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

annotate DOCS/en/video.html @ 10068:b3ce60d238c4

Updates and a small patch provided by Bohdan Horst.

author	diego
date	Mon, 05 May 2003 02:33:49 +0000
parents	1bb08a1dbfe2
children	60c4fd2cb179

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6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	1 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	2 <HTML>
4982 6cb9d9a1716d HTML: different font handling - idea from new hp dezign gabucino parents: 4920 diff changeset	3
6cb9d9a1716d HTML: different font handling - idea from new hp dezign gabucino parents: 4920 diff changeset	4 <HEAD>
6882 f3f87f6bf5cf Added a uniform title: something - MPlayer - The Movie Player for Linux. diego parents: 6732 diff changeset	5 <TITLE>Video - MPlayer - The Movie Player for Linux</TITLE>
9506 6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	6 <LINK REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" HREF="../default.css">
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	7 <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
4982 6cb9d9a1716d HTML: different font handling - idea from new hp dezign gabucino parents: 4920 diff changeset	8 </HEAD>
6cb9d9a1716d HTML: different font handling - idea from new hp dezign gabucino parents: 4920 diff changeset	9
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	10 <BODY>
1704 a2e1432f7ac3 Arial font gabucino parents: 1686 diff changeset	11
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	12
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	13 <H3><A NAME="video">2.3.1 Video output devices</A></H3>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	14
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	15
7699 5d4b0446a557 Cosmetics: Converted 2 spaces to one in section titles, changed some ugly diego parents: 7651 diff changeset	16 <H4><A NAME="mtrr">2.3.1.1 Setting up MTRR</A></H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	17
1946 7fb1fb6f295f * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1922 diff changeset	18 <P>It is VERY recommended to check if the MTRR registers are set up properly,
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	19 because they can give a big performance boost.</P>
1946 7fb1fb6f295f * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1922 diff changeset	20
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	21 <P>Do a '<CODE>cat /proc/mtrr</CODE>':</P>
1946 7fb1fb6f295f * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1922 diff changeset	22
7fb1fb6f295f * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1922 diff changeset	23 <P><CODE>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	24 --($:~)-- cat /proc/mtrr<BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	25 reg00: base=0xe4000000 (3648MB), size= 16MB: write-combining, count=9<BR>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	26 reg01: base=0xd8000000 (3456MB), size= 128MB: write-combining, count=1</CODE></P>
1946 7fb1fb6f295f * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1922 diff changeset	27
6599 f20184a10258 1001 typos as found by ispell. diego parents: 6583 diff changeset	28 <P>It's right, shows my Matrox G400 with 16MB memory. I did this from
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	29 XFree 4.x.x , which sets up MTRR registers automatically.</P>
1946 7fb1fb6f295f * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1922 diff changeset	30
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	31 <P>If nothing worked, you have to do it manually. First, you have to find the
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	32 base address. You have 3 ways to find it:</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	33
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	34 <UL>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	35 <LI>from X11 startup messages, for example:
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	36 <P><CODE>(--) SVGA: PCI: Matrox MGA G400 AGP rev 4, Memory @ 0xd8000000, 0xd4000000<BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	37 (--) SVGA: Linear framebuffer at 0xD8000000</CODE></P></LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	38 <LI>from /proc/pci (use lspci -v command):
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	39 <P>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	40 <CODE>01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc.: Unknown device 0525</CODE>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	41 <CODE>Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)</CODE>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	42 </P></LI>
7138 8ab4d11353ae Fixed some small HTML errors. diego parents: 7099 diff changeset	43 <LI>from mga_vid kernel driver messages (use <CODE>dmesg</CODE>):
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	44 <P><CODE>mga_mem_base = d8000000</CODE></P></LI>
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	45 </UL>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	46
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	47 <P>Then let's find the memory size. This is very easy, just convert video ram
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	48 size to hexadecimal, or use this table:</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	49
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	50 <TABLE BORDER=0>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	51 <TR><TD>  </TD><TD>1 MB</TD><TD WIDTH="10%"></TD><TD>0x100000</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	52 <TR><TD></TD><TD>2 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x200000</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	53 <TR><TD></TD><TD>4 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x400000</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	54 <TR><TD></TD><TD>8 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x800000</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	55 <TR><TD></TD><TD>16 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x1000000</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	56 <TR><TD></TD><TD>32 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x2000000</TD></TR>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	57 </TABLE>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	58
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	59
6599 f20184a10258 1001 typos as found by ispell. diego parents: 6583 diff changeset	60 <P>You know base address and memory size, let's setup MTRR registers!
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	61 For example, for the Matrox card above (base=0xd8000000) with 32MB
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	62 ram (size=0x2000000) just execute:</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	63
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	64
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	65 <P><CODE>  echo "base=0xd8000000 size=0x2000000 type=write-combining" >\| /proc/mtrr</CODE></P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	66
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	67
6599 f20184a10258 1001 typos as found by ispell. diego parents: 6583 diff changeset	68 <P>Not all CPUs support MTRRs. For example older K6-2's [around 266MHz,
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	69 stepping 0] doesn't support MTRR, but stepping 12's do ('<CODE>cat
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	70 /proc/cpuinfo</CODE>' to check it').</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	71
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	72 <H4><A NAME="normal">2.3.1.2 Video outputs for traditional video cards</A></H4>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	73
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	74 <H4><A NAME="xv">2.3.1.2.1 Xv</A></H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	75
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	76 <P>Under XFree86 4.0.2 or newer, you can use your card's hardware YUV routines
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	77 using the XVideo extension. This is what the option '-vo xv' uses. Also,
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	78 this is driver supports adjusting brightness/contrast/hue/etc (unless you use
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	79 the old, slow DirectShow DivX codec, which supports it everywhere), see the
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	80 man page.</P>
4498 554af641717d -vo xv does video equalizing gabucino parents: 4496 diff changeset	81
554af641717d -vo xv does video equalizing gabucino parents: 4496 diff changeset	82 <P>In order to make this work, be sure to check the following:</P>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	83
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	84 <UL>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	85 <LI>You have to use XFree86 4.0.2 or newer (former versions don't have
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	86 XVideo)</LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	87 <LI>Your card actually supports hardware acceleration (modern cards do)</LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	88 <LI>X loads the XVideo extension, it's something like this:
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	89
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	90 <P><CODE>  (II) Loading extension XVideo</CODE></P>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	91
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	92 <P>in /var/log/XFree86.0.log</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	93
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	94 <P>NOTE: this loads only the XFree86's extension. In a good install, this
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	95 is always loaded, and doesn't mean that the <B>card's</B> XVideo support is
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	96 loaded!</P>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	97 </LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	98 <LI>Your card has Xv support under Linux. To check, try 'xvinfo', it is the
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	99 part of the XFree86 distribution. It should display a long text, similar
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	100 to this:
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	101 <PRE>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	102 X-Video Extension version 2.2
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	103 screen #0
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	104 Adaptor #0: "Savage Streams Engine"
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	105 number of ports: 1
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	106 port base: 43
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	107 operations supported: PutImage
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	108 supported visuals:
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	109 depth 16, visualID 0x22
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	110 depth 16, visualID 0x23
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	111 number of attributes: 5
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	112 (...)
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	113 Number of image formats: 7
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	114 id: 0x32595559 (YUY2)
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	115 guid: 59555932-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	116 bits per pixel: 16
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	117 number of planes: 1
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	118 type: YUV (packed)
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	119 id: 0x32315659 (YV12)
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	120 guid: 59563132-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	121 bits per pixel: 12
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	122 number of planes: 3
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	123 type: YUV (planar)
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	124 (...etc...)
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	125 </PRE>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	126 <P>It must support YUY2 packed, and YV12 planar pixel formats to be
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	127 usable with MPlayer.</P>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	128 </LI>
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	129 <LI>And finally, check if MPlayer was compiled with 'xv' support.
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	130 ./configure prints this.</LI>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	131 </UL>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	132
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	133
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	134 <H4><A NAME="xv_3dfx">2.3.1.2.1.1 3dfx cards</A></H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	135
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	136 <P>Older 3dfx drivers were known to have problems with XVideo acceleration, it
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	137 didn't support either YUY2 or YV12, and so. Verify that you have XFree86
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	138 version 4.2.0 or greater, it works OK with YV12 and YUY2. Previous versions,
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	139 including 4.1.0, <B>crash with YV12</B>. If you experience strange effects
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	140 using -vo xv, try SDL (it has XVideo too) and see if it helps. Check the
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	141 <A HREF="#sdl">SDL section</A> for details.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	142
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	143 <P><B>OR</B>, try the NEW -vo tdfxfb driver! See the
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	144 <A HREF="#tdfxfb">tdfxfb</A> section.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	145
2865 72c750bbc249 * empty log message * gabucino parents: 2848 diff changeset	146
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	147 <H4><A NAME="xv_s3">2.3.1.2.1.2 S3 cards</A></H4>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	148
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	149 <P>S3 Savage3D's should work fine, but for Savage4, use XFree86 version 4.0.3
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	150 or greater (in case of image problems, try 16bpp). As for S3 Virge.. there is
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	151 xv support, but the card itself is very slow, so you better sell it.</P>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	152
7640 427935644581 updates, fixes gabucino parents: 7454 diff changeset	153 <P><B>NOTE</B>: it's currently unclear which Savage models lack YV12 support,
427935644581 updates, fixes gabucino parents: 7454 diff changeset	154 and convert by driver (slow). If you suspect your card, get a newer driver,
427935644581 updates, fixes gabucino parents: 7454 diff changeset	155 or ask politely on the mplayer-users mailing list for an MMX/3DNow enabled
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	156 driver.</P>
2865 72c750bbc249 * empty log message * gabucino parents: 2848 diff changeset	157
72c750bbc249 * empty log message * gabucino parents: 2848 diff changeset	158
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	159 <H4><A NAME="xv_nvidia">2.3.1.2.1.3 nVidia cards</A></H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	160
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	161 <P>nVidia isn't a very good choice under Linux (according to nVidia, this is
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	162 <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#nvidia">not true</A>).. You'll have to
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	163 use the binary closed-source nVidia driver, available at nVidia's web site.
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	164 The standard XFree86 driver doesn't support XVideo for these cards, due to
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	165 nVidia's closed sources/specifications.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	166
3290 3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember gabucino parents: 3268 diff changeset	167 <P>As far as I know the latest XFree86 driver contains XVideo support for
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	168 GeForce 2 and 3.</P>
3290 3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember gabucino parents: 3268 diff changeset	169
6599 f20184a10258 1001 typos as found by ispell. diego parents: 6583 diff changeset	170 <P>Riva128 cards don't have XVideo support even with the nVidia driver :(
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	171 Complain to nVidia.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	172
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	173
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	174 <H4><A NAME="xv_ati">2.3.1.2.1.4 ATI cards</A></H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	175
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	176 <UL>
7937 33e4345d6dd6 URLs corrected. diego parents: 7814 diff changeset	177 <LI>The <A HREF="http://gatos.sourceforge.net">GATOS driver</A> (which you
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	178 should use, unless you have Rage128 or Radeon) has VSYNC enabled by
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	179 default. It means that decoding speed (!) is synced to the monitor's
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	180 refresh rate. If playing seems to be slow, try disabling VSYNC somehow, or
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	181 set refresh rate to n*(fps of the movie) Hz.</LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	182 <LI>Radeon VE - currently only XFree86 CVS has driver for this card, version
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	183 4.1.0 doesn't. And no TV out support. Of course with MPlayer you can
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	184 happily get <B>accelerated</B> display, with or without <B>TV output</B>, and
9255 c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	185 no libraries or X are needed. Read <A HREF="#vidix">VIDIX</A> section.</LI>
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	186 </UL>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	187
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8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	189 <H4><A NAME="xv_neomagic">2.3.1.2.1.5 NeoMagic cards</A></H4>
1922 5f0e4310dd4d NeoMagic stuff added (legyen egyszer gyereknap...) gabucino parents: 1920 diff changeset	190
4920 089485d69edd added notes about enhanced Neomagic and Savage4 drivers gabucino parents: 4908 diff changeset	191 <P>These cards can be found in many laptops. Unfortunately, the driver in
10068 b3ce60d238c4 Updates and a small patch provided by Bohdan Horst. diego parents: 9917 diff changeset	192 XFree prior to 4.3.0 cannot do Xv, but Stefan Seyfried provided
b3ce60d238c4 Updates and a small patch provided by Bohdan Horst. diego parents: 9917 diff changeset	193 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/contrib/NeoMagic-driver/">Xv-capable drivers</A>.
b3ce60d238c4 Updates and a small patch provided by Bohdan Horst. diego parents: 9917 diff changeset	194 Just choose the one that applies to your version of Xfree.</P>
b3ce60d238c4 Updates and a small patch provided by Bohdan Horst. diego parents: 9917 diff changeset	195
b3ce60d238c4 Updates and a small patch provided by Bohdan Horst. diego parents: 9917 diff changeset	196 <P>XFree86 4.3.0 includes Xv support, yet Bohdan Horst sent a small
b3ce60d238c4 Updates and a small patch provided by Bohdan Horst. diego parents: 9917 diff changeset	197 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/contrib/NeoMagic-driver/neo_driver.patch">patch</A>
b3ce60d238c4 Updates and a small patch provided by Bohdan Horst. diego parents: 9917 diff changeset	198 against the XFree sources that speeds up framebuffer operations up to four
b3ce60d238c4 Updates and a small patch provided by Bohdan Horst. diego parents: 9917 diff changeset	199 times.</P>
5378 1a7fd8f13ac0 small update gabucino parents: 5359 diff changeset	200
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	201 <P>To allow playback of DVD sized content change your XF86Config like this:</P>
5378 1a7fd8f13ac0 small update gabucino parents: 5359 diff changeset	202
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	203 <P>Section "Device"<BR>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	204     <I>[...]</I><BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	205     Driver "neomagic"<BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	206     <B>Option "OverlayMem" "829440"</B><BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	207     <I>[...]</I><BR>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	208 EndSection</P>
1922 5f0e4310dd4d NeoMagic stuff added (legyen egyszer gyereknap...) gabucino parents: 1920 diff changeset	209
5378 1a7fd8f13ac0 small update gabucino parents: 5359 diff changeset	210
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	211 <H4><A NAME="xv_trident">2.3.1.2.1.6 Trident cards</A></H4>
3794 4049673123e1 know not.. gabucino parents: 3664 diff changeset	212
9241 537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	213 <P>If you want to use Xv with a Trident card, provided that it doesn't work
7640 427935644581 updates, fixes gabucino parents: 7454 diff changeset	214 with 4.1.0, install XFree 4.2.0. 4.2.0 adds support for fullscreen xv
427935644581 updates, fixes gabucino parents: 7454 diff changeset	215 support with the Cyberblade XP card.</P>
1922 5f0e4310dd4d NeoMagic stuff added (legyen egyszer gyereknap...) gabucino parents: 1920 diff changeset	216
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	217
9241 537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	218 <H4><A NAME="xv_powervr">2.3.1.2.1.7 Kyro/PowerVR cards</A></H4>
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	219
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	220 <P>If you want to use Xv with a Kyro based card (for example Hercules Prophet
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	221 4000XT), you should download the drivers from the
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	222 <A HREF="http://www.powervr.com/">PowerVR site</A>.</P>
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	223
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	224
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	225 <H4><A NAME="dga">2.3.1.2.2 DGA</A></H4>
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6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	227
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	228 <H4>PREAMBLE</H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	229
9255 c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	230 <P>This section tries to explain in some words what DGA is in general and what
c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	231 the DGA video output driver for MPlayer can do (and what it can't).</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	232
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	233
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	234 <H4>WHAT IS DGA</H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	235
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	236 <P>DGA is short for Direct Graphics Access and is a means for a program to
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	237 bypass the X-Server and directly modifying the framebuffer memory.
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	238 Technically spoken this happens by mapping the framebuffer memory into
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	239 the memory range of your process. This is allowed by the kernel only
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	240 if you have superuser privileges. You can get these either by logging in
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	241 as root or by setting the SUID bit on the MPlayer executable (<B>not
7015 72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	242 recommended</B>).</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	243
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	244 <P>There are two versions of DGA: DGA1 is used by XFree 3.x.x and DGA2 was
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	245 introduced with XFree 4.0.1.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	246
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	247 <P>DGA1 provides only direct framebuffer access as described above. For
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	248 switching the resolution of the video signal you have to rely on the
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	249 XVidMode extension.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	250
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	251 <P>DGA2 incorporates the features of XVidMode extension and also allows
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	252 switching the depth of the display. So you may, although basically
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	253 running a 32 bit depth X server, switch to a depth of 15 bits and vice
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	254 versa. </P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	255
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	256 <P>However DGA has some drawbacks. It seems it is somewhat dependent on the
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	257 graphics chip you use and on the implementation of the X server's video
9255 c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	258 driver that controls this chip. So it does not work on every system.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	259
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	260
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	261 <H4>INSTALLING DGA SUPPORT FOR MPLAYER</H4>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	262
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	263 <P>First make sure X loads the DGA extension, see in /var/log/XFree86.0.log:</P>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	264
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	265 <P>    <CODE>(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA</CODE></P>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	266
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	267 <P>See, XFree86 4.0.x or greater is VERY RECOMMENDED! MPlayer's DGA
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	268 driver is autodetected on ./configure, or you can force it with
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	269 --enable-dga.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	270
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	271 <P>If the driver couldn't switch to a smaller resolution, experiment with
9138 42667fd91d4a changing "switch" -> "option" (unwritten DOCS rule) gabucino parents: 9086 diff changeset	272 options -vm (only with X 3.3.x), -fs, -bpp, -zoom to find a video mode that
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	273 the movie fits in. There is no converter right now :(</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	274
7015 72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	275 <P>Become root. DGA needs root access to be able to write directly to video
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	276 memory. If you want to run it as user, then install MPlayer SUID
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	277 root:</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	278
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	279 <P><CODE>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	280     chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer<BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	281     chmod 750 /usr/local/bin/mplayer<BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	282     chmod +s /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE></P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	283
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	284 <P>Now it works as a simple user, too.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	285
7015 72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	286 <BLOCKQUOTE>
72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	287 <B>Warning: security risk</B><BR>
72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	288 This is a <B>big</B> security risk! <B>Never</B> do this on a server or on
72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	289 a computer that can be accessed by other people because they can gain root
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	290 privileges through SUID root MPlayer.
7015 72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	291 </BLOCKQUOTE>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	292
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	293 <P>Now use the <CODE>-vo dga</CODE> option, and there you go (hope so :))!
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	294 You should also try if the <CODE>-vo sdl:dga</CODE> option works for you. It's
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	295 much faster.</P>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	296
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	297
9287 385a16aa237a fixed missing link ? dga_modelines ? nicolas parents: 9282 diff changeset	298 <H4><A NAME="dga_modelines">RESOLUTION SWITCHING</A></H4>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	299
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	300 <P>The DGA driver allows for switching the resolution of the output signal.
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	301 This avoids the need for doing (slow) software scaling and at the same time
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	302 provides a fullscreen image. Ideally it would switch to the exact resolution
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	303 (except for honoring aspect ratio) of the video data, but the X server only
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	304 allows switching to resolutions predefined in
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	305 <CODE>/etc/X11/XF86Config</CODE> (<CODE>/etc/X11/XF86Config-4</CODE> for
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	306 XFree 4.0.X respectively). Those are defined by so-called modelines and
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	307 depend on the capabilities of your video hardware. The X server scans this
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	308 config file on startup and disables the modelines not suitable for your
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	309 hardware. You can find out which modes survive with the X11 log file. It can
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	310 be found at:
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	311 <CODE>/var/log/XFree86.0.log</CODE>.</P>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	312
9260 ea27d0f2d90d Small fixes and modelines moved to a more sensible place. diego parents: 9255 diff changeset	313 <P>These entries are known to work fine with a Riva128 chip, using the
ea27d0f2d90d Small fixes and modelines moved to a more sensible place. diego parents: 9255 diff changeset	314 <CODE>nv.o</CODE> X server driver module.</P>
ea27d0f2d90d Small fixes and modelines moved to a more sensible place. diego parents: 9255 diff changeset	315
ea27d0f2d90d Small fixes and modelines moved to a more sensible place. diego parents: 9255 diff changeset	316 <PRE>
ea27d0f2d90d Small fixes and modelines moved to a more sensible place. diego parents: 9255 diff changeset	317 Section "Modes"
ea27d0f2d90d Small fixes and modelines moved to a more sensible place. diego parents: 9255 diff changeset	318 Identifier "Modes[0]"
ea27d0f2d90d Small fixes and modelines moved to a more sensible place. diego parents: 9255 diff changeset	319 Modeline "800x600" 40 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628
ea27d0f2d90d Small fixes and modelines moved to a more sensible place. diego parents: 9255 diff changeset	320 Modeline "712x600" 35.0 712 740 850 900 400 410 412 425
ea27d0f2d90d Small fixes and modelines moved to a more sensible place. diego parents: 9255 diff changeset	321 Modeline "640x480" 25.175 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525
ea27d0f2d90d Small fixes and modelines moved to a more sensible place. diego parents: 9255 diff changeset	322 Modeline "400x300" 20 400 416 480 528 300 301 303 314 Doublescan
ea27d0f2d90d Small fixes and modelines moved to a more sensible place. diego parents: 9255 diff changeset	323 Modeline "352x288" 25.10 352 368 416 432 288 296 290 310
ea27d0f2d90d Small fixes and modelines moved to a more sensible place. diego parents: 9255 diff changeset	324 Modeline "352x240" 15.750 352 368 416 432 240 244 246 262 Doublescan
ea27d0f2d90d Small fixes and modelines moved to a more sensible place. diego parents: 9255 diff changeset	325 Modeline "320x240" 12.588 320 336 384 400 240 245 246 262 Doublescan
ea27d0f2d90d Small fixes and modelines moved to a more sensible place. diego parents: 9255 diff changeset	326 EndSection
ea27d0f2d90d Small fixes and modelines moved to a more sensible place. diego parents: 9255 diff changeset	327 </PRE>
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6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	329
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	330 <H4>DGA & MPLAYER</H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	331
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	332 <P>DGA is used in two places with MPlayer: The SDL driver can be made to
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	333 make use of it (-vo sdl:dga) and within the DGA driver (-vo dga). The above
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	334 said is true for both; in the following sections I'll explain how the DGA
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	335 driver for MPlayer works.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	336
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	337
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	338 <H4>FEATURES</H4>
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	339
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	340 <P>The DGA driver is invoked by specifying -vo dga at the command line.
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	341 The default behavior is to switch to a resolution matching the original
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	342 resolution of the video as close as possible. It deliberately ignores the
9138 42667fd91d4a changing "switch" -> "option" (unwritten DOCS rule) gabucino parents: 9086 diff changeset	343 -vm and -fs options (enabling of video mode switching and fullscreen) -
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	344 it always tries to cover as much area of your screen as possible by switching
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	345 the video mode, thus refraining to use a single additional cycle of your CPU
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	346 to scale the image.
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	347 If you don't like the mode it chooses you may force it to choose the mode
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	348 matching closest the resolution you specify by -x and -y.
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	349 By providing the -v option, the DGA driver will print, among a lot of other
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	350 things, a list of all resolutions supported by your current XF86-Config
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	351 file.
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	352 Having DGA2 you may also force it to use a certain depth by using the -bpp
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	353 option. Valid depths are 15, 16, 24 and 32. It depends on your hardware
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	354 whether these depths are natively supported or if a (possibly slow)
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	355 conversion has to be done.</P>
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	356
33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	357 <P>If you should be lucky enough to have enough offscreen memory left to
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	358 put a whole image there, the DGA driver will use doublebuffering, which
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	359 results in much smoother movie replaying. It will tell you whether double-
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	360 buffering is enabled or not.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	361
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	362 <P>Doublebuffering means that the next frame of your video is being drawn in
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	363 some offscreen memory while the current frame is being displayed. When the
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	364 next frame is ready, the graphics chip is just told the location in memory
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	365 of the new frame and simply fetches the data to be displayed from there.
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	366 In the meantime the other buffer in memory will be filled again with new
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	367 video data.</P>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	368
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	369 <P>Doublebuffering may be switched on by using the option -double and may be
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	370 disabled with -nodouble. Current default option is to disable
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	371 doublebuffering. When using the DGA driver, onscreen display (OSD) only
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	372 works with doublebuffering enabled. However, enabling doublebuffering may
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	373 result in a big speed penalty (on my K6-II+ 525 it used an additional 20% of
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	374 CPU time!) depending on the implementation of DGA for your hardware.</P>
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	375
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	376
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	377 <H4>SPEED ISSUES</H4>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	378
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	379 <P>Generally spoken, DGA framebuffer access should be at least as fast as using
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	380 the X11 driver with the additional benefit of getting a fullscreen image.
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	381 The percentage speed values printed by MPlayer have to be interpreted
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	382 with some care, as for example, with the X11 driver they do not include the
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	383 time used by the X-Server needed for the actual drawing. Hook a terminal to a
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	384 serial line of your box and start top to see what is really going on in your
9255 c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	385 box.</P>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	386
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	387 <P>Generally spoken, the speedup done by using DGA against 'normal' use of X11
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	388 highly depends on your graphics card and how well the X-Server module for it
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	389 is optimized.</P>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	390
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	391 <P>If you have a slow system, better use 15 or 16bit depth since they require
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	392 only half the memory bandwidth of a 32 bit display.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	393
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	394 <P>Using a depth of 24bit is even a good idea if your card natively just
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	395 supports 32 bit depth since it transfers 25% less data compared to the 32/32
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	396 mode.</P>
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	397
6599 f20184a10258 1001 typos as found by ispell. diego parents: 6583 diff changeset	398 <P>I've seen some AVI files already be replayed on a Pentium MMX 266. AMD K6-2
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	399 CPUs might work at 400 MHZ and above.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	400
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	401
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	402 <H4>KNOWN BUGS</H4>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	403
6599 f20184a10258 1001 typos as found by ispell. diego parents: 6583 diff changeset	404 <P>Well, according to some developers of XFree, DGA is quite a beast. They
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	405 tell you better not to use it. Its implementation is not always flawless
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	406 with every chipset driver for XFree out there.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	407
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	408 <UL>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	409 <LI>With XFree 4.0.3 and nv.o there is a bug resulting in strange
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	410 colors.</LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	411 <LI>ATI driver requires to switch mode back more than once after finishing
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	412 using of DGA.</LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	413 <LI>Some drivers simply fail to switch back to normal resolution (use
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	414 Ctrl-Alt-Keypad +, - to switch back manually).</LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	415 <LI>Some drivers simply display strange colors.</LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	416 <LI>Some drivers lie about the amount of memory they map into the process's
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	417 address space, thus vo_dga won't use doublebuffering (SIS?).</LI>
9255 c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	418 <LI>Some drivers seem to fail to report even a single valid mode. In this
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	419 case the DGA driver will crash telling you about a nonsense mode of
9260 ea27d0f2d90d Small fixes and modelines moved to a more sensible place. diego parents: 9255 diff changeset	420 100000x100000 or something like that.</LI>
9255 c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	421 <LI>OSD only works with doublebuffering enabled (else it flickers).</LI>
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	422 </UL>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	423
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	424
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	425 <H4><A NAME="sdl">2.3.1.2.3 SDL</A></H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	426
6583 4b7d097a9c69 big update gabucino parents: 6499 diff changeset	427 <P>SDL (Simple Directmedia Layer) is basically a unified video/audio
3988 a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	428 interface. Programs that use it know only about SDL, and not about what video
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	429 or audio driver does SDL actually use. For example a Doom port using SDL can
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	430 run on svgalib, aalib, X, fbdev, and others, you only have to specify the
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	431 (for example) video driver to use with the SDL_VIDEODRIVER environment
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	432 variable. Well, in theory.</P>
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	433
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	434 <P>With MPlayer, we used its X11 driver's software scaler ability for
3988 a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	435 cards/drivers that doesn't support XVideo, until we made our own (faster,
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	436 nicer) software scaler. Also we used its aalib output, but now we have ours
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	437 which is more comfortable. Its DGA mode was better than ours, until
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	438 recently. Get it now? :)</P>
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	439
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	440 <P>It also helps with some buggy drivers/cards if the video is jerky
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	441 (not slow system problem), or audio is lagging.</P>
a5c59d8637a9 some user-parsible lines about SDL gabucino parents: 3942 diff changeset	442
5119 636b20788503 szrii, tuu, van, fajor gabucino parents: 5116 diff changeset	443 <P>SDL video output supports displaying subtitles under the movie, on the (if
636b20788503 szrii, tuu, van, fajor gabucino parents: 5116 diff changeset	444 present) black bar.</P>
636b20788503 szrii, tuu, van, fajor gabucino parents: 5116 diff changeset	445
9138 42667fd91d4a changing "switch" -> "option" (unwritten DOCS rule) gabucino parents: 9086 diff changeset	446 <P><B>There are several command line options for SDL:</B></P>
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	447 <DL>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	448 <DT><CODE>-vo sdl:name</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	449 <DD>specifies sdl video driver to use (i.e.. aalib, dga, x11)</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	450
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	451 <DT><CODE>-ao sdl:name</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	452 <DD>specifies sdl audio driver to use (i.e. dsp, esd, arts)</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	453
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	454 <DT><CODE>-noxv</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	455 <DD>disables XVideo hardware acceleration</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	456
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	457 <DT><CODE>-forcexv</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	458 <DD>tries to force XVideo acceleration</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	459 </DL>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	460
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	461 <TABLE BORDER=0>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	462 <TR><TD COLSPAN=4><P><B>SDL Keys:</B></P></TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	463 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>F</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>toggles fullscreen/windowed mode</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	464 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>C</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>cycles available fullscreen modes</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	465 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>W/S</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>mappings for * and / (mixer control)</TD></TR>
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	466 </TABLE>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	467
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	468 <H4>KNOWN BUGS</H4>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	469
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	470 <UL>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	471 <LI>Keys pressed under sdl:aalib console driver repeat forever. (use -vo aa!)
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	472 It's bug in SDL, I can't change it (tested with SDL 1.2.1).</LI>
8145 adc8d71a15bd space, whitespace fixes gabucino parents: 8088 diff changeset	473 <LI>DO NOT USE SDL with GUI! It won't work as it should.</LI>
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	474 </UL>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	475
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	476
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	477 <H4><A NAME="svgalib">2.3.1.2.4 SVGAlib</A></H4>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	478
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	479 <H4>INSTALLATION</H4>
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	480
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	481 <P>You'll have to install svgalib and its development package in order for
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	482 MPlayer build its SVGAlib driver (autodetected, but can be forced),
6499 ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	483 and don't forget to edit /etc/vga/libvga.config to suit your card &
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	484 monitor.</P>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	485
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	486 <H4>NOTES</H4>
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	487
9138 42667fd91d4a changing "switch" -> "option" (unwritten DOCS rule) gabucino parents: 9086 diff changeset	488 <P>Be sure not to use the -fs option, since it toggles the usage of the software
6499 ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	489 scaler, and it's slow. If you really need it, use the <CODE>-sws 4</CODE>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	490 option which will produce bad quality, but is somewhat faster.</P>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	491
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	492 <H4>EGA (4BPP) SUPPORT</H4>
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	493
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	494 <P>SVGAlib incorporates EGAlib, and MPlayer has the possibility to
6499 ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	495 display any movie in 16 colors, thus usable in the following sets:</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	496
6499 ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	497 <UL>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	498 <LI>EGA card with EGA monitor: 320x200x4bpp, 640x200x4bpp, 640x350x4bpp</LI>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	499 <LI>EGA card with CGA monitor: 320x200x4bpp, 640x200x4bpp</LI>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	500 </UL>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	501
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	502 <P>The bpp (bits per pixel) value must be set to 4 by hand:<BR>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	503   <CODE>-bpp 4</CODE><BR>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	504 The movie probably must be scaled down to fit in EGA mode:<BR>
9644 0fe056bdb135 vop -> vf change, small fixes. The Polish documentation should be checked for correctness. jonas parents: 9529 diff changeset	505   <CODE>-vf scale=640:350</CODE> or<BR>
0fe056bdb135 vop -> vf change, small fixes. The Polish documentation should be checked for correctness. jonas parents: 9529 diff changeset	506   <CODE>-vf scale=320:200</CODE><BR>
6499 ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	507 For that we need fast but bad quality scaling routine:<BR>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	508   <CODE>-sws 4</CODE><BR>
ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	509 Maybe automatic aspect correction has to be shut off:<BR>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	510   <CODE>-noaspect</CODE></P>
6499 ce4647b864e5 SVGAlib section revised gabucino parents: 6435 diff changeset	511
9078 240e53cdce84 small EGA hint gabucino parents: 9059 diff changeset	512 <P><B>NOTE:</B> according to my experience the best image quality on EGA
9644 0fe056bdb135 vop -> vf change, small fixes. The Polish documentation should be checked for correctness. jonas parents: 9529 diff changeset	513 screens can be achieved by decreasing the brightness a bit: <CODE>-vf
9086 84a0be5caeb3 another EGA hint :) gabucino parents: 9078 diff changeset	514 eq=-20:0</CODE>. I also needed to lower the audio samplerate on my box,
84a0be5caeb3 another EGA hint :) gabucino parents: 9078 diff changeset	515 because the sound was broken on 44kHz: <CODE>-srate 22050</CODE>.</P>
9078 240e53cdce84 small EGA hint gabucino parents: 9059 diff changeset	516
240e53cdce84 small EGA hint gabucino parents: 9059 diff changeset	517 <P>You can turn on OSD and subtitles only with the <CODE>expand</CODE> filter,
240e53cdce84 small EGA hint gabucino parents: 9059 diff changeset	518 see the man page for exact parameters.</P>
240e53cdce84 small EGA hint gabucino parents: 9059 diff changeset	519
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	520
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	521 <H4><A NAME="fbdev">2.3.1.2.5 Framebuffer output (FBdev)</A></H4>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	522
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	523 <P>Whether to build the FBdev target is autodetected during ./configure .
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	524 Read the framebuffer documentation in the kernel sources
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	525 (Documentation/fb/*) for more information.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	526
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	527 <P>If your card doesn't support VBE 2.0 standard (older ISA/PCI
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	528 cards, such as S3 Trio64), only VBE 1.2 (or older?):
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	529 Well, VESAfb is still available, but you'll have to load SciTech Display
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	530 Doctor (formerly UniVBE) before booting Linux. Use a DOS boot disk or
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	531 whatever. And don't forget to register your UniVBE ;))</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	532
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	533 <P>The FBdev output takes some additional parameters above the others:</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	534
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	535 <DL>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	536 <DT><CODE>-fb</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	537 <DD>specify the framebuffer device to use (/dev/fb0)</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	538
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	539 <DT><CODE>-fbmode</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	540 <DD>mode name to use (according to /etc/fb.modes)</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	541
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	542 <DT><CODE>-fbmodeconfig</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	543 <DD>config file of modes (default /etc/fb.modes)</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	544
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	545 <DT><CODE>-monitor_hfreq</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	546 <DT><CODE>-monitor_vfreq</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	547 <DT><CODE>-monitor_dotclock</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	548 <DD><STRONG>Important</STRONG> values, see <CODE>example.conf</CODE></DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	549 </DL>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	550
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	551 <P>If you want to change to a specific mode, then use</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	552
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	553 <P><CODE>    mplayer -vm -fbmode (NameOfMode) filename</CODE></P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	554
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	555 <UL>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	556 <LI><B>-vm</B> alone will choose the most suitable mode from /etc/fb.modes.
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	557 Can be used together with -x and -y options too. The -flip option is
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	558 supported only if the movie's pixel format matches the video mode's pixel
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	559 format. Pay attention to the bpp value, fbdev driver tries to use the
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	560 current, or if you specify the -bpp option, then that.</LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	561 <LI><B>-zoom</B> option isn't supported (software scaling is slow). -fs
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	562 option isn't supported. You can't use 8bpp (or less) modes.</LI>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	563 <LI>you possibly want to turn the cursor off: <CODE>echo -e
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	564 '\033[?25l'</CODE> or <CODE>setterm -cursor off</CODE><BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	565 and the screen saver: <CODE>setterm -blank 0</CODE><BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	566 To turn the cursor back on: <CODE>echo -e '\033[?25h'</CODE>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	567 or <CODE>setterm -cursor on</CODE></LI>
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	568 </UL>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	569
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	570 <P>NOTE: FBdev video mode changing _does not work_ with the VESA framebuffer,
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	571 and don't ask for it, since it's not an MPlayer limitation.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	572
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	573
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	574 <H4><A NAME="mga_vid">2.3.1.2.6 Matrox framebuffer (mga_vid)</A></H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	575
1992 156639eddf49 tdfxfb added gabucino parents: 1988 diff changeset	576 <P>This section is about the Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550 BES (Back-End Scaler)
9260 ea27d0f2d90d Small fixes and modelines moved to a more sensible place. diego parents: 9255 diff changeset	577 support, the mga_vid kernel driver. It's actively developed by A'rpi, and
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	578 it has hardware VSYNC support with triple buffering. It works on both
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	579 framebuffer console and under X.</P>
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	580
9241 537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	581 <P><B>NOTE</B>: This is Linux only! On non-Linux (tested on FreeBSD) systems,
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	582 you can use <A HREF="#vidix">VIDIX</A> instead!</P>
4505 fdeee8424d90 on non-Linux use Vidix instead of mga_vid kernelmodule gabucino parents: 4504 diff changeset	583
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	584 <P><B>Installation:</B></P>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	585 <OL>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	586 <LI>To use it, you first have to compile mga_vid.o:
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	587 <P><CODE>cd drivers<BR>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	588 make</CODE></P></LI>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	589 <LI>Then create the <CODE>/dev/mga_vid</CODE> device:
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	590 <P><CODE>mknod /dev/mga_vid c 178 0</CODE></P>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	591 <P>and load the driver with</P>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	592 <P><CODE>insmod mga_vid.o</CODE></P></LI>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	593 <LI>You should verify the memory size detection using the <CODE>dmesg</CODE>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	594 command. If it's bad, use the <CODE>mga_ram_size</CODE> option
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	595 (<CODE>rmmod mga_vid</CODE> first), specify card's memory size in MB:
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	596 <P><CODE>insmod mga_vid.o mga_ram_size=16</CODE></P></LI>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	597 <LI>To make it load/unload automatically when needed, first insert the
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	598 following line at the end of <CODE>/etc/modules.conf</CODE>:
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	599 <P><CODE>alias char-major-178 mga_vid</CODE></P>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	600 <P>Then copy the <CODE>mga_vid.o</CODE> module to the appropriate place
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	601 under <CODE>/lib/modules/<kernel version>/somewhere</CODE>.</P>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	602 <P>Then run</P>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	603 <P><CODE>depmod -a</CODE></P></LI>
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	604 <LI>Now you have to (re)compile MPlayer, <CODE>configure</CODE> will
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	605 detect <CODE>/dev/mga_vid</CODE> and build the 'mga' driver. Using it from
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	606 MPlayer goes by <CODE>-vo mga</CODE> if you have matroxfb console,
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	607 or <CODE>-vo xmga</CODE> under XFree86 3.x.x or 4.x.x.</LI>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	608 </OL>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	609
2108 767dbc5b7daa mga_vid now cooperates with xv gabucino parents: 2063 diff changeset	610 <P>The mga_vid driver cooperates with Xv.</P>
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	611
4504 b2f4c590fb74 mga_vid supports reads and writes gabucino parents: 4498 diff changeset	612 <P>The <CODE>/dev/mga_vid</CODE> device file can be read (for example by
b2f4c590fb74 mga_vid supports reads and writes gabucino parents: 4498 diff changeset	613 <CODE>cat /dev/mga_vid</CODE>) for some info, and written for brightness
7076 3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly diego parents: 7061 diff changeset	614 change: <CODE>echo "brightness=120" > /dev/mga_vid</CODE></P>
4504 b2f4c590fb74 mga_vid supports reads and writes gabucino parents: 4498 diff changeset	615
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	616
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	617 <H4><A NAME="tdfxfb">2.3.1.2.7 3dfx YUV support (tdfxfb)</A></H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	618
1992 156639eddf49 tdfxfb added gabucino parents: 1988 diff changeset	619 <P>This driver uses the kernel's tdfx framebuffer driver to play movies with
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	620 YUV acceleration. You'll need a kernel with tdfxfb support, and recompile
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	621 with <CODE>./configure --enable-tdfxfb</CODE></P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	622
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	623
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	624 <H4><A NAME="opengl">2.3.1.2.8 OpenGL output</A></H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	625
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	626 <P>MPlayer supports displaying movies using OpenGL, but if your
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	627 platform/driver supports xv as should be the case on a PC with Linux, use xv
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	628 instead, OpenGL performance is considerably worse. If you have an X11
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	629 implementation without xv support, OpenGL is a viable alternative.</P>
6309 d6eea5314980 OpenGL update diego parents: 5713 diff changeset	630
d6eea5314980 OpenGL update diego parents: 5713 diff changeset	631 <P>Unfortunately not all drivers support this feature. The Utah-GLX drivers
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	632 (for XFree86 3.3.6) support it for all cards. See
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	633 <A HREF="http://utah-glx.sourceforge.net">http://utah-glx.sourceforge.net</A>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	634 for details about how to install it.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	635
7076 3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly diego parents: 7061 diff changeset	636 <P>XFree86(DRI) 4.0.3 or later supports OpenGL with Matrox and Radeon cards,
3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly diego parents: 7061 diff changeset	637 4.2.0 or later supports Rage128. See
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	638 <A HREF="http://dri.sourceforge.net">http://dri.sourceforge.net</A>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	639 for download and installation instructions.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	640
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	641
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	642 <H4><A NAME="aalib">2.3.1.2.9 AAlib - text mode displaying</A></H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	643
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	644 <P><B>AAlib</B> is a library for displaying graphics in text mode, using powerful
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	645 ASCII renderer. There are LOTS of programs already supporting it, like Doom,
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	646 Quake, etc. MPlayer contains a very usable driver for it.
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	647 If ./configure detects aalib installed, the aalib libvo driver will be
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	648 built.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	649
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	650 <TABLE BORDER=0>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	651 <TR><TD COLSPAN=4><P><B>You can use some keys in the AA Window to change rendering options:</B></P></TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	652 <TR><TD>  </TD><TD><CODE>1</CODE></TD><TD>  </TD><TD>decrease contrast</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	653 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>2</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>increase contrast</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	654 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>3</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>decrease brightness</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	655 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>4</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>increase brightness</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	656 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>5</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>switch fast rendering on/off</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	657 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>6</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>set dithering mode (none, error distribution, Floyd Steinberg)</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	658 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>7</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>invert image</TD></TR>
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	659 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>a</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>toggles between aa and MPlayer control)</TD></TR>
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	660 </TABLE>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	661
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	662 <P><B>The following command line options can be used:</B></P>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	663 <DL>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	664 <DT><CODE>-aaosdcolor=V</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	665 <DD>change OSD color</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	666
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	667 <DT><CODE>-aasubcolor=V</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	668 <DD>change subtitle color
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	669 <P><I>where V can be: (0/normal, 1/dark, 2/bold, 3/bold font, 4/reverse,
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	670 5/special)</I></P></DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	671 </DL>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	672
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	673 <P><B>AAlib itself provides a large sum of options.
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	674 Here are some important:</B></P>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	675 <DL>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	676 <DT><CODE>-aadriver</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	677 <DD>set recommended aa driver (X11, curses, Linux)</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	678
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	679 <DT><CODE>-aaextended</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	680 <DD>use all 256 characters</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	681
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	682 <DT><CODE>-aaeight</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	683 <DD>use eight bit ASCII</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	684
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	685 <DT><CODE>-aahelp</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	686 <DD>prints out all aalib options</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	687 </DL>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	688
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	689 <P>NOTE: the rendering is very CPU intensive, especially when using AA-on-X
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	690 (using aalib on X), and it's least CPU intensive on standard,
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	691 non-framebuffer console. Use SVGATextMode to set up a big textmode,
9138 42667fd91d4a changing "switch" -> "option" (unwritten DOCS rule) gabucino parents: 9086 diff changeset	692 then enjoy! (secondary head Hercules cards rock :)) (but imho you can use
9644 0fe056bdb135 vop -> vf change, small fixes. The Polish documentation should be checked for correctness. jonas parents: 9529 diff changeset	693 <CODE>-vf 1bpp</CODE> option to get graphics on hgafb:)</P>
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	694
6732 8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	695 <P>Use the <CODE>-framedrop</CODE> option if your computer isn't fast enough to
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	696 render all frames!</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	697
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	698 <P>Playing on terminal you'll get better speed and quality using the Linux
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	699 driver, not curses (<CODE>-aadriver linux</CODE>). But therefore you need write access on
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	700 <CODE>/dev/vcsa<terminal></CODE>. That isn't autodetected by aalib, but vo_aa tries
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	701 to find the best mode. See
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	702 <A HREF="http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/tune/">http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/tune/</A>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	703 for further tuning issues.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	704
2471 6bf47f224789 * empty log message * gabucino parents: 2452 diff changeset	705
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	706 <H4><A NAME="vesa">2.3.1.2.10 VESA - output to VESA BIOS</A></H4>
6906 3274d0725fde Changed all link names from the section number to a sensible label. diego parents: 6882 diff changeset	707
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	708 <P>This driver was designed and introduced as a <B>generic driver</B> for any
7651 9bb9ce641684 documenting vesa 3 / GTF config arpi parents: 7640 diff changeset	709 video card which has VESA VBE 2.0+ compatible BIOS. Another advantage of this
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	710 driver is that it tries to force TV output on.<BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	711 <B>VESA BIOS EXTENSION (VBE) Version 3.0 Date: September 16, 1998</B> (Page
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	712 70) says:</P>
2448 1e56c3381d55 'vesa' vo driver added. By Nick Kurshev. (spellchecked, fixed, mplayerdoxized) gabucino parents: 2408 diff changeset	713
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	714 <BLOCKQUOTE>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	715 <B>Dual-Controller Designs</B><BR>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	716 VBE 3.0 supports the dual-controller design by assuming that since both
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	717 controllers are typically provided by the same OEM, under control of a
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	718 single BIOS ROM on the same graphics card, it is possible to hide the fact
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	719 that two controllers are indeed present from the application. This has the
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	720 limitation of preventing simultaneous use of the independent controllers,
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	721 but allows applications released before VBE 3.0 to operate normally. The
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	722 VBE Function 00h (Return Controller Information) returns the combined
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	723 information of both controllers, including the combined list of available
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	724 modes. When the application selects a mode, the appropriate controller is
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	725 activated. Each of the remaining VBE functions then operates on the active
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	726 controller.
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	727 </BLOCKQUOTE>
2448 1e56c3381d55 'vesa' vo driver added. By Nick Kurshev. (spellchecked, fixed, mplayerdoxized) gabucino parents: 2408 diff changeset	728
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	729 <P>So you have chances to get working TV-out by using this driver.<BR>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	730 (I guess that TV-out frequently is standalone head or standalone output
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	731 at least.)</P>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	732
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	733 <H4>ADVANTAGES</H4>
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	734
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	735 <UL>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	736 <LI>You have the possibility to watch movies <B>even if Linux doesn't know</B>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	737 your video hardware.</LI>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	738 <LI>You don't need to have installed any graphics' related things on your Linux
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	739 (like X11 (aka XFree86), fbdev and so on). This driver can be run from
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	740 <B>text-mode</B>.</LI>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	741 <LI>You have chances to get <B>working TV-out</B>. (It's known at least for
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	742 ATI's cards).</LI>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	743 <LI>This driver calls <B>int 10h</B> handler thus it's not an emulator - it
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	744 calls <B>real</B> things of <B>real</B> BIOS in <B>real</B>-mode. (Finely -
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	745 in vm86 mode).</LI>
9255 c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	746 <LI>You can use VIDIX with it, thus getting accelerated video display
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	747 <B>AND</B> TV output at the same time! (recommended for ATI cards)</LI>
7793 6d8b4a1adb9d Remove option descriptions that are in the man page, add some missing diego parents: 7699 diff changeset	748 <LI>If you have VESA VBE 3.0+, and you had specified <CODE>monitor_hfreq</CODE>,
6d8b4a1adb9d Remove option descriptions that are in the man page, add some missing diego parents: 7699 diff changeset	749 <CODE>monitor_vfreq</CODE>, <CODE>monitor_dotclock</CODE> somewhere (config
6d8b4a1adb9d Remove option descriptions that are in the man page, add some missing diego parents: 7699 diff changeset	750 file, or commandline) you will get the highest possible refresh rate. (Using
6d8b4a1adb9d Remove option descriptions that are in the man page, add some missing diego parents: 7699 diff changeset	751 General Timing Formula). To enable this feature you have to specify
6d8b4a1adb9d Remove option descriptions that are in the man page, add some missing diego parents: 7699 diff changeset	752 <B>all</B> your monitor options.</LI>
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	753 </UL>
2448 1e56c3381d55 'vesa' vo driver added. By Nick Kurshev. (spellchecked, fixed, mplayerdoxized) gabucino parents: 2408 diff changeset	754
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	755 <H4>DISADVANTAGES</H4>
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	756
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	757 <UL>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	758 <LI>It works only on <B>x86 systems</B>.</LI>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	759 <LI>It can be used only by <B>root</B>.</LI>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	760 <LI>Currently it's available only for <B>Linux</B>.</LI>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	761 </UL>
2448 1e56c3381d55 'vesa' vo driver added. By Nick Kurshev. (spellchecked, fixed, mplayerdoxized) gabucino parents: 2408 diff changeset	762
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	763 <P>Don't use this driver with <B>GCC 2.96</B>! It won't work!</P>
3141 21b6aab15ec9 -vo vesa + gcc 2.96 warning (is this confirmed?) gabucino parents: 3053 diff changeset	764
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	765 <H4>COMMAND LINE OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR VESA</H4>
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	766 <DL>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	767 <DT><CODE>-vo vesa:opts</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	768 <DD>currently recognized: <B>dga</B> to force dga mode and <B>nodga</B> to
7793 6d8b4a1adb9d Remove option descriptions that are in the man page, add some missing diego parents: 7699 diff changeset	769 disable dga mode. In dga mode you can enable double buffering via the
6d8b4a1adb9d Remove option descriptions that are in the man page, add some missing diego parents: 7699 diff changeset	770 <CODE>-double</CODE> option. Note: you may omit these parameters to enable
6d8b4a1adb9d Remove option descriptions that are in the man page, add some missing diego parents: 7699 diff changeset	771 <B>autodetection</B> of dga mode.</DD>
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	772 </DL>
2448 1e56c3381d55 'vesa' vo driver added. By Nick Kurshev. (spellchecked, fixed, mplayerdoxized) gabucino parents: 2408 diff changeset	773
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	774 <H4>KNOWN PROBLEMS AND WORKAROUNDS</H4>
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	775
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	776 <UL>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	777 <LI>If you have installed <B>NLS</B> font on your Linux box and run VESA
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	778 driver from text-mode then after terminating MPlayer you will have
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	779 <B>ROM font</B> loaded instead of national. You can load national font again
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	780 by using <B><I>setsysfont</I></B> utility from the Mandrake distribution
7076 3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly diego parents: 7061 diff changeset	781 for example.<BR>
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	782 (<B>Hint:</B> The same utility is used for the localization of fbdev).</LI>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	783 <LI>Some <B>Linux graphics drivers</B> don't update active <B>BIOS mode</B> in
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	784 DOS memory. So if you have such problem - always use VESA driver only from
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	785 <B>text-mode</B>. Otherwise text-mode (#03) will be activated anyway and
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	786 you will need restart your computer.</LI>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	787 <LI>Often after terminating VESA driver you get <B>black screen</B>. To return
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	788 your screen to original state - simply switch to other console (by pressing
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	789 <B>Alt-Fx</B>) then switch to your previous console by the same way.</LI>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	790 <LI>To get <B>working TV-out</B> you need have plugged TV-connector in before
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	791 booting your PC since video BIOS initializes itself only once during POST
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	792 procedure.</LI>
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	793 </UL>
2448 1e56c3381d55 'vesa' vo driver added. By Nick Kurshev. (spellchecked, fixed, mplayerdoxized) gabucino parents: 2408 diff changeset	794
1e56c3381d55 'vesa' vo driver added. By Nick Kurshev. (spellchecked, fixed, mplayerdoxized) gabucino parents: 2408 diff changeset	795
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	796 <H4><A NAME="x11">2.3.1.2.11 X11</A></H4>
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	797
33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	798 <P>Avoid if possible. Outputs to X11 (uses shared memory extension), with no
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	799 hardware acceleration at all. Supports (MMX/3DNow/SSE accelerated, but still
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	800 slow) software scaling, use the options <CODE>-fs -zoom</CODE>. Most cards
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	801 have hardware scaling support, use the <CODE>-vo xv</CODE> output for them,
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	802 or <CODE>-vo xmga</CODE> for Matroxes.</P>
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	803
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	804 <P>The problem is that most cards' driver doesn't support hardware acceleration
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	805 on the second head/TV. In those cases, you see green/blue colored window
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	806 instead of the movie. This is where this driver comes in handy, but you need
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	807 powerful CPU to use software scaling. Don't use the SDL driver's software
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	808 output+scaler, it has worse image quality!</P>
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	809
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	810 <P>Software scaling is very slow, you better try changing video modes instead.
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	811 It's very simple. See the <A HREF="#dga_modelines">DGA section's modelines</A>,
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	812 and insert them into your XF86Config.</P>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	813
3290 3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember gabucino parents: 3268 diff changeset	814 <UL>
3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember gabucino parents: 3268 diff changeset	815 <LI>If you have XFree86 4.x.x - use the <CODE>-vm</CODE> option. It will
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	816 change to a resolution your movie fits in. If it doesn't:</LI>
3290 3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember gabucino parents: 3268 diff changeset	817 <LI>With XFree86 3.x.x - you have to cycle through available resolutions
3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember gabucino parents: 3268 diff changeset	818 with the <B>CTRL-ALT-plus</B> and <B>minus</B> keys.</LI>
3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember gabucino parents: 3268 diff changeset	819 </UL>
3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember gabucino parents: 3268 diff changeset	820
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	821 <P>If you can't find the modes you inserted, browse XFree86's output. Some
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	822 drivers can't use low pixelclocks that are needed for low resolution
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	823 video modes.</P>
3290 3928aef86033 stuff I don't remember gabucino parents: 3268 diff changeset	824
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	825
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	826 <H4><A NAME="vidix">2.3.1.2.12 VIDIX</A></H4>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	827
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	828 <H4>PREAMBLE</H4>
9255 c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	829
c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	830 <P>VIDIX is the abbreviation for <B>VID</B>eo <B>I</B>nterface for *ni<B>X</B>.
c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	831 It was designed and introduced as an interface for fast user-space drivers
c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	832 providing such video performance as mga_vid does for Matrox cards. It's also
c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	833 very portable.</P>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	834
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	835 <P>This interface was designed as an attempt to fit existing video acceleration
6583 4b7d097a9c69 big update gabucino parents: 6499 diff changeset	836 interfaces (known as mga_vid, rage128_vid, radeon_vid, pm3_vid) into a fixed scheme. It
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	837 provides highlevel interface to chips which are known as BES (BackEnd
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	838 scalers) or OV (Video Overlays). It doesn't provide lowlevel interface to
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	839 things which are known as graphics servers. (I don't want to compete with X11
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	840 team in graphics mode switching). I.e. main goal of this interface is to
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	841 maximize the speed of video playback.</P>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	842
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	843 <H4>USAGE</H4>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	844
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	845 <UL>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	846 <LI>You can use standalone video output driver: <CODE>-vo xvidix</CODE><BR>
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	847 This driver was developed as X11's front end to VIDIX technology. It
8029 6ccd72982b88 Document xvidix pixmap corruption issue and known workarounds. ranma parents: 8021 diff changeset	848 requires X server and can work only under X server. Note that, as it
6ccd72982b88 Document xvidix pixmap corruption issue and known workarounds. ranma parents: 8021 diff changeset	849 directly accesses the hardware and circumvents the X driver, pixmaps
6ccd72982b88 Document xvidix pixmap corruption issue and known workarounds. ranma parents: 8021 diff changeset	850 cached in the graphics card's memory may be corrupted. You can prevent
6ccd72982b88 Document xvidix pixmap corruption issue and known workarounds. ranma parents: 8021 diff changeset	851 this by limiting the amount of video memory used by X with the XF86Config
6ccd72982b88 Document xvidix pixmap corruption issue and known workarounds. ranma parents: 8021 diff changeset	852 option "VideoRam" in the device section. You should set this to the amount
6ccd72982b88 Document xvidix pixmap corruption issue and known workarounds. ranma parents: 8021 diff changeset	853 of memory installed on your card minus 4MB. If you have less than 8MB of
6ccd72982b88 Document xvidix pixmap corruption issue and known workarounds. ranma parents: 8021 diff changeset	854 video ram, you can use the option "XaaNoPixmapCache" in the screen section
6ccd72982b88 Document xvidix pixmap corruption issue and known workarounds. ranma parents: 8021 diff changeset	855 instead.</LI>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	856 <LI>You can use VIDIX subdevice which was applied to several video output
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	857 drivers, such as:<BR>
7015 72059027f953 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a diego parents: 6998 diff changeset	858 <CODE>-vo vesa:vidix</CODE> (<B>Linux only</B>) and <CODE>-vo fbdev:vidix</CODE></LI>
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	859 </UL>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	860
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	861 Indeed it doesn't matter which video output driver is used with <B>VIDIX</B>.
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	862
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	863 <H4>REQUIREMENTS</H4>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	864
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	865 <UL>
d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	866 <LI>video card should be in graphics mode (I write <B>should</B> simply
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	867 because I tested it in text mode - it works but has awful output ;) Use
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	868 AAlib for that).<BR>
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	869 <I>Note: Everyone can try this trick by commenting out mode switching in
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	870 vo_vesa driver.</I></LI>
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	871 <LI>MPlayer's video output driver should know active video mode and be
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	872 able to tell to VIDIX subdevice some video characteristics of server.</LI>
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	873 </UL>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	874
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	875 <H4>USAGE METHODS</H4>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	876
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	877 <P>When VIDIX is used as <B>subdevice</B> (<CODE>-vo vesa:vidix</CODE>) then
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	878 video mode configuration is performed by video output device
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	879 (<B>vo_server</B> in short). Therefore you can pass into command line of
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	880 MPlayer the same keys as for vo_server. In addition it understands
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	881 <CODE>-double</CODE> key as globally visible parameter. (I recommend using
9255 c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	882 this key with VIDIX at least for ATI cards).<BR>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	883 As for <CODE>-vo xvidix</CODE>: currently it recognizes the following
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	884 options: <CODE>-fs -zoom -x -y -double</CODE>.</P>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	885
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	886 <P>Also you can specify VIDIX's driver directly as third subargument in command
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	887 line:<BR>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	888 <BR>
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	889   <code>mplayer -vo xvidix:mga_vid.so -fs -zoom -double
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	890 file.avi</code><BR>
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	891 or<BR>
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	892   <code>mplayer -vo vesa:vidix:radeon_vid.so -fs -zoom -double -bpp
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	893 32 file.avi</code><BR>
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	894 <BR>
bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	895 But it's dangerous, and you shouldn't do that. In this case given driver will
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	896 be forced and result is unpredictable (it may <B>freeze</B> your
4339 4b231f3778a6 entudjam? gabucino parents: 4223 diff changeset	897 computer). You should do that ONLY if you are absolutely sure it will work,
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	898 and MPlayer doesn't do it automatically. Please tell about it to the
4339 4b231f3778a6 entudjam? gabucino parents: 4223 diff changeset	899 developers. The Right Way is to use VIDIX without arguments to enable driver
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	900 autodetection.</P>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	901
9255 c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	902 <P>VIDIX is a new technology and it's extremely possible that on your system
9260 ea27d0f2d90d Small fixes and modelines moved to a more sensible place. diego parents: 9255 diff changeset	903 it won't work. In this case the only solution for you is porting it (mainly
ea27d0f2d90d Small fixes and modelines moved to a more sensible place. diego parents: 9255 diff changeset	904 libdha). But there is hope that it will work on systems where X11 does.</P>
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	905
9241 537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	906 <P>Since VIDIX requires direct hardware access you can either run it as root or
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	907 set the SUID bit on the MPlayer binary (<B>Warning: This is a security
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	908 risk!</B>). Alternatively, you can use a special kernel module, like this:</P>
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	909
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	910 <OL>
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	911 <LI>Download the
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	912 <A HREF="http://www.arava.co.il/matan/svgalib/">development version</A>
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	913 of svgalib (for example 1.9.17),<BR>
513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	914 <B>OR</B><BR>
513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	915 download a version made by Alex especially for usage with
9255 c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	916 MPlayer (it doesn't need the svgalib source to compile) from
c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	917 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/~alex/svgalib_helper-1.9.17-mplayer.tar.bz2">
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	918 here</A>.</LI>
9255 c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	919 <LI>Compile the module in the <CODE>svgalib_helper</CODE> directory (it can
c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	920 be found inside the <CODE>svgalib-1.9.17/kernel/</CODE> directory if you've
c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	921 downloaded the source from the svgalib site) and insmod it.</LI>
c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	922 <LI>Move the <CODE>svgalib_helper</CODE> directory to
9241 537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	923 <CODE>mplayer/main/libdha/svgalib_helper</CODE>.</LI>
9260 ea27d0f2d90d Small fixes and modelines moved to a more sensible place. diego parents: 9255 diff changeset	924 <LI>Required if you download the source from the svgalib site: Remove the
9255 c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	925 comment before the CFLAGS line containing "svgalib_helper" string from the
c82e31b31194 my patches sent to dev-eng (i feel me brave) Diego, fix my wording bugs, and dont be angry. alex parents: 9254 diff changeset	926 <CODE>libdha/Makefile</CODE>.</LI>
9241 537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	927 <LI>Recompile and install libdha.</LI>
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	928 </OL>
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	929
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	930
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	931 <H4><A NAME="vidix_ati">2.3.1.2.12.1 ATI cards</A></H4>
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	932
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	933 <P>Currently most ATI cards are supported natively, from Mach64 to the newest
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	934 Radeons.</P>
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	935
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	936 <P>There are two compiled binaries: <CODE>radeon_vid</CODE> for Radeon and
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	937 <CODE>rage128_vid</CODE> for Rage 128 cards. You may force one or let the
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	938 VIDIX system autoprobe all available drivers.</P>
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	939
4199 bcaf75e384d8 Added (sigh, reHTMLized;)) Nick's VIDIX patch gabucino parents: 4177 diff changeset	940
9241 537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	941 <H4><A NAME="vidix_matrox">2.3.1.2.12.2 Matrox cards</A></H4>
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	942
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	943 <P>Matrox G200,G400,G450 and G550 have been reported to work.</P>
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	944
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	945 <P>The driver supports video equalizers and should be nearly as fast as the
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	946 <A HREF="#mga_vid">Matrox framebuffer</A>.</P>
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	947
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	948
9917 1bb08a1dbfe2 10l alex parents: 9842 diff changeset	949 <H4><A NAME="vidix_trident">2.3.1.2.12.3 Trident cards</A></H4>
9241 537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	950
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	951 <P>There is a driver available for the Trident Cyberblade/i1 chipset, which
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	952 can be found on VIA Epia motherboards.</P>
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	953
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	954 <P>The driver was written and is maintained by Alastair M. Robinson, who offers
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	955 the very latest driver versions for download from his
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	956 <A HREF="http://www.blackfiveservices.co.uk/EPIAVidix.shtml">homepage</A>.
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	957 The drivers are added to MPlayer with only a short delay, so CVS should always
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	958 be up to date.</P>
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	959
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	960
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	961 <H4><A NAME="vidix_3dlabs">2.3.1.2.12.4 3DLabs cards</A></H4>
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	962
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	963 <P>Although there is a driver for the 3DLabs GLINT R3 and Permedia3 chips,
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	964 no one has tested it, so reports are welcome.</P>
537ff3f9961d VIDIX and PowerVR updates, based on a patch by Alex. diego parents: 9174 diff changeset	965
2956 f6b51da0a50d DOXized and applied Nick's radeon_vid patch. Nick, should I update gabucino parents: 2883 diff changeset	966
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	967 <H4><A NAME="directfb">2.3.1.2.13 DirectFB</A></H4>
7192 f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	968
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	969 <P><I>"DirectFB is a graphics library which was designed with embedded systems in
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	970 mind. It offers maximum hardware accelerated performance at a minimum of
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	971 resource usage and overhead."</I> - quoted from
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	972 <A HREF="http://www.directfb.org">http://www.directfb.org</A>.</P>
7192 f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	973
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	974 <P>I'll exclude DirectFB features from this section.</P>
7192 f771e685f3b1 Zr documentation updated plus some typos fixed. diego parents: 7138 diff changeset	975
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	976 <P>Though MPlayer is not supported as a "video provider" in DirectFB, this
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	977 output driver will enable video playback through DirectFB. It will -
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	978 of course - be accelerated, on my Matrox G400 DirectFB's speed was the
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	979 same as XVideo.</P>
4339 4b231f3778a6 entudjam? gabucino parents: 4223 diff changeset	980
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	981 <P>Always try to use the newest version of DirectFB. You can use DirectFB
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	982 options on the command line, using the <CODE>-dfbopts</CODE> option.
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	983 Layer selection can be done by the subdevice method, e.g.: <CODE>-vo
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	984 directfb:2</CODE> (layer -1 is default: autodetect)</P>
4339 4b231f3778a6 entudjam? gabucino parents: 4223 diff changeset	985
7367 5b0baab4c4fd Numbering corrected. diego parents: 7281 diff changeset	986
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	987 <H4><A NAME="dfbmga">2.3.1.2.14 DirectFB/Matrox (dfbmga)</A></H4>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	988
8332 8368a516019e small updates, ATI TV-out, -vo directx:noaccel diego parents: 8260 diff changeset	989 <P>Please read the <A HREF="#directfb">main DirectFB section</A> for general
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	990 informations.</P>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	991
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	992 <P>This video output driver will enable CRTC2 (on the second head) on the
9529 1992bd6a788e dfb updates gabucino parents: 9510 diff changeset	993 Matrox G400/G450/G550 cards, displaying video <B>independently</B> of the
1992bd6a788e dfb updates gabucino parents: 9510 diff changeset	994 first head.</P>
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	995
8449 ff22f772bd38 link added, section reworded. diego parents: 8447 diff changeset	996 <P>Instructions on how to make it work can be found in the
9387 72c0458c854a update of links regarding tech/ dir nicolas parents: 9382 diff changeset	997 <A HREF="../tech/directfb.txt">tech section</A>
8449 ff22f772bd38 link added, section reworded. diego parents: 8447 diff changeset	998 or directly on Ville Syrjala's
9529 1992bd6a788e dfb updates gabucino parents: 9510 diff changeset	999 <A HREF="http://www.sci.fi/~syrjala/directfb/Matrox_TV-out_README.txt">home page</A>.</P>
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1000
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1001 <P>Note: we haven't been able to make this work, but others did. Anyway,
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1002 porting of the CRTC2 code to <B>mga_vid</B> is underway.</P>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1003
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1004
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1005 <H4><A NAME="mpegdec">2.3.1.3 MPEG decoders</A></H4>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1006
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1007 <H4><A NAME="dvb">2.3.1.3.1 DVB</A></H4>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1008
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	1009 <P>MPlayer supports cards with the Siemens DVB chipset from vendors like
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1010 Siemens, Technotrend, Galaxis or Hauppauge. The latest DVB drivers are
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1011 available from the <A HREF="http://www.linuxtv.org">Linux TV site</A>. If you
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1012 want to do software transcoding you should have at least a 1GHz CPU.</P>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1013
8420 a986112926f4 small html fixes gabucino parents: 8332 diff changeset	1014 <P>Configure should detect your DVB card. If it did not, force detection with</P>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1015
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1016 <PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1017 ./configure --enable-dvb
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1018 </PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1019
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1020 <P>If you have ost headers at a non-standard path, set the path with</P>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1021
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1022 <PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1023 ./configure --with-extraincdir=<DVB source directory>/ost/include
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1024 </PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1025
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1026 <P>Then compile and install as usual.</P>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1027
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	1028 <H4>USAGE</H4>
6732 8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	1029
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1030 <P>Hardware decoding (playing standard MPEG1/2 files) can be done with this
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1031 command:</P>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1032
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1033 <PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1034 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes file.mpg\|vob
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1035 </PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1036
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1037 <P>Software decoding or transcoding different formats to MPEG1 can be achieved
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1038 using a command like this:</P>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1039
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1040 <PRE>
9506 6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1041 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes yourfile.ext
9644 0fe056bdb135 vop -> vf change, small fixes. The Polish documentation should be checked for correctness. jonas parents: 9529 diff changeset	1042 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vf expand yourfile.ext
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1043 </PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1044
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1045 <P>Note that DVB cards only support heights 288 and 576 for PAL or 240 and 480
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1046 for NTSC. You <B>must</B> rescale for other heights by adding
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1047 <CODE>scale=width:height</CODE> with the width and height you want to the
9644 0fe056bdb135 vop -> vf change, small fixes. The Polish documentation should be checked for correctness. jonas parents: 9529 diff changeset	1048 <CODE>-vf</CODE> option. DVB cards accept various widths, like 720, 704,
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1049 640, 512, 480, 352 etc and do hardware scaling in horizontal direction, so
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1050 you do not need to scale horizontally in most cases. For a 512x384 (aspect
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1051 4:3) DivX try:</P>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1052
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1053 <PRE>
9644 0fe056bdb135 vop -> vf change, small fixes. The Polish documentation should be checked for correctness. jonas parents: 9529 diff changeset	1054 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vf scale=512:576
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1055 </PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1056
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1057 <P>If you have a widescreen movie and you do not want to scale it to full height,
8420 a986112926f4 small html fixes gabucino parents: 8332 diff changeset	1058 you can use the <CODE>expand=w:h</CODE> filter to add black bands. To view a
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1059 640x384 DivX, try:</P>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1060
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1061 <PRE>
9644 0fe056bdb135 vop -> vf change, small fixes. The Polish documentation should be checked for correctness. jonas parents: 9529 diff changeset	1062 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vf expand=640:576 file.avi
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1063 </PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1064
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1065 <P>If your CPU is too slow for a full size 720x576 DivX, try downscaling:</P>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1066
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1067 <PRE>
9644 0fe056bdb135 vop -> vf change, small fixes. The Polish documentation should be checked for correctness. jonas parents: 9529 diff changeset	1068 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vf scale=352:576 file.avi
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1069 </PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1070
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1071 <P>If speed does not improve, try vertical downscaling, too:</P>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1072
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1073 <PRE>
9644 0fe056bdb135 vop -> vf change, small fixes. The Polish documentation should be checked for correctness. jonas parents: 9529 diff changeset	1074 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vf scale=352:288 file.avi
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1075 </PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1076
8420 a986112926f4 small html fixes gabucino parents: 8332 diff changeset	1077 <P>For OSD and subtitles use the OSD feature of the expand filter. So, instead
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1078 of <CODE>expand=w:h</CODE> or <CODE>expand=w:h:x:y</CODE>, use
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1079 <CODE>expand=w:h:x:y:1</CODE> (the 5th parameter <CODE>:1</CODE> at the end
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1080 will enable OSD rendering). You may want to move the image up a bit to get a
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1081 bigger black zone for subtitles. You may also want to move subtitles up, if
9138 42667fd91d4a changing "switch" -> "option" (unwritten DOCS rule) gabucino parents: 9086 diff changeset	1082 they are outside your TV screen, use the <CODE>-subpos <0-100></CODE> option
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1083 to adjust this (<CODE>-subpos 80</CODE> is a good choice).</P>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1084
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1085 <P>In order to play non-25fps movies on a PAL TV or with a slow CPU, add the
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1086 <CODE>-framedrop</CODE> option.</P>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1087
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1088 <P>To keep the aspect ratio of DivX files and get the optimal scaling parameters
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1089 (hardware horizontal scaling and software vertical scaling while keeping the
8420 a986112926f4 small html fixes gabucino parents: 8332 diff changeset	1090 right aspect ratio), use the new dvbscale filter:</P>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1091
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1092 <PRE>
9644 0fe056bdb135 vop -> vf change, small fixes. The Polish documentation should be checked for correctness. jonas parents: 9529 diff changeset	1093 for 3:4 TV: -vf dvbscale,scale=-1:0,expand=-1:576:-1:-1:1
0fe056bdb135 vop -> vf change, small fixes. The Polish documentation should be checked for correctness. jonas parents: 9529 diff changeset	1094 for 16:9 TV: -vf dvbscale=1024,scale=-1:0,expand=-1:576:-1:-1:1
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1095 </PRE>
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1096
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	1097 <H4>FUTURE</H4>
6732 8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	1098
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1099 <P>If you have questions or want to hear feature announcements and take part in
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1100 discussions on this subject, join our
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1101 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dvb">MPlayer-DVB</A>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1102 mailing list. Please remember that the list language is English.</P>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1103
62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1104 <P>In the future you may expect the ability to display OSD and subtitles using
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1105 the native OSD feature of DVB cards, as well as more fluent playback of
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1106 non-25fps movies and realtime transcoding between MPEG2 and MPEG4 (partial
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1107 decompression).</P>
6729 62b33bad8fca Added DVB to the HTML docs. diego parents: 6599 diff changeset	1108
4496 bf7ea03b1adf Vidix video equalizing (Nick's patch) gabucino parents: 4360 diff changeset	1109
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1110 <H4><A NAME="dxr2">2.3.1.3.2 DXR2</A></H4>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1111
9506 6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1112 <P>MPlayer supports hardware accelerated playback with the Creative DXR2
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1113 card.</P>
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1114
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1115 <P>First of all you will need properly installed DXR2 drivers. You can find
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1116 the drivers and installation instructions at the
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1117 <A HREF="http://dxr2.sourceforge.net/">DXR2 Resource Center</A> site.</P>
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1118
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1119 <H4>USAGE</H4>
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1120 <DL>
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1121 <DT><CODE>-vo dxr2</CODE></DT>
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1122 <DD>enable TV output</DD>
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1123 <DT><CODE>-vo dxr2:x11</CODE> or <CODE>-vo dxr2:xv</CODE></DT>
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1124 <DD>enable Overlay output in X11</DD>
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1125 <DT><CODE>-dxr2 <option1:option2:...></CODE></DT>
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1126 <DD>This option is used to control the DXR2 driver.</DD>
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1127 </DL>
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1128
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1129 <P>The overlay chipset used on the DXR2 is of pretty bad quality but the
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1130 default settings should work for everybody. The OSD may be usable with the
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1131 overlay (not on TV) by drawing it in the colorkey. With the default colorkey
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1132 settings you may get variable results, usually you will see the colorkey
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1133 around the characters or some other funny effect. But if you properly adjust
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1134 the colorkey settings you should be able to get acceptable results.</P>
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1135
6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1136 <P>Please see the manpage for available options.</P>
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1137
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1138
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1139 <H4><A NAME="dxr3">2.3.1.3.3 DXR3/Hollywood+</A></H4>
6732 8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	1140
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	1141 <P>MPlayer supports hardware accelerated playback with the Creative DXR3
7270 60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1142 and Sigma Designs Hollywood Plus cards. These cards both use the em8300 MPEG
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1143 decoder chip from Sigma Designs.</P>
6732 8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	1144
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1145 <P>First of all you will need properly installed DXR3/H+ drivers, version
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1146 0.12.0 or later. You can find the drivers and installation instructions at
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1147 the <A HREF="http://dxr3.sourceforge.net/">DXR3 & Hollywood Plus for
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1148 Linux</A> site. Configure should detect your card automatically, compilation
7270 60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1149 should go without problems.</P>
6732 8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	1150
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	1151 <H4>USAGE</H4>
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	1152 <DL>
8550 fd750a80c93e DXR3 norm option, patch by Thomas Jarosch <tomj@simonv.com>. diego parents: 8509 diff changeset	1153 <DT><CODE>-vo dxr3:prebuf:sync:norm=x:<device></CODE></DT>
8088 59f4133fbab5 Updated docs with DXR3 overlay info mswitch parents: 8029 diff changeset	1154 <DD><CODE>overlay</CODE> activates the overlay instead of TVOut. It requires
59f4133fbab5 Updated docs with DXR3 overlay info mswitch parents: 8029 diff changeset	1155 that you have a properly configured overlay setup to work right. The easiest
59f4133fbab5 Updated docs with DXR3 overlay info mswitch parents: 8029 diff changeset	1156 way to configure the overlay is to first run autocal. Then run mplayer with
59f4133fbab5 Updated docs with DXR3 overlay info mswitch parents: 8029 diff changeset	1157 dxr3 output and without overlay turned on, run dxr3view. In dxr3view you can
59f4133fbab5 Updated docs with DXR3 overlay info mswitch parents: 8029 diff changeset	1158 tweak the overlay settings and see the effects in realtime, perhaps this
59f4133fbab5 Updated docs with DXR3 overlay info mswitch parents: 8029 diff changeset	1159 feature will be supported by the MPlayer GUI in the future. When overlay is
59f4133fbab5 Updated docs with DXR3 overlay info mswitch parents: 8029 diff changeset	1160 properly set up you will no longer need to use dxr3view.<BR>
59f4133fbab5 Updated docs with DXR3 overlay info mswitch parents: 8029 diff changeset	1161 <CODE>prebuf</CODE> turns on prebuffering. Prebuffering is a feature
7270 60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1162 of the em8300 chip that enables it to hold more than one frame of video at
7951 32ae0a9d06aa Updated the DXR3 section to reflect command changes, prebuf replaced mswitch parents: 7937 diff changeset	1163 a time. This means that when you are running with prebuffering
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	1164 MPlayer will try to keep the video buffer filled with data at all
988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	1165 times. If you are on a slow machine MPlayer will probably use close
7270 60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1166 to, or precisely 100% of CPU. This is especially common if you play pure MPEG
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	1167 streams (like DVDs, SVCDs a.s.o.) since MPlayer will not have to
7270 60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1168 reencode it to MPEG it will fill the buffer very fast.<BR>
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1169 With prebuffering video playback is <B>much</B> less sensitive to other
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1170 programs hogging the CPU, it will not drop frames unless applications hog
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1171 the CPU for a long time.<BR>
7951 32ae0a9d06aa Updated the DXR3 section to reflect command changes, prebuf replaced mswitch parents: 7937 diff changeset	1172 When running without prebuffering the em8300 is much more sensitive to CPU
7969 9ec3f2b9a87f <B>MPlayer</B> --> MPlayer diego parents: 7951 diff changeset	1173 load, so it is highly suggested that you turn on MPlayer's
7951 32ae0a9d06aa Updated the DXR3 section to reflect command changes, prebuf replaced mswitch parents: 7937 diff changeset	1174 <CODE>-framedrop</CODE> option to avoid further loss of sync.<BR>
32ae0a9d06aa Updated the DXR3 section to reflect command changes, prebuf replaced mswitch parents: 7937 diff changeset	1175 <CODE>sync</CODE> will turn on the new sync-engine. This is currently an
32ae0a9d06aa Updated the DXR3 section to reflect command changes, prebuf replaced mswitch parents: 7937 diff changeset	1176 experimental feature. With the sync feature turned on the em8300's internal
32ae0a9d06aa Updated the DXR3 section to reflect command changes, prebuf replaced mswitch parents: 7937 diff changeset	1177 clock will be monitored at all times, if it starts to deviate from MPlayer's
32ae0a9d06aa Updated the DXR3 section to reflect command changes, prebuf replaced mswitch parents: 7937 diff changeset	1178 clock it will be reset causing the em8300 to drop any frames that are lagging
32ae0a9d06aa Updated the DXR3 section to reflect command changes, prebuf replaced mswitch parents: 7937 diff changeset	1179 behind.<BR>
8550 fd750a80c93e DXR3 norm option, patch by Thomas Jarosch <tomj@simonv.com>. diego parents: 8509 diff changeset	1180 <CODE>norm=x</CODE> will set the TV norm of the DXR3 card without the need
fd750a80c93e DXR3 norm option, patch by Thomas Jarosch <tomj@simonv.com>. diego parents: 8509 diff changeset	1181 for external tools like em8300setup. Valid norms are 5 = NTSC, 4 = PAL-60,
fd750a80c93e DXR3 norm option, patch by Thomas Jarosch <tomj@simonv.com>. diego parents: 8509 diff changeset	1182 3 = PAL. Special norms are 2 (auto-adjust using PAL/PAL-60) and 1
fd750a80c93e DXR3 norm option, patch by Thomas Jarosch <tomj@simonv.com>. diego parents: 8509 diff changeset	1183 (auto-adjust using PAL/NTSC) because they decide which norm to use by
8998 e5caaebc14d0 removed obsolete stuff gabucino parents: 8550 diff changeset	1184 looking at the frame rate of the movie. norm = 0 (default) does not
8550 fd750a80c93e DXR3 norm option, patch by Thomas Jarosch <tomj@simonv.com>. diego parents: 8509 diff changeset	1185 change the current norm.<BR>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1186 <CODE><device></CODE> = device number to use if you have more than one
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1187 em8300 card.
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1188 <BR>
8021 66c0515d234f Cleaned up the DXR3 section (lots of old stuff which was no longer mswitch parents: 7969 diff changeset	1189 Any of these options may be left out.<BR>
8998 e5caaebc14d0 removed obsolete stuff gabucino parents: 8550 diff changeset	1190 <CODE>:prebuf:sync</CODE> seems to work great when playing DivX movies.
e5caaebc14d0 removed obsolete stuff gabucino parents: 8550 diff changeset	1191 People have reported problems using the <CODE>prebuf</CODE> option when playing
e5caaebc14d0 removed obsolete stuff gabucino parents: 8550 diff changeset	1192 MPEG1/2 files. You might want to try running without any options first, if you
e5caaebc14d0 removed obsolete stuff gabucino parents: 8550 diff changeset	1193 have sync problems, or DVD subtitle problems, give <CODE>:sync</CODE> a
e5caaebc14d0 removed obsolete stuff gabucino parents: 8550 diff changeset	1194 try.</DD>
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	1195
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	1196 <DT><CODE>-ao oss:/dev/em8300_ma-X</CODE></DT>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	1197 <DD>For audio output, where <CODE>X</CODE> is the device number
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	1198 (0 if one card).</DD>
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	1199
7270 60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1200 <DT><CODE>-aop list=resample:fout=xxxxx</CODE></DT>
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1201 <DD>The em8300 cannot play back samplerates lower than 44100Hz. If the sample
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1202 rate is below 44100Hz select either 44100Hz or 48000Hz depending on which
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1203 one matches closest. I.e. if the movie uses 22050Hz use 44100Hz as
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1204 44100 / 2 = 22050, if it is 24000Hz use 48000Hz as 48000 / 2 = 24000 and so
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1205 on. This does not work with digital audio output (<CODE>-ac hwac3</CODE>).</DD>
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	1206
9644 0fe056bdb135 vop -> vf change, small fixes. The Polish documentation should be checked for correctness. jonas parents: 9529 diff changeset	1207 <DT><CODE>-vf lavc/fame</CODE></DT>
9506 6c6ea2b4cfdb default.css path fixed (it needs to be moved on CVS server!!) gabucino parents: 9387 diff changeset	1208 <DD><B>(AUTO-INSERTED)</B> To watch non-MPEG content on the em8300 (i.e. DivX or RealVideo) you have
7270 60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1209 to specify an MPEG1 video filter such as libavcodec (lavc) or libfame
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1210 (fame). At the moment lavc is both faster and gives better image quality, it
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1211 is suggested that you use that unless you have problems with it. See the man
9644 0fe056bdb135 vop -> vf change, small fixes. The Polish documentation should be checked for correctness. jonas parents: 9529 diff changeset	1212 page for further info about <CODE>-vf lavc/fame</CODE>.<BR>
7951 32ae0a9d06aa Updated the DXR3 section to reflect command changes, prebuf replaced mswitch parents: 7937 diff changeset	1213 Using lavc is highly recommended. Currently there is no way of setting the
32ae0a9d06aa Updated the DXR3 section to reflect command changes, prebuf replaced mswitch parents: 7937 diff changeset	1214 fps of the em8300 which means that it is fixed to 29.97fps. Because of this
9644 0fe056bdb135 vop -> vf change, small fixes. The Polish documentation should be checked for correctness. jonas parents: 9529 diff changeset	1215 it is highly recommended that you use <CODE>-vf lavc=<quality>:25</CODE>,
8021 66c0515d234f Cleaned up the DXR3 section (lots of old stuff which was no longer mswitch parents: 7969 diff changeset	1216 especially if you are using prebuffering. Then why 25 and not 29.97? Well,
66c0515d234f Cleaned up the DXR3 section (lots of old stuff which was no longer mswitch parents: 7969 diff changeset	1217 the thing is that when you use 29.97 the picture becomes a bit jumpy. The
66c0515d234f Cleaned up the DXR3 section (lots of old stuff which was no longer mswitch parents: 7969 diff changeset	1218 reason for this is unknown to us. If you set it to somewhere between 25 and
66c0515d234f Cleaned up the DXR3 section (lots of old stuff which was no longer mswitch parents: 7969 diff changeset	1219 27 the picture becomes stable. For now all we can do is accept this for a
66c0515d234f Cleaned up the DXR3 section (lots of old stuff which was no longer mswitch parents: 7969 diff changeset	1220 fact.</DD>
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1221
9644 0fe056bdb135 vop -> vf change, small fixes. The Polish documentation should be checked for correctness. jonas parents: 9529 diff changeset	1222 <DT><CODE>-vf expand=-1:-1:-1:-1:1</CODE></DT>
9510 b4ac94a31a56 typo diego parents: 9506 diff changeset	1223 <DD>Although the DXR3 driver can put some OSD onto the MPEG1/2/4 video,
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1224 it has much lower quality than MPlayer's traditional OSD, and has several
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1225 refresh problems as well. The command line above will firstly convert the
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1226 input video to MPEG4 (this is mandatory, sorry), then apply an expand
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1227 filter which won't expand anything (-1: default), but apply the normal OSD
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1228 onto the picture (that's what the "1" at the end does).</DD>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1229
7270 60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1230 <DT><CODE>-ac hwac3</CODE></DT>
60a3b83b73bf DXR3 docs updated. Patch by David Holm <david@realityrift.com>, further diego parents: 7192 diff changeset	1231 <DD>The em8300 supports playing back AC3 audio (surround sound) through the
7640 427935644581 updates, fixes gabucino parents: 7454 diff changeset	1232 digital audio output of the card. See the <CODE>-ao oss</CODE> option
427935644581 updates, fixes gabucino parents: 7454 diff changeset	1233 above, it must be used to specify the DXR3's output instead of
8998 e5caaebc14d0 removed obsolete stuff gabucino parents: 8550 diff changeset	1234 a soundcard.</DD>
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	1235 </DL>
6732 8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	1236
8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate. diego parents: 6729 diff changeset	1237
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1238 <H4><A NAME="other">2.3.1.4 Other visualization hardware</A></H4>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1239
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1240 <H4><A NAME="zr">2.3.1.4.1 Zr</A></H4>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1241
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1242 <P>This is a display-driver (<CODE>-vo zr</CODE>) for a number of MJPEG
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1243 capture/playback cards (tested for DC10+ and Buz, and it should work for the
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1244 LML33 and the original DC10). The driver works by encoding the frame to jpeg
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1245 and then sending it to the card. For the jpeg encoding <B>libavcodec</B> is
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1246 used, and required. With the special <I>cinerama</I> mode, you can watch
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1247 movies in true wide screen provided that you have two beamers and two
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1248 MJPEG cards. Depending on resolution and quality settings, this driver
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1249 may require a lot of CPU power, remember to specify <CODE>-framedrop</CODE>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1250 if your machine is too slow. Note: My AMD K6-2 350MHz is (with <CODE>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1251 -framedrop</CODE>) quite adequate for watching VCD sized material and
9174 0333afac3a56 closing some tags in Zr section gabucino parents: 9138 diff changeset	1252 downscaled movies.</P>
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1253
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1254 <P>This driver talks to the kernel driver available at
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1255 <A HREF="http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net">http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net</A>, so
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1256 you must get it working first. The presence of an MJPEG card is autodetected
9174 0333afac3a56 closing some tags in Zr section gabucino parents: 9138 diff changeset	1257 by the configure script, if autodetection fails, force detection with</P>
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1258
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1259 <PRE>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1260 ./configure --enable-zr
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1261 </PRE>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1262
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1263 <P>The output can be controlled by several options, a long description of the
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1264 options can be found in the man page, a short list of options can be
9174 0333afac3a56 closing some tags in Zr section gabucino parents: 9138 diff changeset	1265 viewed by running</P>
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1266
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1267 <PRE>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1268 mplayer -zrhelp
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1269 </PRE>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1270
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1271 <P>Things like scaling and the OSD (on screen display) are not handled by
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1272 this driver but can be done using the video filters. For example,
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1273 suppose that you have a movie with a resolution of <CODE>512x272</CODE> and
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1274 you want to view it fullscreen on your DC10+. There are three main
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1275 possibilities, you may scale the movie to a width of <CODE>768</CODE>,
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1276 <CODE>384</CODE> or <CODE>192</CODE>. For performance and quality reasons,
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1277 I would choose to scale the movie to <CODE>384x204</CODE> using the fast
9174 0333afac3a56 closing some tags in Zr section gabucino parents: 9138 diff changeset	1278 bilinear software scaler. The commandline is</P>
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1279
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1280 <PRE>
9644 0fe056bdb135 vop -> vf change, small fixes. The Polish documentation should be checked for correctness. jonas parents: 9529 diff changeset	1281 mplayer -vo zr -sws 0 -vf scale=384:204 movie.avi
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1282 </PRE>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1283
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1284 <P>Cropping can be done by the <CODE>crop</CODE> filter and by
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1285 this driver itself. Suppose that a movie is too wide for display on your
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1286 Buz and that you want to use <CODE>-zrcrop</CODE> to make the movie less
9783 1163cf586d5a Typos, patch by Roberto Togni <r_togni@libero.it>. diego parents: 9644 diff changeset	1287 wide, then you would issue the following command</P>
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1288
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1289 <PRE>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1290 mplayer -vo zr -zrcrop 720x320+80+0 benhur.avi
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1291 </PRE>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1292
9174 0333afac3a56 closing some tags in Zr section gabucino parents: 9138 diff changeset	1293 <P>if you want to use the <CODE>crop</CODE> filter, you would do</P>
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1294
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1295 <PRE>
9644 0fe056bdb135 vop -> vf change, small fixes. The Polish documentation should be checked for correctness. jonas parents: 9529 diff changeset	1296 mplayer -vo zr -vf crop=720:320:80:0 benhur.avi
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1297 </PRE>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1298
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1299 <P>Extra occurances of <CODE>-zrcrop</CODE> invoke <I>cinerama</I> mode, i.e.
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1300 you can distribute the movie over several TV's or beamers to create a larger
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1301 screen. Suppose you have two beamers. The left one is connected to your Buz
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1302 at <CODE>/dev/video1</CODE> and the right one is connected to your DC10+ at
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1303 <CODE>/dev/video0</CODE>. The movie has a resolution of <CODE>704x288</CODE>.
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1304 Suppose also that you want the right beamer in black and white and that
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1305 the right beamer should have jpeg frames at quality <CODE>10</CODE>,
9174 0333afac3a56 closing some tags in Zr section gabucino parents: 9138 diff changeset	1306 then you would issue the following command</P>
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1307
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1308 <PRE>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1309 mplayer -vo zr -zrdev /dev/video0 -zrcrop 352x288+352+0 -zrxdoff 0 -zrbw \
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1310 -zrcrop 352x288+0+0 -zrdev /dev/video1 -zrquality 10 movie.avi
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1311 </PRE>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1312
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1313 <P>You see that the options appearing before the second <CODE>-zrcrop</CODE>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1314 only apply to the DC10+ and that the options after the second
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1315 <CODE>-zrcrop</CODE> apply to the Buz. The maximum number of MJPEG cards
9783 1163cf586d5a Typos, patch by Roberto Togni <r_togni@libero.it>. diego parents: 9644 diff changeset	1316 participating in <I>cinerama</I> is four, so you can build a <CODE>2x2</CODE>
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1317 vidiwall.</P>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1318
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1319 <P>Finally an important remark: Do not start or stop XawTV on the playback
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1320 device during playback, it will crash your computer. It is, however, fine to
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1321 <B>FIRST</B> start XawTV, <B>THEN</B> start MPlayer, wait for
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1322 MPlayer to finish and <B>THEN</B> stop XawTV.</P>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	1323
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1324
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1325 <H4><A NAME="blinken">2.3.1.4.2 Blinkenlights</A></H4>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1326
9254 a35bf9da25db typo and update alex parents: 9241 diff changeset	1327 <P>This driver is capable of playback using the Blinkenlights UDP protocol.
a35bf9da25db typo and update alex parents: 9241 diff changeset	1328 If you don't know what <A HREF="http://www.blinkenlights.de/">Blinkenlights</A>
a35bf9da25db typo and update alex parents: 9241 diff changeset	1329 is, you don't need this driver.</P>
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1330
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1331
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1332 <H4><A NAME="tv-out">2.3.1.5 TV-out support</A></H4>
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1333
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1334
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1335 <H4><A NAME="tv-out_matrox">2.3.1.5.1 Matrox G400 cards</A></H4>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	1336
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1337 <P>Under Linux you have 2 methods to get G400 TV out working:</P>
5116 20bf56a828d1 "nememlex" --Gabucino, 2002 arpi parents: 4982 diff changeset	1338
7377 2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1339 <P><B>IMPORTANT:</B> for Matrox G450/G550 TV-out instructions, please see the
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1340 next section!</P>
2309 3128b9d8b4ea New section: Matrox TVout - method 2 gabucino parents: 2206 diff changeset	1341
2486 d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1342 <UL>
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1343 <LI><B>XFree86</B>: using the driver and the HAL module, available from
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1344 <A HREF="http://www.matrox.com">Matrox's site</A>. This will give you X on
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1345 the TV.<BR> <B>This method doesn't give you accelerated playback</B> as
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1346 under Windoze! The second head has only YUV framebuffer, the <I>BES</I>
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1347 (Back End Scaler, the YUV scaler on G200/G400/G450/G550 cards) doesn't work
7061 33624384dd7b Typos, cosmetics and a tag closed. diego parents: 7047 diff changeset	1348 on it! The Windows driver somehow works around this, probably by using the
2486 d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1349 3D engine to zoom, and the YUV framebuffer to display the zoomed
2848 33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon) gabucino parents: 2747 diff changeset	1350 image. If you really want to use X, use the <CODE>-vo x11 -fs -zoom</CODE>
6599 f20184a10258 1001 typos as found by ispell. diego parents: 6583 diff changeset	1351 options, but it will be <B>SLOW</B>, and has <B>Macrovision</B> copy protection
4177 cab4ac1467e4 many small updates gabucino parents: 3988 diff changeset	1352 enabled (you can "workaround" Macrovision using
cab4ac1467e4 many small updates gabucino parents: 3988 diff changeset	1353 <A HREF="http://avifile.sourceforge.net/mgamacro.pl">this</A> perl
cab4ac1467e4 many small updates gabucino parents: 3988 diff changeset	1354 script.</LI>
2486 d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1355 <LI><B>Framebuffer</B>: using the <B>matroxfb modules</B> in the 2.4 kernels.
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1356 2.2 kernels don't have the TVout feature in them, thus unusable for this.
3030 1dbc569b6528 more fix/update gabucino parents: 3027 diff changeset	1357 You have to enable ALL matroxfb-specific feature during compilation (except
5713 634fbb5dd181 I2C is also needed for G400 tvout gabucino parents: 5378 diff changeset	1358 MultiHead), and compile them into <B>modules</B>! You'll also need I2C
634fbb5dd181 I2C is also needed for G400 tvout gabucino parents: 5378 diff changeset	1359 enabled.
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	1360 <OL>
2486 d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1361 <LI>
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1362 Enter <CODE>TVout/matroxset</CODE> and type <CODE>make</CODE>. Install
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1363 <CODE>matroxset</CODE> into somewhere in your PATH.</LI>
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1364 <LI>
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1365 If you don't have <CODE>fbset</CODE> installed, enter
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1366 <CODE>TVout/fbset</CODE> and type <CODE>make</CODE>. Install
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1367 <CODE>fbset</CODE> into somewhere in your PATH.</LI>
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1368 <LI>
7814 988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer diego parents: 7793 diff changeset	1369 Then enter into the <CODE>TVout/</CODE> directory in the MPlayer
2486 d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1370 source, and execute <CODE>./modules</CODE> as root. Your text-mode console
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1371 will enter into framebuffer mode (no way back!).</LI>
7454 a8ae3f53eb14 matroxtv script was modified gabucino parents: 7377 diff changeset	1372 <LI>Next, EDIT and run the <CODE>./matroxtv</CODE> script. This will present you
2486 d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1373 to a very simple menu. Press <B>2</B> and <B>ENTER</B>. Now you should
7454 a8ae3f53eb14 matroxtv script was modified gabucino parents: 7377 diff changeset	1374 have the same picture on your monitor, and TV. If
a8ae3f53eb14 matroxtv script was modified gabucino parents: 7377 diff changeset	1375 the TV (PAL by default) picture has some weird stripes on it, the script wasn't able to
a8ae3f53eb14 matroxtv script was modified gabucino parents: 7377 diff changeset	1376 set the resolution correctly (to 640x512 by default). Try other
a8ae3f53eb14 matroxtv script was modified gabucino parents: 7377 diff changeset	1377 resolutions from the menu and/or experiment with fbset.</LI>
7099 0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some diego parents: 7076 diff changeset	1378 </OL>
2486 d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1379
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1380 <P>Yoh. Next task is to make the cursor on tty1 (or whatever) to disappear,
2486 d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1381 and turn off screen blanking. Execute the following commands:</P>
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1382
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1383 <P><CODE>echo -e '\033[?25l'</CODE> or <CODE>setterm -cursor off<BR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1384 setterm -blank 0</CODE></P>
2486 d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1385
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1386 <P>You possibly want to put the above into a script, and also clear
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1387 the screen.. To turn the cursor back:<BR><CODE>echo -e '\033[?25h'</CODE>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1388 or <CODE>setterm -cursor on</CODE></P>
2486 d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1389
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1390 <P>Yeah kewl. Start movie playing with <CODE>mplayer -vo mga -fs -screenw 640
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1391 -screenh 512 <filename></CODE><BR>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1392 (if you use X, now change to matroxfb with for example CTRL-ALT-F1!)<BR>
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	1393 Change 640x512 if you set the resolution to other.<BR>
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1394 <B>Enjoy the ultra-fast ultra-featured Matrox TV output (better than Xv)!</B></P>
2486 d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1395 </LI>
d4f398ef37aa rewritten matrox tvout section gabucino parents: 2472 diff changeset	1396 </UL>
2309 3128b9d8b4ea New section: Matrox TVout - method 2 gabucino parents: 2206 diff changeset	1397
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1398 <H4>Building a Matrox TV-out cable</H4>
2309 3128b9d8b4ea New section: Matrox TVout - method 2 gabucino parents: 2206 diff changeset	1399
9059 dd733c8d7e9e G450 tvout cable pinout (contributed) gabucino parents: 8998 diff changeset	1400 <P>No one takes any responsibility, nor guarantee for any damage caused by this
dd733c8d7e9e G450 tvout cable pinout (contributed) gabucino parents: 8998 diff changeset	1401 documentation.</P>
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1402
9059 dd733c8d7e9e G450 tvout cable pinout (contributed) gabucino parents: 8998 diff changeset	1403 <P><B>Cable for G400</B>: The CRTC2 connector's fourth pin is the composite video signal. The ground
dd733c8d7e9e G450 tvout cable pinout (contributed) gabucino parents: 8998 diff changeset	1404 are the sixth, seventh and eighth pins. (info contributed from Bal�zs
dd733c8d7e9e G450 tvout cable pinout (contributed) gabucino parents: 8998 diff changeset	1405 R�cz)</P>
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1406
9059 dd733c8d7e9e G450 tvout cable pinout (contributed) gabucino parents: 8998 diff changeset	1407 <P><B>Cable for G450</B>: The CRTC2 connector's first pin is the composite video
dd733c8d7e9e G450 tvout cable pinout (contributed) gabucino parents: 8998 diff changeset	1408 signal. The ground are the fifth, sixth, seventh, and fifteenth
dd733c8d7e9e G450 tvout cable pinout (contributed) gabucino parents: 8998 diff changeset	1409 (5, 6, 7, 15) pins. (info contributed from Bal�zs Kerekes)</P>
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1410
1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1411 <H4><A NAME="tv-out_matrox_g450">2.3.1.5.2 Matrox G450/G550 cards</A></H4>
7377 2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1412
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1413 <P>TV output support for these cards has only been recently introduced, and is
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1414 not yet in the mainstream kernel. Currently the <B>mga_vid</B> module
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1415 can't be used AFAIK, because the G450/G550 driver works only in one
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1416 configuration: the first CRTC chip (with much more features) on the first
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1417 display (on monitor), and the second CRTC (no <B>BES</B> - for explanation
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1418 on BES, please see the G400 section above) on TV. So you can only use
7969 9ec3f2b9a87f <B>MPlayer</B> --> MPlayer diego parents: 7951 diff changeset	1419 MPlayer's <I>fbdev</I> output driver at the present.</P>
7377 2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1420
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1421 <P>The first CRTC can't be routed to the second head currently.
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1422 The author of the kernel matroxfb driver - Petr Vandrovec - will maybe make
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1423 support for this, by displaying the first CRTC's output onto both of the
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1424 heads at once, as currently recommended for G400, see the section above.</P>
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1425
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1426 <P>The necessary kernel patch and the detailed howto is downloadable from
9842 bffe6ac086e6 url update, reported by Dan Eriksen nicolas parents: 9783 diff changeset	1427 <A HREF="http://www.bglug.ca/matrox_tvout/">http://www.bglug.ca/matrox_tvout/</A></P>
7377 2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1428
2c13297f0b80 G450/G550 TV-out gabucino parents: 7367 diff changeset	1429
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1430 <H4><A NAME="tv-out_ati">2.3.1.5.3 ATI cards</A></H4>
2206 0e8e8fed492e ATI TVout stuff added (from Nick Kurshev) gabucino parents: 2131 diff changeset	1431
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	1432 <H4>PREAMBLE</H4>
7047 4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	1433
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags. diego parents: 7015 diff changeset	1434 <P>Currently ATI doesn't want to support any of its TV-out chips under Linux,
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1435 because of their licensed Macrovision technology.</P>
6583 4b7d097a9c69 big update gabucino parents: 6499 diff changeset	1436
9282 513e02e2e553 fixing others' 10/100liters gabucino parents: 9260 diff changeset	1437 <H4>ATI CARDS TV-OUT STATUS ON LINUX</H4>
2206 0e8e8fed492e ATI TVout stuff added (from Nick Kurshev) gabucino parents: 2131 diff changeset	1438
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	1439 <UL>
8332 8368a516019e small updates, ATI TV-out, -vo directx:noaccel diego parents: 8260 diff changeset	1440 <LI><B>ATI Mach64</B>: Supported by
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1441 <A HREF="http://gatos.sf.net">gatos</A>.</LI>
8332 8368a516019e small updates, ATI TV-out, -vo directx:noaccel diego parents: 8260 diff changeset	1442 <LI><B>ASIC Radeon VIVO</B>: Supported by
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1443 <A HREF="http://gatos.sf.net">gatos</A>.</LI>
8332 8368a516019e small updates, ATI TV-out, -vo directx:noaccel diego parents: 8260 diff changeset	1444 <LI><B>Radeon</B> and <B>Rage128</B>: Supported by MPlayer!
6998 83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu> diego parents: 6981 diff changeset	1445 Check <a href="#vesa">VESA driver</a> and <A HREF="#vidix">VIDIX</A>
6960 87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting gabucino parents: 6906 diff changeset	1446 sections.</LI>
8332 8368a516019e small updates, ATI TV-out, -vo directx:noaccel diego parents: 8260 diff changeset	1447 <LI><B>Rage Mobility P/M, Radeon, Rage 128, Mobility M3/M4</B>: Supported by
8368a516019e small updates, ATI TV-out, -vo directx:noaccel diego parents: 8260 diff changeset	1448 <A HREF="http://www.stud.uni-hamburg.de/users/lennart/projects/atitvout/">
8368a516019e small updates, ATI TV-out, -vo directx:noaccel diego parents: 8260 diff changeset	1449 atitvout</A>.
6435 d0d74f9d8d4a Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset. diego parents: 6393 diff changeset	1450 </UL>
2206 0e8e8fed492e ATI TVout stuff added (from Nick Kurshev) gabucino parents: 2131 diff changeset	1451
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1452 <P>On other cards, just use the <a href="#vesa">VESA driver</a>, without
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1453 VIDIX. Powerful CPU is needed, though.</P>
2206 0e8e8fed492e ATI TVout stuff added (from Nick Kurshev) gabucino parents: 2131 diff changeset	1454
6583 4b7d097a9c69 big update gabucino parents: 6499 diff changeset	1455 <P>Only thing you need to do - <B>have TV connector plugged in before
4b7d097a9c69 big update gabucino parents: 6499 diff changeset	1456 booting your PC</B> since video BIOS initializes itself only once during
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1457 POST procedure.</P>
2206 0e8e8fed492e ATI TVout stuff added (from Nick Kurshev) gabucino parents: 2131 diff changeset	1458
2472 487f5bbb38ae link to tomi ollila's voodoo3 tvout text. if he has interest to integrate gabucino parents: 2471 diff changeset	1459
8177 1f00a3d29b20 some TOC reorder gabucino parents: 8145 diff changeset	1460 <H4><A NAME="tv-out_voodoo">2.3.1.5.4 Voodoo 3</A></H4>
2472 487f5bbb38ae link to tomi ollila's voodoo3 tvout text. if he has interest to integrate gabucino parents: 2471 diff changeset	1461
6974 916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics only. diego parents: 6960 diff changeset	1462 <P>Check <A HREF="http://www.iki.fi/too/tvout-voodoo3-3000-xfree">this URL</A>.</P>
2472 487f5bbb38ae link to tomi ollila's voodoo3 tvout text. if he has interest to integrate gabucino parents: 2471 diff changeset	1463
8260 352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1464
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1465 <H4><A NAME="tv-out_nvidia">2.3.1.5.5 nVidia</A></H4>
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1466
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1467 <P>First, you MUST download the closed-source drivers from
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1468 <A HREF="http://nvidia.com">http://nvidia.com</A>. I will not describe the
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1469 installation and configuration process because it does not cover the
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1470 scope of this documentation.</P>
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1471
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1472 <P>After XFree86, XVideo, and 3D acceleration is properly working,
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1473 edit your card's Device section in the <CODE>XF86Config</CODE> file,
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1474 according to the following example (adapt for your card/TV):</P>
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1475
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1476 <PRE>
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1477 Section "Device"
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1478 Identifier "GeForce"
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1479 VendorName "ASUS"
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1480 BoardName "nVidia GeForce2/MX 400"
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1481 Driver "nvidia"
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1482 #Option "NvAGP" "1"
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1483 Option "NoLogo"
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1484 Option "CursorShadow" "on"
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1485
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1486 Option "TwinView"
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1487 Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1488 Option "MetaModes" "1024x768,640x480"
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1489 Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT, TV"
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1490 Option "TVStandard" "PAL-B"
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1491 Option "TVOutFormat" "Composite"
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1492
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1493 EndSection
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1494 </PRE>
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1495
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1496 <P>Of course the important thing is the TwinView part.</P>
352b654c7787 updates gabucino parents: 8177 diff changeset	1497
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