828 <option>-flip</option> option is supported only if the movie's pixel
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829 format matches the video mode's pixel format. Pay attention to the bpp
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830 value, fbdev driver tries to use the current, or if you specify the
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831 <option>-bpp</option> option, then that.
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832 </para></listitem>
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833 <listitem><para>
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834 <option>-zoom</option> option isn't supported (use <option>-vf scale</option>).
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835 You can't use 8bpp (or less) modes.
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836 </para></listitem>
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837 <listitem><para>
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838 You possibly want to turn the cursor off:
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839 <screen>echo -e '\033[?25l'</screen>
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840 or
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841 <screen>setterm -cursor off</screen>
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842 and the screen saver:
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843 <screen>setterm -blank 0</screen>
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844 To turn the cursor back on:
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845 <screen>echo -e '\033[?25h'</screen>
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846 or
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847 <screen>setterm -cursor on</screen>
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848 </para></listitem>
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849 </itemizedlist>
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850
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851 <note>
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852 <para>
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853 FBdev video mode changing <emphasis>does not work</emphasis> with the VESA
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854 framebuffer, and don't ask for it, since it's not an
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855 <application>MPlayer</application> limitation.
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856 </para>
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857 </note>
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858 </sect4>
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859
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860
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861 <sect4 id="mga_vid">
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862 <title>Matrox framebuffer (mga_vid)</title>
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863
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864 <para>
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865 This section is about the Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550 BES (Back-End Scaler)
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866 support, the mga_vid kernel driver. It's actively developed by A'rpi, and
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867 it has hardware VSYNC support with triple buffering. It works on both
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868 framebuffer console and under X.
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869 </para>
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870
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871 <warning>
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872 <para>
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873 This is Linux only! On non-Linux (tested on FreeBSD) systems, you can use
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874 <link linkend="vidix">VIDIX</link> instead!
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875 </para>
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876 </warning>
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877
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878 <procedure>
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879 <title>Installation:</title>
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880 <step><para>
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881 To use it, you first have to compile <filename>mga_vid.o</filename>:
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882 <screen>
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883 cd drivers
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884 make<!--
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885 --></screen>
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886 </para></step>
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887 <step><para>
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888 Then create <filename>/dev/mga_vid</filename> device:
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889 <screen>mknod /dev/mga_vid c 178 0</screen>
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890 and load the driver with
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891 <screen>insmod mga_vid.o</screen>
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892 </para></step>
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893 <step><para>
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894 You should verify the memory size detection using the
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895 <command>dmesg</command> command. If it's bad, use the
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896 <option>mga_ram_size</option> option
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897 (<command>rmmod mga_vid</command> first),
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898 specify card's memory size in MB:
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899 <screen>insmod mga_vid.o mga_ram_size=16</screen>
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900 </para></step>
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901 <step><para>
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902 To make it load/unload automatically when needed, first insert the
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903 following line at the end of <filename>/etc/modules.conf</filename>:
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904
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905 <programlisting>alias char-major-178 mga_vid</programlisting>
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906
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907 Then copy the <filename>mga_vid.o</filename> module to the appropriate
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908 place under <filename>/lib/modules/<replaceable>kernel
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909 version</replaceable>/<replaceable>somewhere</replaceable></filename>.
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910 </para><para>
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911 Then run
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912 <screen>depmod -a</screen>
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913 </para></step>
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914 <step><para>
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915 Now you have to (re)compile <application>MPlayer</application>,
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916 <filename>./configure</filename> will detect
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917 <filename>/dev/mga_vid</filename> and build the 'mga' driver. Using it
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918 from <application>MPlayer</application> goes by <option>-vo mga</option>
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919 if you have matroxfb console, or <option>-vo xmga</option> under XFree86
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920 3.x.x or 4.x.x.
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921 </para></step>
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922 </procedure>
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923
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924 <para>
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925 The mga_vid driver cooperates with Xv.
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926 </para>
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927
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928 <para>
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929 The <filename>/dev/mga_vid</filename> device file can be read for some
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930 info, for example by
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931 <screen>cat /dev/mga_vid</screen>
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932 and can be written for brightness change:
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933 <screen>echo "brightness=120" &gt; /dev/mga_vid</screen>
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934 </para>
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935 </sect4>
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936
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937
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938 <sect4 id="tdfxfb" xreflabel="3Dfx YUV support (tdfxfb)">
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939 <title>3Dfx YUV support</title>
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940 <para>
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941 This driver uses the kernel's tdfx framebuffer driver to play movies with
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942 YUV acceleration. You'll need a kernel with tdfxfb support, and recompile
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943 with
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944 <screen>./configure --enable-tdfxfb</screen>
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945 </para>
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946 </sect4>
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947
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948
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949 <sect4 id="opengl">
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950 <title>OpenGL output</title>
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951
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952 <para>
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953 <application>MPlayer</application> supports displaying movies using OpenGL,
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954 but if your platform/driver supports xv as should be the case on a PC with
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955 Linux, use xv instead, OpenGL performance is considerably worse. If you
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956 have an X11 implementation without xv support, OpenGL is a viable
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957 alternative.
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958 </para>
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959
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960 <para>
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961 Unfortunately not all drivers support this feature. The Utah-GLX drivers
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962 (for XFree86 3.3.6) support it for all cards.
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963 See <ulink url="http://utah-glx.sourceforge.net"/> for details about how to
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964 install it.
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965 </para>
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966
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967 <para>
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968 XFree86(DRI) 4.0.3 or later supports OpenGL with Matrox and Radeon cards,
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969 4.2.0 or later supports Rage128.
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970 See <ulink url="http://dri.sourceforge.net"/> for download and installation
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971 instructions.
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972 </para>
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973
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974 <para>
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975 A hint from one of our users: the GL video output can be used to get
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976 vsynced TV output. You'll have to set an environment variable (at
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977 least on nVidia):
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978 </para>
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979
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980 <para>
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981 <command>export $__GL_SYNC_TO_VBLANK=1</command>
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982 </para>
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983
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984 </sect4>
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987 <sect4 id="aalib">
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988 <title>AAlib - text mode displaying</title>
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989
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990 <para>
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991 AAlib is a library for displaying graphics in text mode, using powerful
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992 ASCII renderer. There are <emphasis>lots</emphasis> of programs already
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993 supporting it, like Doom, Quake, etc. <application>MPlayer</application>
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994 contains a very usable driver for it. If <filename>./configure</filename>
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995 detects aalib installed, the aalib libvo driver will be built.
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996 </para>
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997
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998 <para>
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999 You can use some keys in the AA Window to change rendering options:
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1000 </para>
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1001
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1002 <informaltable>
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1003 <tgroup cols="2">
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1004 <thead>
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1005 <row><entry>Key</entry><entry>Action</entry></row>
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1006 </thead>
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1007 <tbody>
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1008 <row><entry><keycap>1</keycap></entry><entry>
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1009 decrease contrast
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1010 </entry></row>
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1011 <row><entry><keycap>2</keycap></entry><entry>
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1012 increase contrast
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1013 </entry></row>
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1014 <row><entry><keycap>3</keycap></entry><entry>
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1015 decrease brightness
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1016 </entry></row>
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1017 <row><entry><keycap>4</keycap></entry><entry>
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1018 increase brightness
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1019 </entry></row>
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1020 <row><entry><keycap>5</keycap></entry><entry>
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1021 switch fast rendering on/off
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1022 </entry></row>
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1023 <row><entry><keycap>6</keycap></entry><entry>
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1024 set dithering mode (none, error distribution, Floyd Steinberg)
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1025 </entry></row>
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1026 <row><entry><keycap>7</keycap></entry><entry>
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1027 invert image
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1028 </entry></row>
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1029 <row><entry><keycap>8</keycap></entry><entry>
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1030 toggles between aa and <application>MPlayer</application> control
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1031 </entry></row>
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1032 </tbody>
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1033 </tgroup>
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1034 </informaltable>
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1035
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1036 <variablelist>
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1037 <title>The following command line options can be used:</title>
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1038 <varlistentry>
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1039 <term><option>-aaosdcolor=<replaceable>V</replaceable></option></term>
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1040 <listitem><para>
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1041 change OSD color
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1042 </para></listitem>
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1043 </varlistentry>
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1044 <varlistentry>
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1045 <term><option>-aasubcolor=<replaceable>V</replaceable></option></term>
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1046 <listitem><para>
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1047 change subtitle color
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1048 </para><para>
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1049 where <replaceable>V</replaceable> can be:
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1050 <literal>0</literal> (normal),
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1051 <literal>1</literal> (dark),
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1052 <literal>2</literal> (bold),
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1053 <literal>3</literal> (bold font),
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1054 <literal>4</literal> (reverse),
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1055 <literal>5</literal> (special).
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1056 </para></listitem>
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1057 </varlistentry>
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1058 </variablelist>
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1059
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1060 <variablelist>
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1061 <title>AAlib itself provides a large sum of options. Here are some
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1062 important:</title>
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1063 <varlistentry>
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1064 <term><option>-aadriver</option></term>
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1065 <listitem><simpara>
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1066 set recommended aa driver (X11, curses, Linux)
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1067 </simpara></listitem>
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1068 </varlistentry>
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1069 <varlistentry>
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1070 <term><option>-aaextended</option></term>
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1071 <listitem><simpara>
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1072 use all 256 characters
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1073 </simpara></listitem>
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1074 </varlistentry>
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1075 <varlistentry>
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1076 <term><option>-aaeight</option></term>
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1077 <listitem><simpara>
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1078 use eight bit ASCII
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1079 </simpara></listitem>
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1080 </varlistentry>
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1081 <varlistentry>
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1082 <term><option>-aahelp</option></term>
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1083 <listitem><simpara>
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1084 prints out all aalib options
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1085 </simpara></listitem>
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1086 </varlistentry>
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1087 </variablelist>
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1088
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1089 <note>
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1090 <para>
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1091 The rendering is very CPU intensive, especially when using AA-on-X
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1092 (using aalib on X), and it's least CPU intensive on standard,
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1093 non-framebuffer console. Use SVGATextMode to set up a big textmode,
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1094 then enjoy! (secondary head Hercules cards rock :)) (but imho you
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1095 can use <option>-vf 1bpp</option> option to get graphics on hgafb:)
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1096 </para>
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1097 </note>
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1098
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1099 <para>
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1100 Use the <option>-framedrop</option> option if your computer isn't fast
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1101 enough to render all frames!
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1102 </para>
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1103
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1104 <para>
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1105 Playing on terminal you'll get better speed and quality using the Linux
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1106 driver, not curses (<option>-aadriver linux</option>). But therefore you
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1107 need write access on
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1108 <filename>/dev/vcsa<replaceable>&lt;terminal&gt;</replaceable></filename>!
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1109 That isn't autodetected by aalib, but vo_aa tries to find the best mode.
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1110 See <ulink url="http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/tune"/> for further
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1111 tuning issues.
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1112 </para>
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1113 </sect4>
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1114
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1115
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1116 <sect4 id="vesa">
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1117 <title>VESA - output to VESA BIOS</title>
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1118
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1119 <para>
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1120 This driver was designed and introduced as a <emphasis role="bold">generic
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1121 driver</emphasis> for any video card which has VESA VBE 2.0 compatible
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1122 BIOS. Another advantage of this driver is that it tries to force TV output
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1123 on.
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1124 <citetitle>VESA BIOS EXTENSION (VBE) Version 3.0 Date: September 16,
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1125 1998</citetitle> (Page 70) says:
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1126 </para>
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1127
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1128 <blockquote>
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1129 <formalpara><title>Dual-Controller Designs</title>
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1130 <para>
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1131 VBE 3.0 supports the dual-controller design by assuming that since both
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1132 controllers are typically provided by the same OEM, under control of a
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1133 single BIOS ROM on the same graphics card, it is possible to hide the fact
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1134 that two controllers are indeed present from the application. This has the
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1135 limitation of preventing simultaneous use of the independent controllers,
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1136 but allows applications released before VBE 3.0 to operate normally. The
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1137 VBE Function 00h (Return Controller Information) returns the combined
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1138 information of both controllers, including the combined list of available
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1139 modes. When the application selects a mode, the appropriate controller is
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1140 activated. Each of the remaining VBE functions then operates on the active
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1141 controller.
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1142 </para>
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1143 </formalpara>
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1144 </blockquote>
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1145
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1146 <para>
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1147 So you have chances to get working TV-out by using this driver.
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1148 (I guess that TV-out frequently is standalone head or standalone output
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1149 at least.)
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1150 </para>
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1151
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1152 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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1153 <title>ADVANTAGES</title>
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1154 <listitem><simpara>
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1155 You have chances to watch movies <emphasis role="bold">if Linux even doesn't
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1156 know</emphasis> your video hardware.
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1157 </simpara></listitem>
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1158 <listitem><simpara>
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1159 You don't need to have installed any graphics' related things on your
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1160 Linux (like X11 (aka XFree86), fbdev and so on). This driver can be run
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1161 from <emphasis role="bold">text-mode</emphasis>.
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1162 </simpara></listitem>
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1163 <listitem><simpara>
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1164 You have chances to get <emphasis role="bold">working TV-out</emphasis>.
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1165 (It's known at least for ATI's cards).
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1166 </simpara></listitem>
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1167 <listitem><simpara>
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1168 This driver calls <function>int 10h</function> handler thus it's not
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1169 an emulator - it calls <emphasis role="bold">real</emphasis> things of
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1170 <emphasis>real</emphasis> BIOS in <emphasis>real-mode</emphasis>
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1171 (actually in vm86 mode).
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1172 </simpara></listitem>
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1173 <listitem><simpara>
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1174 You can use VIDIX with it, thus getting accelerated video display
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1175 <emphasis role="bold">and</emphasis> TV output at the same time!
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1176 (Recommended for ATI cards.)
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1177 </simpara></listitem>
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1178 <listitem><simpara>
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1179 If you have VESA VBE 3.0+, and you had specified
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1180 <option>monitor-hfreq, monitor-vfreq, monitor-dotclock</option> somewhere
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1181 (config file, or commandline) you will get the highest possible refresh rate.
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1182 (Using General Timing Formula). To enable this feature you have to specify
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1183 <emphasis role="bold">all</emphasis> your monitor options.
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1184 </simpara></listitem>
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1185 </itemizedlist>
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1186
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1187 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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1188 <title>DISADVANTAGES</title>
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1189 <listitem><simpara>
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1190 It works only on <emphasis role="bold">x86 systems</emphasis>.
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1191 </simpara></listitem>
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1192 <listitem><simpara>
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1193 It can be used only by <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>.
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1194 </simpara></listitem>
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1195 <listitem><simpara>
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1196 Currently it's available only for <emphasis role="bold">Linux</emphasis>.
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1197 </simpara></listitem>
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1198 </itemizedlist>
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1199
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1200 <important>
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1201 <para>
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1202 Don't use this driver with <emphasis role="bold">GCC 2.96</emphasis>!
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1203 It won't work!
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1204 </para>
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1205 </important>
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1206
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1207 <variablelist>
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1208 <title>COMMAND LINE OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR VESA</title>
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1209 <varlistentry>
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1210 <term><option>-vo vesa:<replaceable>opts</replaceable></option></term>
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1211 <listitem><simpara>
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1212 currently recognized: <literal>dga</literal> to force dga mode and
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1213 <literal>nodga</literal> to disable dga mode. In dga mode you can enable
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1214 double buffering via the <option>-double</option> option. Note: you may omit
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1215 these parameters to enable <emphasis role="bold">autodetection</emphasis> of
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1216 dga mode.
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1217 </simpara></listitem>
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1218 </varlistentry>
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1219 </variablelist>
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1220
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1221 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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1222 <title>KNOWN PROBLEMS AND WORKAROUNDS</title>
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1223 <listitem><simpara>
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1224 If you have installed <emphasis role="bold">NLS</emphasis> font on your
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1225 Linux box and run VESA driver from text-mode then after terminating
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1226 <application>MPlayer</application> you will have
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1227 <emphasis role="bold">ROM font</emphasis> loaded instead of national.
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1228 You can load national font again by using <command>setsysfont</command>
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1229 utility from the Mandrake distribution for example.
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1230 (<emphasis role="bold">Hint</emphasis>: The same utility is used for
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1231 localization of fbdev).
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1232 </simpara></listitem>
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1233 <listitem><simpara>
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1234 Some <emphasis role="bold">Linux graphics drivers</emphasis> don't update
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1235 active <emphasis role="bold">BIOS mode</emphasis> in DOS memory.
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1236 So if you have such problem - always use VESA driver only from
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1237 <emphasis role="bold">text-mode</emphasis>. Otherwise text-mode (#03) will
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1238 be activated anyway and you will need restart your computer.
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1239 </simpara></listitem>
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1240 <listitem><simpara>
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1241 Often after terminating VESA driver you get <emphasis role="bold">black</emphasis>
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1242 screen. To return your screen to original state - simply switch to other console
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1243 (by pressing <keycap>Alt</keycap>+<keycap>F&lt;x&gt;</keycap>)
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1244 then switch to your previous console by the same way.
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1245 </simpara></listitem>
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1246 <listitem><simpara>
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1247 To get <emphasis role="bold">working TV-out</emphasis> you need have plugged
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1248 TV-connector in before booting your PC since video BIOS initializes
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1249 itself only once during POST procedure.
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1250 </simpara></listitem>
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1251 </itemizedlist>
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1252 </sect4>
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1253
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1254
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1255 <sect4 id="x11">
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1256 <title>X11</title>
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1257
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1258 <para>
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1259 Avoid if possible. Outputs to X11 (uses shared memory extension), with no
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1260 hardware acceleration at all. Supports (MMX/3DNow/SSE accelerated, but
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1261 still slow) software scaling, use the options <option>-fs -zoom</option>.
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1262 Most cards have hardware scaling support, use the <option>-vo xv</option>
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1263 output for them, or <option>-vo xmga</option> for Matroxes.
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1264 </para>
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1265
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1266 <para>
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1267 The problem is that most cards' driver doesn't support hardware
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1268 acceleration on the second head/TV. In those cases, you see green/blue
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1269 colored window instead of the movie. This is where this driver comes in
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1270 handy, but you need powerful CPU to use software scaling. Don't use the SDL
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1271 driver's software output+scaler, it has worse image quality!
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1272 </para>
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1273
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1274 <para>
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1275 Software scaling is very slow, you better try changing video modes instead.
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1276 It's very simple. See the <link linkend="dga-modelines">DGA section's
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1277 modelines</link>, and insert them into your <filename>XF86Config</filename>.
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1278
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1279 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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1280 <listitem><simpara>
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1281 If you have XFree86 4.x.x: use the <option>-vm</option> option. It will
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1282 change to a resolution your movie fits in. If it doesn't:
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1283 </simpara></listitem>
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1284 <listitem><simpara>
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1285 With XFree86 3.x.x: you have to cycle through available resolutions
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1286 with the
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1287 <keycap>Ctrl</keycap>+<keycap>Alt</keycap>+<keycap>plus</keycap>
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1288 and
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1289 <keycap>Ctrl</keycap>+<keycap>Alt</keycap>+<keycap>minus</keycap>
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1290 keys.
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1291 </simpara></listitem>
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1292 </itemizedlist>
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1293 </para>
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1294
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1295 <para>
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1296 If you can't find the modes you inserted, browse XFree86's output. Some
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1297 drivers can't use low pixelclocks that are needed for low resolution
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1298 video modes.
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1299 </para>
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1300 </sect4>
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1301
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1302
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1303 <sect4 id="vidix">
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1304 <title>VIDIX</title>
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1305
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1306 <formalpara>
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1307 <title>PREAMBLE</title>
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1308 <para>
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1309 <acronym>VIDIX</acronym> is the abbreviation for <emphasis role="bold">VID</emphasis>eo
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1310 <emphasis role="bold">I</emphasis>nterface for *ni<emphasis role="bold">X</emphasis>.
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1311 VIDIX was designed and introduced as an interface for fast user-space drivers
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1312 providing such video performance as mga_vid does for Matrox cards. It's also very
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1313 portable.
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1314 </para>
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1315 </formalpara>
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1316 <para>
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1317 This interface was designed as an attempt to fit existing video
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1318 acceleration interfaces (known as mga_vid, rage128_vid, radeon_vid,
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1319 pm3_vid) into a fixed scheme. It provides highlevel interface to chips
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1320 which are known as BES (BackEnd scalers) or OV (Video Overlays). It doesn't
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1321 provide lowlevel interface to things which are known as graphics servers.
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1322 (I don't want to compete with X11 team in graphics mode switching). I.e.
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1323 main goal of this interface is to maximize the speed of video playback.
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1324 </para>
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1325
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1326 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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1327 <title>USAGE</title>
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1328 <listitem><simpara>
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1329 You can use standalone video output driver: <option>-vo xvidix</option>.
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1330 This driver was developed as X11's front end to VIDIX technology. It
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1331 requires X server and can work only under X server. Note that, as it directly
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1332 accesses the hardware and circumvents the X driver, pixmaps cached in the
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1333 graphics card's memory may be corrupted. You can prevent this by limiting
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1334 the amount of video memory used by X with the XF86Config option "VideoRam"
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1335 in the device section. You should set this to the amount of memory installed
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1336 on your card minus 4MB. If you have less than 8MB of video ram, you can use
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1337 the option "XaaNoPixmapCache" in the screen section instead.
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1338 </simpara></listitem>
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1339 <listitem><simpara>
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1340 There is a console VIDIX driver: <option>-vo cvidix</option>.
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1341 This requires a working and initialized framebuffer for most cards (or else
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1342 you'll just mess up the screen), and you'll have a similar effect as with
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1343 <option>-vo mga</option> or <option>-vo fbdev</option>. nVidia cards however
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1344 are able to output truly graphical video on a real text console. See the
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1345 <link linkend="vidix-nvidia">nvidia_vid</link> section for more information.
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1346 </simpara></listitem>
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1347 <listitem><simpara>
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1348 You can use VIDIX subdevice which was applied to several video output
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1349 drivers, such as: <option>-vo vesa:vidix</option>
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1350 (<emphasis role="bold">Linux only</emphasis>) and
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1351 <option>-vo fbdev:vidix</option>.
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1352 </simpara></listitem>
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1353 </itemizedlist>
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1354
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1355 <para>
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1356 Indeed it doesn't matter which video output driver is used with
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1357 <emphasis role="bold">VIDIX</emphasis>.
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1358 </para>
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1359
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1360 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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1361 <title>REQUIREMENTS</title>
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1362 <listitem><simpara>
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1363 Video card should be in graphics mode (except nVidia cards with the
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1364 <option>-vo cvidix</option> output driver).
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1365 </simpara></listitem>
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1366 <listitem><simpara>
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1367 <application>MPlayer</application>'s video output driver should know
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1368 active video mode and be able to tell to VIDIX subdevice some video
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1369 characteristics of server.
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1370 </simpara></listitem>
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1371 </itemizedlist>
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1372
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1373 <formalpara>
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1374 <title>USAGE METHODS</title>
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1375 <para>
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1376 When VIDIX is used as <emphasis role="bold">subdevice</emphasis> (<option>-vo
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1377 vesa:vidix</option>) then video mode configuration is performed by video
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1378 output device (<emphasis role="bold">vo_server</emphasis> in short). Therefore you can
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1379 pass into command line of <application>MPlayer</application> the same keys
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1380 as for vo_server. In addition it understands <option>-double</option> key
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1381 as globally visible parameter. (I recommend using this key with VIDIX at
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1382 least for ATI's card). As for <option>-vo xvidix</option>, currently it
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1383 recognizes the following options: <option>-fs -zoom -x -y -double</option>.
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1384 </para>
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1385 </formalpara>
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1386 <para>
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1387 Also you can specify VIDIX's driver directly as third subargument in
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1388 command line:
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1389
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1390 <screen>mplayer -vo xvidix:mga_vid.so -fs -zoom -double file.avi</screen>
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1391 or
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1392 <screen>mplayer -vo vesa:vidix:radeon_vid.so -fs -zoom -double -bpp 32 file.avi</screen>
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1393
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1394 But it's dangerous, and you shouldn't do that. In this case given driver
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1395 will be forced and result is unpredictable (it may
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1396 <emphasis role="bold">freeze</emphasis> your computer). You should do that
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1397 ONLY if you are absolutely sure it will work, and
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1398 <application>MPlayer</application> doesn't do it automatically. Please tell
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1399 about it to the developers. The right way is to use VIDIX without arguments
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1400 to enable driver autodetection.
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1401 </para>
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1402
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1403 <para>
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1404 VIDIX is new technology and it's extremely possible that on your
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1405 system it won't work. In this case only solution for you
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1406 it's port it (mainly libdha). But there is hope that it will work on those
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1407 systems where X11 does.
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1408 </para>
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1409
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1410 <para>
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1411 Since VIDIX requires direct hardware access you can either run it as root
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1412 or set the SUID bit on the <application>MPlayer</application> binary
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1413 (<emphasis role="bold">Warning: This is a security risk!</emphasis>).
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1414 Alternatively, you can use a special kernel module, like this:
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1415 </para>
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1416
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1417 <procedure>
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1418 <step><para>
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1419 Download the <ulink url="http://www.arava.co.il/matan/svgalib/">development version</ulink>
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1420 of svgalib (for example 1.9.17), <emphasis role="bold">OR</emphasis>
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1421 download a version made by Alex especially for usage with <application>MPlayer</application>
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1422 (it doesn't need the svgalib source to compile) from
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1423 <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/~alex/svgalib_helper-1.9.17-mplayer.tar.bz2">here</ulink>.
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1424 </para></step>
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1425 <step><para>
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1426 Compile the module in the <filename class="directory">svgalib_helper</filename>
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1427 directory (it can be found inside the <filename class="directory">svgalib-1.9.17/kernel/</filename>
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1428 directory if you've downloaded the source from the svgalib site) and insmod it.
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1429 </para></step>
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1430 <step><para>
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1431 To create the neccessary devices in the <filename class="directory">/dev</filename>
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1432 directory, do a <screen>make device</screen> in the <filename class="directory">svgalib_helper</filename>
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1433 dir, as root.
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1434 </para></step>
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1435 <step><para>
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1436 Move the <filename class="directory">svgalib_helper</filename> directory to
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1437 <filename class="directory">mplayer/main/libdha/svgalib_helper</filename>.
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1438 </para></step>
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1439 <step><para>
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1440 Required if you download the source from the svgalib site: Remove the comment before the
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1441 CFLAGS line containing "svgalib_helper" string from the
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1442 <filename class="directory">libdha/Makefile</filename>.
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1443 </para></step>
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1444 <step><para>
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1445 Recompile and install libdha.
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1446 </para></step>
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1447 </procedure>
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1448
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1449 <sect5 id="vidix-ati">
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1450 <title>ATI cards</title>
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1451 <para>
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1452 Currently most ATI cards are supported natively, from Mach64 to the
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1453 newest Radeons.
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1454 </para>
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1455
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1456 <para>
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1457 There are two compiled binaries: <filename>radeon_vid</filename> for Radeon and
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1458 <filename>rage128_vid</filename> for Rage 128 cards. You may force one or let
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1459 the VIDIX system autoprobe all available drivers.
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1460 </para>
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1461 </sect5>
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1462
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1463 <sect5 id="vidix-mga">
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1464 <title>Matrox cards</title>
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1465 <para>
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1466 Matrox G200, G400, G450 and G550 have been reported to work.
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1467 </para>
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1468
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1469 <para>
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1470 The driver supports video equalizers and should be nearly as fast as the
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1471 <link linkend="mga_vid">Matrox framebuffer</link>
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1472 </para>
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1473 </sect5>
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1474
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1475 <sect5 id="vidix-trident">
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1476 <title>Trident cards</title>
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1477 <para>
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1478 There is a driver available for the Trident Cyberblade/i1 chipset, which
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1479 can be found on VIA Epia motherboards.
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1480 </para>
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1481
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1482 <para>
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1483 The driver was written and is maintained by
d4df1e5e5e49 the author's homepage points to us as the latest driver's source, so we
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1484 <ulink url="http://www.blackfiveservices.co.uk/EPIAVidix.shtml">Alastair M. Robinson</ulink>
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1485 </para>
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1486 </sect5>
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1487
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1488 <sect5 id="vidix-3dlabs">
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1489 <title>3DLabs cards</title>
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1490 <para>
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1491 Although there is a driver for the 3DLabs GLINT R3 and Permedia3 chips, no one
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1492 has tested it, so reports are welcome.
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1493 </para>
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1494 </sect5>
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1495
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1496 <sect5 id="vidix-nvidia">
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1497 <title>nVidia cards</title>
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1498 <para>
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1499 There's a relatively new nVidia driver out there, it's known to work on Riva
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1500 128, TNT and GeForce2 chipsets, also others have been reported working.
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1501 </para>
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1502
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1503 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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1504 <title>LIMITATIONS</title>
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1505 <listitem><para>
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1506 It's recommended to use the binary nVidia drivers for X before using this
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1507 VIDIX driver, because some of the registers which need to be initialized
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1508 haven't been discovered yet, so it will probably fail with the Open Source
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1509 XFree86 <filename>nv.o</filename> driver.
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1510 </para></listitem>
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1511 <listitem><para>
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1512 Currently only codecs capable of UYVY colorspace output
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1513 can work in conjunction with this driver. Unfortunately, this excludes
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1514 every single decoder from the libavcodec family. This leaves us with the
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1515 following usable popular codecs: <systemitem>cvid, divxds, xvid, divx4,
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1516 wmv7, wmv8</systemitem> and some others. Please note that this is only
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1517 a temporal inconvenience. The usage syntax is as follows:
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1518 <screen>
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1519 mplayer -vf format=uyvy -vc divxds divx3file.avi
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1520 </screen>
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1521 </para></listitem>
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1522 </itemizedlist>
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1523
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1524 <para>
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1525 An unique feature of the nvidia_vid driver is its ability to display video on
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1526 <emphasis role="bold">plain, pure, text-only console</emphasis> - with no
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1527 framebuffer or X magic whatsoever. For this purpose, we'll have to use the
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1528 <option>cvidix</option> video output, as the following example shows:
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1529 <screen>
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1530 mplayer -vf format=uyvy -vc divxds -vo cvidix example.avi
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1531 </screen>
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1532 </para>
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1533
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1534 <para>
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1535 Reports awaited!
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1536 </para>
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1537 </sect5>
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1538
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1539 <sect5 id="vidix-sis">
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1540 <title>SiS cards</title>
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1541 <para>
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1542 This is very experimental code, just like nvidia_vid.
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1543 </para>
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1544
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1545 <para>
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1546 It's been tested on SiS 650/651/740 (the most common chipsets used in the
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1547 SiS versions of the "Shuttle XPC" barebones boxes out there)
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1548 </para>
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1549
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1550 <para>
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1551 Reports awaited!
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1552 </para>
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1553 </sect5>
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1554 </sect4>
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1555
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1556 <sect4 id="directfb">
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1557 <title>DirectFB</title>
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1558 <blockquote><para>
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1559 &quot;DirectFB is a graphics library which was designed with embedded systems
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1560 in mind. It offers maximum hardware accelerated performance at a minimum
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1561 of resource usage and overhead.&quot; - quoted from <ulink url="http://www.directfb.org"/>
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1562 </para></blockquote>
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1563
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1564 <para>I'll exclude DirectFB features from this section.</para>
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1565
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1566 <para>
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1567 Though <application>MPlayer</application> is not supported as a &quot;video
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1568 provider&quot; in DirectFB, this output driver will enable video playback through
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1569 DirectFB. It will - of course - be accelerated, on my Matrox G400 DirectFB's speed
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1570 was the same as XVideo.
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1571 </para>
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1572
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1573 <para>
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1574 Always try to use the newest version of DirectFB. You can use DirectFB options on
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1575 the command line, using the <option>-dfbopts</option> option. Layer selection can
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1576 be done by the subdevice method, e.g.: <option>-vo directfb:2</option>
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1577 (layer -1 is default: autodetect)
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1578 </para>
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1579 </sect4>
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1580
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1581 <sect4 id="dfbmga">
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1582 <title>DirectFB/Matrox (dfbmga)</title>
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1583 <para>
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1584 Please read the <link linkend="directfb">main DirectFB</link> section or general
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1585 informations.
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1586 </para>
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1587
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1588 <para>This video output driver will enable CRTC2 (on the second head) on the
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1589 Matrox G400/G450/G550 card, displaying video <emphasis role="bold">independently</emphasis>
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1590 of the first head.
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1591 </para>
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1592
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1593 <para>
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1594 Instructions on how to make it work can be found in the
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1595 <ulink url="../../tech/directfb.txt">tech</ulink> section
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1596 or directly on Ville Syrjala's
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1597 <ulink url="http://www.sci.fi/~syrjala/directfb/Matrox_TV-out_README.txt">home page</ulink>.
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1598 </para>
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1599
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1600 <note><para>
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1601 the first DirectFB version with which we could kick this working was
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1602 0.9.17 (it's buggy, needs that <systemitem>surfacemanager</systemitem> patch from
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1603 the URL above). Anyway, porting of the CRTC2 code to <emphasis role="bold">mga_vid</emphasis>
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1604 is underway.
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1605 </para></note>
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1606 </sect4>
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1607 </sect3>
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1608
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1609 <sect3 id="mpeg_decoders">
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1610 <title>MPEG decoders</title>
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1611
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1612 <sect4 id="dvb">
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1613 <title>DVB output and input</title>
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1614 <para>
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1615 <application>MPlayer</application> supports cards with the Siemens DVB chipset
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1616 from vendors like Siemens, Technotrend, Galaxis or Hauppauge. The latest DVB
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1617 drivers are available from the <ulink url="http://www.linuxtv.org">Linux TV site</ulink>.
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1618 If you want to do software transcoding you should have at least a 1GHz CPU.
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1619 </para>
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1620
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1621 <para>
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1622 Configure should detect your DVB card. If it did not, force detection with
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1623 </para>
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1624
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1625 <para><screen>./configure --enable-dvb</screen></para>
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1626
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1627 <para>If you have ost headers at a non-standard path, set the path with</para>
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1628
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1629 <para><screen>./configure --with-extraincdir=<replaceable>DVB source directory</replaceable>/ost/include
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1630 </screen></para>
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1631
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1632 <para>Then compile and install as usual.</para>
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1633
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1634 <formalpara>
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1635 <title>USAGE</title>
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1636 <para>
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1637 Hardware decoding (playing standard MPEG1/2 files) can be done with this command:
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1638 </para>
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1639 </formalpara>
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1640
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1641 <para><screen>mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes file.mpg|vob</screen></para>
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1642
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1643 <para>
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1644 Software decoding or transcoding different formats to MPEG1 can be achieved using
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1645 a command like this:
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1646 </para>
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1647 <para><screen>
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1648 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes yourfile.ext
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1649 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vf expand yourfile.ext
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1650 </screen></para>
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1651
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1652 <para>
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1653 Note that DVB cards only support heights 288 and 576 for PAL or 240 and 480 for
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1654 NTSC. You <emphasis role="bold">must</emphasis> rescale for other heights by adding
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1655 <option>scale=width:height</option> with the width and height you want to the
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1656 <option>-vf</option> option. DVB cards accept various widths, like 720, 704,
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1657 640, 512, 480, 352 etc and do hardware scaling in horizontal direction, so you
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1658 do not need to scale horizontally in most cases. For a 512x384 (aspect 4:3)
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1659 DivX try:
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1660 </para>
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1661
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1662 <para><screen>mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vf scale=512:576</screen></para>
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1663
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1664 <para>If you have a widescreen movie and you do not want to scale it to full height,
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1665 you can use the <option>expand=w:h</option> filter to add black bands. To view a
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1666 640x384 DivX, try:
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1667 </para>
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1668
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1669 <para><screen>mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vf expand=640:576 file.avi
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1670 </screen></para>
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1671
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1672 <para>If your CPU is too slow for a full size 720x576 DivX, try downscaling:</para>
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1673
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1674 <para><screen>mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vf scale=352:576 file.avi
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1675 </screen></para>
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1676
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1677 <para>If speed does not improve, try vertical downscaling, too:</para>
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1678
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1679 <para><screen>mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vf scale=352:288 file.avi
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1680 </screen></para>
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1681
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1682 <para>
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1683 For OSD and subtitles use the OSD feature of the expand filter. So, instead of
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1684 <option>expand=w:h</option> or <option>expand=w:h:x:y</option>, use
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1685 <option>expand=w:h:x:y:1</option> (the 5th parameter <option>:1</option>
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1686 at the end will enable OSD rendering). You may want to move the image up a bit
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1687 to get a bigger black zone for subtitles. You may also want to move subtitles up,
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1688 if they are outside your TV screen, use the <option>-subpos &lt;0-100&gt;</option>
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1689 option to adjust this (<option>-subpos 80</option> is a good choice).
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1690 </para>
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1691
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1692 <para>
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1693 In order to play non-25fps movies on a PAL TV or with a slow CPU, add the
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1694 <option>-framedrop</option> option.
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1695 </para>
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1696
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1697 <para>
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1698 To keep the aspect ratio of DivX files and get the optimal scaling
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1699 parameters (hardware horizontal scaling and software vertical scaling
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1700 while keeping the right aspect ratio), use the new dvbscale filter:
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1701 </para>
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1702
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1703 <para><screen>
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1704 for a 4:3 TV: -vf dvbscale,scale=-1:0,expand=-1:576:-1:-1:1
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1705 for a 16:9 TV: -vf dvbscale=1024,scale=-1:0,expand=-1:576:-1:-1:1
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1706 </screen></para>
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1707
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1708 <formalpara>
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1709 <title>Using your DVB card for watching Digital TV (DVB input module)</title>
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1710 <para>
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1711 First you need to pass the <literal>dvb_shutdown_timeout=0</literal>
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1712 parameter to the kernel module <filename>dvb-core</filename>, or
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1713 <application>MPlayer</application> will die after 10 seconds.
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1714 </para>
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1715 </formalpara>
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1716
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1717 <para>
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1718 You should also have the programs <command>scan</command> and
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1719 <command>szap/tzap/czap</command> installed; they are all included in
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1720 the drivers package.
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1721 </para>
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1722
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1723 <para>
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1724 Verify that your drivers are working properly with a program such as
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1725 <ulink url="http://www.sf.net/projects/dvbtools/"><command>dvbstream</command></ulink>
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1726 (that is the base of the DVB input module).
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1727 </para>
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1728
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1729 <para>
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1730 Now you should compile a <filename>~/.mplayer/channels.conf</filename>
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1731 file, with the syntax accepted by <command>szap/tzap/czap</command>, or
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1732 have <command>scan</command> compile it for you.
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1733 </para>
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1734
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1735 <para>
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1736 Make sure that you have have <emphasis>only</emphasis> Free to Air
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1737 channels in your <filename>channels.conf</filename> file, or
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1738 <application>MPlayer</application> will hang on the others.
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1739 </para>
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1740
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1741 <para>
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1742 To show the first of the channels present in your list, run
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1743 </para>
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1744
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1745 <screen>
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1746 mplayer dvb://
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1747 </screen>
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1748
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1749 <para>
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1750 If you want to watch a specific channel, such as R1, run
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1751 </para>
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1752
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1753 <screen>
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1754 mplayer dvb://R1
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1755 </screen>
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1756
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1757 <para>
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1758 To change channels press the <keycap>h</keycap> (next) and
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1759 <keycap>k</keycap> (previous) keys, or use the OSD menu (requires
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1760 a working <link linkend="subosd">OSD subsystem</link>).
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1761 </para>
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1762
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1763 <para>
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1764 If your <filename>~/.mplayer/menu.conf</filename> contains a
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1765 <literal>&lt;dvbsel&gt;</literal> entry, such as the one in the example
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1766 file <filename>etc/dvb-menu.conf</filename> (that you can use to overwrite
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1767 <filename>~/.mplayer/menu.conf</filename>), the main menu will show a
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1768 sub-menu entry that will permit you to choose one of the channels present
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1769 in your <filename>channels.conf</filename>.
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1770 </para>
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1771
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1772 <para>
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1773 If you want to save a program to disk you can use
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1774 </para>
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1775
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1776 <screen>
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1777 mplayer -dumpfile r1.ts -dumpstream dvb://R1
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1778 </screen>
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1779
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1780 <para>
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1781 If you want to record it in a different format (re-encoding it) instead
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1782 you can run a command such as
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1783 </para>
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1784
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1785 <screen>
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1786 mencoder -o r1.avi -ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=800 -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128 -pp=ci dvb://R1
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1787 </screen>
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1788
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1789 <para>
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1790 Read the man page for a list of options that you can pass to the
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1791 DVB input module.
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1792 </para>
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1793
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1794 <formalpara>
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1795 <title>FUTURE</title>
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1796 <para>
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1797 If you have questions or want to hear feature announcements and take part in
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1798 discussions on this subject, join our
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1799 <ulink url="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dvb">MPlayer-DVB</ulink>
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1800 mailing list. Please remember that the list language is English.
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1801 </para>
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1802 </formalpara>
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1803
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1804 <para>
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1805 In the future you may expect the ability to display OSD and subtitles using
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1806 the native OSD feature of DVB cards, as well as more fluent playback of
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1807 non-25fps movies and realtime transcoding between MPEG2 and MPEG4 (partial
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1808 decompression).
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1809 </para>
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1810 </sect4>
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1811
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1812 <sect4 id="dxr2">
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1813 <title>DXR2</title>
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1814 <para><application>MPlayer</application> supports hardware accelerated playback
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1815 with the Creative DXR2 card.</para>
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1816 <para>
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1817 First of all you will need properly installed DXR2 drivers. You can find
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1818 the drivers and installation instructions at the
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1819 <ulink url="http://dxr2.sourceforge.net/">DXR2 Resource Center</ulink> site.
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1820 </para>
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1821
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1822 <variablelist>
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1823 <title>USAGE</title>
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1824 <varlistentry>
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1825 <term><option>-vo dxr2</option></term>
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1826 <listitem><para>enable TV output</para></listitem>
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1827 </varlistentry>
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1828
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1829 <varlistentry>
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1830 <term><option>-vo dxr2:x11</option> or <option>-vo dxr2:xv</option></term>
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1831 <listitem><para>enable Overlay output in X11</para></listitem>
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1832 </varlistentry>
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1833
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1834 <varlistentry>
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1835 <term><option>-dxr2 &lt;option1:option2:...&gt;</option></term>
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1836 <listitem><para>This option is used to control the DXR2 driver.</para></listitem>
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1837 </varlistentry>
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1838 </variablelist>
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1839
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1840 <para>
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1841 The overlay chipset used on the DXR2 is of pretty bad quality but the
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1842 default settings should work for everybody. The OSD may be usable with the
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1843 overlay (not on TV) by drawing it in the colorkey. With the default colorkey
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1844 settings you may get variable results, usually you will see the colorkey
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1845 around the characters or some other funny effect. But if you properly adjust
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1846 the colorkey settings you should be able to get acceptable results.
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1847 </para>
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1848
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1849 <para>Please see the manpage for available options.</para>
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1850 </sect4>
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1851
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1852 <sect4 id="dxr3">
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1853 <title>DXR3/Hollywood+</title>
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1854 <para>
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1855 <application>MPlayer</application> supports hardware accelerated playback
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1856 with the Creative DXR3 and Sigma Designs Hollywood Plus cards. These cards
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1857 both use the em8300 MPEG decoder chip from Sigma Designs.
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1858 </para>
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1859
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1860 <para>
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1861 First of all you will need properly installed DXR3/H+ drivers, version 0.12.0
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1862 or later. You can find the drivers and installation instructions at the
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1863 <ulink url="http://dxr3.sourceforge.net/">DXR3 &amp; Hollywood Plus for Linux</ulink>
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1864 site. <filename>configure</filename> should detect your card automatically,
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1865 compilation should go without problems.
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1866 </para>
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1867
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1868 <!-- FIXME: find a more clear presentation -->
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1869 <variablelist>
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1870 <title>USAGE</title>
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1871 <varlistentry>
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1872 <term><option>-vo dxr3:prebuf:sync:norm=x:<replaceable>device</replaceable></option></term>
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1873 <listitem><para>
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1874 <option>overlay</option> activates the overlay instead of TVOut. It requires
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1875 that you have a properly configured overlay setup to work right. The easiest
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1876 way to configure the overlay is to first run autocal. Then run mplayer with
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1877 dxr3 output and without overlay turned on, run dxr3view. In dxr3view you can
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1878 tweak the overlay settings and see the effects in realtime, perhaps this feature
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1879 will be supported by the <application>MPlayer</application> GUI in the future.
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1880 When overlay is properly set up you will no longer need to use dxr3view.
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1881 <option>prebuf</option> turns on prebuffering. Prebuffering is a feature of the
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1882 em8300 chip that enables it to hold more than one frame of video at a time. This
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1883 means that when you are running with prebuffering <application>MPlayer</application>
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1884 will try to keep the video buffer filled with data at all times. If you are on
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1885 a slow machine <application>MPlayer</application> will probably use close to,
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1886 or precisely 100% of CPU. This is especially common if you play pure MPEG streams
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1887 (like DVDs, SVCDs a.s.o.) since <application>MPlayer</application> will not have
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1888 to reencode it to MPEG it will fill the buffer very fast.
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1889 With prebuffering video playback is <emphasis role="bold">much</emphasis>
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1890 less sensitive to other programs hogging the CPU, it will not drop frames unless
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1891 applications hog the CPU for a long time.
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1892 When running without prebuffering the em8300 is much more sensitive to CPU load,
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1893 so it is highly suggested that you turn on <application>MPlayer's</application>
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1894 <option>-framedrop</option> option to avoid further loss of sync.
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1895 <option>sync</option> will turn on the new sync-engine. This is currently an
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1896 experimental feature. With the sync feature turned on the em8300's internal clock
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1897 will be monitored at all times, if it starts to deviate from
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1898 <application>MPlayer's</application> clock it will be reset causing the em8300 to
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1899 drop any frames that are lagging behind.
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1900 <option>norm=x</option> will set the TV norm of the DXR3 card without the need
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1901 for external tools like em8300setup. Valid norms are 5 = NTSC, 4 = PAL-60,
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1902 3 = PAL. Special norms are 2 (auto-adjust using PAL/PAL-60) and 1 (auto-adjust
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1903 using PAL/NTSC) because they decide which norm to use by looking at the frame
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1904 rate of the movie. norm = 0 (default) does not change the current norm.
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1905 <option><replaceable>device</replaceable></option> = device number to use if you have more than one em8300
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1906 card.
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1907 Any of these options may be left out.
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1908 <option>:prebuf:sync</option> seems to work great when playing DivX movies. People
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1910 might want to try running without any options first, if you have sync problems,
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1911 or DVD subtitle problems, give <option>:sync</option> a try.
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1912 </para></listitem>
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1913 </varlistentry>
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1914
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1915 <varlistentry>
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1916 <term><option>-ao oss:/dev/em8300_ma-<replaceable>X</replaceable></option></term>
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1917 <listitem><para>
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1918 For audio output, where <replaceable>X</replaceable> is the device number (0 if one card).
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1919 </para></listitem>
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1920 </varlistentry>
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1921
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1922 <varlistentry>
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1923 <term><option>-aop list=resample:fout=<replaceable>xxxxx</replaceable></option></term>
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1924 <listitem><para>
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1925 The em8300 cannot play back samplerates lower than 44100Hz. If the sample
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1926 rate is below 44100Hz select either 44100Hz or 48000Hz depending on which
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1927 one matches closest. I.e. if the movie uses 22050Hz use 44100Hz as
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1928 44100 / 2 = 22050, if it is 24000Hz use 48000Hz as 48000 / 2 = 24000 and so on.
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1929 This does not work with digital audio output (<option>-ac hwac3</option>).
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1930 </para></listitem>
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1931 </varlistentry>
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1932
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1933 <varlistentry>
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1934 <term><option>-vf lavc/fame</option></term>
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1935 <listitem><para>
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1936 To watch non-MPEG content on the em8300 (i.e. DivX or RealVideo) you have to
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1937 specify an MPEG1 video filter such as libavcodec (lavc) or libfame (fame). At
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1938 the moment lavc is both faster and gives better image quality, it is suggested
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1939 that you use that unless you have problems with it. See the man page for further
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1940 info about <option>-vf lavc/fame</option>.
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1941 Using lavc is highly recommended. Currently there is no way of setting the fps
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1942 of the em8300 which means that it is fixed to 29.97fps. Because of this it is
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1943 highly recommended that you use <option>-vf lavc=<replaceable>quality</replaceable>:25</option>
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1944 especially if you are using prebuffering. Then why 25 and not 29.97? Well, the
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1945 thing is that when you use 29.97 the picture becomes a bit jumpy. The reason for
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1946 this is unknown to us. If you set it to somewhere between 25 and 27 the picture
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1947 becomes stable. For now all we can do is accept this for a fact.
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1948 </para></listitem>
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1949 </varlistentry>
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1950
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1951 <varlistentry>
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1952 <term><option>-vf expand=-1:-1:-1:-1:1</option></term>
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1953 <listitem><para>
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1954 Although the DXR3 driver can put some OSD onto the MPEG1/2/4 video, it has
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1955 much lower quality than <application>MPlayer's</application> traditional OSD,
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1956 and has several refresh problems as well. The command line above will firstly
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1957 convert the input video to MPEG4 (this is mandatory, sorry), then apply an
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1958 expand filter which won't expand anything (-1: default), but apply the normal
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1959 OSD onto the picture (that's what the "1" at the end does).
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1960 </para></listitem>
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1961 </varlistentry>
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1962
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1963 <varlistentry>
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1964 <term><option>-ac hwac3</option></term>
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1965 <listitem><para>
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1966 The em8300 supports playing back AC3 audio (surround sound) through the
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1967 digital audio output of the card. See the <option>-ao oss</option> option above,
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1968 it must be used to specify the DXR3's output instead of a soundcard.
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1969 </para></listitem>
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1970 </varlistentry>
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1971 </variablelist>
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1972 </sect4>
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1973
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1974 </sect3>
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1975
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1976 <sect3 id="other">
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1977 <title>Other visualization hardware</title>
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1978
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1979 <sect4 id="zr">
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1980 <title>Zr</title>
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1981
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1982 <para>
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1983 This is a display-driver (<option>-vo zr</option>) for a number of MJPEG
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1984 capture/playback cards (tested for DC10+ and Buz, and it should work for the
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1985 LML33, the DC10). The driver works by encoding the frame to JPEG and then
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1986 sending it to the card. For the JPEG encoding <systemitem>libavcodec</systemitem>
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1987 is used, and required. With the special <emphasis>cinerama</emphasis> mode,
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1988 you can watch movies in true wide screen provided that you have two beamers
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1989 and two MJPEG cards. Depending on resolution and quality settings, this driver
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1990 may require a lot of CPU power, remember to specify <option>-framedrop</option>
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1991 if your machine is too slow. Note: My AMD K6-2 350MHz is (with
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1992 <option>-framedrop</option>) quite adequate for watching VCD sized material and
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1993 downscaled movies.
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1994 </para>
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1995
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1996 <para>
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1997 This driver talks to the kernel driver available at
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1998 <ulink url="http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net"/>, so
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1999 you must get it working first. The presence of an MJPEG card is autodetected by the
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2000 <filename>configure</filename> script, if autodetection fails, force detection with
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2001 <screen>./configure --enable-zr</screen>
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2002 </para>
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2003 <para>
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2004 The output can be controlled by several options, a long description of the
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2005 options can be found in the man page, a short list of options can be viewed
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2006 by running
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2007 <screen>mplayer -zrhelp</screen>
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2008 </para>
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2009
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2010 <para>
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2011 Things like scaling and the OSD (on screen display) are not handled by
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2012 this driver but can be done using the video filters. For example, suppose
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2013 that you have a movie with a resolution of 512x272 and you want to view it
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2014 fullscreen on your DC10+. There are three main possibilities, you may scale
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2015 the movie to a width of 768, 384 or 192. For performance and quality reasons,
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2016 I would choose to scale the movie to 384x204 using the fast bilinear software
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2017 scaler. The commandline is
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2018 <screen>mplayer -vo zr -sws 0 -vf scale=384:204 movie.avi</screen>
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2019 </para>
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2020
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2021 <para>
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2022 Cropping can be done by the <option>crop</option> filter and by this
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2023 driver itself. Suppose that a movie is too wide for display on your Buz and
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2024 that you want to use <option>-zrcrop</option> to make the movie less wide,
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2025 then you would issue the following command
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2026 <screen>mplayer -vo zr -zrcrop 720x320+80+0 benhur.avi</screen>
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2027 </para>
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2028
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2029 <para>
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2030 if you want to use the <option>crop</option> filter, you would do
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2031 <screen>mplayer -vo zr -vf crop=720:320:80:0 benhur.avi</screen>
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2032 </para>
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2033
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2034 <para>
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2035 Extra occurrences of <option>-zrcrop</option> invoke <emphasis>cinerama</emphasis>
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2036 mode, i.e. you can distribute the movie over several TV's or beamers to create a
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2037 larger screen. Suppose you have two beamers. The left one is connected to your
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2038 Buz at <filename>/dev/video1</filename> and the right one is connected to
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2039 your DC10+ at <filename>/dev/video0</filename>. The movie has a resolution
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2040 of 704x288. Suppose also that you want the right beamer in black and white and
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2041 that the left beamer should have JPEG frames at quality 10, then you would
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2042 issue the following command
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2043 <screen>
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2044 mplayer -vo zr -zrdev /dev/video0 -zrcrop 352x288+352+0 -zrxdoff 0 -zrbw \
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2045 -zrcrop 352x288+0+0 -zrdev /dev/video1 -zrquality 10 movie.avi
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2046 </screen>
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2047 </para>
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2048
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2049 <para>
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2050 You see that the options appearing before the second <option>-zrcrop</option>
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2051 only apply to the DC10+ and that the options after the second
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2052 <option>-zrcrop</option> apply to the Buz. The maximum number of MJPEG cards
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2053 participating in <emphasis>cinerama</emphasis> is four, so you can build a
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2054 2x2 vidiwall.
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2055 </para>
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2056
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2057 <para>
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2058 Finally an important remark: Do not start or stop XawTV on the playback device
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2059 during playback, it will crash your computer. It is, however, fine to
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2060 <emphasis role="bold">FIRST</emphasis> start XawTV, <emphasis role="bold">THEN</emphasis>
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2061 start <application>MPlayer</application>, wait for <application>MPlayer</application>
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2062 to finish and <emphasis role="bold">THEN</emphasis> stop XawTV.
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2063 </para>
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2064 </sect4>
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2065
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2066 <sect4 id="blinkenlights">
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2067 <title>Blinkenlights</title>
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2068 <para>
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2069 This driver is capable of playback using the Blinkenlights UDP protocol. If you
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2070 don't know what <ulink url="http://www.blinkenlights.de/">Blinkenlights</ulink>
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2071 is, you don't need this driver.
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2072 </para>
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2073 </sect4>
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2074 </sect3>
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2076 <sect3 id="tvout">
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2077 <title>TV-out support</title>
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2078
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2079 <sect4 id="tvout-mga-g400">
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2080 <title>Matrox G400 cards</title>
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2081
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2082 <para>
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2083 Under Linux you have two methods to get G400 TV out working:
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2084 </para>
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2085
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2086 <important>
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2087 <para>
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2088 for Matrox G450/G550 TV-out instructions, please see the next section!
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2089 </para>
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2090 </important>
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2091
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2092 <variablelist>
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2093 <varlistentry>
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2094 <term>XFree86</term>
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2095 <listitem><para>
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2096 Using the driver and the HAL module, available from <ulink
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2097 url="http://www.matrox.com">Matrox's site</ulink>. This will give you X
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2098 on the TV.
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2099 </para><para>
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2100 <emphasis role="bold">This method doesn't give you accelerated playback</emphasis>
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2101 as under Windows! The second head has only YUV framebuffer, the <emphasis>BES</emphasis>
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2102 (Back End Scaler, the YUV scaler on G200/G400/G450/G550 cards) doesn't
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2103 work on it! The windows driver somehow workarounds this, probably by
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2104 using the 3D engine to zoom, and the YUV framebuffer to display the
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2105 zoomed image. If you really want to use X, use the <option>-vo x11 -fs
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2106 -zoom</option> options, but it will be <emphasis role="bold">SLOW</emphasis>,
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2107 and has <emphasis role="bold">Macrovision</emphasis> copy protection enabled
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2108 (you can "workaround" Macrovision using this
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2109 <ulink url="http://avifile.sourceforge.net/mgamacro.pl">perl script</ulink>).
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2110 </para></listitem>
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2111 </varlistentry>
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2112 <varlistentry>
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2113 <term>Framebuffer</term>
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2114 <listitem><para>
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2115 Using the <emphasis role="bold">matroxfb modules</emphasis> in the 2.4
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2116 kernels. 2.2 kernels don't have the TVout feature in them, thus unusable
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2117 for this. You have to enable ALL matroxfb-specific feature during compilation
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2118 (except MultiHead), and compile them into <emphasis role="bold">modules</emphasis>!
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2119 You'll also need I2C enabled.
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2120 </para>
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2121
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2122 <procedure>
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2123 <step><para>
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2124 Enter <filename class="directory">TVout</filename> and type
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2125 <command>./compile.sh</command>. Install
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2126 <filename>TVout/matroxset/matroxset</filename>
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2127 somewhere into your <envar>PATH</envar>.
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2128 </para></step>
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2129 <step><para>
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2130 If you don't have <command>fbset</command> installed, put
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2131 <filename>TVout/fbset/fbset</filename>
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2132 somewhere into your <envar>PATH</envar>.
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2133 </para></step>
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2134 <step><para>
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2135 If you don't have <command>con2fb</command> installed, put
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2136 <filename>TVout/con2fb/con2fb</filename>
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2137 somewhere into your <envar>PATH</envar>.
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2138 </para></step>
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2139 <step><para>
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2140 Then enter into the <filename class="directory">TVout/</filename> directory
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2141 in the <application>MPlayer</application> source, and execute
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2142 <filename>./modules</filename> as root. Your text-mode console will
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2143 enter into framebuffer mode (no way back!).
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2144 </para></step>
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2145 <step><para>
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2146 Next, EDIT and run the <filename>./matroxtv</filename> script. This will
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2147 present you to a very simple menu. Press <keycap>2</keycap> and
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2148 <keycap>Enter</keycap>. Now you should have the same picture on your
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2149 monitor, and TV. If the TV (PAL by default)
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2150 picture has some weird stripes on it, the script wasn't able to set the
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2151 resolution correctly (to 640x512 by default). Try other resolutions
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2152 from the menu and/or experiment with fbset.
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2153 </para></step>
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2154 <step><para>
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2155 Yoh. Next task is to make the cursor on tty1 (or whatever) to
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2156 disappear, and turn off screen blanking. Execute the following
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2157 commands:
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2158
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2159 <screen>
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2160 echo -e '\033[?25l'
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2161 setterm -blank 0<!--
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2162 --></screen>
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2163 or
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2164 <screen>
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2165 setterm -cursor off
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2166 setterm -blank 0<!--
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2167 --></screen>
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2168
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2169 You possibly want to put the above into a script, and also clear the
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2170 screen. To turn the cursor back:
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2171 <screen>echo -e '\033[?25h'</screen> or
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2172 <screen>setterm -cursor on</screen>
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2173 </para></step>
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2174 <step><para>
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2175 Yeah kewl. Start movie playing with
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2176 <screen>
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2177 mplayer -vo mga -fs -screenw 640 -screenh 512 <replaceable>filename</replaceable><!--
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2178 --></screen>
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2179
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2180 (If you use X, now change to matroxfb with for example
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2181 <keycap>Ctrl</keycap>+<keycap>Alt</keycap>+<keycap>F1</keycap>.)
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2182 Change <literal>640</literal> and <literal>512</literal> if you set
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2183 the resolution to other...
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2184 </para></step>
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2185 <step><para>
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2186 <emphasis role="bold">Enjoy the ultra-fast ultra-featured Matrox TV
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2187 output (better than Xv)!</emphasis>
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2188 </para></step>
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2189 </procedure>
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2190 </listitem>
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2191 </varlistentry>
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2192 </variablelist>
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2193
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2194 <formalpara>
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2195 <title>Building a Matrox TV-out cable</title>
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2196 <para>
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2197 No one takes any responsibility, nor guarantee for any damage caused
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2198 by this documentation.
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2199 </para>
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2200 </formalpara>
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2201
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2202 <formalpara>
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2203 <title>Cable for G400</title>
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2204 <para>
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2205 The CRTC2 connector's fourth pin is the composite video signal. The
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2206 ground are the sixth, seventh and eighth pins. (info contributed
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2207 from Balázs Rácz)
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2208 </para>
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2209 </formalpara>
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2210
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2211 <formalpara>
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2212 <title>Cable for G450</title>
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2213 <para>
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2214 The CRTC2 connector's first pin is the composite video signal. The
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2215 ground are the fifth, sixth, seventh, and fifteenth (5, 6, 7, 15)
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2216 pins. (info contributed from Balázs Kerekes)
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2217 </para>
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2218 </formalpara>
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2219 </sect4>
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2220
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2221 <sect4 id="tv-out_matrox_g450">
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2222 <title>Matrox G450/G550 cards</title>
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2223 <para>
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2224 TV output support for these cards has only been recently introduced, and is
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2225 not yet in the mainstream kernel. Currently the <emphasis role="bold">mga_vid</emphasis>
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2226 module can't be used AFAIK, because the G450/G550 driver works only in one
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2227 configuration: the first CRTC chip (with much more features) on the first display
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2228 (on monitor), and the second CRTC (no <emphasis role="bold">BES</emphasis> - for
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2229 explanation on BES, please see the G400 section above) on TV. So you can only
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2230 use <application>MPlayer</application>'s <emphasis>fbdev</emphasis> output driver
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2231 at the present.
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2232 </para>
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2233
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2234 <para>
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2235 The first CRTC can't be routed to the second head currently. The author of the
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2236 kernel matroxfb driver - Petr Vandrovec - will maybe make support for this, by
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2237 displaying the first CRTC's output onto both of the heads at once, as currently
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2238 recommended for G400, see the section above.
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2239 </para>
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2240
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2241 <para>
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2242 The necessary kernel patch and the detailed howto is downloadable from
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2243 <ulink url="http://www.bglug.ca/matrox_tvout/"/>
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2244 </para>
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2245 </sect4>
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2246
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2247
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2248 <sect4 id="tvout-ati">
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2249 <title>ATI cards</title>
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2250
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2251 <formalpara>
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2252 <title>PREAMBLE</title>
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2253 <para>
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2254 Currently ATI doesn't want to support any of its TV-out chips under Linux,
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2255 because of their licensed Macrovision technology.
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2256 </para>
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2257 </formalpara>
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2258
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2259 <itemizedlist>
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2260 <title>ATI CARDS TV-OUT STATUS ON LINUX</title>
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2261 <listitem><simpara>
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2262 <emphasis role="bold">ATI Mach64</emphasis>:
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2263 supported by <ulink url="http://gatos.sf.net">gatos</ulink>.
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2264 </simpara></listitem>
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2265 <listitem><simpara>
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2266 <emphasis role="bold">ASIC Radeon VIVO</emphasis>:
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2267 supported by <ulink url="http://gatos.sf.net">gatos</ulink>.
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2268 </simpara></listitem>
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2269 <listitem><simpara>
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2270 <emphasis role="bold">Radeon</emphasis> and <emphasis role="bold">Rage128</emphasis>:
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2271 supported by <application>MPlayer</application>!
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2272 Check <link linkend="vesa">VESA driver</link> and
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2273 <link linkend="vidix">VIDIX</link> sections.
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2274 </simpara></listitem>
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2275 <listitem><simpara>
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2276 <emphasis role="bold">Rage Mobility P/M, Radeon, Rage 128, Mobility M3/M4</emphasis>:
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2277 supported by <ulink url="http://www.stud.uni-hamburg.de/users/lennart/projects/atitvout/">atitvout</ulink>.
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2278 </simpara></listitem>
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2279 </itemizedlist>
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2280
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2281 <para>
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2282 On other cards, just use the <link linkend="vesa">VESA</link> driver,
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2283 without VIDIX. Powerful CPU is needed, though.
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2284 </para>
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2285
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2286 <para>
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2287 Only thing you need to do - <emphasis role="bold">Have the TV connector
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2288 plugged in before booting your PC</emphasis> since video BIOS initializes
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2289 itself only once during POST procedure.
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2290 </para>
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2291 </sect4>
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2292
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2293
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2294 <sect4 id="tvout-voodoo">
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2295 <title>Voodoo 3</title>
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2296 <para>
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2297 Check <ulink url="http://www.iki.fi/too/tvout-voodoo3-3000-xfree">this URL</ulink>.
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2298 </para>
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2299 </sect4>
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2300
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2301 <sect4 id="tvout-nvidia">
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2302 <title>nVidia</title>
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2303 <para>
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2304 First, you MUST download the closed-source drivers from <ulink url="http://nvidia.com"/>.
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2305 I will not describe the installation and configuration process because it does not cover
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2306 the scope of this documentation.
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2307 </para>
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2308
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2309 <para>
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2310 After XFree86, XVideo, and 3D acceleration is properly working, edit your
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2311 card's Device section in the <filename>XF86Config</filename> file, according
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2312 to the following example (adapt for your card/TV):
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2313
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2314 <programlisting>
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2315 Section "Device"
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2316 Identifier "GeForce"
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2317 VendorName "ASUS"
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2318 BoardName "nVidia GeForce2/MX 400"
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2319 Driver "nvidia"
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2320 #Option "NvAGP" "1"
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2321 Option "NoLogo"
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2322 Option "CursorShadow" "on"
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2323
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2324 Option "TwinView"
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2325 Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
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2326 Option "MetaModes" "1024x768,640x480"
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2327 Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT, TV"
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2328 Option "TVStandard" "PAL-B"
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2329 Option "TVOutFormat" "Composite"
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2330
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2331 EndSection
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2332 </programlisting>
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2333 </para>
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2334
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2335 <para>
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2336 Of course the important thing is the TwinView part.
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2337 </para>
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2338 </sect4>
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2339
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2340 <sect4 id="tvout-neomagic">
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2341 <title>Neomagic</title>
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2342 <para>
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2343 Tested on a Toshiba Tecra 8000. Its TV output chip is a miserable crap. Avoid
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2344 if possible.
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2345 </para>
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2346 <para>
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2347 You must use <option>-vo vesa</option>. The tested chip was capable of 1.333333
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2348 aspect ratio only, so be sure to use the <option>-x</option>, <option>-y</option> options and/or the
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2349 <option>-vf scale,crop,expand</option> filters if the box doesn't let you
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2350 enable TV output. Maximum resolution was 720*576 at 16bpp.
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2351 </para>
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2352 <para>
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2353 Known issues: VESA-only, 1.33333 limitation, image isn't always centered,
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2354 movie becomes 4bpp in every 10 minutes, and stays that way. Frequent hard
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2355 freezes, LCD display problems.
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2356 </para>
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2357 </sect4>
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2358 </sect3>
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2359 </sect2>