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3 <chapter id="video"> |
9675 | 4 <title>Video output devices</title> |
5 | |
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6 <sect1 id="mtrr"> |
9675 | 7 <title>Setting up MTRR</title> |
8 | |
9 <para> | |
10 It is VERY recommended to check if the MTRR registers | |
11 are set up properly, because they can give a big performance boost. | |
12 </para> | |
13 | |
14 <para> | |
11359 | 15 Do a <command>cat /proc/mtrr</command>: |
9675 | 16 <screen> |
17 <prompt>--($:~)--</prompt> cat /proc/mtrr | |
18 reg00: base=0xe4000000 (3648MB), size= 16MB: write-combining, count=9 | |
19 reg01: base=0xd8000000 (3456MB), size= 128MB: write-combining, count=1<!-- | |
20 --></screen> | |
21 </para> | |
22 | |
23 <para> | |
24 It's right, shows my Matrox G400 with 16MB memory. I did this from | |
20863 | 25 XFree 4.x.x, which sets up MTRR registers automatically. |
9675 | 26 </para> |
27 | |
28 <para> | |
29 If nothing worked, you have to do it manually. First, you have to find the | |
30 base address. You have 3 ways to find it: | |
31 | |
32 <orderedlist> | |
33 <listitem><para> | |
34 from X11 startup messages, for example: | |
35 <screen> | |
36 (--) SVGA: PCI: Matrox MGA G400 AGP rev 4, Memory @ 0xd8000000, 0xd4000000 | |
37 (--) SVGA: Linear framebuffer at 0xD8000000<!-- | |
20862 | 38 --></screen> |
39 </para></listitem> | |
9675 | 40 <listitem><para> |
41 from <filename>/proc/pci</filename> (use <command>lspci -v</command> | |
42 command): | |
43 <screen> | |
44 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc.: Unknown device 0525 | |
20863 | 45 Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)<!-- |
46 --></screen> | |
20862 | 47 </para></listitem> |
9675 | 48 <listitem><para> |
49 from mga_vid kernel driver messages (use <command>dmesg</command>): | |
50 <screen>mga_mem_base = d8000000</screen> | |
20862 | 51 </para></listitem> |
9675 | 52 </orderedlist> |
53 </para> | |
54 | |
55 <para> | |
56 Then let's find the memory size. This is very easy, just convert video RAM | |
57 size to hexadecimal, or use this table: | |
58 <informaltable frame="none"> | |
59 <tgroup cols="2"> | |
60 <tbody> | |
21521 | 61 <row><entry>1 MB</entry><entry>0x100000</entry></row> |
62 <row><entry>2 MB</entry><entry>0x200000</entry></row> | |
63 <row><entry>4 MB</entry><entry>0x400000</entry></row> | |
64 <row><entry>8 MB</entry><entry>0x800000</entry></row> | |
65 <row><entry>16 MB</entry><entry>0x1000000</entry></row> | |
66 <row><entry>32 MB</entry><entry>0x2000000</entry></row> | |
9675 | 67 </tbody> |
68 </tgroup> | |
69 </informaltable> | |
70 </para> | |
71 | |
72 <para> | |
73 You know base address and memory size, let's setup MTRR registers! | |
74 For example, for the Matrox card above (<literal>base=0xd8000000</literal>) | |
75 with 32MB ram (<literal>size=0x2000000</literal>) just execute: | |
76 <screen> | |
20863 | 77 echo "base=0xd8000000 size=0x2000000 type=write-combining" > /proc/mtrr |
9675 | 78 </screen> |
79 </para> | |
80 | |
81 <para> | |
12364 | 82 Not all CPUs have MTRRs. For example older K6-2 (around 266MHz, |
83 stepping 0) CPUs don't have MTRRs, but stepping 12 does | |
84 (execute <command>cat /proc/cpuinfo</command> to check it). | |
9675 | 85 </para> |
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86 </sect1> |
9675 | 87 |
20862 | 88 |
89 <!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --> | |
90 | |
91 | |
22836 | 92 <sect1 id="xv"> |
9675 | 93 <title>Xv</title> |
94 | |
95 <para> | |
96 Under XFree86 4.0.2 or newer, you can use your card's hardware YUV routines | |
11359 | 97 using the XVideo extension. This is what the option |
20863 | 98 <option>-vo xv</option> uses. Also, this driver supports adjusting |
99 brightness/contrast/hue/etc. (unless you use the old, slow DirectShow DivX | |
9675 | 100 codec, which supports it everywhere), see the man page. |
101 </para> | |
102 | |
103 <para> | |
104 In order to make this work, be sure to check the following: | |
105 | |
106 <orderedlist> | |
107 <listitem><para> | |
108 You have to use XFree86 4.0.2 or newer (former versions don't have XVideo) | |
20862 | 109 </para></listitem> |
9675 | 110 <listitem><para> |
111 Your card actually supports hardware acceleration (modern cards do) | |
20862 | 112 </para></listitem> |
9675 | 113 <listitem><para> |
114 X loads the XVideo extension, it's something like this: | |
115 <programlisting>(II) Loading extension XVideo</programlisting> | |
116 in <filename>/var/log/XFree86.0.log</filename> | |
117 <note><para> | |
118 This loads only the XFree86's extension. In a good install, this is | |
21521 | 119 always loaded, and doesn't mean that the |
120 <emphasis role="bold">card's</emphasis> XVideo support is loaded! | |
9675 | 121 </para></note> |
20862 | 122 </para></listitem> |
9675 | 123 <listitem><para> |
124 Your card has Xv support under Linux. To check, try | |
125 <command>xvinfo</command>, it is the part of the XFree86 distribution. It | |
126 should display a long text, similar to this: | |
127 <screen> | |
128 X-Video Extension version 2.2 | |
129 screen #0 | |
130 Adaptor #0: "Savage Streams Engine" | |
131 number of ports: 1 | |
132 port base: 43 | |
133 operations supported: PutImage | |
134 supported visuals: | |
135 depth 16, visualID 0x22 | |
136 depth 16, visualID 0x23 | |
137 number of attributes: 5 | |
138 (...) | |
139 Number of image formats: 7 | |
140 id: 0x32595559 (YUY2) | |
141 guid: 59555932-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71 | |
142 bits per pixel: 16 | |
143 number of planes: 1 | |
144 type: YUV (packed) | |
145 id: 0x32315659 (YV12) | |
146 guid: 59563132-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71 | |
147 bits per pixel: 12 | |
148 number of planes: 3 | |
149 type: YUV (planar) | |
150 (...etc...)<!-- | |
151 --></screen> | |
152 It must support YUY2 packed, and YV12 planar pixel formats to be usable | |
153 with <application>MPlayer</application>. | |
20862 | 154 </para></listitem> |
9675 | 155 <listitem><para> |
156 And finally, check if <application>MPlayer</application> was compiled | |
11738 | 157 with 'xv' support. Do a <command>mplayer -vo help | grep xv </command>. |
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158 If 'xv' support was built a line similar to this should appear: |
21521 | 159 <screen> xv X11/Xv</screen> |
20862 | 160 </para></listitem> |
9675 | 161 </orderedlist> |
162 </para> | |
163 | |
20862 | 164 |
22836 | 165 <sect2 id="tdfx"> |
9675 | 166 <title>3dfx cards</title> |
167 | |
168 <para> | |
169 Older 3dfx drivers were known to have problems with XVideo acceleration, it | |
20857 | 170 didn't support YUY2 or YV12 colorspaces. Verify that you have XFree86 |
171 version 4.2.0 or later, it can handle YV12 and YUY2 while previous | |
172 versions, including 4.1.0, <emphasis role="bold">crash with YV12</emphasis>. | |
11136 | 173 If you experience strange effects using <option>-vo xv</option>, try SDL |
174 (it has XVideo, too) and see if it helps. Check the | |
11483 | 175 <link linkend="sdl">SDL</link> section for details. |
9675 | 176 </para> |
177 | |
178 <para> | |
179 <emphasis role="bold">OR</emphasis>, try the NEW | |
180 <option>-vo tdfxfb</option> driver! See the <link linkend="tdfxfb">tdfxfb</link> | |
181 section. | |
182 </para> | |
22836 | 183 </sect2> |
9675 | 184 |
185 | |
22836 | 186 <sect2 id="s3"> |
9675 | 187 <title>S3 cards</title> |
188 | |
189 <para> | |
190 S3 Savage3D's should work fine, but for Savage4, use XFree86 version 4.0.3 | |
191 or greater (in case of image problems, try 16bpp). As for S3 Virge: there is | |
192 xv support, but the card itself is very slow, so you better sell it. | |
193 </para> | |
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195 <para> |
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196 There is now a native framebuffer driver for S3 Virge cards similar to |
18547 | 197 tdfxfb. Set up your framebuffer (e.g. append |
26958 | 198 "<option>vga=792 video=vesa:mtrr</option>" to your kernel command line) and use |
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199 <option>-vo s3fb</option> (<option>-vf yuy2</option> and <option>-dr</option> |
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200 will also help). |
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201 </para> |
9675 | 202 |
21521 | 203 <note><para> |
9675 | 204 It's currently unclear which Savage models lack YV12 support, and convert by |
205 driver (slow). If you suspect your card, get a newer driver, or ask politely | |
15029 | 206 on the MPlayer-users mailing list for an MMX/3DNow! enabled driver. |
21521 | 207 </para></note> |
22836 | 208 </sect2> |
9675 | 209 |
210 | |
22836 | 211 <sect2 id="nvidia"> |
9675 | 212 <title>nVidia cards</title> |
213 | |
214 <para> | |
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215 nVidia isn't always a very good choice under Linux ... XFree86's |
11065 | 216 open-source driver supports most of these cards, but for some cases, you'll |
12815 | 217 have to use the binary closed-source nVidia driver, available at |
11524 | 218 <ulink url="http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux.html">nVidia's web site</ulink>. |
219 You'll always need this driver if you want 3D acceleration, too. | |
9675 | 220 </para> |
221 | |
222 <para> | |
11065 | 223 Riva128 cards don't have XVideo support with XFree86's nVidia driver :( |
224 Complain to nVidia. | |
9675 | 225 </para> |
226 | |
227 <para> | |
11540 | 228 However, <application>MPlayer</application> contains a |
229 <link linkend="vidix">VIDIX</link> driver for most nVidia cards. Currently it | |
230 is in beta stage, and has some drawbacks. For more information, see | |
231 <link linkend="vidix-nvidia">nVidia VIDIX</link> section. | |
9675 | 232 </para> |
22836 | 233 </sect2> |
9675 | 234 |
235 | |
22836 | 236 <sect2 id="ati"> |
9675 | 237 <title>ATI cards</title> |
238 | |
239 <para> | |
14113 | 240 The <ulink url="http://gatos.sf.net">GATOS driver</ulink> |
9675 | 241 (which you should use, unless you have Rage128 or Radeon) has VSYNC enabled |
242 by default. It means that decoding speed (!) is synced to the monitor's | |
243 refresh rate. If playing seems to be slow, try disabling VSYNC somehow, or | |
244 set refresh rate to a n*(fps of the movie) Hz. | |
245 </para> | |
246 | |
247 <para> | |
10132 | 248 Radeon VE - if you need X, use XFree86 4.2.0 or greater for this card. |
249 No TV out support. Of course with <application>MPlayer</application> you can | |
21521 | 250 happily get <emphasis role="bold">accelerated</emphasis> display, with or |
251 without <emphasis role="bold">TV output</emphasis>, and no libraries or X are | |
252 needed. | |
9675 | 253 Read the <link linkend="vidix">VIDIX</link> section. |
254 </para> | |
22836 | 255 </sect2> |
9675 | 256 |
257 | |
22836 | 258 <sect2 id="neomagic"> |
9675 | 259 <title>NeoMagic cards</title> |
260 | |
261 <para> | |
10132 | 262 These cards can be found in many laptops. You must use XFree86 4.3.0 or |
263 above, or else use Stefan Seyfried's | |
10068 | 264 <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/contrib/NeoMagic-driver/">Xv-capable drivers</ulink>. |
10132 | 265 Just choose the one that applies to your version of XFree86. |
10068 | 266 </para> |
267 | |
268 <para> | |
269 XFree86 4.3.0 includes Xv support, yet Bohdan Horst sent a small | |
270 <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/contrib/NeoMagic-driver/neo_driver.patch">patch</ulink> | |
10132 | 271 against the XFree86 sources that speeds up framebuffer operations (so XVideo) |
21521 | 272 up to four times. The patch has been included in XFree86 CVS and should be in |
273 the next release after 4.3.0. | |
9675 | 274 </para> |
275 | |
276 <para> | |
277 To allow playback of DVD sized content change your XF86Config like this: | |
278 <programlisting> | |
279 Section "Device" | |
280 [...] | |
281 Driver "neomagic" | |
282 <emphasis>Option "OverlayMem" "829440"</emphasis> | |
283 [...] | |
284 EndSection<!-- | |
285 --></programlisting> | |
286 </para> | |
22836 | 287 </sect2> |
9675 | 288 |
289 | |
22836 | 290 <sect2 id="trident"> |
9675 | 291 <title>Trident cards</title> |
20862 | 292 |
9675 | 293 <para> |
14319 | 294 If you want to use Xv with a Trident card, provided that it doesn't work |
11497 | 295 with 4.1.0, install XFree 4.2.0. 4.2.0 adds support for fullscreen Xv |
9675 | 296 support with the Cyberblade XP card. |
297 </para> | |
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299 <para> |
11540 | 300 Alternatively, <application>MPlayer</application> contains a |
301 <link linkend="vidix">VIDIX</link> driver for the Cyberblade/i1 card. | |
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302 </para> |
22836 | 303 </sect2> |
9675 | 304 |
305 | |
22836 | 306 <sect2 id="kyro"> |
9675 | 307 <title>Kyro/PowerVR cards</title> |
20862 | 308 |
9675 | 309 <para> |
310 If you want to use Xv with a Kyro based card (for example Hercules | |
311 Prophet 4000XT), you should download the drivers from the | |
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312 <ulink url="http://www.powervr.com/">PowerVR site</ulink>. |
9675 | 313 </para> |
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314 </sect2> |
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317 <sect2 id="intel"> |
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318 <title>Intel cards</title> |
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320 <para> |
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321 These cards can be found in many laptops. Recent Xorg is recommended. |
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322 </para> |
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324 <para> |
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325 To allow playback of DVD sized (and larger) content change your XF86Config/xorg.conf like this: |
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326 <programlisting> |
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327 Section "Device" |
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328 [...] |
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329 Driver "intel" |
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330 <emphasis>Option "LinearAlloc" "6144"</emphasis> |
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331 [...] |
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332 EndSection |
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333 </programlisting> |
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334 Lack of this option usually results in an error like |
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335 <screen>X11 error: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)</screen> |
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336 when attempting to use <option>-vo xv</option>. |
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337 </para> |
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338 </sect2> |
22836 | 339 </sect1> |
9675 | 340 |
341 <!-- ********** --> | |
342 | |
22836 | 343 <sect1 id="dga"> |
9675 | 344 <title>DGA</title> |
345 | |
346 <formalpara> | |
347 <title>PREAMBLE</title> | |
348 <para> | |
349 This document tries to explain in some words what DGA is in general and | |
350 what the DGA video output driver for <application>MPlayer</application> | |
351 can do (and what it can't). | |
352 </para> | |
353 </formalpara> | |
354 | |
355 <formalpara> | |
356 <title>WHAT IS DGA</title> | |
357 <para> | |
358 <acronym>DGA</acronym> is short for <emphasis>Direct Graphics | |
359 Access</emphasis> and is a means for a program to bypass the X server and | |
14318 | 360 directly modifying the framebuffer memory. Technically spoken this happens |
9675 | 361 by mapping the framebuffer memory into the memory range of your process. |
362 This is allowed by the kernel only if you have superuser privileges. You | |
363 can get these either by logging in as <systemitem | |
364 class="username">root</systemitem> or by setting the SUID bit on the | |
365 <application>MPlayer</application> executable (<emphasis role="bold">not | |
366 recommended</emphasis>). | |
367 </para> | |
368 </formalpara> | |
369 <para> | |
370 There are two versions of DGA: DGA1 is used by XFree 3.x.x and DGA2 was | |
371 introduced with XFree 4.0.1. | |
372 </para> | |
373 | |
374 <para> | |
375 DGA1 provides only direct framebuffer access as described above. For | |
376 switching the resolution of the video signal you have to rely on the | |
377 XVidMode extension. | |
378 </para> | |
379 | |
380 <para> | |
381 DGA2 incorporates the features of XVidMode extension and also allows | |
382 switching the depth of the display. So you may, although basically | |
383 running a 32 bit depth X server, switch to a depth of 15 bits and vice | |
384 versa. | |
385 </para> | |
386 | |
387 <para> | |
388 However DGA has some drawbacks. It seems it is somewhat dependent on the | |
389 graphics chip you use and on the implementation of the X server's video | |
390 driver that controls this chip. So it does not work on every system... | |
391 </para> | |
392 | |
393 <formalpara> | |
394 <title>INSTALLING DGA SUPPORT FOR MPLAYER</title> | |
395 | |
396 <para> | |
397 First make sure X loads the DGA extension, see in | |
398 <filename>/var/log/XFree86.0.log</filename>: | |
399 | |
400 <programlisting>(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA</programlisting> | |
401 | |
21521 | 402 See, XFree86 4.0.x or greater is |
403 <emphasis role="bold">highly recommended</emphasis>! | |
9675 | 404 <application>MPlayer</application>'s DGA driver is autodetected by |
405 <filename>./configure</filename>, or you can force it | |
406 with <option>--enable-dga</option>. | |
407 </para> | |
408 </formalpara> | |
409 | |
410 <para> | |
411 If the driver couldn't switch to a smaller resolution, experiment with | |
412 options <option>-vm</option> (only with X 3.3.x), <option>-fs</option>, | |
413 <option>-bpp</option>, <option>-zoom</option> to find a video mode that | |
414 the movie fits in. There is no converter right now :( | |
415 </para> | |
416 | |
417 <para> | |
418 Become <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>. DGA needs root | |
419 access to be able to write directly video memory. If you want to run it as | |
420 user, then install <application>MPlayer</application> SUID root: | |
421 | |
422 <screen> | |
11713 | 423 chown root <replaceable>/usr/local/bin/mplayer</replaceable> |
424 chmod 750 <replaceable>/usr/local/bin/mplayer</replaceable> | |
425 chmod +s <replaceable>/usr/local/bin/mplayer</replaceable> | |
9675 | 426 </screen> |
427 | |
428 Now it works as a simple user, too. | |
429 </para> | |
430 | |
431 <caution> | |
432 <title>Security risk</title> | |
433 <para> | |
10111 | 434 This is a <emphasis role="bold">big</emphasis> security risk! |
21521 | 435 <emphasis role="bold">Never</emphasis> do this on a server or on a computer |
436 that can be accessed by other people because they can gain root privileges | |
437 through SUID root <application>MPlayer</application>. | |
9675 | 438 </para> |
439 </caution> | |
440 | |
441 <para> | |
442 Now use <option>-vo dga</option> option, and there you go! (hope so:) You | |
17496 | 443 should also try if the <option>-vo sdl:driver=dga</option> option works for you! |
9675 | 444 It's much faster! |
445 </para> | |
446 | |
447 | |
448 <formalpara id="dga-modelines"> | |
449 <title>RESOLUTION SWITCHING</title> | |
450 | |
451 <para> | |
452 The DGA driver allows for switching the resolution of the output signal. | |
453 This avoids the need for doing (slow) software scaling and at the same time | |
454 provides a fullscreen image. Ideally it would switch to the exact | |
455 resolution (except for honoring aspect ratio) of the video data, but the X | |
456 server only allows switching to resolutions predefined in | |
457 <filename>/etc/X11/XF86Config</filename> | |
458 (<filename>/etc/X11/XF86Config-4</filename> for XFree 4.X.X respectively). | |
459 Those are defined by so-called modelines and depend on | |
460 the capabilities of your video hardware. The X server scans this config | |
461 file on startup and disables the modelines not suitable for your hardware. | |
462 You can find out which modes survive with the X11 log file. It can be found | |
463 at: <filename>/var/log/XFree86.0.log</filename>. | |
464 </para> | |
465 </formalpara> | |
466 | |
467 <para> | |
468 These entries are known to work fine with a Riva128 chip, using the nv.o X | |
469 server driver module. | |
470 </para> | |
471 | |
472 <para><programlisting> | |
473 Section "Modes" | |
474 Identifier "Modes[0]" | |
475 Modeline "800x600" 40 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 | |
476 Modeline "712x600" 35.0 712 740 850 900 400 410 412 425 | |
477 Modeline "640x480" 25.175 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525 | |
478 Modeline "400x300" 20 400 416 480 528 300 301 303 314 Doublescan | |
479 Modeline "352x288" 25.10 352 368 416 432 288 296 290 310 | |
480 Modeline "352x240" 15.750 352 368 416 432 240 244 246 262 Doublescan | |
481 Modeline "320x240" 12.588 320 336 384 400 240 245 246 262 Doublescan | |
482 EndSection | |
483 </programlisting></para> | |
484 | |
485 | |
486 <formalpara> | |
487 <title>DGA & MPLAYER</title> | |
488 <para> | |
489 DGA is used in two places with <application>MPlayer</application>: The SDL | |
17496 | 490 driver can be made to make use of it (<option>-vo sdl:driver=dga</option>) and |
9675 | 491 within the DGA driver (<option>-vo dga</option>). The above said is true |
492 for both; in the following sections I'll explain how the DGA driver for | |
493 <application>MPlayer</application> works. | |
494 </para> | |
495 </formalpara> | |
496 | |
497 | |
498 <formalpara> | |
499 <title>FEATURES</title> | |
500 | |
501 <para> | |
502 The DGA driver is invoked by specifying <option>-vo dga</option> at the | |
14318 | 503 command line. The default behavior is to switch to a resolution matching |
9675 | 504 the original resolution of the video as close as possible. It deliberately |
505 ignores the <option>-vm</option> and <option>-fs</option> options | |
506 (enabling of video mode switching and fullscreen) - it always tries to | |
507 cover as much area of your screen as possible by switching the video mode, | |
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9675 | 509 image. If you don't like the mode it chooses you may force it to choose |
510 the mode matching closest the resolution you specify by <option>-x</option> | |
511 and <option>-y</option>. By providing the <option>-v</option> option, the | |
512 DGA driver will print, among a lot of other things, a list of all | |
513 resolutions supported by your current <filename>XF86Config</filename> file. | |
514 Having DGA2 you may also force it to use a certain depth by using the | |
515 <option>-bpp</option> option. Valid depths are 15, 16, 24 and 32. It | |
516 depends on your hardware whether these depths are natively supported or if | |
517 a (possibly slow) conversion has to be done. | |
518 </para> | |
519 </formalpara> | |
520 <para> | |
521 If you should be lucky enough to have enough offscreen memory left to | |
13082 | 522 put a whole image there, the DGA driver will use double buffering, which |
13087 | 523 results in much smoother movie playback. It will tell you whether |
13082 | 524 double buffering is enabled or not. |
9675 | 525 </para> |
526 | |
527 <para> | |
13082 | 528 Double buffering means that the next frame of your video is being drawn in |
9675 | 529 some offscreen memory while the current frame is being displayed. When the |
530 next frame is ready, the graphics chip is just told the location in memory | |
531 of the new frame and simply fetches the data to be displayed from there. | |
532 In the meantime the other buffer in memory will be filled again with new | |
533 video data. | |
534 </para> | |
535 | |
536 <para> | |
13082 | 537 Double buffering may be switched on by using the option |
9675 | 538 <option>-double</option> and may be disabled with |
539 <option>-nodouble</option>. Current default option is to disable | |
13082 | 540 double buffering. When using the DGA driver, onscreen display (OSD) only |
541 works with double buffering enabled. However, enabling double buffering may | |
9675 | 542 result in a big speed penalty (on my K6-II+ 525 it used an additional 20% |
543 of CPU time!) depending on the implementation of DGA for your hardware. | |
544 </para> | |
545 | |
546 | |
547 <formalpara> | |
548 <title>SPEED ISSUES</title> | |
549 | |
550 <para> | |
551 Generally spoken, DGA framebuffer access should be at least as fast as | |
552 using the X11 driver with the additional benefit of getting a fullscreen | |
14318 | 553 image. The percentage speed values printed by |
9675 | 554 <application>MPlayer</application> have to be interpreted with some care, |
555 as for example, with the X11 driver they do not include the time used by | |
556 the X server needed for the actual drawing. Hook a terminal to a serial | |
557 line of your box and start <command>top</command> to see what is really | |
558 going on in your box. | |
559 </para> | |
560 </formalpara> | |
561 | |
562 <para> | |
563 Generally spoken, the speedup done by using DGA against 'normal' use of X11 | |
564 highly depends on your graphics card and how well the X server module for it | |
565 is optimized. | |
566 </para> | |
567 | |
568 <para> | |
569 If you have a slow system, better use 15 or 16 bit depth since they require | |
570 only half the memory bandwidth of a 32 bit display. | |
571 </para> | |
572 | |
573 <para> | |
20863 | 574 Using a depth of 24 bit is a good idea even if your card natively just supports |
9675 | 575 32 bit depth since it transfers 25% less data compared to the 32/32 mode. |
576 </para> | |
577 | |
578 <para> | |
13087 | 579 I've seen some AVI files be played back on a Pentium MMX 266. AMD K6-2 |
9675 | 580 CPUs might work at 400 MHZ and above. |
581 </para> | |
582 | |
583 | |
584 <formalpara> | |
585 <title>KNOWN BUGS</title> | |
586 | |
587 <para> | |
588 Well, according to some developers of XFree, DGA is quite a beast. They | |
589 tell you better not to use it. Its implementation is not always flawless | |
590 with every chipset driver for XFree out there. | |
591 </para> | |
592 </formalpara> | |
593 | |
594 <itemizedlist> | |
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9675 | 596 With XFree 4.0.3 and <filename>nv.o</filename> there is a bug resulting |
597 in strange colors. | |
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9675 | 600 ATI driver requires to switch mode back more than once after finishing |
601 using of DGA. | |
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603 <listitem><para> |
9675 | 604 Some drivers simply fail to switch back to normal resolution (use |
21720 | 605 <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>Keypad +</keycap></keycombo> |
606 and | |
607 <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>Keypad -</keycap></keycombo> | |
9675 | 608 to switch back manually). |
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9675 | 611 Some drivers simply display strange colors. |
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613 <listitem><para> |
9675 | 614 Some drivers lie about the amount of memory they map into the process's |
13082 | 615 address space, thus vo_dga won't use double buffering (SIS?). |
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617 <listitem><para> |
9675 | 618 Some drivers seem to fail to report even a single valid mode. In this |
619 case the DGA driver will crash telling you about a nonsense mode of | |
620 100000x100000 or something like that. | |
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13082 | 623 OSD only works with double buffering enabled (else it flickers). |
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624 </para></listitem> |
9675 | 625 </itemizedlist> |
626 | |
22836 | 627 </sect1> |
9675 | 628 |
629 <!-- ********** --> | |
630 | |
22836 | 631 <sect1 id="sdl"> |
9675 | 632 <title>SDL</title> |
633 | |
634 <para> | |
10111 | 635 <acronym>SDL</acronym> (Simple Directmedia Layer) is basically a unified |
9675 | 636 video/audio interface. Programs that use it know only about SDL, and not |
14318 | 637 about what video or audio driver does SDL actually use. For example a Doom |
9675 | 638 port using SDL can run on svgalib, aalib, X, fbdev, and others, you only |
639 have to specify the (for example) video driver to use with the | |
640 <envar>SDL_VIDEODRIVER</envar> environment variable. Well, in theory. | |
641 </para> | |
642 | |
643 <para> | |
644 With <application>MPlayer</application>, we used its X11 driver's software | |
645 scaler ability for cards/drivers that doesn't support XVideo, until we made | |
646 our own (faster, nicer) software scaler. Also we used its aalib output, but | |
647 now we have ours which is more comfortable. Its DGA mode was better than | |
648 ours, until recently. Get it now? :) | |
649 </para> | |
650 | |
651 <para> | |
652 It also helps with some buggy drivers/cards if the video is jerky (not slow | |
653 system problem), or audio is lagging. | |
654 </para> | |
655 | |
656 <para> | |
657 SDL video output supports displaying subtitles under the movie, on the (if | |
658 present) black bar. | |
659 </para> | |
22836 | 660 </sect1> |
9675 | 661 |
20862 | 662 <!-- ********** --> |
9675 | 663 |
22836 | 664 <sect1 id="svgalib"> |
9675 | 665 <title>SVGAlib</title> |
666 | |
667 <formalpara> | |
668 <title>INSTALLATION</title> | |
669 <para> | |
670 You'll have to install svgalib and its development package in order for | |
671 <application>MPlayer</application> build its SVGAlib driver (autodetected, | |
672 but can be forced), and don't forget to edit | |
673 <filename>/etc/vga/libvga.config</filename> to suit your card and monitor. | |
674 </para> | |
675 </formalpara> | |
676 | |
21521 | 677 <note><para> |
9675 | 678 Be sure not to use the <option>-fs</option> switch, since it toggles the |
679 usage of the software scaler, and it's slow. If you really need it, use the | |
680 <option>-sws 4</option> option which will produce bad quality, but is | |
681 somewhat faster. | |
21521 | 682 </para></note> |
9675 | 683 |
20862 | 684 <formalpara> |
685 <title>EGA (4BPP) SUPPORT</title> | |
9675 | 686 <para> |
687 SVGAlib incorporates EGAlib, and <application>MPlayer</application> has the | |
688 possibility to display any movie in 16 colors, thus usable in the following | |
689 sets: | |
690 </para> | |
691 </formalpara> | |
692 | |
693 <itemizedlist> | |
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9675 | 695 EGA card with EGA monitor: 320x200x4bpp, 640x200x4bpp, 640x350x4bpp |
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697 <listitem><para> |
9675 | 698 EGA card with CGA monitor: 320x200x4bpp, 640x200x4bpp |
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699 </para></listitem> |
9675 | 700 </itemizedlist> |
701 | |
702 <para> | |
703 The bpp (bits per pixel) value must be set to 4 by hand: | |
704 <option>-bpp 4</option> | |
705 </para> | |
706 | |
707 <para> | |
708 The movie probably must be scaled down to fit in EGA mode: | |
9677 | 709 <screen>-vf scale=640:350</screen> |
9675 | 710 or |
9677 | 711 <screen>-vf scale=320:200</screen> |
9675 | 712 </para> |
713 | |
714 <para> | |
715 For that we need fast but bad quality scaling routine: | |
716 <screen>-sws 4</screen> | |
717 </para> | |
718 | |
719 <para> | |
720 Maybe automatic aspect correction has to be shut off: | |
721 <screen>-noaspect</screen> | |
722 </para> | |
723 | |
724 <note><para> | |
9683 | 725 According to my experience the best image quality on |
9675 | 726 EGA screens can be achieved by decreasing the brightness a bit: |
9677 | 727 <option>-vf eq=-20:0</option>. I also needed to lower the audio |
9675 | 728 samplerate on my box, because the sound was broken on 44kHz: |
729 <option>-srate 22050</option>. | |
730 </para></note> | |
731 | |
732 <para> | |
11214 | 733 You can turn on OSD and subtitles only with the <option>expand</option> |
9675 | 734 filter, see the man page for exact parameters. |
735 </para> | |
22836 | 736 </sect1> |
9675 | 737 |
20862 | 738 <!-- ********** --> |
9675 | 739 |
22836 | 740 <sect1 id="fbdev"> |
9675 | 741 <title>Framebuffer output (FBdev)</title> |
742 | |
743 <para> | |
744 Whether to build the FBdev target is autodetected during | |
10111 | 745 <filename>./configure</filename>. Read the framebuffer documentation in |
9675 | 746 the kernel sources (<filename>Documentation/fb/*</filename>) for more |
747 information. | |
748 </para> | |
749 | |
750 <para> | |
751 If your card doesn't support VBE 2.0 standard (older ISA/PCI cards, such as | |
752 S3 Trio64), only VBE 1.2 (or older?): Well, VESAfb is still available, but | |
753 you'll have to load SciTech Display Doctor (formerly UniVBE) before booting | |
754 Linux. Use a DOS boot disk or whatever. And don't forget to register your | |
755 UniVBE ;)) | |
756 </para> | |
757 | |
758 <para> | |
759 The FBdev output takes some additional parameters above the others: | |
760 </para> | |
761 | |
762 <variablelist> | |
763 <varlistentry> | |
764 <term><option>-fb</option></term> | |
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18649 | 766 specify the framebuffer device to use (default: <filename>/dev/fb0</filename>) |
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9675 | 768 </varlistentry> |
769 <varlistentry> | |
770 <term><option>-fbmode</option></term> | |
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9675 | 772 mode name to use (according to <filename>/etc/fb.modes</filename>) |
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9675 | 774 </varlistentry> |
775 <varlistentry> | |
776 <term><option>-fbmodeconfig</option></term> | |
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18649 | 778 config file of modes (default: <filename>/etc/fb.modes</filename>) |
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779 </para></listitem> |
9675 | 780 </varlistentry> |
781 <varlistentry> | |
11287 | 782 <term><option>-monitor-hfreq</option></term> |
783 <term><option>-monitor-vfreq</option></term> | |
784 <term><option>-monitor-dotclock</option></term> | |
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9675 | 786 <emphasis role="bold">important</emphasis> values, see |
787 <filename>example.conf</filename> | |
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788 </para></listitem> |
9675 | 789 </varlistentry> |
790 </variablelist> | |
791 | |
792 <para> | |
793 If you want to change to a specific mode, then use | |
11713 | 794 <screen> |
795 mplayer -vm -fbmode <replaceable>name_of_mode</replaceable> <replaceable>filename</replaceable> | |
796 </screen> | |
9675 | 797 </para> |
798 | |
799 <itemizedlist> | |
800 <listitem><para> | |
801 <option>-vm</option> alone will choose the most suitable mode from | |
802 <filename>/etc/fb.modes</filename>. Can be used together with | |
803 <option>-x</option> and <option>-y</option> options too. The | |
804 <option>-flip</option> option is supported only if the movie's pixel | |
10132 | 805 format matches the video mode's pixel format. Pay attention to the bpp |
9675 | 806 value, fbdev driver tries to use the current, or if you specify the |
807 <option>-bpp</option> option, then that. | |
20862 | 808 </para></listitem> |
9675 | 809 <listitem><para> |
21521 | 810 <option>-zoom</option> option isn't supported |
811 (use <option>-vf scale</option>). You can't use 8bpp (or less) modes. | |
20862 | 812 </para></listitem> |
9675 | 813 <listitem><para> |
814 You possibly want to turn the cursor off: | |
815 <screen>echo -e '\033[?25l'</screen> | |
816 or | |
817 <screen>setterm -cursor off</screen> | |
818 and the screen saver: | |
819 <screen>setterm -blank 0</screen> | |
820 To turn the cursor back on: | |
821 <screen>echo -e '\033[?25h'</screen> | |
822 or | |
823 <screen>setterm -cursor on</screen> | |
20862 | 824 </para></listitem> |
9675 | 825 </itemizedlist> |
826 | |
21521 | 827 <note><para> |
9675 | 828 FBdev video mode changing <emphasis>does not work</emphasis> with the VESA |
829 framebuffer, and don't ask for it, since it's not an | |
830 <application>MPlayer</application> limitation. | |
21521 | 831 </para></note> |
22836 | 832 </sect1> |
9675 | 833 |
20862 | 834 <!-- ********** --> |
9675 | 835 |
22836 | 836 <sect1 id="mga_vid"> |
9675 | 837 <title>Matrox framebuffer (mga_vid)</title> |
838 | |
839 <para> | |
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26958 | 841 a Linux kernel module that utilizes the Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550 video |
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9675 | 847 </para> |
848 | |
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9675 | 859 <procedure> |
860 <title>Installation:</title> | |
861 <step><para> | |
26882 | 862 To use it, you first have to compile <filename>drivers/mga_vid.o</filename>: |
9675 | 863 <screen> |
26882 | 864 make drivers<!-- |
9675 | 865 --></screen> |
20862 | 866 </para></step> |
9675 | 867 <step><para> |
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868 Then run (as <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>) |
26882 | 869 <screen>make install-drivers</screen> |
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871 Load the driver with |
9675 | 872 <screen>insmod mga_vid.o</screen> |
20862 | 873 </para></step> |
9675 | 874 <step><para> |
875 You should verify the memory size detection using the | |
876 <command>dmesg</command> command. If it's bad, use the | |
877 <option>mga_ram_size</option> option | |
878 (<command>rmmod mga_vid</command> first), | |
879 specify card's memory size in MB: | |
880 <screen>insmod mga_vid.o mga_ram_size=16</screen> | |
20862 | 881 </para></step> |
9675 | 882 <step><para> |
883 To make it load/unload automatically when needed, first insert the | |
884 following line at the end of <filename>/etc/modules.conf</filename>: | |
12815 | 885 |
9675 | 886 <programlisting>alias char-major-178 mga_vid</programlisting> |
20862 | 887 </para></step> |
9675 | 888 <step><para> |
889 Now you have to (re)compile <application>MPlayer</application>, | |
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890 <command>./configure</command> will detect |
9675 | 891 <filename>/dev/mga_vid</filename> and build the 'mga' driver. Using it |
892 from <application>MPlayer</application> goes by <option>-vo mga</option> | |
893 if you have matroxfb console, or <option>-vo xmga</option> under XFree86 | |
894 3.x.x or 4.x.x. | |
20862 | 895 </para></step> |
9675 | 896 </procedure> |
897 | |
898 <para> | |
899 The mga_vid driver cooperates with Xv. | |
900 </para> | |
901 | |
902 <para> | |
903 The <filename>/dev/mga_vid</filename> device file can be read for some | |
904 info, for example by | |
905 <screen>cat /dev/mga_vid</screen> | |
906 and can be written for brightness change: | |
907 <screen>echo "brightness=120" > /dev/mga_vid</screen> | |
908 </para> | |
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22836 | 915 </sect1> |
9675 | 916 |
20862 | 917 <!-- ********** --> |
9675 | 918 |
22836 | 919 <sect1 id="tdfxfb" xreflabel="3Dfx YUV support (tdfxfb)"> |
9675 | 920 <title>3Dfx YUV support</title> |
20862 | 921 |
9675 | 922 <para> |
923 This driver uses the kernel's tdfx framebuffer driver to play movies with | |
924 YUV acceleration. You'll need a kernel with tdfxfb support, and recompile | |
925 with | |
926 <screen>./configure --enable-tdfxfb</screen> | |
927 </para> | |
22836 | 928 </sect1> |
9675 | 929 |
20862 | 930 <!-- ********** --> |
9675 | 931 |
22836 | 932 <sect1 id="tdfx_vid"> |
21878 | 933 <title>tdfx_vid</title> |
934 | |
935 <para> | |
936 This is a combination of a Linux kernel module and a video output | |
937 driver, similar to <link linkend="mga_vid">mga_vid</link>. | |
938 You'll need a 2.4.x kernel with the <systemitem>agpgart</systemitem> | |
939 driver since <systemitem>tdfx_vid</systemitem> uses AGP. | |
940 Pass <option>--enable-tdfxfb</option> to <command>configure</command> | |
941 to build the video output driver and build the kernel module with | |
942 the following instructions. | |
943 </para> | |
944 | |
945 <procedure> | |
946 <title>Installing the tdfx_vid.o kernel module:</title> | |
947 <step><para> | |
26882 | 948 Compile <filename>drivers/tdfx_vid.o</filename>: |
21878 | 949 <screen> |
26882 | 950 make drivers</screen> |
21878 | 951 </para></step> |
952 <step><para> | |
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953 Then run (as <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>) |
26882 | 954 <screen>make install-drivers</screen> |
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956 Load the driver with |
21878 | 957 <screen>insmod tdfx_vid.o</screen> |
958 </para></step> | |
959 <step><para> | |
960 To make it load/unload automatically when needed, first insert the | |
961 following line at the end of <filename>/etc/modules.conf</filename>: | |
962 | |
963 <programlisting>alias char-major-178 tdfx_vid</programlisting> | |
964 </para></step> | |
965 </procedure> | |
966 | |
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969 directory. It should print out some useful information if all is working well. |
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22836 | 972 </sect1> |
21878 | 973 |
974 <!-- ********** --> | |
975 | |
22836 | 976 <sect1 id="opengl"> |
9675 | 977 <title>OpenGL output</title> |
978 | |
979 <para> | |
980 <application>MPlayer</application> supports displaying movies using OpenGL, | |
981 but if your platform/driver supports xv as should be the case on a PC with | |
982 Linux, use xv instead, OpenGL performance is considerably worse. If you | |
983 have an X11 implementation without xv support, OpenGL is a viable | |
984 alternative. | |
985 </para> | |
986 | |
987 <para> | |
988 Unfortunately not all drivers support this feature. The Utah-GLX drivers | |
989 (for XFree86 3.3.6) support it for all cards. | |
13977 | 990 See <ulink url="http://utah-glx.sf.net"/> for details about how to |
9675 | 991 install it. |
992 </para> | |
993 | |
994 <para> | |
995 XFree86(DRI) 4.0.3 or later supports OpenGL with Matrox and Radeon cards, | |
996 4.2.0 or later supports Rage128. | |
13977 | 997 See <ulink url="http://dri.sf.net"/> for download and installation |
9675 | 998 instructions. |
999 </para> | |
10526 | 1000 |
1001 <para> | |
1002 A hint from one of our users: the GL video output can be used to get | |
1003 vsynced TV output. You'll have to set an environment variable (at | |
1004 least on nVidia): | |
1005 </para> | |
1006 | |
1007 <para> | |
20857 | 1008 <command>export __GL_SYNC_TO_VBLANK=1</command> |
10526 | 1009 </para> |
22836 | 1010 </sect1> |
9675 | 1011 |
20862 | 1012 <!-- ********** --> |
9675 | 1013 |
22836 | 1014 <sect1 id="aalib"> |
21521 | 1015 <title>AAlib – text mode displaying</title> |
9675 | 1016 |
1017 <para> | |
1018 AAlib is a library for displaying graphics in text mode, using powerful | |
1019 ASCII renderer. There are <emphasis>lots</emphasis> of programs already | |
1020 supporting it, like Doom, Quake, etc. <application>MPlayer</application> | |
10111 | 1021 contains a very usable driver for it. If <filename>./configure</filename> |
9675 | 1022 detects aalib installed, the aalib libvo driver will be built. |
1023 </para> | |
1024 | |
1025 <para> | |
1026 You can use some keys in the AA Window to change rendering options: | |
1027 </para> | |
1028 | |
1029 <informaltable> | |
1030 <tgroup cols="2"> | |
1031 <thead> | |
1032 <row><entry>Key</entry><entry>Action</entry></row> | |
1033 </thead> | |
1034 <tbody> | |
1035 <row><entry><keycap>1</keycap></entry><entry> | |
1036 decrease contrast | |
20862 | 1037 </entry></row> |
9675 | 1038 <row><entry><keycap>2</keycap></entry><entry> |
1039 increase contrast | |
20862 | 1040 </entry></row> |
9675 | 1041 <row><entry><keycap>3</keycap></entry><entry> |
1042 decrease brightness | |
20862 | 1043 </entry></row> |
9675 | 1044 <row><entry><keycap>4</keycap></entry><entry> |
1045 increase brightness | |
20862 | 1046 </entry></row> |
9675 | 1047 <row><entry><keycap>5</keycap></entry><entry> |
1048 switch fast rendering on/off | |
20862 | 1049 </entry></row> |
9675 | 1050 <row><entry><keycap>6</keycap></entry><entry> |
1051 set dithering mode (none, error distribution, Floyd Steinberg) | |
20862 | 1052 </entry></row> |
9675 | 1053 <row><entry><keycap>7</keycap></entry><entry> |
1054 invert image | |
20862 | 1055 </entry></row> |
9675 | 1056 <row><entry><keycap>8</keycap></entry><entry> |
1057 toggles between aa and <application>MPlayer</application> control | |
20862 | 1058 </entry></row> |
9675 | 1059 </tbody> |
1060 </tgroup> | |
1061 </informaltable> | |
1062 | |
1063 <variablelist> | |
1064 <title>The following command line options can be used:</title> | |
1065 <varlistentry> | |
1066 <term><option>-aaosdcolor=<replaceable>V</replaceable></option></term> | |
1067 <listitem><para> | |
1068 change OSD color | |
20862 | 1069 </para></listitem> |
9675 | 1070 </varlistentry> |
1071 <varlistentry> | |
1072 <term><option>-aasubcolor=<replaceable>V</replaceable></option></term> | |
1073 <listitem><para> | |
18649 | 1074 Change subtitle color |
9675 | 1075 </para><para> |
1076 where <replaceable>V</replaceable> can be: | |
1077 <literal>0</literal> (normal), | |
1078 <literal>1</literal> (dark), | |
1079 <literal>2</literal> (bold), | |
1080 <literal>3</literal> (bold font), | |
1081 <literal>4</literal> (reverse), | |
1082 <literal>5</literal> (special). | |
20862 | 1083 </para></listitem> |
9675 | 1084 </varlistentry> |
1085 </variablelist> | |
1086 | |
1087 <variablelist> | |
1088 <title>AAlib itself provides a large sum of options. Here are some | |
1089 important:</title> | |
1090 <varlistentry> | |
1091 <term><option>-aadriver</option></term> | |
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18649 | 1093 Set recommended aa driver (X11, curses, Linux). |
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9675 | 1095 </varlistentry> |
1096 <varlistentry> | |
1097 <term><option>-aaextended</option></term> | |
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18649 | 1099 Use all 256 characters. |
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9675 | 1101 </varlistentry> |
1102 <varlistentry> | |
1103 <term><option>-aaeight</option></term> | |
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18649 | 1105 Use eight bit ASCII. |
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9675 | 1107 </varlistentry> |
1108 <varlistentry> | |
1109 <term><option>-aahelp</option></term> | |
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18649 | 1111 Prints out all aalib options. |
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9675 | 1113 </varlistentry> |
1114 </variablelist> | |
1115 | |
21521 | 1116 <note><para> |
9675 | 1117 The rendering is very CPU intensive, especially when using AA-on-X |
1118 (using aalib on X), and it's least CPU intensive on standard, | |
1119 non-framebuffer console. Use SVGATextMode to set up a big textmode, | |
12349 | 1120 then enjoy! (secondary head Hercules cards rock :)) (but IMHO you |
10111 | 1121 can use <option>-vf 1bpp</option> option to get graphics on hgafb:) |
21521 | 1122 </para></note> |
9675 | 1123 |
1124 <para> | |
1125 Use the <option>-framedrop</option> option if your computer isn't fast | |
1126 enough to render all frames! | |
1127 </para> | |
1128 | |
1129 <para> | |
1130 Playing on terminal you'll get better speed and quality using the Linux | |
1131 driver, not curses (<option>-aadriver linux</option>). But therefore you | |
1132 need write access on | |
1133 <filename>/dev/vcsa<replaceable><terminal></replaceable></filename>! | |
1134 That isn't autodetected by aalib, but vo_aa tries to find the best mode. | |
13977 | 1135 See <ulink url="http://aa-project.sf.net/tune"/> for further |
9675 | 1136 tuning issues. |
1137 </para> | |
22836 | 1138 </sect1> |
9675 | 1139 |
20862 | 1140 <!-- ********** --> |
9675 | 1141 |
22836 | 1142 <sect1 id="caca"> |
21521 | 1143 <title> |
1144 <systemitem class="library">libcaca</systemitem> – Color ASCII Art library | |
1145 </title> | |
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1153 it should work on all Unix systems (including Mac OS X) using either the |
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1160 <filename>./configure</filename> |
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12349 | 1169 16 available colors for character output (256 color pairs) |
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1172 color image dithering |
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1173 </para></listitem> |
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1174 </itemizedlist> |
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1175 |
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1176 <itemizedlist> |
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1177 <title>But <systemitem class="library">libcaca</systemitem> also has the |
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1178 following limitations:</title> |
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1179 <listitem><para> |
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1180 no support for brightness, contrast, gamma |
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1181 </para></listitem> |
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1182 </itemizedlist> |
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1183 |
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1184 <para> |
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1185 You can use some keys in the caca window to change rendering options: |
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1186 </para> |
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1187 |
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1188 <informaltable> |
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1189 <tgroup cols="2"> |
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1190 <thead> |
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1191 <row><entry>Key</entry><entry>Action</entry></row> |
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1192 </thead> |
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1193 <tbody> |
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1194 <row><entry><keycap>d</keycap></entry><entry> |
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1195 Toggle <systemitem class="library">libcaca</systemitem> dithering methods. |
20862 | 1196 </entry></row> |
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1197 <row><entry><keycap>a</keycap></entry><entry> |
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1198 Toggle <systemitem class="library">libcaca</systemitem> antialiasing. |
20862 | 1199 </entry></row> |
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1200 <row><entry><keycap>b</keycap></entry><entry> |
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1201 Toggle <systemitem class="library">libcaca</systemitem> background. |
20862 | 1202 </entry></row> |
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1203 </tbody> |
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1204 </tgroup> |
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1205 </informaltable> |
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1206 |
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1207 <variablelist> |
21521 | 1208 <title><systemitem class="library">libcaca</systemitem> will also look for |
1209 certain environment variables:</title> | |
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1210 <varlistentry> |
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1211 <term><option>CACA_DRIVER</option></term> |
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1212 <listitem><para> |
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1213 Set recommended caca driver. e.g. ncurses, slang, x11. |
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1214 </para></listitem> |
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1215 </varlistentry> |
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1216 <varlistentry> |
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1217 <term><option>CACA_GEOMETRY (X11 only)</option></term> |
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1218 <listitem><para> |
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1219 Specifies the number of rows and columns. e.g. 128x50. |
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1220 </para></listitem> |
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1221 </varlistentry> |
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1222 <varlistentry> |
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1223 <term><option>CACA_FONT (X11 only)</option></term> |
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1224 <listitem><para> |
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1225 Specifies the font to use. e.g. fixed, nexus. |
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1226 </para></listitem> |
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1227 </varlistentry> |
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1228 </variablelist> |
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1229 |
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1230 <para> |
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1231 Use the <option>-framedrop</option> option if your computer is not fast |
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1232 enough to render all frames. |
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1233 </para> |
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1234 |
22836 | 1235 </sect1> |
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1236 |
20862 | 1237 <!-- ********** --> |
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1238 |
22836 | 1239 <sect1 id="vesa"> |
9675 | 1240 <title>VESA - output to VESA BIOS</title> |
1241 | |
1242 <para> | |
1243 This driver was designed and introduced as a <emphasis role="bold">generic | |
1244 driver</emphasis> for any video card which has VESA VBE 2.0 compatible | |
1245 BIOS. Another advantage of this driver is that it tries to force TV output | |
1246 on. | |
1247 <citetitle>VESA BIOS EXTENSION (VBE) Version 3.0 Date: September 16, | |
1248 1998</citetitle> (Page 70) says: | |
1249 </para> | |
1250 | |
1251 <blockquote> | |
1252 <formalpara><title>Dual-Controller Designs</title> | |
1253 <para> | |
1254 VBE 3.0 supports the dual-controller design by assuming that since both | |
1255 controllers are typically provided by the same OEM, under control of a | |
1256 single BIOS ROM on the same graphics card, it is possible to hide the fact | |
1257 that two controllers are indeed present from the application. This has the | |
1258 limitation of preventing simultaneous use of the independent controllers, | |
1259 but allows applications released before VBE 3.0 to operate normally. The | |
1260 VBE Function 00h (Return Controller Information) returns the combined | |
1261 information of both controllers, including the combined list of available | |
14318 | 1262 modes. When the application selects a mode, the appropriate controller is |
1263 activated. Each of the remaining VBE functions then operates on the active | |
9675 | 1264 controller. |
1265 </para> | |
1266 </formalpara> | |
1267 </blockquote> | |
1268 | |
1269 <para> | |
1270 So you have chances to get working TV-out by using this driver. | |
1271 (I guess that TV-out frequently is standalone head or standalone output | |
1272 at least.) | |
1273 </para> | |
1274 | |
1275 <itemizedlist spacing="compact"> | |
1276 <title>ADVANTAGES</title> | |
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1277 <listitem><para> |
9675 | 1278 You have chances to watch movies <emphasis role="bold">if Linux even doesn't |
1279 know</emphasis> your video hardware. | |
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1280 </para></listitem> |
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1281 <listitem><para> |
9675 | 1282 You don't need to have installed any graphics' related things on your |
13222 | 1283 Linux (like X11 (AKA XFree86), fbdev and so on). This driver can be run |
9675 | 1284 from <emphasis role="bold">text-mode</emphasis>. |
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1285 </para></listitem> |
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1286 <listitem><para> |
9675 | 1287 You have chances to get <emphasis role="bold">working TV-out</emphasis>. |
1288 (It's known at least for ATI's cards). | |
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1289 </para></listitem> |
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1290 <listitem><para> |
9675 | 1291 This driver calls <function>int 10h</function> handler thus it's not |
1292 an emulator - it calls <emphasis role="bold">real</emphasis> things of | |
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1293 <emphasis>real</emphasis> BIOS in <emphasis>real-mode</emphasis> |
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1294 (actually in vm86 mode). |
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1295 </para></listitem> |
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1296 <listitem><para> |
9675 | 1297 You can use VIDIX with it, thus getting accelerated video display |
1298 <emphasis role="bold">and</emphasis> TV output at the same time! | |
1299 (Recommended for ATI cards.) | |
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1300 </para></listitem> |
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1301 <listitem><para> |
10111 | 1302 If you have VESA VBE 3.0+, and you had specified |
11287 | 1303 <option>monitor-hfreq, monitor-vfreq, monitor-dotclock</option> somewhere |
12349 | 1304 (config file, or command line) you will get the highest possible refresh rate. |
10111 | 1305 (Using General Timing Formula). To enable this feature you have to specify |
1306 <emphasis role="bold">all</emphasis> your monitor options. | |
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1307 </para></listitem> |
9675 | 1308 </itemizedlist> |
1309 | |
1310 <itemizedlist spacing="compact"> | |
1311 <title>DISADVANTAGES</title> | |
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1312 <listitem><para> |
9675 | 1313 It works only on <emphasis role="bold">x86 systems</emphasis>. |
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1315 <listitem><para> |
9675 | 1316 It can be used only by <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>. |
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1318 <listitem><para> |
9675 | 1319 Currently it's available only for <emphasis role="bold">Linux</emphasis>. |
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1320 </para></listitem> |
9675 | 1321 </itemizedlist> |
1322 | |
21521 | 1323 <important><para> |
9675 | 1324 Don't use this driver with <emphasis role="bold">GCC 2.96</emphasis>! |
1325 It won't work! | |
21521 | 1326 </para></important> |
9675 | 1327 |
1328 <variablelist> | |
1329 <title>COMMAND LINE OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR VESA</title> | |
1330 <varlistentry> | |
1331 <term><option>-vo vesa:<replaceable>opts</replaceable></option></term> | |
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1332 <listitem><para> |
9675 | 1333 currently recognized: <literal>dga</literal> to force dga mode and |
1334 <literal>nodga</literal> to disable dga mode. In dga mode you can enable | |
10111 | 1335 double buffering via the <option>-double</option> option. Note: you may omit |
1336 these parameters to enable <emphasis role="bold">autodetection</emphasis> of | |
1337 dga mode. | |
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1338 </para></listitem> |
9675 | 1339 </varlistentry> |
1340 </variablelist> | |
1341 | |
1342 <itemizedlist spacing="compact"> | |
1343 <title>KNOWN PROBLEMS AND WORKAROUNDS</title> | |
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1344 <listitem><para> |
9675 | 1345 If you have installed <emphasis role="bold">NLS</emphasis> font on your |
1346 Linux box and run VESA driver from text-mode then after terminating | |
1347 <application>MPlayer</application> you will have | |
1348 <emphasis role="bold">ROM font</emphasis> loaded instead of national. | |
1349 You can load national font again by using <command>setsysfont</command> | |
15894 | 1350 utility from the Mandrake/Mandriva distribution for example. |
9675 | 1351 (<emphasis role="bold">Hint</emphasis>: The same utility is used for |
1352 localization of fbdev). | |
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1353 </para></listitem> |
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1354 <listitem><para> |
9675 | 1355 Some <emphasis role="bold">Linux graphics drivers</emphasis> don't update |
1356 active <emphasis role="bold">BIOS mode</emphasis> in DOS memory. | |
1357 So if you have such problem - always use VESA driver only from | |
1358 <emphasis role="bold">text-mode</emphasis>. Otherwise text-mode (#03) will | |
1359 be activated anyway and you will need restart your computer. | |
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1361 <listitem><para> |
21521 | 1362 Often after terminating VESA driver you get |
1363 <emphasis role="bold">black</emphasis> screen. To return your screen to | |
21720 | 1364 original state - simply switch to other console (by pressing |
1365 <keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>F<x></keycap></keycombo>) | |
9675 | 1366 then switch to your previous console by the same way. |
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9675 | 1369 To get <emphasis role="bold">working TV-out</emphasis> you need have plugged |
1370 TV-connector in before booting your PC since video BIOS initializes | |
1371 itself only once during POST procedure. | |
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9675 | 1373 </itemizedlist> |
22836 | 1374 </sect1> |
9675 | 1375 |
20862 | 1376 <!-- ********** --> |
9675 | 1377 |
22836 | 1378 <sect1 id="x11"> |
9675 | 1379 <title>X11</title> |
1380 | |
1381 <para> | |
1382 Avoid if possible. Outputs to X11 (uses shared memory extension), with no | |
1383 hardware acceleration at all. Supports (MMX/3DNow/SSE accelerated, but | |
1384 still slow) software scaling, use the options <option>-fs -zoom</option>. | |
1385 Most cards have hardware scaling support, use the <option>-vo xv</option> | |
12349 | 1386 output for them, or <option>-vo xmga</option> for Matrox cards. |
9675 | 1387 </para> |
1388 | |
1389 <para> | |
1390 The problem is that most cards' driver doesn't support hardware | |
1391 acceleration on the second head/TV. In those cases, you see green/blue | |
1392 colored window instead of the movie. This is where this driver comes in | |
1393 handy, but you need powerful CPU to use software scaling. Don't use the SDL | |
1394 driver's software output+scaler, it has worse image quality! | |
1395 </para> | |
1396 | |
1397 <para> | |
1398 Software scaling is very slow, you better try changing video modes instead. | |
1399 It's very simple. See the <link linkend="dga-modelines">DGA section's | |
1400 modelines</link>, and insert them into your <filename>XF86Config</filename>. | |
1401 | |
1402 <itemizedlist spacing="compact"> | |
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9675 | 1404 If you have XFree86 4.x.x: use the <option>-vm</option> option. It will |
1405 change to a resolution your movie fits in. If it doesn't: | |
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9675 | 1408 With XFree86 3.x.x: you have to cycle through available resolutions |
1409 with the | |
21720 | 1410 <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>Keypad +</keycap></keycombo> |
9675 | 1411 and |
21720 | 1412 <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>Keypad -</keycap></keycombo> |
9675 | 1413 keys. |
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9675 | 1415 </itemizedlist> |
1416 </para> | |
1417 | |
1418 <para> | |
1419 If you can't find the modes you inserted, browse XFree86's output. Some | |
1420 drivers can't use low pixelclocks that are needed for low resolution | |
1421 video modes. | |
1422 </para> | |
22836 | 1423 </sect1> |
9675 | 1424 |
20862 | 1425 <!-- ********** --> |
9675 | 1426 |
22836 | 1427 <sect1 id="vidix"> |
9675 | 1428 <title>VIDIX</title> |
1429 | |
21521 | 1430 <formalpara><title>PREAMBLE</title> |
9675 | 1431 <para> |
21521 | 1432 <acronym>VIDIX</acronym> is the abbreviation for |
1433 <emphasis role="bold">VID</emphasis>eo | |
1434 <emphasis role="bold">I</emphasis>nterface | |
1435 for *ni<emphasis role="bold">X</emphasis>. | |
9675 | 1436 VIDIX was designed and introduced as an interface for fast user-space drivers |
21521 | 1437 providing such video performance as mga_vid does for Matrox cards. It's also |
1438 very portable. | |
9675 | 1439 </para> |
1440 </formalpara> | |
21521 | 1441 |
9675 | 1442 <para> |
1443 This interface was designed as an attempt to fit existing video | |
1444 acceleration interfaces (known as mga_vid, rage128_vid, radeon_vid, | |
12349 | 1445 pm3_vid) into a fixed scheme. It provides a high level interface to chips |
9675 | 1446 which are known as BES (BackEnd scalers) or OV (Video Overlays). It doesn't |
12349 | 1447 provide low level interface to things which are known as graphics servers. |
9675 | 1448 (I don't want to compete with X11 team in graphics mode switching). I.e. |
1449 main goal of this interface is to maximize the speed of video playback. | |
1450 </para> | |
1451 | |
1452 <itemizedlist spacing="compact"> | |
1453 <title>USAGE</title> | |
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9675 | 1455 You can use standalone video output driver: <option>-vo xvidix</option>. |
14318 | 1456 This driver was developed as X11's front end to VIDIX technology. It |
11497 | 1457 requires X server and can work only under X server. Note that, as it directly |
9675 | 1458 accesses the hardware and circumvents the X driver, pixmaps cached in the |
1459 graphics card's memory may be corrupted. You can prevent this by limiting | |
1460 the amount of video memory used by X with the XF86Config option "VideoRam" | |
1461 in the device section. You should set this to the amount of memory installed | |
1462 on your card minus 4MB. If you have less than 8MB of video ram, you can use | |
1463 the option "XaaNoPixmapCache" in the screen section instead. | |
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11136 | 1467 There is a console VIDIX driver: <option>-vo cvidix</option>. |
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1471 are able to output truly graphical video on a real text console. See the |
11483 | 1472 <link linkend="vidix-nvidia">nvidia_vid</link> section for more information. |
20556 | 1473 To get rid of text on the borders and the blinking cursor, try something like |
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20555 | 1475 |
1476 <screen>setterm -cursor off > /dev/tty9</screen> | |
1477 | |
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20555 | 1479 (assuming <systemitem>tty9</systemitem> is unused so far) and then |
1480 switch to <systemitem>tty9</systemitem>. | |
1481 On the other hand, <option>-colorkey 0</option> should give you a video | |
1482 running in the "background", though this depends on the colorkey | |
1483 functionality to work right. | |
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20862 | 1485 </listitem> |
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9675 | 1487 You can use VIDIX subdevice which was applied to several video output |
1488 drivers, such as: <option>-vo vesa:vidix</option> | |
1489 (<emphasis role="bold">Linux only</emphasis>) and | |
1490 <option>-vo fbdev:vidix</option>. | |
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9675 | 1492 </itemizedlist> |
1493 | |
1494 <para> | |
1495 Indeed it doesn't matter which video output driver is used with | |
1496 <emphasis role="bold">VIDIX</emphasis>. | |
1497 </para> | |
1498 | |
1499 <itemizedlist spacing="compact"> | |
1500 <title>REQUIREMENTS</title> | |
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1503 <option>-vo cvidix</option> output driver). |
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9675 | 1506 <application>MPlayer</application>'s video output driver should know |
1507 active video mode and be able to tell to VIDIX subdevice some video | |
1508 characteristics of server. | |
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9675 | 1510 </itemizedlist> |
1511 | |
21521 | 1512 <formalpara><title>USAGE METHODS</title> |
9675 | 1513 <para> |
10111 | 1514 When VIDIX is used as <emphasis role="bold">subdevice</emphasis> (<option>-vo |
9675 | 1515 vesa:vidix</option>) then video mode configuration is performed by video |
10111 | 1516 output device (<emphasis role="bold">vo_server</emphasis> in short). Therefore you can |
9675 | 1517 pass into command line of <application>MPlayer</application> the same keys |
1518 as for vo_server. In addition it understands <option>-double</option> key | |
1519 as globally visible parameter. (I recommend using this key with VIDIX at | |
11136 | 1520 least for ATI's card). As for <option>-vo xvidix</option>, currently it |
9675 | 1521 recognizes the following options: <option>-fs -zoom -x -y -double</option>. |
1522 </para> | |
1523 </formalpara> | |
20862 | 1524 |
9675 | 1525 <para> |
1526 Also you can specify VIDIX's driver directly as third subargument in | |
1527 command line: | |
21521 | 1528 <screen> |
1529 mplayer -vo xvidix:mga_vid.so -fs -zoom -double <replaceable>file.avi</replaceable> | |
1530 </screen> | |
9675 | 1531 or |
21521 | 1532 <screen> |
1533 mplayer -vo vesa:vidix:radeon_vid.so -fs -zoom -double -bpp 32 <replaceable>file.avi</replaceable> | |
1534 </screen> | |
9675 | 1535 But it's dangerous, and you shouldn't do that. In this case given driver |
1536 will be forced and result is unpredictable (it may | |
1537 <emphasis role="bold">freeze</emphasis> your computer). You should do that | |
1538 ONLY if you are absolutely sure it will work, and | |
1539 <application>MPlayer</application> doesn't do it automatically. Please tell | |
1540 about it to the developers. The right way is to use VIDIX without arguments | |
1541 to enable driver autodetection. | |
1542 </para> | |
1543 | |
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9675 | 1548 <para> |
1549 Since VIDIX requires direct hardware access you can either run it as root | |
1550 or set the SUID bit on the <application>MPlayer</application> binary | |
10111 | 1551 (<emphasis role="bold">Warning: This is a security risk!</emphasis>). |
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1553 special kernel module, like this: |
9675 | 1554 </para> |
1555 | |
1556 <procedure> | |
1557 <step><para> | |
21521 | 1558 Download the |
1559 <ulink url="http://www.arava.co.il/matan/svgalib/">development version</ulink> | |
9675 | 1560 of svgalib (for example 1.9.17), <emphasis role="bold">OR</emphasis> |
21521 | 1561 download a version made by Alex especially for usage with |
1562 <application>MPlayer</application> (it doesn't need the svgalib source to | |
1563 compile) from | |
15753 | 1564 <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/contrib/svgalib/svgalib_helper-1.9.17-mplayer.tar.bz2">here</ulink>. |
20862 | 1565 </para></step> |
9675 | 1566 <step><para> |
21521 | 1567 Compile the module in the |
1568 <filename class="directory">svgalib_helper</filename> directory (it can be | |
1569 found inside the | |
1570 <filename class="directory">svgalib-1.9.17/kernel/</filename> directory if | |
1571 you've downloaded the source from the svgalib site) and insmod it. | |
20862 | 1572 </para></step> |
9675 | 1573 <step><para> |
21521 | 1574 To create the necessary devices in the |
1575 <filename class="directory">/dev</filename> directory, do a | |
1576 <screen>make device</screen> in the | |
1577 <filename class="directory">svgalib_helper</filename> dir, as root. | |
20862 | 1578 </para></step> |
11022 | 1579 <step><para> |
26993 | 1580 Then run <filename>configure</filename> again and pass the parameter |
1581 <option>--enable-svgalib_helper</option> as well as | |
1582 <option>--with-extraincdir=/path/to/svgalib_helper/sources</option>, | |
1583 adjusted to wherever you extracted svgalib_helper sources. | |
20862 | 1584 </para></step> |
9675 | 1585 <step><para> |
23253 | 1586 Recompile. |
20862 | 1587 </para></step> |
9675 | 1588 </procedure> |
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1589 </sect2> |
9675 | 1590 |
20862 | 1591 |
22836 | 1592 <sect2 id="vidix-ati"> |
9675 | 1593 <title>ATI cards</title> |
20862 | 1594 |
9675 | 1595 <para> |
1596 Currently most ATI cards are supported natively, from Mach64 to the | |
1597 newest Radeons. | |
1598 </para> | |
1599 | |
1600 <para> | |
1601 There are two compiled binaries: <filename>radeon_vid</filename> for Radeon and | |
1602 <filename>rage128_vid</filename> for Rage 128 cards. You may force one or let | |
1603 the VIDIX system autoprobe all available drivers. | |
1604 </para> | |
22836 | 1605 </sect2> |
9675 | 1606 |
20862 | 1607 |
22836 | 1608 <sect2 id="vidix-mga"> |
9675 | 1609 <title>Matrox cards</title> |
20862 | 1610 |
9675 | 1611 <para> |
11497 | 1612 Matrox G200, G400, G450 and G550 have been reported to work. |
9675 | 1613 </para> |
1614 | |
1615 <para> | |
1616 The driver supports video equalizers and should be nearly as fast as the | |
1617 <link linkend="mga_vid">Matrox framebuffer</link> | |
1618 </para> | |
22836 | 1619 </sect2> |
9675 | 1620 |
20862 | 1621 |
22836 | 1622 <sect2 id="vidix-trident"> |
9675 | 1623 <title>Trident cards</title> |
20862 | 1624 |
9675 | 1625 <para> |
1626 There is a driver available for the Trident Cyberblade/i1 chipset, which | |
1627 can be found on VIA Epia motherboards. | |
1628 </para> | |
1629 | |
1630 <para> | |
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20857 | 1632 <ulink url="http://www.blackfiveservices.co.uk/EPIAVidix.shtml">Alastair M. Robinson</ulink>. |
9675 | 1633 </para> |
22836 | 1634 </sect2> |
9675 | 1635 |
20862 | 1636 |
22836 | 1637 <sect2 id="vidix-3dlabs"> |
9675 | 1638 <title>3DLabs cards</title> |
20862 | 1639 |
9675 | 1640 <para> |
1641 Although there is a driver for the 3DLabs GLINT R3 and Permedia3 chips, no one | |
1642 has tested it, so reports are welcome. | |
1643 </para> | |
22836 | 1644 </sect2> |
11040 | 1645 |
20862 | 1646 |
22836 | 1647 <sect2 id="vidix-nvidia"> |
11040 | 1648 <title>nVidia cards</title> |
11065 | 1649 |
11040 | 1650 <para> |
21521 | 1651 An unique feature of the nvidia_vid driver is its ability to display video on |
1652 <emphasis role="bold">plain, pure, text-only console</emphasis> - with no | |
1653 framebuffer or X magic whatsoever. For this purpose, we'll have to use the | |
1654 <option>cvidix</option> video output, as the following example shows: | |
1655 <screen>mplayer -vo cvidix <replaceable>example.avi</replaceable></screen> | |
11040 | 1656 </para> |
22836 | 1657 </sect2> |
11040 | 1658 |
1659 | |
22836 | 1660 <sect2 id="vidix-sis"> |
11040 | 1661 <title>SiS cards</title> |
20862 | 1662 |
11040 | 1663 <para> |
1664 This is very experimental code, just like nvidia_vid. | |
1665 </para> | |
1666 | |
1667 <para> | |
12815 | 1668 It's been tested on SiS 650/651/740 (the most common chipsets used in the |
11040 | 1669 SiS versions of the "Shuttle XPC" barebones boxes out there) |
1670 </para> | |
1671 | |
1672 <para> | |
1673 Reports awaited! | |
1674 </para> | |
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22836 | 1676 </sect1> |
9675 | 1677 |
20862 | 1678 <!-- ********** --> |
1679 | |
22836 | 1680 <sect1 id="directfb"> |
9675 | 1681 <title>DirectFB</title> |
20862 | 1682 |
9675 | 1683 <blockquote><para> |
21596 | 1684 "DirectFB is a graphics library which was designed with embedded systems |
9675 | 1685 in mind. It offers maximum hardware accelerated performance at a minimum |
21596 | 1686 of resource usage and overhead." - quoted from |
21521 | 1687 <ulink url="http://www.directfb.org"/> |
9675 | 1688 </para></blockquote> |
1689 | |
1690 <para>I'll exclude DirectFB features from this section.</para> | |
1691 | |
1692 <para> | |
21596 | 1693 Though <application>MPlayer</application> is not supported as a "video |
1694 provider" in DirectFB, this output driver will enable video playback | |
21521 | 1695 through DirectFB. It will - of course - be accelerated, on my Matrox G400 |
1696 DirectFB's speed was the same as XVideo. | |
9675 | 1697 </para> |
1698 | |
1699 <para> | |
21521 | 1700 Always try to use the newest version of DirectFB. You can use DirectFB options |
1701 on the command line, using the <option>-dfbopts</option> option. Layer | |
1702 selection can be done by the subdevice method, e.g.: | |
1703 <option>-vo directfb:2</option> (layer -1 is default: autodetect) | |
9675 | 1704 </para> |
22836 | 1705 </sect1> |
9675 | 1706 |
20862 | 1707 <!-- ********** --> |
1708 | |
22836 | 1709 <sect1 id="dfbmga"> |
9675 | 1710 <title>DirectFB/Matrox (dfbmga)</title> |
20862 | 1711 |
9675 | 1712 <para> |
21521 | 1713 Please read the <link linkend="directfb">main DirectFB</link> section for |
1714 general information. | |
9675 | 1715 </para> |
1716 | |
1717 <para> | |
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1720 <emphasis role="bold">independent</emphasis> of the first head. |
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12815 | 1724 Ville Syrjala's has a |
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1725 <ulink url="http://www.sci.fi/~syrjala/directfb/Matrox_TV-out_README.txt">README</ulink> |
12815 | 1726 and a |
14649 | 1727 <ulink url="http://www.sci.fi/~syrjala/directfb/matrox-tv-out-howto">HOWTO</ulink> |
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9675 | 1729 </para> |
1730 | |
1731 <note><para> | |
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13490 | 1733 0.9.17 (it's buggy, needs that <systemitem>surfacemanager</systemitem> |
1734 patch from the URL above). Porting the CRTC2 code to | |
1735 <link linkend="mga_vid">mga_vid</link> has been planned for years, | |
1736 <ulink url="../../tech/patches.txt">patches</ulink> are welcome. | |
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9675 | 1745 <title>MPEG decoders</title> |
1746 | |
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1748 <title>DVB output and input</title> |
20862 | 1749 |
9675 | 1750 <para> |
1751 <application>MPlayer</application> supports cards with the Siemens DVB chipset | |
1752 from vendors like Siemens, Technotrend, Galaxis or Hauppauge. The latest DVB | |
21521 | 1753 drivers are available from the |
1754 <ulink url="http://www.linuxtv.org">Linux TV site</ulink>. | |
9675 | 1755 If you want to do software transcoding you should have at least a 1GHz CPU. |
1756 </para> | |
1757 | |
1758 <para> | |
1759 Configure should detect your DVB card. If it did not, force detection with | |
21521 | 1760 <screen>./configure --enable-dvb</screen> |
1761 If you have ost headers at a non-standard path, set the path with | |
1762 <screen> | |
1763 ./configure --with-extraincdir=<replaceable>DVB source directory</replaceable>/ost/include | |
1764 </screen> | |
1765 Then compile and install as usual.</para> | |
9675 | 1766 |
21521 | 1767 <formalpara><title>USAGE</title> |
9675 | 1768 <para> |
22183 | 1769 Hardware decoding of streams containing MPEG-1/2 video and/or MPEG audio can be done with this |
21521 | 1770 command: |
1771 <screen> | |
1772 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes <replaceable>file.mpg|vob</replaceable> | |
1773 </screen> | |
9675 | 1774 </para> |
1775 </formalpara> | |
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11713 | 1777 <para> |
22183 | 1778 Decoding of any other type of video stream requires transcoding to MPEG-1, thus it's slow |
1779 and may not be worth the trouble, especially if your computer is slow. | |
1780 It can be achieved using a command like this: | |
21521 | 1781 <screen> |
11713 | 1782 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes <replaceable>yourfile.ext</replaceable> |
1783 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vf expand <replaceable>yourfile.ext</replaceable> | |
9675 | 1784 </screen></para> |
1785 | |
1786 <para> | |
1787 Note that DVB cards only support heights 288 and 576 for PAL or 240 and 480 for | |
21521 | 1788 NTSC. You <emphasis role="bold">must</emphasis> rescale for other heights by |
1789 adding <option>scale=width:height</option> with the width and height you want | |
1790 to the <option>-vf</option> option. DVB cards accept various widths, like 720, | |
1791 704, 640, 512, 480, 352 etc. and do hardware scaling in horizontal direction, | |
1792 so you do not need to scale horizontally in most cases. | |
1793 For a 512x384 (aspect 4:3) MPEG-4 (DivX) try: | |
1794 <screen>mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vf scale=512:576</screen> | |
9675 | 1795 </para> |
1796 | |
11713 | 1797 <para> |
21521 | 1798 If you have a widescreen movie and you do not want to scale it to full height, |
1799 you can use the <option>expand=w:h</option> filter to add black bands. To view a | |
1800 640x384 MPEG-4 (DivX), try: | |
1801 <screen> | |
1802 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vf expand=640:576 <replaceable>file.avi</replaceable> | |
11713 | 1803 </screen> |
1804 </para> | |
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14024 | 1807 If your CPU is too slow for a full size 720x576 MPEG-4 (DivX), try downscaling: |
21521 | 1808 <screen> |
1809 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vf scale=352:576 <replaceable>file.avi</replaceable> | |
11713 | 1810 </screen> |
1811 </para> | |
9675 | 1812 |
21521 | 1813 <para>If speed does not improve, try vertical downscaling, too: |
1814 <screen> | |
1815 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vf scale=352:288 <replaceable>file.avi</replaceable> | |
11713 | 1816 </screen> |
1817 </para> | |
9675 | 1818 |
1819 <para> | |
1820 For OSD and subtitles use the OSD feature of the expand filter. So, instead of | |
1821 <option>expand=w:h</option> or <option>expand=w:h:x:y</option>, use | |
1822 <option>expand=w:h:x:y:1</option> (the 5th parameter <option>:1</option> | |
1823 at the end will enable OSD rendering). You may want to move the image up a bit | |
21521 | 1824 to get a bigger black zone for subtitles. You may also want to move subtitles |
1825 up, if they are outside your TV screen, use the | |
1826 <option>-subpos <0-100></option> | |
9675 | 1827 option to adjust this (<option>-subpos 80</option> is a good choice). |
1828 </para> | |
1829 | |
1830 <para> | |
1831 In order to play non-25fps movies on a PAL TV or with a slow CPU, add the | |
1832 <option>-framedrop</option> option. | |
1833 </para> | |
1834 | |
1835 <para> | |
14024 | 1836 To keep the aspect ratio of MPEG-4 (DivX) files and get the optimal scaling |
9675 | 1837 parameters (hardware horizontal scaling and software vertical scaling |
1838 while keeping the right aspect ratio), use the new dvbscale filter: | |
21521 | 1839 <screen> |
10682 | 1840 for a 4:3 TV: -vf dvbscale,scale=-1:0,expand=-1:576:-1:-1:1 |
1841 for a 16:9 TV: -vf dvbscale=1024,scale=-1:0,expand=-1:576:-1:-1:1 | |
21521 | 1842 </screen> |
1843 </para> | |
9675 | 1844 |
21521 | 1845 <formalpara><title>Digital TV (DVB input module)</title> |
11888 | 1846 <para>You can use your DVB card for watching Digital TV.</para> |
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1849 <para> |
21521 | 1850 You should have the programs <command>scan</command> and |
1851 <command>szap/tzap/czap/azap</command> installed; they are all included in | |
1852 the drivers package. | |
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1855 <para> |
21521 | 1856 Verify that your drivers are working properly with a program such as |
1857 <ulink url="http://sf.net/projects/dvbtools/"><command>dvbstream</command></ulink> | |
1858 (that is the base of the DVB input module). | |
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1861 <para> |
21521 | 1862 Now you should compile a <filename>~/.mplayer/channels.conf</filename> |
1863 file, with the syntax accepted by <command>szap/tzap/czap/azap</command>, or | |
1864 have <command>scan</command> compile it for you. | |
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26958 | 1868 If you have more than one card type (e.g. Satellite, Terrestrial, Cable and ATSC) |
21521 | 1869 you can save your channels files as |
1870 <filename>~/.mplayer/channels.conf.sat</filename>, | |
1871 <filename>~/.mplayer/channels.conf.ter</filename>, | |
1872 <filename>~/.mplayer/channels.conf.cbl</filename>, | |
1873 and <filename>~/.mplayer/channels.conf.atsc</filename>, | |
1874 respectively, so as to implicitly hint <application>MPlayer</application> | |
1875 to use these files rather than <filename>~/.mplayer/channels.conf</filename>, | |
1876 and you only need to specify which card to use. | |
12188 | 1877 </para> |
1878 | |
1879 <para> | |
24690 | 1880 Make sure that you have <emphasis>only</emphasis> Free to Air |
21521 | 1881 channels in your <filename>channels.conf</filename> file, or |
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21521 | 1886 In your audio and video fields you can use an extended syntax: |
1887 <option>...:pid[+pid]:...</option> (for a maximum of 6 pids each); | |
1888 in this case <application>MPlayer</application> will include in the | |
1889 stream all the indicated pids, plus pid 0 (that contains the PAT). | |
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21521 | 1897 Other possible uses are: televideo pid, second audio track, etc. |
19601 | 1898 </para> |
12814 | 1899 |
1900 <para> | |
21521 | 1901 If <application>MPlayer</application> complains frequently about |
1902 <screen>Too many video/audio packets in the buffer</screen> or | |
1903 if you notice a growing desynchronization between audio and | |
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21521 | 1907 <option>-demuxer lavf -lavfdopts probesize=128</option> |
1908 to your command line. | |
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21521 | 1912 To show the first of the channels present in your list, run |
1913 <screen>mplayer dvb://</screen> | |
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21521 | 1917 If you want to watch a specific channel, such as R1, run |
1918 <screen>mplayer dvb://<replaceable>R1</replaceable></screen> | |
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21521 | 1921 <para> |
1922 If you have more than one card you also need to specify the number of the card | |
1923 where the channel is visible (e.g. 2) with the syntax: | |
1924 <screen>mplayer dvb://<replaceable>2@R1</replaceable></screen> | |
1925 </para> | |
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21521 | 1928 To change channels press the <keycap>h</keycap> (next) and |
1929 <keycap>k</keycap> (previous) keys, or use the | |
1930 <link linkend="osdmenu">OSD menu</link>. | |
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24989 | 1934 To temporarily disable the audio or the video stream copy the |
1935 following to <filename>~/.mplayer/input.conf</filename>: | |
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24989 | 1937 % set_property switch_video -2 |
24988 | 1938 & step_property switch_video |
24989 | 1939 ? set_property switch_audio -2 |
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24989 | 1942 (Overriding the action keys as preferred.) When pressing the key |
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24989 | 1944 when pressing the key corresponding to step_x the stream will be reopened. |
1945 Notice that this switching mechanism will not work as expected when there | |
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24989 | 1951 and error messages such as 'Your system is too slow' it is advisable to add |
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21521 | 1959 If your <filename>~/.mplayer/menu.conf</filename> contains a |
1960 <literal><dvbsel></literal> entry, such as the one in the example | |
1961 file <filename>etc/dvb-menu.conf</filename> (that you can use to overwrite | |
1962 <filename>~/.mplayer/menu.conf</filename>), the main menu will show a | |
1963 sub-menu entry that will permit you to choose one of the channels present | |
1964 in your <filename>channels.conf</filename>, possibly preceded by a menu | |
1965 with the list of cards available if more than one is usable by | |
1966 <application>MPlayer</application>. | |
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21521 | 1970 If you want to save a program to disk you can use |
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21521 | 1972 mplayer -dumpfile <replaceable>r1.ts</replaceable> -dumpstream dvb://<replaceable>R1</replaceable> |
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21521 | 1976 <para> |
1977 If you want to record it in a different format (re-encoding it) instead | |
1978 you can run a command such as | |
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21521 | 1980 mencoder -o <replaceable>r1.avi</replaceable> -ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=800 \ |
1981 -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128 -pp=ci dvb://<replaceable>R1</replaceable> | |
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21521 | 1986 Read the man page for a list of options that you can pass to the |
1987 DVB input module. | |
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21521 | 1990 <formalpara><title>FUTURE</title> |
9675 | 1991 <para> |
1992 If you have questions or want to hear feature announcements and take part in | |
1993 discussions on this subject, join our | |
19709 | 1994 <ulink url="http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dvb">MPlayer-DVB</ulink> |
9675 | 1995 mailing list. Please remember that the list language is English. |
1996 </para> | |
1997 </formalpara> | |
1998 | |
1999 <para> | |
2000 In the future you may expect the ability to display OSD and subtitles using | |
26040 | 2001 the native OSD feature of DVB cards. |
9675 | 2002 </para> |
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9675 | 2004 |
20862 | 2005 <!-- ********** --> |
2006 | |
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2007 <sect2 id="dxr2"> |
9675 | 2008 <title>DXR2</title> |
20862 | 2009 |
21521 | 2010 <para> |
2011 <application>MPlayer</application> supports hardware accelerated playback | |
2012 with the Creative DXR2 card. | |
2013 </para> | |
2014 | |
9675 | 2015 <para> |
2016 First of all you will need properly installed DXR2 drivers. You can find | |
2017 the drivers and installation instructions at the | |
13977 | 2018 <ulink url="http://dxr2.sf.net/">DXR2 Resource Center</ulink> site. |
9675 | 2019 </para> |
2020 | |
21521 | 2021 <variablelist><title>USAGE</title> |
9675 | 2022 <varlistentry> |
21521 | 2023 <term><option>-vo dxr2</option></term> |
2024 <listitem><para>Enable TV output.</para></listitem> | |
9675 | 2025 </varlistentry> |
2026 <varlistentry> | |
21521 | 2027 <term><option>-vo dxr2:x11</option> or <option>-vo dxr2:xv</option></term> |
2028 <listitem><para>Enable Overlay output in X11.</para></listitem> | |
9675 | 2029 </varlistentry> |
2030 <varlistentry> | |
21521 | 2031 <term><option>-dxr2 <option1:option2:...></option></term> |
2032 <listitem><para> | |
2033 This option is used to control the DXR2 driver. | |
2034 </para></listitem> | |
9675 | 2035 </varlistentry> |
2036 </variablelist> | |
2037 | |
2038 <para> | |
2039 The overlay chipset used on the DXR2 is of pretty bad quality but the | |
2040 default settings should work for everybody. The OSD may be usable with the | |
2041 overlay (not on TV) by drawing it in the colorkey. With the default colorkey | |
2042 settings you may get variable results, usually you will see the colorkey | |
2043 around the characters or some other funny effect. But if you properly adjust | |
2044 the colorkey settings you should be able to get acceptable results. | |
2045 </para> | |
2046 | |
11731 | 2047 <para>Please see the man page for available options.</para> |
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9675 | 2049 |
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2051 | |
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2052 <sect2 id="dxr3"> |
9675 | 2053 <title>DXR3/Hollywood+</title> |
20862 | 2054 |
9675 | 2055 <para> |
2056 <application>MPlayer</application> supports hardware accelerated playback | |
2057 with the Creative DXR3 and Sigma Designs Hollywood Plus cards. These cards | |
2058 both use the em8300 MPEG decoder chip from Sigma Designs. | |
2059 </para> | |
2060 | |
2061 <para> | |
2062 First of all you will need properly installed DXR3/H+ drivers, version 0.12.0 | |
2063 or later. You can find the drivers and installation instructions at the | |
13977 | 2064 <ulink url="http://dxr3.sf.net/">DXR3 & Hollywood Plus for Linux</ulink> |
10111 | 2065 site. <filename>configure</filename> should detect your card automatically, |
2066 compilation should go without problems. | |
9675 | 2067 </para> |
2068 | |
2069 <!-- FIXME: find a more clear presentation --> | |
2070 <variablelist> | |
2071 <title>USAGE</title> | |
2072 <varlistentry> | |
10111 | 2073 <term><option>-vo dxr3:prebuf:sync:norm=x:<replaceable>device</replaceable></option></term> |
9675 | 2074 <listitem><para> |
25744 | 2075 <option>overlay</option> activates the overlay instead of TV-out. It requires |
9675 | 2076 that you have a properly configured overlay setup to work right. The easiest |
2077 way to configure the overlay is to first run autocal. Then run mplayer with | |
2078 dxr3 output and without overlay turned on, run dxr3view. In dxr3view you can | |
2079 tweak the overlay settings and see the effects in realtime, perhaps this feature | |
11540 | 2080 will be supported by the <application>MPlayer</application> GUI in the future. |
2081 When overlay is properly set up you will no longer need to use dxr3view. | |
9675 | 2082 <option>prebuf</option> turns on prebuffering. Prebuffering is a feature of the |
21521 | 2083 em8300 chip that enables it to hold more than one frame of video at a time. |
2084 This means that when you are running with prebuffering | |
2085 <application>MPlayer</application> will try to keep the video buffer filled | |
2086 with data at all times. | |
2087 If you are on a slow machine <application>MPlayer</application> will probably | |
2088 use close to, or precisely 100% of CPU. | |
2089 This is especially common if you play pure MPEG streams | |
11540 | 2090 (like DVDs, SVCDs a.s.o.) since <application>MPlayer</application> will not have |
2091 to reencode it to MPEG it will fill the buffer very fast. | |
9675 | 2092 With prebuffering video playback is <emphasis role="bold">much</emphasis> |
2093 less sensitive to other programs hogging the CPU, it will not drop frames unless | |
2094 applications hog the CPU for a long time. | |
2095 When running without prebuffering the em8300 is much more sensitive to CPU load, | |
12349 | 2096 so it is highly suggested that you turn on <application>MPlayer</application>'s |
11540 | 2097 <option>-framedrop</option> option to avoid further loss of sync. |
9675 | 2098 <option>sync</option> will turn on the new sync-engine. This is currently an |
21521 | 2099 experimental feature. With the sync feature turned on the em8300's internal |
2100 clock will be monitored at all times, if it starts to deviate from | |
2101 <application>MPlayer</application>'s clock it will be reset causing the em8300 | |
2102 to drop any frames that are lagging behind. | |
9675 | 2103 <option>norm=x</option> will set the TV norm of the DXR3 card without the need |
2104 for external tools like em8300setup. Valid norms are 5 = NTSC, 4 = PAL-60, | |
2105 3 = PAL. Special norms are 2 (auto-adjust using PAL/PAL-60) and 1 (auto-adjust | |
2106 using PAL/NTSC) because they decide which norm to use by looking at the frame | |
2107 rate of the movie. norm = 0 (default) does not change the current norm. | |
21521 | 2108 <option><replaceable>device</replaceable></option> = device number to use if |
2109 you have more than one em8300 card. Any of these options may be left out. | |
2110 <option>:prebuf:sync</option> seems to work great when playing MPEG-4 (DivX) | |
2111 movies. People have reported problems using the prebuf option when playing | |
2112 MPEG-1/2 files. | |
2113 You might want to try running without any options first, if you have sync | |
2114 problems, or DVD subtitle problems, give <option>:sync</option> a try. | |
9675 | 2115 </para></listitem> |
2116 </varlistentry> | |
2117 | |
2118 <varlistentry> | |
21521 | 2119 <term><option>-ao oss:/dev/em8300_ma-<replaceable>X</replaceable></option></term> |
2120 <listitem><para> | |
2121 For audio output, where <replaceable>X</replaceable> is the device number | |
2122 (0 if one card). | |
2123 </para></listitem> | |
2124 </varlistentry> | |
2125 | |
2126 <varlistentry> | |
2127 <term><option>-af resample=<replaceable>xxxxx</replaceable></option></term> | |
2128 <listitem><para> | |
2129 The em8300 cannot play back samplerates lower than 44100Hz. If the sample | |
2130 rate is below 44100Hz select either 44100Hz or 48000Hz depending on which | |
2131 one matches closest. I.e. if the movie uses 22050Hz use 44100Hz as | |
2132 44100 / 2 = 22050, if it is 24000Hz use 48000Hz as 48000 / 2 = 24000 | |
2133 and so on. | |
2134 This does not work with digital audio output (<option>-ac hwac3</option>). | |
2135 </para></listitem> | |
9675 | 2136 </varlistentry> |
2137 | |
2138 <varlistentry> | |
21521 | 2139 <term><option>-vf lavc</option></term> |
2140 <listitem><para> | |
2141 To watch non-MPEG content on the em8300 (i.e. MPEG-4 (DivX) or RealVideo) | |
2142 you have to specify an MPEG-1 video filter such as | |
2143 <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> (lavc). | |
2144 See the man page for further info about <option>-vf lavc</option>. | |
2145 Currently there is no way of setting the fps of the em8300 which means that | |
2146 it is fixed to 30000/1001 fps. | |
2147 Because of this it is highly recommended that you use | |
2148 <option>-vf lavc=<replaceable>quality</replaceable>:25</option> | |
2149 especially if you are using prebuffering. Then why 25 and not 30000/1001? | |
2150 Well, the thing is that when you use 30000/1001 the picture becomes a bit | |
2151 jumpy. | |
2152 The reason for this is unknown to us. | |
2153 If you set it to somewhere between 25 and 27 the picture becomes stable. | |
2154 For now all we can do is accept this for a fact. | |
2155 </para></listitem> | |
9675 | 2156 </varlistentry> |
2157 | |
2158 <varlistentry> | |
21521 | 2159 <term><option>-vf expand=-1:-1:-1:-1:1</option></term> |
2160 <listitem><para> | |
2161 Although the DXR3 driver can put some OSD onto the MPEG-1/2/4 video, it has | |
2162 much lower quality than <application>MPlayer</application>'s traditional OSD, | |
2163 and has several refresh problems as well. The command line above will firstly | |
2164 convert the input video to MPEG-4 (this is mandatory, sorry), then apply an | |
2165 expand filter which won't expand anything (-1: default), but apply the normal | |
2166 OSD onto the picture (that's what the "1" at the end does). | |
2167 </para></listitem> | |
2168 </varlistentry> | |
2169 | |
2170 <varlistentry> | |
2171 <term><option>-ac hwac3</option></term> | |
2172 <listitem><para> | |
24036 | 2173 The em8300 supports playing back AC-3 audio (surround sound) through the |
21521 | 2174 digital audio output of the card. See the <option>-ao oss</option> option |
2175 above, it must be used to specify the DXR3's output instead of a sound card. | |
2176 </para></listitem> | |
9675 | 2177 </varlistentry> |
2178 </variablelist> | |
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20862 | 2180 </sect1> |
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9675 | 2187 <title>Other visualization hardware</title> |
2188 | |
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2189 <sect2 id="zr"> |
9675 | 2190 <title>Zr</title> |
2191 | |
2192 <para> | |
2193 This is a display-driver (<option>-vo zr</option>) for a number of MJPEG | |
2194 capture/playback cards (tested for DC10+ and Buz, and it should work for the | |
2195 LML33, the DC10). The driver works by encoding the frame to JPEG and then | |
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2197 <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> |
9675 | 2198 is used, and required. With the special <emphasis>cinerama</emphasis> mode, |
2199 you can watch movies in true wide screen provided that you have two beamers | |
2200 and two MJPEG cards. Depending on resolution and quality settings, this driver | |
2201 may require a lot of CPU power, remember to specify <option>-framedrop</option> | |
2202 if your machine is too slow. Note: My AMD K6-2 350MHz is (with | |
2203 <option>-framedrop</option>) quite adequate for watching VCD sized material and | |
2204 downscaled movies. | |
2205 </para> | |
2206 | |
2207 <para> | |
2208 This driver talks to the kernel driver available at | |
13977 | 2209 <ulink url="http://mjpeg.sf.net"/>, so |
21521 | 2210 you must get it working first. The presence of an MJPEG card is autodetected by |
2211 the <filename>configure</filename> script, if autodetection fails, force | |
2212 detection with | |
9675 | 2213 <screen>./configure --enable-zr</screen> |
2214 </para> | |
21521 | 2215 |
9675 | 2216 <para> |
2217 The output can be controlled by several options, a long description of the | |
2218 options can be found in the man page, a short list of options can be viewed | |
2219 by running | |
2220 <screen>mplayer -zrhelp</screen> | |
2221 </para> | |
2222 | |
2223 <para> | |
2224 Things like scaling and the OSD (on screen display) are not handled by | |
2225 this driver but can be done using the video filters. For example, suppose | |
2226 that you have a movie with a resolution of 512x272 and you want to view it | |
2227 fullscreen on your DC10+. There are three main possibilities, you may scale | |
2228 the movie to a width of 768, 384 or 192. For performance and quality reasons, | |
2229 I would choose to scale the movie to 384x204 using the fast bilinear software | |
12349 | 2230 scaler. The command line is |
11713 | 2231 <screen> |
2232 mplayer -vo zr -sws 0 -vf scale=384:204 <replaceable>movie.avi</replaceable> | |
2233 </screen> | |
9675 | 2234 </para> |
2235 | |
2236 <para> | |
11214 | 2237 Cropping can be done by the <option>crop</option> filter and by this |
9675 | 2238 driver itself. Suppose that a movie is too wide for display on your Buz and |
2239 that you want to use <option>-zrcrop</option> to make the movie less wide, | |
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2240 then you would issue the following command |
11713 | 2241 <screen> |
2242 mplayer -vo zr -zrcrop 720x320+80+0 <replaceable>benhur.avi</replaceable> | |
2243 </screen> | |
9675 | 2244 </para> |
2245 | |
2246 <para> | |
10111 | 2247 if you want to use the <option>crop</option> filter, you would do |
11713 | 2248 <screen> |
2249 mplayer -vo zr -vf crop=720:320:80:0 <replaceable>benhur.avi</replaceable> | |
2250 </screen> | |
9675 | 2251 </para> |
2252 | |
2253 <para> | |
21521 | 2254 Extra occurrences of <option>-zrcrop</option> invoke |
2255 <emphasis>cinerama</emphasis> mode, i.e. you can distribute the movie over | |
26958 | 2256 several TVs or beamers to create a larger screen. |
21521 | 2257 Suppose you have two beamers. The left one is connected to your |
11359 | 2258 Buz at <filename>/dev/video1</filename> and the right one is connected to |
2259 your DC10+ at <filename>/dev/video0</filename>. The movie has a resolution | |
9675 | 2260 of 704x288. Suppose also that you want the right beamer in black and white and |
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2261 that the left beamer should have JPEG frames at quality 10, then you would |
9675 | 2262 issue the following command |
2263 <screen> | |
2264 mplayer -vo zr -zrdev /dev/video0 -zrcrop 352x288+352+0 -zrxdoff 0 -zrbw \ | |
21521 | 2265 -zrcrop 352x288+0+0 -zrdev /dev/video1 -zrquality 10 \ |
2266 <replaceable>movie.avi</replaceable> | |
9675 | 2267 </screen> |
2268 </para> | |
2269 | |
2270 <para> | |
2271 You see that the options appearing before the second <option>-zrcrop</option> | |
2272 only apply to the DC10+ and that the options after the second | |
2273 <option>-zrcrop</option> apply to the Buz. The maximum number of MJPEG cards | |
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2274 participating in <emphasis>cinerama</emphasis> is four, so you can build a |
9675 | 2275 2x2 vidiwall. |
2276 </para> | |
2277 | |
2278 <para> | |
10111 | 2279 Finally an important remark: Do not start or stop XawTV on the playback device |
9675 | 2280 during playback, it will crash your computer. It is, however, fine to |
21521 | 2281 <emphasis role="bold">FIRST</emphasis> start XawTV, |
2282 <emphasis role="bold">THEN</emphasis> start <application>MPlayer</application>, | |
2283 wait for <application>MPlayer</application> | |
11540 | 2284 to finish and <emphasis role="bold">THEN</emphasis> stop XawTV. |
9675 | 2285 </para> |
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9675 | 2287 |
20862 | 2288 <!-- ********** --> |
2289 | |
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9675 | 2291 <title>Blinkenlights</title> |
20862 | 2292 |
9675 | 2293 <para> |
2294 This driver is capable of playback using the Blinkenlights UDP protocol. If you | |
2295 don't know what <ulink url="http://www.blinkenlights.de/">Blinkenlights</ulink> | |
12401 | 2296 or its successor |
2297 <ulink url="http://www.blinkenlights.de/arcade/">Arcade</ulink> | |
2298 are, find it out. Although this is most probably the least used video output | |
2299 driver, without a doubt it is the coolest <application>MPlayer</application> | |
2300 has to offer. Just watch some of the | |
2301 <ulink url="http://www.blinkenlights.de/video.en.html">Blinkenlights documentation videos</ulink>. | |
2302 On the Arcade video you can see the Blinkenlights output driver in | |
2303 action at 00:07:50. | |
9675 | 2304 </para> |
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9675 | 2313 <title>TV-out support</title> |
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2315 <sect2 id="tvout-mga-g400"> |
9675 | 2316 <title>Matrox G400 cards</title> |
2317 | |
2318 <para> | |
2319 Under Linux you have two methods to get G400 TV out working: | |
2320 </para> | |
2321 | |
2322 <important> | |
2323 <para> | |
2324 for Matrox G450/G550 TV-out instructions, please see the next section! | |
2325 </para> | |
2326 </important> | |
2327 | |
2328 <variablelist> | |
2329 <varlistentry> | |
2330 <term>XFree86</term> | |
21521 | 2331 <listitem> |
2332 <para> | |
12349 | 2333 Using the driver and the HAL module, available from the <ulink |
2334 url="http://www.matrox.com">Matrox site</ulink>. This will give you X | |
9675 | 2335 on the TV. |
21521 | 2336 </para> |
2337 <para> | |
9675 | 2338 <emphasis role="bold">This method doesn't give you accelerated playback</emphasis> |
21521 | 2339 as under Windows! The second head has only YUV framebuffer, the |
2340 <emphasis>BES</emphasis> (Back End Scaler, the YUV scaler on | |
2341 G200/G400/G450/G550 cards) doesn't work on it! The windows driver somehow | |
2342 workarounds this, probably by using the 3D engine to zoom, and the YUV | |
2343 framebuffer to display the zoomed image. If you really want to use X, use | |
2344 the <option>-vo x11 -fs -zoom</option> options, but it will be | |
2345 <emphasis role="bold">SLOW</emphasis>, and has | |
2346 <emphasis role="bold">Macrovision</emphasis> copy protection enabled | |
9675 | 2347 (you can "workaround" Macrovision using this |
26958 | 2348 <ulink url="http://avifile.sf.net/mgamacro.pl">Perl script</ulink>). |
21521 | 2349 </para> |
2350 </listitem> | |
9675 | 2351 </varlistentry> |
2352 <varlistentry> | |
2353 <term>Framebuffer</term> | |
20862 | 2354 <listitem> |
2355 <para> | |
9675 | 2356 Using the <emphasis role="bold">matroxfb modules</emphasis> in the 2.4 |
25744 | 2357 kernels. 2.2 kernels don't have the TV-out feature in them, thus unusable |
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21521 | 2359 compilation (except MultiHead), and compile them into |
2360 <emphasis role="bold">modules</emphasis>! | |
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2363 and <application>con2fb</application> in your path. |
9675 | 2364 </para> |
2365 | |
2366 <procedure> | |
2367 <step><para> | |
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2368 Then load the <systemitem>matroxfb_Ti3026, matroxfb_maven, i2c-matroxfb, |
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20862 | 2371 </para></step> |
9675 | 2372 <step><para> |
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2373 Next, set up your monitor and TV to your liking using the above tools. |
20862 | 2374 </para></step> |
9675 | 2375 <step><para> |
2376 Yoh. Next task is to make the cursor on tty1 (or whatever) to | |
2377 disappear, and turn off screen blanking. Execute the following | |
2378 commands: | |
12815 | 2379 |
9675 | 2380 <screen> |
2381 echo -e '\033[?25l' | |
2382 setterm -blank 0<!-- | |
2383 --></screen> | |
2384 or | |
2385 <screen> | |
2386 setterm -cursor off | |
2387 setterm -blank 0<!-- | |
2388 --></screen> | |
2389 | |
2390 You possibly want to put the above into a script, and also clear the | |
2391 screen. To turn the cursor back: | |
2392 <screen>echo -e '\033[?25h'</screen> or | |
2393 <screen>setterm -cursor on</screen> | |
20862 | 2394 </para></step> |
9675 | 2395 <step><para> |
2396 Yeah kewl. Start movie playing with | |
2397 <screen> | |
2398 mplayer -vo mga -fs -screenw 640 -screenh 512 <replaceable>filename</replaceable><!-- | |
2399 --></screen> | |
12815 | 2400 |
9675 | 2401 (If you use X, now change to matroxfb with for example |
21720 | 2402 <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>F1</keycap></keycombo>.) |
9675 | 2403 Change <literal>640</literal> and <literal>512</literal> if you set |
2404 the resolution to other... | |
21521 | 2405 </para></step> |
9675 | 2406 <step><para> |
2407 <emphasis role="bold">Enjoy the ultra-fast ultra-featured Matrox TV | |
2408 output (better than Xv)!</emphasis> | |
20862 | 2409 </para></step> |
9675 | 2410 </procedure> |
2411 </listitem> | |
2412 </varlistentry> | |
2413 </variablelist> | |
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2414 </sect2> |
9675 | 2415 |
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2417 |
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2418 <sect2 id="tv-out_matrox_g450"> |
9675 | 2419 <title>Matrox G450/G550 cards</title> |
20862 | 2420 |
9675 | 2421 <para> |
2422 TV output support for these cards has only been recently introduced, and is | |
21521 | 2423 not yet in the mainstream kernel. |
2424 Currently the <emphasis role="bold">mga_vid</emphasis> module can't be used | |
2425 AFAIK, because the G450/G550 driver works only in one configuration: the first | |
2426 CRTC chip (with much more features) on the first display (on monitor), | |
2427 and the second CRTC (no <emphasis role="bold">BES</emphasis> - for | |
9675 | 2428 explanation on BES, please see the G400 section above) on TV. So you can only |
21521 | 2429 use <application>MPlayer</application>'s <emphasis>fbdev</emphasis> output |
2430 driver at the present. | |
9675 | 2431 </para> |
2432 | |
2433 <para> | |
2434 The first CRTC can't be routed to the second head currently. The author of the | |
2435 kernel matroxfb driver - Petr Vandrovec - will maybe make support for this, by | |
2436 displaying the first CRTC's output onto both of the heads at once, as currently | |
2437 recommended for G400, see the section above. | |
2438 </para> | |
2439 | |
2440 <para> | |
12349 | 2441 The necessary kernel patch and the detailed HOWTO is downloadable from |
9948 | 2442 <ulink url="http://www.bglug.ca/matrox_tvout/"/> |
9675 | 2443 </para> |
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2444 </sect2> |
9675 | 2445 |
20862 | 2446 <!-- ********** --> |
9675 | 2447 |
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2448 <sect2 id="tv-out_matrox_cable"> |
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2449 <title>Building a Matrox TV-out cable</title> |
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2450 <para> |
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2451 No one takes any responsibility, nor guarantee for any damage caused |
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2452 by this documentation. |
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2453 </para> |
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2454 |
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2455 <formalpara><title>Cable for G400</title> |
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2456 <para> |
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2457 The CRTC2 connector's fourth pin is the composite video signal. The |
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2458 ground are the sixth, seventh and eighth pins. (info contributed |
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2459 from Balázs Rácz) |
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2460 </para> |
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2461 </formalpara> |
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2462 |
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2463 <formalpara><title>Cable for G450</title> |
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2464 <para> |
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2465 The CRTC2 connector's first pin is the composite video signal. The |
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2466 ground are the fifth, sixth, seventh, and fifteenth (5, 6, 7, 15) |
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2467 pins. (info contributed from Balázs Kerekes) |
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2468 </para> |
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2469 </formalpara> |
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2470 </sect2> |
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2471 |
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2472 <!-- ********** --> |
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2474 <sect2 id="tvout-ati"> |
9675 | 2475 <title>ATI cards</title> |
2476 | |
21521 | 2477 <formalpara><title>PREAMBLE</title> |
9675 | 2478 <para> |
2479 Currently ATI doesn't want to support any of its TV-out chips under Linux, | |
2480 because of their licensed Macrovision technology. | |
2481 </para> | |
2482 </formalpara> | |
2483 | |
2484 <itemizedlist> | |
2485 <title>ATI CARDS TV-OUT STATUS ON LINUX</title> | |
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2486 <listitem><para> |
9675 | 2487 <emphasis role="bold">ATI Mach64</emphasis>: |
12349 | 2488 supported by <ulink url="http://gatos.sf.net">GATOS</ulink>. |
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2490 <listitem><para> |
9675 | 2491 <emphasis role="bold">ASIC Radeon VIVO</emphasis>: |
12349 | 2492 supported by <ulink url="http://gatos.sf.net">GATOS</ulink>. |
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2493 </para></listitem> |
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2494 <listitem><para> |
9675 | 2495 <emphasis role="bold">Radeon</emphasis> and <emphasis role="bold">Rage128</emphasis>: |
2496 supported by <application>MPlayer</application>! | |
2497 Check <link linkend="vesa">VESA driver</link> and | |
2498 <link linkend="vidix">VIDIX</link> sections. | |
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2499 </para></listitem> |
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2500 <listitem><para> |
9675 | 2501 <emphasis role="bold">Rage Mobility P/M, Radeon, Rage 128, Mobility M3/M4</emphasis>: |
21521 | 2502 supported by |
2503 <ulink url="http://www.stud.uni-hamburg.de/users/lennart/projects/atitvout/">atitvout</ulink>. | |
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2504 </para></listitem> |
9675 | 2505 </itemizedlist> |
2506 | |
2507 <para> | |
2508 On other cards, just use the <link linkend="vesa">VESA</link> driver, | |
2509 without VIDIX. Powerful CPU is needed, though. | |
2510 </para> | |
2511 | |
2512 <para> | |
2513 Only thing you need to do - <emphasis role="bold">Have the TV connector | |
2514 plugged in before booting your PC</emphasis> since video BIOS initializes | |
2515 itself only once during POST procedure. | |
2516 </para> | |
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2517 </sect2> |
9675 | 2518 |
20862 | 2519 <!-- ********** --> |
9675 | 2520 |
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2521 <sect2 id="tvout-nvidia"> |
10111 | 2522 <title>nVidia</title> |
20862 | 2523 |
9675 | 2524 <para> |
21521 | 2525 First, you MUST download the closed-source drivers from |
2526 <ulink url="http://nvidia.com"/>. | |
2527 I will not describe the installation and configuration process because it does | |
2528 not cover the scope of this documentation. | |
9675 | 2529 </para> |
2530 | |
2531 <para> | |
2532 After XFree86, XVideo, and 3D acceleration is properly working, edit your | |
2533 card's Device section in the <filename>XF86Config</filename> file, according | |
2534 to the following example (adapt for your card/TV): | |
2535 | |
2536 <programlisting> | |
2537 Section "Device" | |
2538 Identifier "GeForce" | |
2539 VendorName "ASUS" | |
2540 BoardName "nVidia GeForce2/MX 400" | |
2541 Driver "nvidia" | |
2542 #Option "NvAGP" "1" | |
2543 Option "NoLogo" | |
2544 Option "CursorShadow" "on" | |
2545 | |
2546 Option "TwinView" | |
2547 Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone" | |
2548 Option "MetaModes" "1024x768,640x480" | |
2549 Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT, TV" | |
2550 Option "TVStandard" "PAL-B" | |
2551 Option "TVOutFormat" "Composite" | |
2552 EndSection | |
2553 </programlisting> | |
2554 </para> | |
2555 | |
2556 <para> | |
2557 Of course the important thing is the TwinView part. | |
2558 </para> | |
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2559 </sect2> |
11264 | 2560 |
20862 | 2561 <!-- ********** --> |
2562 | |
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2563 <sect2 id="tvout-neomagic"> |
13189 | 2564 <title>NeoMagic</title> |
20862 | 2565 |
11264 | 2566 <para> |
13189 | 2567 The NeoMagic chip is found in a variety of laptops, some of them are equipped |
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2568 with a simple analog TV encoder, some have a more advanced one. |
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2569 <itemizedlist> |
17559 | 2570 <listitem><para> |
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2571 <emphasis role="bold">Analog encoder chip</emphasis>: |
17559 | 2572 It has been reported that reliable TV out can be obtained by using |
2573 <option>-vo fbdev</option> or <option>-vo fbdev2</option>. | |
2574 You need to have vesafb compiled in your kernel and pass | |
2575 the following parameters on the kernel command line: | |
2576 <option>append="video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr" vga=791</option>. | |
2577 You should start <application>X</application>, then switch to console mode | |
21720 | 2578 with e.g. |
2579 <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>F1</keycap></keycombo>. | |
17559 | 2580 If you fail to start <application>X</application> before running |
2581 <application>MPlayer</application> from the console, the video | |
2582 becomes slow and choppy (explanations are welcome). | |
2583 Login to your console, then initiate the following command: | |
2584 | |
2585 <screen>clear; mplayer -vo fbdev -zoom -cache 8192 dvd://</screen> | |
2586 | |
2587 Now you should see the movie running in console mode filling up about | |
21720 | 2588 half your laptop's LCD screen. To switch to TV hit |
2589 <keycombo><keycap>Fn</keycap><keycap>F5</keycap></keycombo> three times. | |
17559 | 2590 Tested on a Tecra 8000, 2.6.15 kernel with vesafb, ALSA v1.0.10. |
20862 | 2591 </para></listitem> |
2592 <listitem> | |
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2593 <para> |
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2594 <emphasis role="bold">Chrontel 70xx encoder chip</emphasis>: |
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2595 Found in IBM Thinkpad 390E and possibly other Thinkpads or notebooks. |
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2596 </para><para> |
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2597 You must use <option>-vo vesa:neotv_pal</option> for PAL or |
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2598 <option>-vo vesa:neotv_ntsc</option> for NTSC. |
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2599 It will provide TV output function in the following 16 bpp and 8 bpp modes: |
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2600 </para> |
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2601 <itemizedlist> |
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2602 <listitem><para>NTSC 320x240, 640x480 and maybe 800x600 too.</para></listitem> |
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2603 <listitem><para>PAL 320x240, 400x300, 640x480, 800x600.</para></listitem> |
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2604 </itemizedlist> |
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2605 <para>Mode 512x384 is not supported in BIOS. You must scale the image |
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2607 screen in 640x480 or in 800x600 but not in 320x240 or other smaller |
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2608 resolution you need to replace two tables in <filename>vbelib.c</filename>. |
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2609 See the vbeSetTV function for details. Please contact the author in this case. |
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2611 <para> |
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2612 Known issues: VESA-only, no other controls such as brightness, contrast, |
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2613 blacklevel, flickfilter are implemented. |
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2614 </para> |
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2615 </listitem> |
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2616 </itemizedlist> |
11264 | 2617 </para> |
9675 | 2618 </sect2> |
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2621 </chapter> |