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7047 | 13 <H3><A NAME="video">2.3.1 Video output devices</A></H3> |
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16 <H4><A NAME="mtrr">2.3.1.1 Setting up MTRR</A></H4> |
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1946 | 18 <P>It is VERY recommended to check if the MTRR registers are set up properly, |
6960 | 19 because they can give a big performance boost.</P> |
1946 | 20 |
6960 | 21 <P>Do a '<CODE>cat /proc/mtrr</CODE>':</P> |
1946 | 22 |
23 <P><CODE> | |
6960 | 24 --($:~)-- cat /proc/mtrr<BR> |
25 reg00: base=0xe4000000 (3648MB), size= 16MB: write-combining, count=9<BR> | |
6974 | 26 reg01: base=0xd8000000 (3456MB), size= 128MB: write-combining, count=1</CODE></P> |
1946 | 27 |
6599 | 28 <P>It's right, shows my Matrox G400 with 16MB memory. I did this from |
6960 | 29 XFree 4.x.x , which sets up MTRR registers automatically.</P> |
1946 | 30 |
6960 | 31 <P>If nothing worked, you have to do it manually. First, you have to find the |
32 base address. You have 3 ways to find it:</P> | |
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34 <UL> |
6960 | 35 <LI>from X11 startup messages, for example: |
36 <P><CODE>(--) SVGA: PCI: Matrox MGA G400 AGP rev 4, Memory @ 0xd8000000, 0xd4000000<BR> | |
37 (--) SVGA: Linear framebuffer at 0xD8000000</CODE></P></LI> | |
38 <LI>from /proc/pci (use lspci -v command): | |
39 <P> | |
40 <CODE>01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc.: Unknown device 0525</CODE> | |
41 <CODE>Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)</CODE> | |
42 </P></LI> | |
7138 | 43 <LI>from mga_vid kernel driver messages (use <CODE>dmesg</CODE>): |
6960 | 44 <P><CODE>mga_mem_base = d8000000</CODE></P></LI> |
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45 </UL> |
1612 | 46 |
1682 | 47 <P>Then let's find the memory size. This is very easy, just convert video ram |
6960 | 48 size to hexadecimal, or use this table:</P> |
1612 | 49 |
1682 | 50 <TABLE BORDER=0> |
6974 | 51 <TR><TD> </TD><TD>1 MB</TD><TD WIDTH="10%"></TD><TD>0x100000</TD></TR> |
52 <TR><TD></TD><TD>2 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x200000</TD></TR> | |
53 <TR><TD></TD><TD>4 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x400000</TD></TR> | |
54 <TR><TD></TD><TD>8 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x800000</TD></TR> | |
55 <TR><TD></TD><TD>16 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x1000000</TD></TR> | |
56 <TR><TD></TD><TD>32 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x2000000</TD></TR> | |
1682 | 57 </TABLE> |
1612 | 58 |
59 | |
6599 | 60 <P>You know base address and memory size, let's setup MTRR registers! |
6960 | 61 For example, for the Matrox card above (base=0xd8000000) with 32MB |
62 ram (size=0x2000000) just execute:</P> | |
1612 | 63 |
64 | |
1682 | 65 <P><CODE> echo "base=0xd8000000 size=0x2000000 type=write-combining" >| /proc/mtrr</CODE></P> |
1612 | 66 |
67 | |
6599 | 68 <P>Not all CPUs support MTRRs. For example older K6-2's [around 266MHz, |
6960 | 69 stepping 0] doesn't support MTRR, but stepping 12's do ('<CODE>cat |
70 /proc/cpuinfo</CODE>' to check it').</P> | |
1612 | 71 |
8177 | 72 <H4><A NAME="normal">2.3.1.2 Video outputs for traditional video cards</A></H4> |
6974 | 73 |
8177 | 74 <H4><A NAME="xv">2.3.1.2.1 Xv</A></H4> |
1612 | 75 |
1682 | 76 <P>Under XFree86 4.0.2 or newer, you can use your card's hardware YUV routines |
6960 | 77 using the XVideo extension. This is what the option '-vo xv' uses. Also, |
78 this is driver supports adjusting brightness/contrast/hue/etc (unless you use | |
79 the old, slow DirectShow DivX codec, which supports it everywhere), see the | |
80 man page.</P> | |
4498 | 81 |
82 <P>In order to make this work, be sure to check the following:</P> | |
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84 <UL> |
6960 | 85 <LI>You have to use XFree86 4.0.2 or newer (former versions don't have |
86 XVideo)</LI> | |
87 <LI>Your card actually supports hardware acceleration (modern cards do)</LI> | |
88 <LI>X loads the XVideo extension, it's something like this: | |
1612 | 89 |
6960 | 90 <P><CODE> (II) Loading extension XVideo</CODE></P> |
91 | |
92 <P>in /var/log/XFree86.0.log</P> | |
1612 | 93 |
6960 | 94 <P>NOTE: this loads only the XFree86's extension. In a good install, this |
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95 is always loaded, and doesn't mean that the <B>card's</B> XVideo support is |
6960 | 96 loaded!</P> |
97 </LI> | |
98 <LI>Your card has Xv support under Linux. To check, try 'xvinfo', it is the | |
99 part of the XFree86 distribution. It should display a long text, similar | |
100 to this: | |
101 <PRE> | |
1612 | 102 X-Video Extension version 2.2 |
103 screen #0 | |
104 Adaptor #0: "Savage Streams Engine" | |
105 number of ports: 1 | |
106 port base: 43 | |
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107 operations supported: PutImage |
1612 | 108 supported visuals: |
109 depth 16, visualID 0x22 | |
110 depth 16, visualID 0x23 | |
111 number of attributes: 5 | |
112 (...) | |
113 Number of image formats: 7 | |
114 id: 0x32595559 (YUY2) | |
115 guid: 59555932-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71 | |
116 bits per pixel: 16 | |
117 number of planes: 1 | |
118 type: YUV (packed) | |
119 id: 0x32315659 (YV12) | |
120 guid: 59563132-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71 | |
121 bits per pixel: 12 | |
122 number of planes: 3 | |
123 type: YUV (planar) | |
124 (...etc...) | |
6960 | 125 </PRE> |
126 <P>It must support YUY2 packed, and YV12 planar pixel formats to be | |
7814 | 127 usable with MPlayer.</P> |
6960 | 128 </LI> |
7814 | 129 <LI>And finally, check if MPlayer was compiled with 'xv' support. |
6960 | 130 ./configure prints this.</LI> |
6974 | 131 </UL> |
1612 | 132 |
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8177 | 134 <H4><A NAME="xv_3dfx">2.3.1.2.1.1 3dfx cards</A></H4> |
1612 | 135 |
6960 | 136 <P>Older 3dfx drivers were known to have problems with XVideo acceleration, it |
137 didn't support either YUY2 or YV12, and so. Verify that you have XFree86 | |
138 version 4.2.0 or greater, it works OK with YV12 and YUY2. Previous versions, | |
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139 including 4.1.0, <B>crash with YV12</B>. If you experience strange effects |
6960 | 140 using -vo xv, try SDL (it has XVideo too) and see if it helps. Check the |
141 <A HREF="#sdl">SDL section</A> for details.</P> | |
1612 | 142 |
6960 | 143 <P><B>OR</B>, try the NEW -vo tdfxfb driver! See the |
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144 <A HREF="#tdfxfb">tdfxfb</A> section.</P> |
1612 | 145 |
2865 | 146 |
8177 | 147 <H4><A NAME="xv_s3">2.3.1.2.1.2 S3 cards</A></H4> |
1682 | 148 |
149 <P>S3 Savage3D's should work fine, but for Savage4, use XFree86 version 4.0.3 | |
6960 | 150 or greater (in case of image problems, try 16bpp). As for S3 Virge.. there is |
151 xv support, but the card itself is very slow, so you better sell it.</P> | |
1682 | 152 |
7640 | 153 <P><B>NOTE</B>: it's currently unclear which Savage models lack YV12 support, |
154 and convert by driver (slow). If you suspect your card, get a newer driver, | |
155 or ask politely on the mplayer-users mailing list for an MMX/3DNow enabled | |
6960 | 156 driver.</P> |
2865 | 157 |
158 | |
8177 | 159 <H4><A NAME="xv_nvidia">2.3.1.2.1.3 nVidia cards</A></H4> |
1612 | 160 |
6960 | 161 <P>nVidia isn't a very good choice under Linux (according to nVidia, this is |
162 <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#nvidia">not true</A>).. You'll have to | |
163 use the binary closed-source nVidia driver, available at nVidia's web site. | |
164 The standard XFree86 driver doesn't support XVideo for these cards, due to | |
165 nVidia's closed sources/specifications.</P> | |
1612 | 166 |
3290 | 167 <P>As far as I know the latest XFree86 driver contains XVideo support for |
6960 | 168 GeForce 2 and 3.</P> |
3290 | 169 |
6599 | 170 <P>Riva128 cards don't have XVideo support even with the nVidia driver :( |
6960 | 171 Complain to nVidia.</P> |
1612 | 172 |
173 | |
8177 | 174 <H4><A NAME="xv_ati">2.3.1.2.1.4 ATI cards</A></H4> |
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7937 | 177 <LI>The <A HREF="http://gatos.sourceforge.net">GATOS driver</A> (which you |
6960 | 178 should use, unless you have Rage128 or Radeon) has VSYNC enabled by |
179 default. It means that decoding speed (!) is synced to the monitor's | |
180 refresh rate. If playing seems to be slow, try disabling VSYNC somehow, or | |
181 set refresh rate to n*(fps of the movie) Hz.</LI> | |
10130 | 182 <LI>Radeon VE - if you need X, use XFree86 4.2.0 or greater for this card. |
183 No TV out support. Of course with MPlayer you can happily get | |
184 <B>accelerated</B> display, with or without <B>TV output</B>, and | |
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185 no libraries or X are needed. Read <A HREF="#vidix">VIDIX</A> section.</LI> |
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8177 | 189 <H4><A NAME="xv_neomagic">2.3.1.2.1.5 NeoMagic cards</A></H4> |
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10130 | 191 <P>These cards can be found in many laptops. You must use XFree86 4.3.0 or |
192 above, or else use Stefan Seyfried's | |
10068 | 193 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/contrib/NeoMagic-driver/">Xv-capable drivers</A>. |
10130 | 194 Just choose the one that applies to your version of XFree86.</P> |
10068 | 195 |
196 <P>XFree86 4.3.0 includes Xv support, yet Bohdan Horst sent a small | |
197 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/contrib/NeoMagic-driver/neo_driver.patch">patch</A> | |
10130 | 198 against the XFree86 sources that speeds up framebuffer operations (so XVideo) |
199 up to four times. The patch has been included in XFree86 CVS and should be in | |
200 the next release after 4.3.0.</P> | |
5378 | 201 |
6960 | 202 <P>To allow playback of DVD sized content change your XF86Config like this:</P> |
5378 | 203 |
6974 | 204 <P>Section "Device"<BR> |
6960 | 205 <I>[...]</I><BR> |
206 Driver "neomagic"<BR> | |
207 <B>Option "OverlayMem" "829440"</B><BR> | |
208 <I>[...]</I><BR> | |
6974 | 209 EndSection</P> |
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8177 | 212 <H4><A NAME="xv_trident">2.3.1.2.1.6 Trident cards</A></H4> |
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214 <P>If you want to use Xv with a Trident card, provided that it doesn't work |
7640 | 215 with 4.1.0, install XFree 4.2.0. 4.2.0 adds support for fullscreen xv |
216 support with the Cyberblade XP card.</P> | |
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223 <A HREF="http://www.powervr.com/">PowerVR site</A>.</P> |
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8177 | 226 <H4><A NAME="dga">2.3.1.2.2 DGA</A></H4> |
1612 | 227 |
6974 | 228 |
9282 | 229 <H4>PREAMBLE</H4> |
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231 <P>This section tries to explain in some words what DGA is in general and what |
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232 the DGA video output driver for MPlayer can do (and what it can't).</P> |
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234 | |
9282 | 235 <H4>WHAT IS DGA</H4> |
1612 | 236 |
1682 | 237 <P>DGA is short for Direct Graphics Access and is a means for a program to |
6960 | 238 bypass the X-Server and directly modifying the framebuffer memory. |
239 Technically spoken this happens by mapping the framebuffer memory into | |
240 the memory range of your process. This is allowed by the kernel only | |
241 if you have superuser privileges. You can get these either by logging in | |
7814 | 242 as root or by setting the SUID bit on the MPlayer executable (<B>not |
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245 <P>There are two versions of DGA: DGA1 is used by XFree 3.x.x and DGA2 was |
6960 | 246 introduced with XFree 4.0.1.</P> |
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248 <P>DGA1 provides only direct framebuffer access as described above. For |
6960 | 249 switching the resolution of the video signal you have to rely on the |
250 XVidMode extension.</P> | |
1612 | 251 |
1682 | 252 <P>DGA2 incorporates the features of XVidMode extension and also allows |
6960 | 253 switching the depth of the display. So you may, although basically |
254 running a 32 bit depth X server, switch to a depth of 15 bits and vice | |
255 versa. </P> | |
1612 | 256 |
1682 | 257 <P>However DGA has some drawbacks. It seems it is somewhat dependent on the |
6960 | 258 graphics chip you use and on the implementation of the X server's video |
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259 driver that controls this chip. So it does not work on every system.</P> |
1612 | 260 |
261 | |
9282 | 262 <H4>INSTALLING DGA SUPPORT FOR MPLAYER</H4> |
1682 | 263 |
264 <P>First make sure X loads the DGA extension, see in /var/log/XFree86.0.log:</P> | |
265 | |
266 <P> <CODE>(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA</CODE></P> | |
267 | |
7814 | 268 <P>See, XFree86 4.0.x or greater is VERY RECOMMENDED! MPlayer's DGA |
6960 | 269 driver is autodetected on ./configure, or you can force it with |
270 --enable-dga.</P> | |
1612 | 271 |
1682 | 272 <P>If the driver couldn't switch to a smaller resolution, experiment with |
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273 options -vm (only with X 3.3.x), -fs, -bpp, -zoom to find a video mode that |
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274 the movie fits in. There is no converter right now :(</P> |
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276 <P>Become root. DGA needs root access to be able to write directly to video |
7814 | 277 memory. If you want to run it as user, then install MPlayer SUID |
6960 | 278 root:</P> |
1612 | 279 |
1682 | 280 <P><CODE> |
6960 | 281 chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer<BR> |
282 chmod 750 /usr/local/bin/mplayer<BR> | |
283 chmod +s /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE></P> | |
1612 | 284 |
1682 | 285 <P>Now it works as a simple user, too.</P> |
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288 <B>Warning: security risk</B><BR> |
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289 This is a <B>big</B> security risk! <B>Never</B> do this on a server or on |
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290 a computer that can be accessed by other people because they can gain root |
7814 | 291 privileges through SUID root MPlayer. |
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294 <P>Now use the <CODE>-vo dga</CODE> option, and there you go (hope so :))! |
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296 much faster.</P> |
1682 | 297 |
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9287 | 299 <H4><A NAME="dga_modelines">RESOLUTION SWITCHING</A></H4> |
1682 | 300 |
6960 | 301 <P>The DGA driver allows for switching the resolution of the output signal. |
302 This avoids the need for doing (slow) software scaling and at the same time | |
303 provides a fullscreen image. Ideally it would switch to the exact resolution | |
304 (except for honoring aspect ratio) of the video data, but the X server only | |
305 allows switching to resolutions predefined in | |
306 <CODE>/etc/X11/XF86Config</CODE> (<CODE>/etc/X11/XF86Config-4</CODE> for | |
307 XFree 4.0.X respectively). Those are defined by so-called modelines and | |
308 depend on the capabilities of your video hardware. The X server scans this | |
309 config file on startup and disables the modelines not suitable for your | |
310 hardware. You can find out which modes survive with the X11 log file. It can | |
311 be found at: | |
312 <CODE>/var/log/XFree86.0.log</CODE>.</P> | |
313 | |
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9282 | 331 <H4>DGA & MPLAYER</H4> |
1612 | 332 |
7814 | 333 <P>DGA is used in two places with MPlayer: The SDL driver can be made to |
6960 | 334 make use of it (-vo sdl:dga) and within the DGA driver (-vo dga). The above |
335 said is true for both; in the following sections I'll explain how the DGA | |
7814 | 336 driver for MPlayer works.</P> |
1612 | 337 |
6974 | 338 |
9282 | 339 <H4>FEATURES</H4> |
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1682 | 341 <P>The DGA driver is invoked by specifying -vo dga at the command line. |
6960 | 342 The default behavior is to switch to a resolution matching the original |
343 resolution of the video as close as possible. It deliberately ignores the | |
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6960 | 345 it always tries to cover as much area of your screen as possible by switching |
346 the video mode, thus refraining to use a single additional cycle of your CPU | |
347 to scale the image. | |
348 If you don't like the mode it chooses you may force it to choose the mode | |
349 matching closest the resolution you specify by -x and -y. | |
350 By providing the -v option, the DGA driver will print, among a lot of other | |
351 things, a list of all resolutions supported by your current XF86-Config | |
352 file. | |
353 Having DGA2 you may also force it to use a certain depth by using the -bpp | |
354 option. Valid depths are 15, 16, 24 and 32. It depends on your hardware | |
355 whether these depths are natively supported or if a (possibly slow) | |
356 conversion has to be done.</P> | |
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6960 | 359 put a whole image there, the DGA driver will use doublebuffering, which |
360 results in much smoother movie replaying. It will tell you whether double- | |
361 buffering is enabled or not.</P> | |
1612 | 362 |
1682 | 363 <P>Doublebuffering means that the next frame of your video is being drawn in |
6960 | 364 some offscreen memory while the current frame is being displayed. When the |
365 next frame is ready, the graphics chip is just told the location in memory | |
366 of the new frame and simply fetches the data to be displayed from there. | |
367 In the meantime the other buffer in memory will be filled again with new | |
368 video data.</P> | |
1682 | 369 |
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370 <P>Doublebuffering may be switched on by using the option -double and may be |
6960 | 371 disabled with -nodouble. Current default option is to disable |
372 doublebuffering. When using the DGA driver, onscreen display (OSD) only | |
373 works with doublebuffering enabled. However, enabling doublebuffering may | |
374 result in a big speed penalty (on my K6-II+ 525 it used an additional 20% of | |
375 CPU time!) depending on the implementation of DGA for your hardware.</P> | |
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9282 | 378 <H4>SPEED ISSUES</H4> |
1682 | 379 |
380 <P>Generally spoken, DGA framebuffer access should be at least as fast as using | |
6960 | 381 the X11 driver with the additional benefit of getting a fullscreen image. |
7814 | 382 The percentage speed values printed by MPlayer have to be interpreted |
6960 | 383 with some care, as for example, with the X11 driver they do not include the |
384 time used by the X-Server needed for the actual drawing. Hook a terminal to a | |
385 serial line of your box and start top to see what is really going on in your | |
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388 <P>Generally spoken, the speedup done by using DGA against 'normal' use of X11 |
6960 | 389 highly depends on your graphics card and how well the X-Server module for it |
390 is optimized.</P> | |
1682 | 391 |
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392 <P>If you have a slow system, better use 15 or 16bit depth since they require |
6960 | 393 only half the memory bandwidth of a 32 bit display.</P> |
1612 | 394 |
6960 | 395 <P>Using a depth of 24bit is even a good idea if your card natively just |
396 supports 32 bit depth since it transfers 25% less data compared to the 32/32 | |
397 mode.</P> | |
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6599 | 399 <P>I've seen some AVI files already be replayed on a Pentium MMX 266. AMD K6-2 |
6960 | 400 CPUs might work at 400 MHZ and above.</P> |
1612 | 401 |
6974 | 402 |
9282 | 403 <H4>KNOWN BUGS</H4> |
1682 | 404 |
6599 | 405 <P>Well, according to some developers of XFree, DGA is quite a beast. They |
6960 | 406 tell you better not to use it. Its implementation is not always flawless |
407 with every chipset driver for XFree out there.</P> | |
1612 | 408 |
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6960 | 410 <LI>With XFree 4.0.3 and nv.o there is a bug resulting in strange |
411 colors.</LI> | |
412 <LI>ATI driver requires to switch mode back more than once after finishing | |
413 using of DGA.</LI> | |
414 <LI>Some drivers simply fail to switch back to normal resolution (use | |
415 Ctrl-Alt-Keypad +, - to switch back manually).</LI> | |
416 <LI>Some drivers simply display strange colors.</LI> | |
417 <LI>Some drivers lie about the amount of memory they map into the process's | |
418 address space, thus vo_dga won't use doublebuffering (SIS?).</LI> | |
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419 <LI>Some drivers seem to fail to report even a single valid mode. In this |
6960 | 420 case the DGA driver will crash telling you about a nonsense mode of |
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422 <LI>OSD only works with doublebuffering enabled (else it flickers).</LI> |
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1682 | 424 |
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8177 | 426 <H4><A NAME="sdl">2.3.1.2.3 SDL</A></H4> |
1612 | 427 |
6583 | 428 <P>SDL (Simple Directmedia Layer) is basically a unified video/audio |
3988 | 429 interface. Programs that use it know only about SDL, and not about what video |
430 or audio driver does SDL actually use. For example a Doom port using SDL can | |
431 run on svgalib, aalib, X, fbdev, and others, you only have to specify the | |
432 (for example) video driver to use with the SDL_VIDEODRIVER environment | |
433 variable. Well, in theory.</P> | |
434 | |
7814 | 435 <P>With MPlayer, we used its X11 driver's software scaler ability for |
3988 | 436 cards/drivers that doesn't support XVideo, until we made our own (faster, |
437 nicer) software scaler. Also we used its aalib output, but now we have ours | |
438 which is more comfortable. Its DGA mode was better than ours, until | |
439 recently. Get it now? :)</P> | |
440 | |
441 <P>It also helps with some buggy drivers/cards if the video is jerky | |
442 (not slow system problem), or audio is lagging.</P> | |
443 | |
5119 | 444 <P>SDL video output supports displaying subtitles under the movie, on the (if |
445 present) black bar.</P> | |
446 | |
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460 </DL> |
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6974 | 462 <TABLE BORDER=0> |
463 <TR><TD COLSPAN=4><P><B>SDL Keys:</B></P></TD></TR> | |
464 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>F</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>toggles fullscreen/windowed mode</TD></TR> | |
465 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>C</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>cycles available fullscreen modes</TD></TR> | |
466 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>W/S</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>mappings for * and / (mixer control)</TD></TR> | |
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9282 | 469 <H4>KNOWN BUGS</H4> |
6960 | 470 |
471 <UL> | |
472 <LI>Keys pressed under sdl:aalib console driver repeat forever. (use -vo aa!) | |
473 It's bug in SDL, I can't change it (tested with SDL 1.2.1).</LI> | |
8145 | 474 <LI>DO NOT USE SDL with GUI! It won't work as it should.</LI> |
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475 </UL> |
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8177 | 478 <H4><A NAME="svgalib">2.3.1.2.4 SVGAlib</A></H4> |
1682 | 479 |
9282 | 480 <H4>INSTALLATION</H4> |
7047 | 481 |
482 <P>You'll have to install svgalib and its development package in order for | |
7814 | 483 MPlayer build its SVGAlib driver (autodetected, but can be forced), |
6499 | 484 and don't forget to edit /etc/vga/libvga.config to suit your card & |
485 monitor.</P> | |
486 | |
9282 | 487 <H4>NOTES</H4> |
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489 <P>Be sure not to use the -fs option, since it toggles the usage of the software |
6499 | 490 scaler, and it's slow. If you really need it, use the <CODE>-sws 4</CODE> |
491 option which will produce bad quality, but is somewhat faster.</P> | |
492 | |
9282 | 493 <H4>EGA (4BPP) SUPPORT</H4> |
7047 | 494 |
7814 | 495 <P>SVGAlib incorporates EGAlib, and MPlayer has the possibility to |
6499 | 496 display any movie in 16 colors, thus usable in the following sets:</P> |
1612 | 497 |
6499 | 498 <UL> |
499 <LI>EGA card with EGA monitor: 320x200x4bpp, 640x200x4bpp, 640x350x4bpp</LI> | |
500 <LI>EGA card with CGA monitor: 320x200x4bpp, 640x200x4bpp</LI> | |
501 </UL> | |
502 | |
503 <P>The bpp (bits per pixel) value must be set to 4 by hand:<BR> | |
504 <CODE>-bpp 4</CODE><BR> | |
505 The movie probably must be scaled down to fit in EGA mode:<BR> | |
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507 <CODE>-vf scale=320:200</CODE><BR> |
6499 | 508 For that we need fast but bad quality scaling routine:<BR> |
509 <CODE>-sws 4</CODE><BR> | |
510 Maybe automatic aspect correction has to be shut off:<BR> | |
6974 | 511 <CODE>-noaspect</CODE></P> |
6499 | 512 |
9078 | 513 <P><B>NOTE:</B> according to my experience the best image quality on EGA |
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514 screens can be achieved by decreasing the brightness a bit: <CODE>-vf |
9086 | 515 eq=-20:0</CODE>. I also needed to lower the audio samplerate on my box, |
516 because the sound was broken on 44kHz: <CODE>-srate 22050</CODE>.</P> | |
9078 | 517 |
518 <P>You can turn on OSD and subtitles only with the <CODE>expand</CODE> filter, | |
519 see the man page for exact parameters.</P> | |
520 | |
1612 | 521 |
8177 | 522 <H4><A NAME="fbdev">2.3.1.2.5 Framebuffer output (FBdev)</A></H4> |
1682 | 523 |
524 <P>Whether to build the FBdev target is autodetected during ./configure . | |
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1612 | 527 |
1682 | 528 <P>If your card doesn't support VBE 2.0 standard (older ISA/PCI |
6960 | 529 cards, such as S3 Trio64), only VBE 1.2 (or older?): |
530 Well, VESAfb is still available, but you'll have to load SciTech Display | |
8177 | 531 Doctor (formerly UniVBE) before booting Linux. Use a DOS boot disk or |
532 whatever. And don't forget to register your UniVBE ;))</P> | |
1612 | 533 |
1682 | 534 <P>The FBdev output takes some additional parameters above the others:</P> |
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1612 | 551 |
1682 | 552 <P>If you want to change to a specific mode, then use</P> |
1612 | 553 |
1682 | 554 <P><CODE> mplayer -vm -fbmode (NameOfMode) filename</CODE></P> |
1612 | 555 |
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556 <UL> |
6960 | 557 <LI><B>-vm</B> alone will choose the most suitable mode from /etc/fb.modes. |
558 Can be used together with -x and -y options too. The -flip option is | |
559 supported only if the movie's pixel format matches the video mode's pixel | |
560 format. Pay attention to the bpp value, fbdev driver tries to use the | |
561 current, or if you specify the -bpp option, then that.</LI> | |
10130 | 562 <LI><B>-zoom</B> option isn't supported (use <CODE>-vf scale</CODE>). |
563 You can't use 8bpp (or less) modes.</LI> | |
6960 | 564 <LI>you possibly want to turn the cursor off: <CODE>echo -e |
565 '\033[?25l'</CODE> or <CODE>setterm -cursor off</CODE><BR> | |
566 and the screen saver: <CODE>setterm -blank 0</CODE><BR> | |
567 To turn the cursor back on: <CODE>echo -e '\033[?25h'</CODE> | |
568 or <CODE>setterm -cursor on</CODE></LI> | |
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1612 | 570 |
1682 | 571 <P>NOTE: FBdev video mode changing _does not work_ with the VESA framebuffer, |
7814 | 572 and don't ask for it, since it's not an MPlayer limitation.</P> |
1612 | 573 |
6974 | 574 |
8177 | 575 <H4><A NAME="mga_vid">2.3.1.2.6 Matrox framebuffer (mga_vid)</A></H4> |
1612 | 576 |
1992 | 577 <P>This section is about the Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550 BES (Back-End Scaler) |
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578 support, the mga_vid kernel driver. It's actively developed by A'rpi, and |
6960 | 579 it has hardware VSYNC support with triple buffering. It works on both |
580 framebuffer console and under X.</P> | |
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585 <P><B>Installation:</B></P> |
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586 <OL> |
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587 <LI>To use it, you first have to compile mga_vid.o: |
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588 <P><CODE>cd drivers<BR> |
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589 make</CODE></P></LI> |
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590 <LI>Then create the <CODE>/dev/mga_vid</CODE> device: |
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591 <P><CODE>mknod /dev/mga_vid c 178 0</CODE></P> |
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592 <P>and load the driver with</P> |
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593 <P><CODE>insmod mga_vid.o</CODE></P></LI> |
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594 <LI>You should verify the memory size detection using the <CODE>dmesg</CODE> |
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595 command. If it's bad, use the <CODE>mga_ram_size</CODE> option |
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596 (<CODE>rmmod mga_vid</CODE> first), specify card's memory size in MB: |
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597 <P><CODE>insmod mga_vid.o mga_ram_size=16</CODE></P></LI> |
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598 <LI>To make it load/unload automatically when needed, first insert the |
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599 following line at the end of <CODE>/etc/modules.conf</CODE>: |
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600 <P><CODE>alias char-major-178 mga_vid</CODE></P> |
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601 <P>Then copy the <CODE>mga_vid.o</CODE> module to the appropriate place |
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602 under <CODE>/lib/modules/<kernel version>/somewhere</CODE>.</P> |
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603 <P>Then run</P> |
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604 <P><CODE>depmod -a</CODE></P></LI> |
7814 | 605 <LI>Now you have to (re)compile MPlayer, <CODE>configure</CODE> will |
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606 detect <CODE>/dev/mga_vid</CODE> and build the 'mga' driver. Using it from |
7814 | 607 MPlayer goes by <CODE>-vo mga</CODE> if you have matroxfb console, |
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608 or <CODE>-vo xmga</CODE> under XFree86 3.x.x or 4.x.x.</LI> |
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609 </OL> |
1682 | 610 |
2108 | 611 <P>The mga_vid driver cooperates with Xv.</P> |
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4504 | 613 <P>The <CODE>/dev/mga_vid</CODE> device file can be read (for example by |
614 <CODE>cat /dev/mga_vid</CODE>) for some info, and written for brightness | |
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615 change: <CODE>echo "brightness=120" > /dev/mga_vid</CODE></P> |
4504 | 616 |
1612 | 617 |
8177 | 618 <H4><A NAME="tdfxfb">2.3.1.2.7 3dfx YUV support (tdfxfb)</A></H4> |
1612 | 619 |
1992 | 620 <P>This driver uses the kernel's tdfx framebuffer driver to play movies with |
6960 | 621 YUV acceleration. You'll need a kernel with tdfxfb support, and recompile |
622 with <CODE>./configure --enable-tdfxfb</CODE></P> | |
1612 | 623 |
6974 | 624 |
8177 | 625 <H4><A NAME="opengl">2.3.1.2.8 OpenGL output</A></H4> |
1612 | 626 |
7814 | 627 <P>MPlayer supports displaying movies using OpenGL, but if your |
6960 | 628 platform/driver supports xv as should be the case on a PC with Linux, use xv |
629 instead, OpenGL performance is considerably worse. If you have an X11 | |
630 implementation without xv support, OpenGL is a viable alternative.</P> | |
6309 | 631 |
632 <P>Unfortunately not all drivers support this feature. The Utah-GLX drivers | |
6960 | 633 (for XFree86 3.3.6) support it for all cards. See |
634 <A HREF="http://utah-glx.sourceforge.net">http://utah-glx.sourceforge.net</A> | |
635 for details about how to install it.</P> | |
1612 | 636 |
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637 <P>XFree86(DRI) 4.0.3 or later supports OpenGL with Matrox and Radeon cards, |
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638 4.2.0 or later supports Rage128. See |
6960 | 639 <A HREF="http://dri.sourceforge.net">http://dri.sourceforge.net</A> |
640 for download and installation instructions.</P> | |
1612 | 641 |
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642 <P>A hint from one of our users: the GL video output can be used to get |
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643 vsynced TV output. You'll have to set an environment variable: (at least |
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644 on nVidia)</P> |
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645 |
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646 <OL> |
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647 <LI>export $__GL_SYNC_TO_VBLANK=1</LI> |
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648 </OL> |
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649 |
6974 | 650 |
8177 | 651 <H4><A NAME="aalib">2.3.1.2.9 AAlib - text mode displaying</A></H4> |
1612 | 652 |
1682 | 653 <P><B>AAlib</B> is a library for displaying graphics in text mode, using powerful |
6960 | 654 ASCII renderer. There are LOTS of programs already supporting it, like Doom, |
7814 | 655 Quake, etc. MPlayer contains a very usable driver for it. |
6960 | 656 If ./configure detects aalib installed, the aalib libvo driver will be |
657 built.</P> | |
1612 | 658 |
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659 <TABLE BORDER=0> |
6974 | 660 <TR><TD COLSPAN=4><P><B>You can use some keys in the AA Window to change rendering options:</B></P></TD></TR> |
661 <TR><TD> </TD><TD><CODE>1</CODE></TD><TD> </TD><TD>decrease contrast</TD></TR> | |
662 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>2</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>increase contrast</TD></TR> | |
663 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>3</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>decrease brightness</TD></TR> | |
664 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>4</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>increase brightness</TD></TR> | |
665 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>5</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>switch fast rendering on/off</TD></TR> | |
666 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>6</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>set dithering mode (none, error distribution, Floyd Steinberg)</TD></TR> | |
667 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>7</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>invert image</TD></TR> | |
7814 | 668 <TR><TD></TD><TD><CODE>a</CODE></TD><TD></TD><TD>toggles between aa and MPlayer control)</TD></TR> |
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669 </TABLE> |
1612 | 670 |
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671 <P><B>The following command line options can be used:</B></P> |
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672 <DL> |
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673 <DT><CODE>-aaosdcolor=V</CODE></DT> |
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674 <DD>change OSD color</DD> |
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676 <DT><CODE>-aasubcolor=V</CODE></DT> |
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677 <DD>change subtitle color |
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678 <P><I>where V can be: (0/normal, 1/dark, 2/bold, 3/bold font, 4/reverse, |
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679 5/special)</I></P></DD> |
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680 </DL> |
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682 <P><B>AAlib itself provides a large sum of options. |
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683 Here are some important:</B></P> |
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684 <DL> |
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685 <DT><CODE>-aadriver</CODE></DT> |
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686 <DD>set recommended aa driver (X11, curses, Linux)</DD> |
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688 <DT><CODE>-aaextended</CODE></DT> |
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689 <DD>use all 256 characters</DD> |
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691 <DT><CODE>-aaeight</CODE></DT> |
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692 <DD>use eight bit ASCII</DD> |
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694 <DT><CODE>-aahelp</CODE></DT> |
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695 <DD>prints out all aalib options</DD> |
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696 </DL> |
1682 | 697 |
698 <P>NOTE: the rendering is very CPU intensive, especially when using AA-on-X | |
6960 | 699 (using aalib on X), and it's least CPU intensive on standard, |
700 non-framebuffer console. Use SVGATextMode to set up a big textmode, | |
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701 then enjoy! (secondary head Hercules cards rock :)) (but imho you can use |
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702 <CODE>-vf 1bpp</CODE> option to get graphics on hgafb:)</P> |
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704 <P>Use the <CODE>-framedrop</CODE> option if your computer isn't fast enough to |
6960 | 705 render all frames!</P> |
1612 | 706 |
6960 | 707 <P>Playing on terminal you'll get better speed and quality using the Linux |
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708 driver, not curses (<CODE>-aadriver linux</CODE>). But therefore you need write access on |
8177 | 709 <CODE>/dev/vcsa<terminal></CODE>. That isn't autodetected by aalib, but vo_aa tries |
710 to find the best mode. See | |
6960 | 711 <A HREF="http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/tune/">http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/tune/</A> |
712 for further tuning issues.</P> | |
1612 | 713 |
2471 | 714 |
8177 | 715 <H4><A NAME="vesa">2.3.1.2.10 VESA - output to VESA BIOS</A></H4> |
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716 |
6960 | 717 <P>This driver was designed and introduced as a <B>generic driver</B> for any |
7651 | 718 video card which has VESA VBE 2.0+ compatible BIOS. Another advantage of this |
6960 | 719 driver is that it tries to force TV output on.<BR> |
720 <B>VESA BIOS EXTENSION (VBE) Version 3.0 Date: September 16, 1998</B> (Page | |
721 70) says:</P> | |
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723 <BLOCKQUOTE> |
6974 | 724 <B>Dual-Controller Designs</B><BR> |
6960 | 725 VBE 3.0 supports the dual-controller design by assuming that since both |
726 controllers are typically provided by the same OEM, under control of a | |
727 single BIOS ROM on the same graphics card, it is possible to hide the fact | |
728 that two controllers are indeed present from the application. This has the | |
729 limitation of preventing simultaneous use of the independent controllers, | |
730 but allows applications released before VBE 3.0 to operate normally. The | |
731 VBE Function 00h (Return Controller Information) returns the combined | |
732 information of both controllers, including the combined list of available | |
733 modes. When the application selects a mode, the appropriate controller is | |
734 activated. Each of the remaining VBE functions then operates on the active | |
735 controller. | |
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736 </BLOCKQUOTE> |
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6960 | 738 <P>So you have chances to get working TV-out by using this driver.<BR> |
739 (I guess that TV-out frequently is standalone head or standalone output | |
740 at least.)</P> | |
741 | |
9282 | 742 <H4>ADVANTAGES</H4> |
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745 <LI>You have the possibility to watch movies <B>even if Linux doesn't know</B> |
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746 your video hardware.</LI> |
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747 <LI>You don't need to have installed any graphics' related things on your Linux |
6960 | 748 (like X11 (aka XFree86), fbdev and so on). This driver can be run from |
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749 <B>text-mode</B>.</LI> |
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751 ATI's cards).</LI> |
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6960 | 753 calls <B>real</B> things of <B>real</B> BIOS in <B>real</B>-mode. (Finely - |
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759 file, or commandline) you will get the highest possible refresh rate. (Using |
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760 General Timing Formula). To enable this feature you have to specify |
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761 <B>all</B> your monitor options.</LI> |
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769 <LI>Currently it's available only for <B>Linux</B>.</LI> |
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6960 | 772 <P>Don't use this driver with <B>GCC 2.96</B>! It won't work!</P> |
3141 | 773 |
9282 | 774 <H4>COMMAND LINE OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR VESA</H4> |
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777 <DD>currently recognized: <B>dga</B> to force dga mode and <B>nodga</B> to |
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778 disable dga mode. In dga mode you can enable double buffering via the |
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779 <CODE>-double</CODE> option. Note: you may omit these parameters to enable |
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780 <B>autodetection</B> of dga mode.</DD> |
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781 </DL> |
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9282 | 783 <H4>KNOWN PROBLEMS AND WORKAROUNDS</H4> |
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786 <LI>If you have installed <B>NLS</B> font on your Linux box and run VESA |
7814 | 787 driver from text-mode then after terminating MPlayer you will have |
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791 (<B>Hint:</B> The same utility is used for the localization of fbdev).</LI> |
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792 <LI>Some <B>Linux graphics drivers</B> don't update active <B>BIOS mode</B> in |
6960 | 793 DOS memory. So if you have such problem - always use VESA driver only from |
794 <B>text-mode</B>. Otherwise text-mode (#03) will be activated anyway and | |
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795 you will need restart your computer.</LI> |
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796 <LI>Often after terminating VESA driver you get <B>black screen</B>. To return |
6960 | 797 your screen to original state - simply switch to other console (by pressing |
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798 <B>Alt-Fx</B>) then switch to your previous console by the same way.</LI> |
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799 <LI>To get <B>working TV-out</B> you need have plugged TV-connector in before |
6960 | 800 booting your PC since video BIOS initializes itself only once during POST |
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8177 | 805 <H4><A NAME="x11">2.3.1.2.11 X11</A></H4> |
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807 <P>Avoid if possible. Outputs to X11 (uses shared memory extension), with no |
6960 | 808 hardware acceleration at all. Supports (MMX/3DNow/SSE accelerated, but still |
809 slow) software scaling, use the options <CODE>-fs -zoom</CODE>. Most cards | |
810 have hardware scaling support, use the <CODE>-vo xv</CODE> output for them, | |
811 or <CODE>-vo xmga</CODE> for Matroxes.</P> | |
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6960 | 813 <P>The problem is that most cards' driver doesn't support hardware acceleration |
814 on the second head/TV. In those cases, you see green/blue colored window | |
815 instead of the movie. This is where this driver comes in handy, but you need | |
816 powerful CPU to use software scaling. Don't use the SDL driver's software | |
817 output+scaler, it has worse image quality!</P> | |
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6960 | 819 <P>Software scaling is very slow, you better try changing video modes instead. |
820 It's very simple. See the <A HREF="#dga_modelines">DGA section's modelines</A>, | |
821 and insert them into your XF86Config.</P> | |
822 | |
3290 | 823 <UL> |
824 <LI>If you have XFree86 4.x.x - use the <CODE>-vm</CODE> option. It will | |
6960 | 825 change to a resolution your movie fits in. If it doesn't:</LI> |
3290 | 826 <LI>With XFree86 3.x.x - you have to cycle through available resolutions |
827 with the <B>CTRL-ALT-plus</B> and <B>minus</B> keys.</LI> | |
828 </UL> | |
829 | |
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830 <P>If you can't find the modes you inserted, browse XFree86's output. Some |
6960 | 831 drivers can't use low pixelclocks that are needed for low resolution |
832 video modes.</P> | |
3290 | 833 |
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8177 | 835 <H4><A NAME="vidix">2.3.1.2.12 VIDIX</A></H4> |
4199 | 836 |
9282 | 837 <H4>PREAMBLE</H4> |
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839 <P>VIDIX is the abbreviation for <B>VID</B>eo <B>I</B>nterface for *ni<B>X</B>. |
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840 It was designed and introduced as an interface for fast user-space drivers |
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841 providing such video performance as mga_vid does for Matrox cards. It's also |
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4199 | 843 |
844 <P>This interface was designed as an attempt to fit existing video acceleration | |
6583 | 845 interfaces (known as mga_vid, rage128_vid, radeon_vid, pm3_vid) into a fixed scheme. It |
4199 | 846 provides highlevel interface to chips which are known as BES (BackEnd |
847 scalers) or OV (Video Overlays). It doesn't provide lowlevel interface to | |
848 things which are known as graphics servers. (I don't want to compete with X11 | |
849 team in graphics mode switching). I.e. main goal of this interface is to | |
6974 | 850 maximize the speed of video playback.</P> |
4199 | 851 |
9282 | 852 <H4>USAGE</H4> |
4199 | 853 |
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4199 | 855 <LI>You can use standalone video output driver: <CODE>-vo xvidix</CODE><BR> |
8177 | 856 This driver was developed as X11's front end to VIDIX technology. It |
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859 cached in the graphics card's memory may be corrupted. You can prevent |
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860 this by limiting the amount of video memory used by X with the XF86Config |
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861 option "VideoRam" in the device section. You should set this to the amount |
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863 video ram, you can use the option "XaaNoPixmapCache" in the screen section |
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864 instead.</LI> |
4199 | 865 <LI>You can use VIDIX subdevice which was applied to several video output |
866 drivers, such as:<BR> | |
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867 <CODE>-vo vesa:vidix</CODE> (<B>Linux only</B>) and <CODE>-vo fbdev:vidix</CODE></LI> |
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868 </UL> |
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870 Indeed it doesn't matter which video output driver is used with <B>VIDIX</B>. |
4199 | 871 |
9282 | 872 <H4>REQUIREMENTS</H4> |
4199 | 873 |
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875 <LI>video card should be in graphics mode (I write <B>should</B> simply |
4199 | 876 because I tested it in text mode - it works but has awful output ;) Use |
877 AAlib for that).<BR> | |
878 <I>Note: Everyone can try this trick by commenting out mode switching in | |
879 vo_vesa driver.</I></LI> | |
7814 | 880 <LI>MPlayer's video output driver should know active video mode and be |
4199 | 881 able to tell to VIDIX subdevice some video characteristics of server.</LI> |
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6974 | 883 |
9282 | 884 <H4>USAGE METHODS</H4> |
4199 | 885 |
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886 <P>When VIDIX is used as <B>subdevice</B> (<CODE>-vo vesa:vidix</CODE>) then |
4199 | 887 video mode configuration is performed by video output device |
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888 (<B>vo_server</B> in short). Therefore you can pass into command line of |
7814 | 889 MPlayer the same keys as for vo_server. In addition it understands |
4199 | 890 <CODE>-double</CODE> key as globally visible parameter. (I recommend using |
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891 this key with VIDIX at least for ATI cards).<BR> |
6960 | 892 As for <CODE>-vo xvidix</CODE>: currently it recognizes the following |
6974 | 893 options: <CODE>-fs -zoom -x -y -double</CODE>.</P> |
4199 | 894 |
895 <P>Also you can specify VIDIX's driver directly as third subargument in command | |
6960 | 896 line:<BR> |
4199 | 897 <BR> |
898 <code>mplayer -vo xvidix:mga_vid.so -fs -zoom -double | |
899 file.avi</code><BR> | |
900 or<BR> | |
901 <code>mplayer -vo vesa:vidix:radeon_vid.so -fs -zoom -double -bpp | |
902 32 file.avi</code><BR> | |
903 <BR> | |
904 But it's dangerous, and you shouldn't do that. In this case given driver will | |
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4339 | 906 computer). You should do that ONLY if you are absolutely sure it will work, |
7814 | 907 and MPlayer doesn't do it automatically. Please tell about it to the |
4339 | 908 developers. The Right Way is to use VIDIX without arguments to enable driver |
6974 | 909 autodetection.</P> |
4199 | 910 |
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911 <P>VIDIX is a new technology and it's extremely possible that on your system |
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912 it won't work. In this case the only solution for you is porting it (mainly |
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913 libdha). But there is hope that it will work on systems where X11 does.</P> |
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917 risk!</B>). Alternatively, you can use a special kernel module, like this:</P> |
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918 |
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919 <OL> |
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920 <LI>Download the |
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921 <A HREF="http://www.arava.co.il/matan/svgalib/">development version</A> |
9282 | 922 of svgalib (for example 1.9.17),<BR> |
923 <B>OR</B><BR> | |
924 download a version made by Alex especially for usage with | |
9255
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925 MPlayer (it doesn't need the svgalib source to compile) from |
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926 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/~alex/svgalib_helper-1.9.17-mplayer.tar.bz2"> |
9282 | 927 here</A>.</LI> |
9255
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930 downloaded the source from the svgalib site) and insmod it.</LI> |
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931 <LI>Move the <CODE>svgalib_helper</CODE> directory to |
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932 <CODE>mplayer/main/libdha/svgalib_helper</CODE>.</LI> |
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933 <LI>Required if you download the source from the svgalib site: Remove the |
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935 <CODE>libdha/Makefile</CODE>.</LI> |
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936 <LI>Recompile and install libdha.</LI> |
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937 </OL> |
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938 |
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939 |
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940 <H4><A NAME="vidix_ati">2.3.1.2.12.1 ATI cards</A></H4> |
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941 |
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942 <P>Currently most ATI cards are supported natively, from Mach64 to the newest |
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943 Radeons.</P> |
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944 |
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945 <P>There are two compiled binaries: <CODE>radeon_vid</CODE> for Radeon and |
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946 <CODE>rage128_vid</CODE> for Rage 128 cards. You may force one or let the |
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947 VIDIX system autoprobe all available drivers.</P> |
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4199 | 949 |
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950 <H4><A NAME="vidix_matrox">2.3.1.2.12.2 Matrox cards</A></H4> |
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951 |
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952 <P>Matrox G200,G400,G450 and G550 have been reported to work.</P> |
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953 |
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954 <P>The driver supports video equalizers and should be nearly as fast as the |
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955 <A HREF="#mga_vid">Matrox framebuffer</A>.</P> |
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9917 | 958 <H4><A NAME="vidix_trident">2.3.1.2.12.3 Trident cards</A></H4> |
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960 <P>There is a driver available for the Trident Cyberblade/i1 chipset, which |
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961 can be found on VIA Epia motherboards.</P> |
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962 |
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963 <P>The driver was written and is maintained by Alastair M. Robinson, who offers |
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964 the very latest driver versions for download from his |
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965 <A HREF="http://www.blackfiveservices.co.uk/EPIAVidix.shtml">homepage</A>. |
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966 The drivers are added to MPlayer with only a short delay, so CVS should always |
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967 be up to date.</P> |
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968 |
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969 |
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970 <H4><A NAME="vidix_3dlabs">2.3.1.2.12.4 3DLabs cards</A></H4> |
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971 |
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972 <P>Although there is a driver for the 3DLabs GLINT R3 and Permedia3 chips, |
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973 no one has tested it, so reports are welcome.</P> |
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8177 | 976 <H4><A NAME="directfb">2.3.1.2.13 DirectFB</A></H4> |
7192 | 977 |
8177 | 978 <P><I>"DirectFB is a graphics library which was designed with embedded systems in |
979 mind. It offers maximum hardware accelerated performance at a minimum of | |
980 resource usage and overhead."</I> - quoted from | |
981 <A HREF="http://www.directfb.org">http://www.directfb.org</A>.</P> | |
7192 | 982 |
8177 | 983 <P>I'll exclude DirectFB features from this section.</P> |
7192 | 984 |
8177 | 985 <P>Though MPlayer is not supported as a "video provider" in DirectFB, this |
986 output driver will enable video playback through DirectFB. It will - | |
987 of course - be accelerated, on my Matrox G400 DirectFB's speed was the | |
988 same as XVideo.</P> | |
4339 | 989 |
8177 | 990 <P>Always try to use the newest version of DirectFB. You can use DirectFB |
991 options on the command line, using the <CODE>-dfbopts</CODE> option. | |
992 Layer selection can be done by the subdevice method, e.g.: <CODE>-vo | |
993 directfb:2</CODE> (layer -1 is default: autodetect)</P> | |
4339 | 994 |
7367 | 995 |
8177 | 996 <H4><A NAME="dfbmga">2.3.1.2.14 DirectFB/Matrox (dfbmga)</A></H4> |
997 | |
8332 | 998 <P>Please read the <A HREF="#directfb">main DirectFB section</A> for general |
8177 | 999 informations.</P> |
1000 | |
1001 <P>This video output driver will enable CRTC2 (on the second head) on the | |
9529 | 1002 Matrox G400/G450/G550 cards, displaying video <B>independently</B> of the |
1003 first head.</P> | |
8177 | 1004 |
8449 | 1005 <P>Instructions on how to make it work can be found in the |
9387 | 1006 <A HREF="../tech/directfb.txt">tech section</A> |
8449 | 1007 or directly on Ville Syrjala's |
9529 | 1008 <A HREF="http://www.sci.fi/~syrjala/directfb/Matrox_TV-out_README.txt">home page</A>.</P> |
8177 | 1009 |
10130 | 1010 <P>Note: the first DirectFB version with which we could kick this working was |
1011 0.9.17 (it's buggy, needs that <CODE>surfacemanager</CODE> patch from | |
1012 the URL above). Anyway, porting of the CRTC2 code to <B>mga_vid</B> is | |
1013 underway.</P> | |
8177 | 1014 |
1015 | |
1016 <H4><A NAME="mpegdec">2.3.1.3 MPEG decoders</A></H4> | |
1017 | |
1018 <H4><A NAME="dvb">2.3.1.3.1 DVB</A></H4> | |
6729 | 1019 |
7814 | 1020 <P>MPlayer supports cards with the Siemens DVB chipset from vendors like |
8177 | 1021 Siemens, Technotrend, Galaxis or Hauppauge. The latest DVB drivers are |
6960 | 1022 available from the <A HREF="http://www.linuxtv.org">Linux TV site</A>. If you |
1023 want to do software transcoding you should have at least a 1GHz CPU.</P> | |
6729 | 1024 |
8420 | 1025 <P>Configure should detect your DVB card. If it did not, force detection with</P> |
6729 | 1026 |
1027 <PRE> | |
1028 ./configure --enable-dvb | |
1029 </PRE> | |
1030 | |
1031 <P>If you have ost headers at a non-standard path, set the path with</P> | |
1032 | |
1033 <PRE> | |
1034 ./configure --with-extraincdir=<DVB source directory>/ost/include | |
1035 </PRE> | |
1036 | |
1037 <P>Then compile and install as usual.</P> | |
1038 | |
9282 | 1039 <H4>USAGE</H4> |
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6729 | 1041 <P>Hardware decoding (playing standard MPEG1/2 files) can be done with this |
6960 | 1042 command:</P> |
6729 | 1043 |
1044 <PRE> | |
1045 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes file.mpg|vob | |
1046 </PRE> | |
1047 | |
1048 <P>Software decoding or transcoding different formats to MPEG1 can be achieved | |
6960 | 1049 using a command like this:</P> |
6729 | 1050 |
1051 <PRE> | |
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1052 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes yourfile.ext |
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1053 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vf expand yourfile.ext |
6729 | 1054 </PRE> |
1055 | |
1056 <P>Note that DVB cards only support heights 288 and 576 for PAL or 240 and 480 | |
6960 | 1057 for NTSC. You <B>must</B> rescale for other heights by adding |
1058 <CODE>scale=width:height</CODE> with the width and height you want to the | |
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1059 <CODE>-vf</CODE> option. DVB cards accept various widths, like 720, 704, |
6960 | 1060 640, 512, 480, 352 etc and do hardware scaling in horizontal direction, so |
1061 you do not need to scale horizontally in most cases. For a 512x384 (aspect | |
1062 4:3) DivX try:</P> | |
6729 | 1063 |
1064 <PRE> | |
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1065 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vf scale=512:576 |
6729 | 1066 </PRE> |
1067 | |
1068 <P>If you have a widescreen movie and you do not want to scale it to full height, | |
8420 | 1069 you can use the <CODE>expand=w:h</CODE> filter to add black bands. To view a |
6960 | 1070 640x384 DivX, try:</P> |
6729 | 1071 |
1072 <PRE> | |
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1073 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vf expand=640:576 file.avi |
6729 | 1074 </PRE> |
1075 | |
1076 <P>If your CPU is too slow for a full size 720x576 DivX, try downscaling:</P> | |
1077 | |
1078 <PRE> | |
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1079 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vf scale=352:576 file.avi |
6729 | 1080 </PRE> |
1081 | |
1082 <P>If speed does not improve, try vertical downscaling, too:</P> | |
1083 | |
1084 <PRE> | |
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1085 mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vf scale=352:288 file.avi |
6729 | 1086 </PRE> |
1087 | |
8420 | 1088 <P>For OSD and subtitles use the OSD feature of the expand filter. So, instead |
6960 | 1089 of <CODE>expand=w:h</CODE> or <CODE>expand=w:h:x:y</CODE>, use |
1090 <CODE>expand=w:h:x:y:1</CODE> (the 5th parameter <CODE>:1</CODE> at the end | |
1091 will enable OSD rendering). You may want to move the image up a bit to get a | |
1092 bigger black zone for subtitles. You may also want to move subtitles up, if | |
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1093 they are outside your TV screen, use the <CODE>-subpos <0-100></CODE> option |
6960 | 1094 to adjust this (<CODE>-subpos 80</CODE> is a good choice).</P> |
6729 | 1095 |
1096 <P>In order to play non-25fps movies on a PAL TV or with a slow CPU, add the | |
6960 | 1097 <CODE>-framedrop</CODE> option.</P> |
6729 | 1098 |
1099 <P>To keep the aspect ratio of DivX files and get the optimal scaling parameters | |
6960 | 1100 (hardware horizontal scaling and software vertical scaling while keeping the |
8420 | 1101 right aspect ratio), use the new dvbscale filter:</P> |
6729 | 1102 |
1103 <PRE> | |
10112 | 1104 for 4:3 TV: -vf dvbscale,scale=-1:0,expand=-1:576:-1:-1:1 |
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1105 for 16:9 TV: -vf dvbscale=1024,scale=-1:0,expand=-1:576:-1:-1:1 |
6729 | 1106 </PRE> |
1107 | |
9282 | 1108 <H4>FUTURE</H4> |
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6729 | 1110 <P>If you have questions or want to hear feature announcements and take part in |
6960 | 1111 discussions on this subject, join our |
1112 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dvb">MPlayer-DVB</A> | |
1113 mailing list. Please remember that the list language is English.</P> | |
6729 | 1114 |
1115 <P>In the future you may expect the ability to display OSD and subtitles using | |
6960 | 1116 the native OSD feature of DVB cards, as well as more fluent playback of |
1117 non-25fps movies and realtime transcoding between MPEG2 and MPEG4 (partial | |
1118 decompression).</P> | |
6729 | 1119 |
4496 | 1120 |
8177 | 1121 <H4><A NAME="dxr2">2.3.1.3.2 DXR2</A></H4> |
1122 | |
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1125 |
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1126 <P>First of all you will need properly installed DXR2 drivers. You can find |
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1127 the drivers and installation instructions at the |
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1128 <A HREF="http://dxr2.sourceforge.net/">DXR2 Resource Center</A> site.</P> |
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1130 <H4>USAGE</H4> |
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1131 <DL> |
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1132 <DT><CODE>-vo dxr2</CODE></DT> |
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1133 <DD>enable TV output</DD> |
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1134 <DT><CODE>-vo dxr2:x11</CODE> or <CODE>-vo dxr2:xv</CODE></DT> |
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1135 <DD>enable Overlay output in X11</DD> |
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1136 <DT><CODE>-dxr2 <option1:option2:...></CODE></DT> |
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1137 <DD>This option is used to control the DXR2 driver.</DD> |
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1138 </DL> |
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1140 <P>The overlay chipset used on the DXR2 is of pretty bad quality but the |
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1141 default settings should work for everybody. The OSD may be usable with the |
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1143 settings you may get variable results, usually you will see the colorkey |
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1144 around the characters or some other funny effect. But if you properly adjust |
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1145 the colorkey settings you should be able to get acceptable results.</P> |
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1147 <P>Please see the manpage for available options.</P> |
8177 | 1148 |
1149 | |
1150 <H4><A NAME="dxr3">2.3.1.3.3 DXR3/Hollywood+</A></H4> | |
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7814 | 1152 <P>MPlayer supports hardware accelerated playback with the Creative DXR3 |
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6960 | 1156 <P>First of all you will need properly installed DXR3/H+ drivers, version |
1157 0.12.0 or later. You can find the drivers and installation instructions at | |
1158 the <A HREF="http://dxr3.sourceforge.net/">DXR3 & Hollywood Plus for | |
1159 Linux</A> site. Configure should detect your card automatically, compilation | |
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9282 | 1162 <H4>USAGE</H4> |
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1164 <DT><CODE>-vo dxr3:prebuf:sync:norm=x:<device></CODE></DT> |
8088 | 1165 <DD><CODE>overlay</CODE> activates the overlay instead of TVOut. It requires |
1166 that you have a properly configured overlay setup to work right. The easiest | |
1167 way to configure the overlay is to first run autocal. Then run mplayer with | |
1168 dxr3 output and without overlay turned on, run dxr3view. In dxr3view you can | |
1169 tweak the overlay settings and see the effects in realtime, perhaps this | |
1170 feature will be supported by the MPlayer GUI in the future. When overlay is | |
1171 properly set up you will no longer need to use dxr3view.<BR> | |
1172 <CODE>prebuf</CODE> turns on prebuffering. Prebuffering is a feature | |
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1174 a time. This means that when you are running with prebuffering |
7814 | 1175 MPlayer will try to keep the video buffer filled with data at all |
1176 times. If you are on a slow machine MPlayer will probably use close | |
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1177 to, or precisely 100% of CPU. This is especially common if you play pure MPEG |
7814 | 1178 streams (like DVDs, SVCDs a.s.o.) since MPlayer will not have to |
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1179 reencode it to MPEG it will fill the buffer very fast.<BR> |
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1180 With prebuffering video playback is <B>much</B> less sensitive to other |
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1182 the CPU for a long time.<BR> |
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1183 When running without prebuffering the em8300 is much more sensitive to CPU |
7969 | 1184 load, so it is highly suggested that you turn on MPlayer's |
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1185 <CODE>-framedrop</CODE> option to avoid further loss of sync.<BR> |
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1186 <CODE>sync</CODE> will turn on the new sync-engine. This is currently an |
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1187 experimental feature. With the sync feature turned on the em8300's internal |
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1188 clock will be monitored at all times, if it starts to deviate from MPlayer's |
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1189 clock it will be reset causing the em8300 to drop any frames that are lagging |
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1190 behind.<BR> |
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8998 | 1195 looking at the frame rate of the movie. norm = 0 (default) does not |
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1196 change the current norm.<BR> |
6974 | 1197 <CODE><device></CODE> = device number to use if you have more than one |
1198 em8300 card. | |
1199 <BR> | |
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1200 Any of these options may be left out.<BR> |
8998 | 1201 <CODE>:prebuf:sync</CODE> seems to work great when playing DivX movies. |
1202 People have reported problems using the <CODE>prebuf</CODE> option when playing | |
1203 MPEG1/2 files. You might want to try running without any options first, if you | |
1204 have sync problems, or DVD subtitle problems, give <CODE>:sync</CODE> a | |
1205 try.</DD> | |
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1207 <DT><CODE>-ao oss:/dev/em8300_ma-X</CODE></DT> |
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1211 <DT><CODE>-aop list=resample:fout=xxxxx</CODE></DT> |
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1212 <DD>The em8300 cannot play back samplerates lower than 44100Hz. If the sample |
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1213 rate is below 44100Hz select either 44100Hz or 48000Hz depending on which |
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1214 one matches closest. I.e. if the movie uses 22050Hz use 44100Hz as |
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1215 44100 / 2 = 22050, if it is 24000Hz use 48000Hz as 48000 / 2 = 24000 and so |
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1216 on. This does not work with digital audio output (<CODE>-ac hwac3</CODE>).</DD> |
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1218 <DT><CODE>-vf lavc/fame</CODE></DT> |
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1219 <DD><B>(AUTO-INSERTED)</B> To watch non-MPEG content on the em8300 (i.e. DivX or RealVideo) you have |
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1220 to specify an MPEG1 video filter such as libavcodec (lavc) or libfame |
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1221 (fame). At the moment lavc is both faster and gives better image quality, it |
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1222 is suggested that you use that unless you have problems with it. See the man |
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1223 page for further info about <CODE>-vf lavc/fame</CODE>.<BR> |
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1224 Using lavc is highly recommended. Currently there is no way of setting the |
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1226 it is highly recommended that you use <CODE>-vf lavc=<quality>:25</CODE>, |
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1227 especially if you are using prebuffering. Then why 25 and not 29.97? Well, |
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1230 27 the picture becomes stable. For now all we can do is accept this for a |
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1231 fact.</DD> |
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1233 <DT><CODE>-vf expand=-1:-1:-1:-1:1</CODE></DT> |
9510 | 1234 <DD>Although the DXR3 driver can put some OSD onto the MPEG1/2/4 video, |
8177 | 1235 it has much lower quality than MPlayer's traditional OSD, and has several |
1236 refresh problems as well. The command line above will firstly convert the | |
1237 input video to MPEG4 (this is mandatory, sorry), then apply an expand | |
1238 filter which won't expand anything (-1: default), but apply the normal OSD | |
1239 onto the picture (that's what the "1" at the end does).</DD> | |
1240 | |
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1241 <DT><CODE>-ac hwac3</CODE></DT> |
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1242 <DD>The em8300 supports playing back AC3 audio (surround sound) through the |
7640 | 1243 digital audio output of the card. See the <CODE>-ao oss</CODE> option |
1244 above, it must be used to specify the DXR3's output instead of | |
8998 | 1245 a soundcard.</DD> |
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1248 |
8177 | 1249 <H4><A NAME="other">2.3.1.4 Other visualization hardware</A></H4> |
1250 | |
1251 <H4><A NAME="zr">2.3.1.4.1 Zr</A></H4> | |
1252 | |
1253 <P>This is a display-driver (<CODE>-vo zr</CODE>) for a number of MJPEG | |
1254 capture/playback cards (tested for DC10+ and Buz, and it should work for the | |
1255 LML33 and the original DC10). The driver works by encoding the frame to jpeg | |
1256 and then sending it to the card. For the jpeg encoding <B>libavcodec</B> is | |
1257 used, and required. With the special <I>cinerama</I> mode, you can watch | |
1258 movies in true wide screen provided that you have two beamers and two | |
1259 MJPEG cards. Depending on resolution and quality settings, this driver | |
1260 may require a lot of CPU power, remember to specify <CODE>-framedrop</CODE> | |
1261 if your machine is too slow. Note: My AMD K6-2 350MHz is (with <CODE> | |
1262 -framedrop</CODE>) quite adequate for watching VCD sized material and | |
9174 | 1263 downscaled movies.</P> |
8177 | 1264 |
1265 <P>This driver talks to the kernel driver available at | |
1266 <A HREF="http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net">http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net</A>, so | |
1267 you must get it working first. The presence of an MJPEG card is autodetected | |
9174 | 1268 by the configure script, if autodetection fails, force detection with</P> |
8177 | 1269 |
1270 <PRE> | |
1271 ./configure --enable-zr | |
1272 </PRE> | |
1273 | |
1274 <P>The output can be controlled by several options, a long description of the | |
1275 options can be found in the man page, a short list of options can be | |
9174 | 1276 viewed by running</P> |
8177 | 1277 |
1278 <PRE> | |
1279 mplayer -zrhelp | |
1280 </PRE> | |
1281 | |
1282 <P>Things like scaling and the OSD (on screen display) are not handled by | |
1283 this driver but can be done using the video filters. For example, | |
1284 suppose that you have a movie with a resolution of <CODE>512x272</CODE> and | |
1285 you want to view it fullscreen on your DC10+. There are three main | |
1286 possibilities, you may scale the movie to a width of <CODE>768</CODE>, | |
1287 <CODE>384</CODE> or <CODE>192</CODE>. For performance and quality reasons, | |
1288 I would choose to scale the movie to <CODE>384x204</CODE> using the fast | |
9174 | 1289 bilinear software scaler. The commandline is</P> |
8177 | 1290 |
1291 <PRE> | |
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1292 mplayer -vo zr -sws 0 -vf scale=384:204 movie.avi |
8177 | 1293 </PRE> |
1294 | |
1295 <P>Cropping can be done by the <CODE>crop</CODE> filter and by | |
1296 this driver itself. Suppose that a movie is too wide for display on your | |
1297 Buz and that you want to use <CODE>-zrcrop</CODE> to make the movie less | |
9783 | 1298 wide, then you would issue the following command</P> |
8177 | 1299 |
1300 <PRE> | |
1301 mplayer -vo zr -zrcrop 720x320+80+0 benhur.avi | |
1302 </PRE> | |
1303 | |
9174 | 1304 <P>if you want to use the <CODE>crop</CODE> filter, you would do</P> |
8177 | 1305 |
1306 <PRE> | |
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1307 mplayer -vo zr -vf crop=720:320:80:0 benhur.avi |
8177 | 1308 </PRE> |
1309 | |
1310 <P>Extra occurances of <CODE>-zrcrop</CODE> invoke <I>cinerama</I> mode, i.e. | |
1311 you can distribute the movie over several TV's or beamers to create a larger | |
1312 screen. Suppose you have two beamers. The left one is connected to your Buz | |
1313 at <CODE>/dev/video1</CODE> and the right one is connected to your DC10+ at | |
1314 <CODE>/dev/video0</CODE>. The movie has a resolution of <CODE>704x288</CODE>. | |
1315 Suppose also that you want the right beamer in black and white and that | |
1316 the right beamer should have jpeg frames at quality <CODE>10</CODE>, | |
9174 | 1317 then you would issue the following command</P> |
8177 | 1318 |
1319 <PRE> | |
1320 mplayer -vo zr -zrdev /dev/video0 -zrcrop 352x288+352+0 -zrxdoff 0 -zrbw \ | |
1321 -zrcrop 352x288+0+0 -zrdev /dev/video1 -zrquality 10 movie.avi | |
1322 </PRE> | |
1323 | |
1324 <P>You see that the options appearing before the second <CODE>-zrcrop</CODE> | |
1325 only apply to the DC10+ and that the options after the second | |
1326 <CODE>-zrcrop</CODE> apply to the Buz. The maximum number of MJPEG cards | |
9783 | 1327 participating in <I>cinerama</I> is four, so you can build a <CODE>2x2</CODE> |
8177 | 1328 vidiwall.</P> |
1329 | |
1330 <P>Finally an important remark: Do not start or stop XawTV on the playback | |
1331 device during playback, it will crash your computer. It is, however, fine to | |
1332 <B>FIRST</B> start XawTV, <B>THEN</B> start MPlayer, wait for | |
1333 MPlayer to finish and <B>THEN</B> stop XawTV.</P> | |
1612 | 1334 |
6974 | 1335 |
8177 | 1336 <H4><A NAME="blinken">2.3.1.4.2 Blinkenlights</A></H4> |
1337 | |
9254 | 1338 <P>This driver is capable of playback using the Blinkenlights UDP protocol. |
1339 If you don't know what <A HREF="http://www.blinkenlights.de/">Blinkenlights</A> | |
1340 is, you don't need this driver.</P> | |
8177 | 1341 |
1342 | |
1343 <H4><A NAME="tv-out">2.3.1.5 TV-out support</A></H4> | |
1344 | |
1345 | |
1346 <H4><A NAME="tv-out_matrox">2.3.1.5.1 Matrox G400 cards</A></H4> | |
1612 | 1347 |
6960 | 1348 <P>Under Linux you have 2 methods to get G400 TV out working:</P> |
5116 | 1349 |
7377 | 1350 <P><B>IMPORTANT:</B> for Matrox G450/G550 TV-out instructions, please see the |
1351 next section!</P> | |
2309 | 1352 |
2486 | 1353 <UL> |
1354 <LI><B>XFree86</B>: using the driver and the HAL module, available from | |
1355 <A HREF="http://www.matrox.com">Matrox's site</A>. This will give you X on | |
1356 the TV.<BR> <B>This method doesn't give you accelerated playback</B> as | |
1357 under Windoze! The second head has only YUV framebuffer, the <I>BES</I> | |
1358 (Back End Scaler, the YUV scaler on G200/G400/G450/G550 cards) doesn't work | |
7061 | 1359 on it! The Windows driver somehow works around this, probably by using the |
2486 | 1360 3D engine to zoom, and the YUV framebuffer to display the zoomed |
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6599 | 1362 options, but it will be <B>SLOW</B>, and has <B>Macrovision</B> copy protection |
4177 | 1363 enabled (you can "workaround" Macrovision using |
1364 <A HREF="http://avifile.sourceforge.net/mgamacro.pl">this</A> perl | |
1365 script.</LI> | |
2486 | 1366 <LI><B>Framebuffer</B>: using the <B>matroxfb modules</B> in the 2.4 kernels. |
1367 2.2 kernels don't have the TVout feature in them, thus unusable for this. | |
3030 | 1368 You have to enable ALL matroxfb-specific feature during compilation (except |
5713 | 1369 MultiHead), and compile them into <B>modules</B>! You'll also need I2C |
1370 enabled. | |
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2486 | 1372 <LI> |
1373 Enter <CODE>TVout/matroxset</CODE> and type <CODE>make</CODE>. Install | |
1374 <CODE>matroxset</CODE> into somewhere in your PATH.</LI> | |
1375 <LI> | |
1376 If you don't have <CODE>fbset</CODE> installed, enter | |
1377 <CODE>TVout/fbset</CODE> and type <CODE>make</CODE>. Install | |
1378 <CODE>fbset</CODE> into somewhere in your PATH.</LI> | |
1379 <LI> | |
10238 | 1380 If you don't have <CODE>con2fb</CODE> installed, enter |
1381 <CODE>TVout/con2fb</CODE> and type <CODE>make</CODE>. Install | |
1382 <CODE>con2fb</CODE> into somewhere in your PATH.</LI> | |
1383 <LI> | |
7814 | 1384 Then enter into the <CODE>TVout/</CODE> directory in the MPlayer |
2486 | 1385 source, and execute <CODE>./modules</CODE> as root. Your text-mode console |
1386 will enter into framebuffer mode (no way back!).</LI> | |
7454 | 1387 <LI>Next, EDIT and run the <CODE>./matroxtv</CODE> script. This will present you |
2486 | 1388 to a very simple menu. Press <B>2</B> and <B>ENTER</B>. Now you should |
7454 | 1389 have the same picture on your monitor, and TV. If |
1390 the TV (PAL by default) picture has some weird stripes on it, the script wasn't able to | |
1391 set the resolution correctly (to 640x512 by default). Try other | |
1392 resolutions from the menu and/or experiment with fbset.</LI> | |
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1393 </OL> |
2486 | 1394 |
6974 | 1395 <P>Yoh. Next task is to make the cursor on tty1 (or whatever) to disappear, |
2486 | 1396 and turn off screen blanking. Execute the following commands:</P> |
1397 | |
6974 | 1398 <P><CODE>echo -e '\033[?25l'</CODE> or <CODE>setterm -cursor off<BR> |
1399 setterm -blank 0</CODE></P> | |
2486 | 1400 |
6974 | 1401 <P>You possibly want to put the above into a script, and also clear |
6960 | 1402 the screen.. To turn the cursor back:<BR><CODE>echo -e '\033[?25h'</CODE> |
6974 | 1403 or <CODE>setterm -cursor on</CODE></P> |
2486 | 1404 |
1405 <P>Yeah kewl. Start movie playing with <CODE>mplayer -vo mga -fs -screenw 640 | |
1406 -screenh 512 <filename></CODE><BR> | |
6960 | 1407 (if you use X, now change to matroxfb with for example CTRL-ALT-F1!)<BR> |
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1408 Change 640x512 if you set the resolution to other.<BR> |
6974 | 1409 <B>Enjoy the ultra-fast ultra-featured Matrox TV output (better than Xv)!</B></P> |
2486 | 1410 </LI> |
1411 </UL> | |
2309 | 1412 |
8177 | 1413 <H4>Building a Matrox TV-out cable</H4> |
2309 | 1414 |
9059 | 1415 <P>No one takes any responsibility, nor guarantee for any damage caused by this |
1416 documentation.</P> | |
8177 | 1417 |
9059 | 1418 <P><B>Cable for G400</B>: The CRTC2 connector's fourth pin is the composite video signal. The ground |
1419 are the sixth, seventh and eighth pins. (info contributed from Balázs | |
1420 Rácz)</P> | |
8177 | 1421 |
9059 | 1422 <P><B>Cable for G450</B>: The CRTC2 connector's first pin is the composite video |
1423 signal. The ground are the fifth, sixth, seventh, and fifteenth | |
1424 (5, 6, 7, 15) pins. (info contributed from Balázs Kerekes)</P> | |
8177 | 1425 |
1426 <H4><A NAME="tv-out_matrox_g450">2.3.1.5.2 Matrox G450/G550 cards</A></H4> | |
7377 | 1427 |
1428 <P>TV output support for these cards has only been recently introduced, and is | |
1429 not yet in the mainstream kernel. Currently the <B>mga_vid</B> module | |
1430 can't be used AFAIK, because the G450/G550 driver works only in one | |
1431 configuration: the first CRTC chip (with much more features) on the first | |
1432 display (on monitor), and the second CRTC (no <B>BES</B> - for explanation | |
1433 on BES, please see the G400 section above) on TV. So you can only use | |
7969 | 1434 MPlayer's <I>fbdev</I> output driver at the present.</P> |
7377 | 1435 |
1436 <P>The first CRTC can't be routed to the second head currently. | |
1437 The author of the kernel matroxfb driver - Petr Vandrovec - will maybe make | |
1438 support for this, by displaying the first CRTC's output onto both of the | |
1439 heads at once, as currently recommended for G400, see the section above.</P> | |
1440 | |
1441 <P>The necessary kernel patch and the detailed howto is downloadable from | |
9842 | 1442 <A HREF="http://www.bglug.ca/matrox_tvout/">http://www.bglug.ca/matrox_tvout/</A></P> |
7377 | 1443 |
1444 | |
8177 | 1445 <H4><A NAME="tv-out_ati">2.3.1.5.3 ATI cards</A></H4> |
2206 | 1446 |
9282 | 1447 <H4>PREAMBLE</H4> |
7047 | 1448 |
1449 <P>Currently ATI doesn't want to support any of its TV-out chips under Linux, | |
6960 | 1450 because of their licensed Macrovision technology.</P> |
6583 | 1451 |
9282 | 1452 <H4>ATI CARDS TV-OUT STATUS ON LINUX</H4> |
2206 | 1453 |
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8332 | 1455 <LI><B>ATI Mach64</B>: Supported by |
6960 | 1456 <A HREF="http://gatos.sf.net">gatos</A>.</LI> |
8332 | 1457 <LI><B>ASIC Radeon VIVO</B>: Supported by |
6960 | 1458 <A HREF="http://gatos.sf.net">gatos</A>.</LI> |
8332 | 1459 <LI><B>Radeon</B> and <B>Rage128</B>: Supported by MPlayer! |
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1460 Check <a href="#vesa">VESA driver</a> and <A HREF="#vidix">VIDIX</A> |
6960 | 1461 sections.</LI> |
8332 | 1462 <LI><B>Rage Mobility P/M, Radeon, Rage 128, Mobility M3/M4</B>: Supported by |
1463 <A HREF="http://www.stud.uni-hamburg.de/users/lennart/projects/atitvout/"> | |
1464 atitvout</A>. | |
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2206 | 1466 |
6974 | 1467 <P>On other cards, just use the <a href="#vesa">VESA driver</a>, without |
1468 VIDIX. Powerful CPU is needed, though.</P> | |
2206 | 1469 |
6583 | 1470 <P>Only thing you need to do - <B>have TV connector plugged in before |
1471 booting your PC</B> since video BIOS initializes itself only once during | |
6974 | 1472 POST procedure.</P> |
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6974 | 1477 <P>Check <A HREF="http://www.iki.fi/too/tvout-voodoo3-3000-xfree">this URL</A>.</P> |
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8260 | 1479 |
1480 <H4><A NAME="tv-out_nvidia">2.3.1.5.5 nVidia</A></H4> | |
1481 | |
1482 <P>First, you MUST download the closed-source drivers from | |
1483 <A HREF="http://nvidia.com">http://nvidia.com</A>. I will not describe the | |
1484 installation and configuration process because it does not cover the | |
1485 scope of this documentation.</P> | |
1486 | |
1487 <P>After XFree86, XVideo, and 3D acceleration is properly working, | |
1488 edit your card's Device section in the <CODE>XF86Config</CODE> file, | |
1489 according to the following example (adapt for your card/TV):</P> | |
1490 | |
1491 <PRE> | |
1492 Section "Device" | |
1493 Identifier "GeForce" | |
1494 VendorName "ASUS" | |
1495 BoardName "nVidia GeForce2/MX 400" | |
1496 Driver "nvidia" | |
1497 #Option "NvAGP" "1" | |
1498 Option "NoLogo" | |
1499 Option "CursorShadow" "on" | |
1500 | |
1501 Option "TwinView" | |
1502 Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone" | |
1503 Option "MetaModes" "1024x768,640x480" | |
1504 Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT, TV" | |
1505 Option "TVStandard" "PAL-B" | |
1506 Option "TVOutFormat" "Composite" | |
1507 | |
1508 EndSection | |
1509 </PRE> | |
1510 | |
1511 <P>Of course the important thing is the TwinView part.</P> | |
1512 | |
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