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1 <HTML>
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2 <BODY BGCOLOR=white>
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4 <FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>
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6 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1>2.3.1. Video output devices</A></B></P>
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8 <TABLE BORDER=0>
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10 <TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>General:</B></P></TD><TR>
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12 <TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica,
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13 sans-serif" size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.13>x11</A></TD><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD><FONT
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14 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>X11 with optional SHM
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15 extension</TD><TR>
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16 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
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17 size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.2>xv</A></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial,
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18 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>X11 using overlays with the Xvideo extension
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19 (hardware YUV & scaling)</TD><TR>
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20 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
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21 size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.10>gl</A></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial,
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22 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>OpenGL renderer, so far works only with:
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23 <UL><LI>all cards with Utah-GLX
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24 <LI>Matrox cards with X/DRI >=4.0.3
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25 <LI>Radeon with X/DRI CVS</UL></TD><TR>
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26 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
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27 size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.3>dga</A></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial,
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28 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>X11 DGA extension</TD><TR>
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29 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
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30 size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.6>fbdev</A></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial,
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31 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Output to general framebuffers</TD><TR>
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32 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
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33 size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.5>svga</A></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial,
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34 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Output to SVGAlib</TD><TR>
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35 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
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36 size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.4>sdl</A></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial,
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37 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>
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38 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>1.1.7:</CODE> supports software scaling<BR>
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39 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>1.1.8:</CODE> supports Xvideo (hardware scaling/fullscreen)<BR>
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40 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>1.2.0:</CODE> supports AAlib (-vo aa is very recommended, see below!)</TD><TR>
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41 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
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42 size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.14-TODO>ggi</A></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana,
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43 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>similar to SDL</TD><TR>
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44 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
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45 size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.11>aa</A></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial,
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46 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>textmode rendering with AAlib</TD><TR>
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47 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
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48 size=2><a href=#2.3.1.12>vesa</a></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial,
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49 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Output to VESA BIOS.</TD><TR>
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51 <TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
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52 size=2>Card specific:</B></P></TD><TR>
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54 <TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica,
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55 sans-serif" size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.7>mga</A></TD><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD><FONT
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56 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Matrox G200/G400 hardware
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57 YUV overlay via the mga_vid device</TD><TR>
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58 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
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59 size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.7>xmga</A></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial,
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60 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Matrox G200/G400 overlay (mga_vid) in X11
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61 window<BR>
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62 (<I>Xv emulation on X 3.3.x!</I>)</TD><TR>
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63 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
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64 size=2>syncfb</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica,
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65 sans-serif" size=2>Matrox G400 YUV support on framebuffer (obsoleted, use
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66 mga/xmga)</TD><TR>
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67 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
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68 size=2>3dfx</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
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69 size=2>Voodoo3/Banshee hardware YUV (/dev/3dfx) support (not yet tested, maybe
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70 broken)</TD><TR>
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71 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
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72 size=2><A HREF=#2.3.1.9>tdfxfb</A></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial,
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73 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Voodoo3/Banshee hardware YUV support on tdfx
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74 framebuffer (works!)</TD><TR>
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76 <TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
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77 size=2>Special:</B></P></TD><TR>
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79 <TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica,
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80 sans-serif" size=2>png</TD><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial,
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81 Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>PNG files output (use -z switch to set
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82 compression)</TD><TR>
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83 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
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84 size=2>pgm</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
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85 size=2>PGM files output (for testing purposes or ffmpeg encoding)</TD><TR>
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86 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
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87 size=2>md5</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
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88 size=2>MD5sum output (for MPEG conformance tests)</TD><TR>
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89 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
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90 size=2>null</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
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91 size=2>Null output (for speed tests/benchmarking)</TD><TR>
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92 </TABLE>
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94 <P>NOTE: <I>check the following subsections for details and requirements!</I></P>
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97 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.1>2.3.1.1. Setting up MTRR</A></B></P>
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99 <P>It is VERY recommended to check if the MTRR registers are set up properly,
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100 because they can give a big performance boost.</P>
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102 <P>Do a '<CODE>cat /proc/mtrr</CODE>' :</P>
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104 <P><CODE>
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105 --($:~)-- cat /proc/mtrr<BR>
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106 reg00: base=0xe4000000 (3648MB), size= 16MB: write-combining, count=9<BR>
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107 reg01: base=0xd8000000 (3456MB), size= 128MB: write-combining, count=1<BR>
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108 </CODE></P>
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110 <P>It's right, shows my Matrox G400 with 16Mb memory. I did this from
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111 XFree 4.x.x , which sets up MTRR registers automatically.</P>
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113 <P>If nothing worked, you have to do it manually. First, you have to find the base
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114 address.
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115 You have 3 ways to find it:</P>
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117 <P><UL>
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118 <LI>from X11 startup messages, for example:
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119 <P><CODE>(--) SVGA: PCI: Matrox MGA G400 AGP rev 4, Memory @ 0xd8000000, 0xd4000000<BR>
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120 (--) SVGA: Linear framebuffer at 0xD8000000</CODE></P></LI>
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121 <LI>from /proc/pci (use lspci -v command):
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122 <P>
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123 <CODE>01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc.: Unknown device 0525</CODE>
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124 <CODE>Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)</CODE>
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125 </P>
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126 <LI>from mga_vid kernel driver messages (use dmesg):
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127 <P><CODE>mga_mem_base = d8000000</CODE></P>
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128 </UL></P>
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129
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130 <P>Then let's find the memory size. This is very easy, just convert video ram
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131 size to hexadecimal, or use this table:</P>
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132
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133 <TABLE BORDER=0>
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134 <TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD>1 MB</TD><TD WIDTH=10%></TD><TD>0x100000</TD><TR>
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135 <TD></TD><TD>2 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x200000</TD><TR>
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136 <TD></TD><TD>4 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x400000</TD><TR>
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137 <TD></TD><TD>8 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x800000</TD><TR>
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138 <TD></TD><TD>16 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x1000000</TD><TR>
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139 <TD></TD><TD>32 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x2000000</TD><TR>
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140 </TABLE>
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141
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142
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143 <P>You know base address and memory size, let's setup mtrr registers!
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144 For example, for the Matrox card above (base=0xd8000000) with 32MB
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145 ram (size=0x2000000) just execute:</P>
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146
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147
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148 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;echo "base=0xd8000000 size=0x2000000 type=write-combining" &gt;| /proc/mtrr</CODE></P>
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149
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150
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151 <P>Not all CPUs support MTRRs. For example older K6-2's [around 266Mhz,
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152 stepping 0] doesn't support MTRR, but stepping 12's do ('<CODE>cat /proc/cpuinfo</CODE>'
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153 to check it').</P>
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154
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155 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2>2.3.1.2. Xv</A></B></P>
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156
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157 <P>Under XFree86 4.0.2 or newer, you can use your card's hardware YUV routines
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158 using the XVideo extension. This is what the option '-vo xv' uses.
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159 In order to make this work, be sure to check the following:</P>
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160 <P><UL>
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161 <LI>You have to use XFree86 4.0.2 or newer (former versions don't have XVideo)
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162 <LI>Your card actually supports hardware acceleration (modern cards do)
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163 <LI>X loads the XVideo extension, it's something like this:
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164
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165 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;(II) Loading extension XVideo</CODE></P>
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166 <P>in /var/log/XFree86.0.log</P>
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167
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168 <P>NOTE: this loads only the XFree86's extension. In a good install, this is
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169 always loaded, and doesn't mean that the _card's_ XVideo support is loaded!</P>
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170
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171 <LI>Your card has Xv support under Linux. To check, try 'xvinfo', it is the
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172 part of the XFree86 distribution. It should display a long text, similar
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173 to this:
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174 <PRE>
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175 X-Video Extension version 2.2
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176 screen #0
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177 Adaptor #0: "Savage Streams Engine"
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178 number of ports: 1
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179 port base: 43
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180 operations supported: PutImage
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181 supported visuals:
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182 depth 16, visualID 0x22
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183 depth 16, visualID 0x23
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184 number of attributes: 5
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185 (...)
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186 Number of image formats: 7
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187 id: 0x32595559 (YUY2)
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188 guid: 59555932-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
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189 bits per pixel: 16
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190 number of planes: 1
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191 type: YUV (packed)
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192 id: 0x32315659 (YV12)
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193 guid: 59563132-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
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194 bits per pixel: 12
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195 number of planes: 3
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196 type: YUV (planar)
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197 (...etc...)
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198 </PRE>
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199
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200 <P>It must support YUY2 packed, and YV12 planar pixel formats to be
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201 usable with <B>MPlayer</B>.</P>
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202
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203 <LI>And finally, check if <B>MPlayer</B> was compiled with 'xv' support.
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204 ./configure prints this.
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205
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206 </UL></P>
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207
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208 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.1>2.3.1.2.1. 3dfx cards</A></B></P>
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209
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210 <P>Older 3dfx drivers were known to have problems with XVideo acceleration,
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211 it didn't support either YUY2 or YV12, and so. Verify that you have
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212 XFree86 version 4.1.0 or greater, it works ok. Alternatively, you can use
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213 <A HREF="http://dri.sourceforge.net">DRI</A> cvs.
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214 If you experience strange effects using -vo xv, try SDL (it has XVideo too)
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215 and see if it helps. Check the <A HREF="#2.3.1.4">SDL section</A> for details.</P>
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216
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217 <P><B>OR</B>, try the NEW -vo tdfxfb driver! See the <A HREF=#2.3.1.9>2.3.1.9</A>
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218 section!</P>
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219
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220
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221 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.2>2.3.1.2.2. S3 cards</A></B></P>
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222
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223 <P>S3 Savage3D's should work fine, but for Savage4, use XFree86 version 4.0.3
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224 or greater (in case of image problems, try 16bpp). As for S3 Virge.. sell it.</P>
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225
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226 <P><B>NOTE</B>: Savage cards have a slow YV12 image displaying capability (it needs
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227 to do YV12->YUY2 conversion, because the Savage hardware can't display YV12).
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228 So when this documentation says at some point "this has YV12 output use this,
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229 it's faster", it's not sure. Try.</P>
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230
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231
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232 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.3>2.3.1.2.3. nVidia cards</A></B></P>
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234 <P>nVidia isn't a very good choice under Linux.. You'll have to use the
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235 binary closed-source nVidia driver, available at nVidia's website. The standard XFree86
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236 driver doesn't support XVideo for these cards, due to nVidia's closed
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237 sources/specifications.</P>
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238
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239 <P>As far as I know the latest XFree86 driver contains XVideo support for
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240 Geforce 2 and 3.</P>
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241
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242 <P><UL><LI>Riva128 cards don't have XVideo support even with the nvidia driver :(
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243 Complain to NVidia.</UL></P>
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244
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245
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246 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.4>2.3.1.2.4. ATI cards</A></B></P>
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248 <P>
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249 <LI>The GATOS driver (which you should use) has VSYNC enabled by default. It means that decoding speed
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250 (!) is synced to the monitor's refresh rate. If playing seems to be slow, try
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251 disabling VSYNC somehow, or set refresh rate to n*(fps of the movie) Hz.</LI>
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253 <LI>Radeon VE - currently only XFree86 CVS has driver for this card, version
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254 4.1.0 doesn't. And no TV out support. Of course with <B>MPlayer</B> you can
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255 happily get <B>accelerated</B> display, with or without <B>TV output</B>, and
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256 no libraries or X are needed. Read <a href=#2.3.1.12>VESA driver</a> and <A
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257 HREF=#2.3.1.14>Radeon video overlay</A> sections).</LI> </P>
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259
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260 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.5>2.3.1.2.5. NeoMagic cards</A></B></P>
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261
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262 <P>
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263 These cards can be found in many laptops. Under Linux, their peak is only DGA.
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264 Unfortunately, the DGA driver in X 4.1.0 doesn't work, you'll have to wait for
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265 4.2.0, or download a modified driver for 4.0.3 or 4.1.0 from here :
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266 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/contrib/NeoMagic-driver">http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/contrib/NeoMagic-driver</A>
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267 (there is also the patch to the driver's source).<BR>
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268 Drivers provided by <A HREF="mailto:tomee@cpi.pl">Tomek Jarzynka</A>.
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269 </P>
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270
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271
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272 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3>2.3.1.3. DGA</A></B></P>
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273
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274 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.1>2.3.1.3.1. Summary</A></B></P>
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275
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276 <P>This document tries to explain in some words what DGA is in general and
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277 what the DGA video output driver for mplayer can do (and what it can't).</P>
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279
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280 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.2>2.3.1.3.2. What is DGA</A></B></P>
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281
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282 <P>DGA is short for Direct Graphics Access and is a means for a program to
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283 bypass the X-Server and directly modifying the framebuffer memory.
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284 Technically spoken this happens by mapping the framebuffer memory into
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285 the memory range of your process. This is allowed by the kernel only
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286 if you have superuser privileges. You can get these either by logging in
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287 as root or by setting the suid bit on the mplayer excecutable (NOT
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288 recommended!).</P>
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289
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290 <P>There are two versions of DGA: DGA1 is used by XFree 3.x.x and DGA2 was
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291 introduced with XFree 4.0.1.</P>
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292
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293 <P>DGA1 provides only direct framebuffer access as described above. For
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294 switching the resolution of the video signal you have to rely on the
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295 XVidMode extension.</P>
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296
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297 <P>DGA2 incorporates the features of XVidMode extension and also allows
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298 switching the depth of the display. So you may, although basically
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299 running a 32 bit depth XServer, switch to a depth of 15 bits and vice
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300 versa. </P>
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301
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302 <P>However DGA has some drawbacks. It seems it is somewhat dependent on the
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303 graphics chip you use and on the implementation of the XServer's video
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304 driver that controls this chip. So it does not work on every system ...</P>
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305
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306
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307 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.3>2.3.1.3.3. Installing DGA support for MPlayer</A></B></P>
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308
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309 <P>First make sure X loads the DGA extension, see in /var/log/XFree86.0.log:</P>
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310
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311 <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA</CODE></P>
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312
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313 <P>See, XFree86 4.0.x or greater is VERY RECOMMENDED!
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314 <B>MPlayer</B>'s DGA driver is autodetected on ./configure, or you can force it
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315 with --enable-dga.</P>
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316
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317 <P>If the driver couldn't switch to a smaller resolution, experiment with
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318 switches -vm (only with X 3.3.x), -fs, -bpp, -zoom to find a video mode that
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319 the movie fits in. There is no converter right now.. :(</P>
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320
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321 <P>Become ROOT. DGA needs root access to be able to write directly video memory.
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322 If you want to run it as user, then install <B>MPlayer</B> SUID root:</P>
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323
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324 <P><CODE>
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325 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer<BR>
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326 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;chmod 750 /usr/local/bin/mplayer<BR>
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327 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;chmod +s /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE></P>
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328
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329
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330 <P>Now it works as a simple user, too.</P>
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331
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332
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333 <P><B>!!!! BUT STAY TUNED !!!!</B><BR>
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334 This is a <B>BIG</B> security risk! Never do this on a server or on a computer
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335 can be accessed by more people than only you because they can gain root
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336 privilegies through suid root mplayer.<BR>
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337 <B>!!!! SO YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ... !!!!</B></P>
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338
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339 <P>Now use '-vo dga' option, and there you go! (hope so:)
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340 You should also try if the '-vo sdl:dga' option works for you! It's much
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341 faster!!!</P>
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342
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343 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.4>2.3.1.3.4. Resolution switching</A></B></P>
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344
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345 <P>The DGA driver allows for switching the resolution of the output signal.
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346 This avoids the need for doing (slow) software scaling and at the same
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347 time provides a fullscreen image. Ideally it would switch to the exact
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348 resolution (except for honouring aspect ratio) of the video data, but the
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349 XServer only allows switching to resolutions predefined in
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350 <CODE>/etc/X11/XF86Config</CODE> (<CODE>/etc/X11/XF86Config-4</CODE> for XFree 4.0.X respectively).
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351 Those are defined by so-called modelines and depend on the capabilites
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352 of your video hardware. The XServer scans this config file on startup and
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353 disables the modelines not suitable for your hardware. You can find
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354 out which modes survive with the X11 log file. It can be found at:
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355 <CODE>/var/log/XFree86.0.log</CODE>.</P>
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356 <P>See appendix A for some sample modeline definitions.</P>
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357
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358 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.5>2.3.1.3.5. DGA &amp; MPlayer</A></B></P>
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360 <P>DGA is used in two places with <B>MPlayer</B>: The SDL driver can be made to make
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361 use of it (-vo sdl:dga) and within the DGA driver (-vo dga).
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362 The above said is true for both; in the following sections I'll explain
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363 how the DGA driver for <B>MPlayer</B> works.</P>
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365 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.6>2.3.1.3.6. Features of the DGA driver</A></B></P>
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367 <P>The DGA driver is invoked by specifying -vo dga at the command line.
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368 The default behaviour is to switch to a resolution matching the original
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369 resolution of the video as close as possible. It deliberately ignores the
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370 -vm and -fs switches (enabling of video mode switching and fullscreen) -
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371 it always tries to cover as much area of your screen as possible by switching
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372 the video mode, thus refraining to use a single additional cycle of your CPU
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373 to scale the image.
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374 If you don't like the mode it chooses you may force it to choose the mode
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375 matching closest the resolution you specify by -x and -y.
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376 By providing the -v option, the DGA driver will print, among a lot of other
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377 things, a list of all resolutions supported by your current XF86-Config
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378 file.
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379 Having DGA2 you may also force it to use a certain depth by using the -bpp
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380 option. Valid depths are 15, 16, 24 and 32. It depends on your hardware
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381 whether these depths are natively supported or if a (possibly slow)
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382 conversion has to be done.</P>
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383
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384 <P>If you should be lucky enough to have enough offscreen memory left to
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385 put a whole image there, the DGA driver will use doublebuffering, which
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386 results in much smoother movie replaying. It will tell you whether double-
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387 buffering is enabled or not.</P>
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388
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389 <P>Doublebuffering means that the next frame of your video is being drawn in
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390 some offscreen memory while the current frame is being displayed. When the
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391 next frame is ready, the graphics chip is just told the location in memory
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392 of the new frame and simply fetches the data to be displayed from there.
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393 In the meantime the other buffer in memory will be filled again with new
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394 video data.</P>
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395
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396 Doublebuffering may be switched on by using the option -double and may be
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397 disabled with -nodouble. Current default option is to disable
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398 doublebuffering. When using the DGA driver, onscreen display (OSD) only
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399 works with doublebuffering enabled. However, enabling doublebuffering may
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400 result in a big speed penalty (on my K6-II+ 525 it used an additional 20% of
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401 CPU time!) depending on the implementation of DGA for your hardware.</P>
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402
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403
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404 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.7>2.3.1.3.7. Speed issues</A></B></P>
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405
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406 <P>Generally spoken, DGA framebuffer access should be at least as fast as using
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407 the X11 driver with the additional benefit of getting a fullscreen image.
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408 The percentage speed values printed by mplayer have to be interpreted with
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409 some care, as for example, with the X11 driver they do not include the time
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410 used by the X-Server needed for the actual drawing. Hook a terminal to a
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411 serial line of your box and start top to see what is really going on in your
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412 box ...</P>
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413
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414 <P>Generally spoken, the speedup done by using DGA against 'normal' use of X11
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415 highly depends on your graphics card and how well the X-Server module for it
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416 is optimized.</P>
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417
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418 <P>If you have a slow system, better use 15 or 16bit depth since they require
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419 only half the memory bandwidth of a 32 bit display.</P>
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420
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421 <P>Using a depth of 24bit is even a good idea if your card natively just supports
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422 32 bit depth since it transfers 25% less data compared to the 32/32 mode.</P>
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423
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424 <P>I've seen some avi files already be replayed on a Pentium MMX 266. AMD K6-2
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425 CPUs might work at 400 MHZ and above.</P>
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426
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427 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.8>2.3.1.3.8. Known bugs</A></B></P>
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428
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429 <P>Well, according to some developpers of XFree, DGA is quite a beast. They
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430 tell you better not to use it. Its implementation is not always flawless
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431 with every chipset driver for XFree out there.</P>
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432
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433 <P><UL>
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434 <LI>with XFree 4.0.3 and nv.o there is a bug resulting in strange colors
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435 <LI>ATI driver requires to switch mode back more than once after finishing
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436 using of DGA
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437 <LI>some drivers simply fail to switch back to normal resolution (use
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438 Ctrl-Alt-Keypad +, - to switch back manually)
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439 <LI>some drivers simply display strange colors
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440 <LI>some drivers lie about the amount of memory they map into the process's
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441 address space, thus vo_dga won't use doublebuffering (SIS?)
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442 <LI>some drivers seem to fail to report even a single valid mode. In this
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443 case the DGA driver will crash telling you about a nonsense mode of
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444 100000x100000 or the like ...
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445 <LI>OSD only works with doublebuffering enabled
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446 </UL></P>
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447
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448 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.9>2.3.1.3.9. Future work</A></B></P>
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449
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450 <P><UL><LI>use of the new X11 render interface for OSD
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451 <LI>where is my TODO list ???? :-(((</UL></P>
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452
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453
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454 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.A>2.3.1.3.A. Some modelines</A></B></P>
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455
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456 <PRE>
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457 Section "Modes"
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458 Identifier "Modes[0]"
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459 Modeline "800x600" 40 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628
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460 Modeline "712x600" 35.0 712 740 850 900 400 410 412 425
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461 Modeline "640x480" 25.175 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525
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462 Modeline "400x300" 20 400 416 480 528 300 301 303 314 Doublescan
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463 Modeline "352x288" 25.10 352 368 416 432 288 296 290 310
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464 Modeline "352x240" 15.750 352 368 416 432 240 244 246 262 Doublescan
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465 Modeline "320x240" 12.588 320 336 384 400 240 245 246 262 Doublescan
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466 EndSection
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467 </PRE>
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468
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469 <P>These entries work fine with my Riva128 chip, using nv.o XServer driver
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470 module.</P>
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471
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472
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473 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.B>2.3.1.3.B. Bug Reports</A></B></P>
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474
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475 <P>If you experience troubles with the DGA driver please feel free to file
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476 a bug report to me (e-mail address below). Please start mplayer with the
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477 -v option and include all lines in the bug report that start with vo_dga:</P>
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478
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479 <P>Please do also include the version of X11 you are using, the graphics card
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480 and your CPU type. The X11 driver module (defined in XF86-Config) might
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481 also help. Thanks!</P>
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482
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483
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484 <P><I>Acki (acki@acki-netz.de, www.acki-netz.de)</I></P>
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485
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486
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487 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.4>2.3.1.4. SDL</A></B></P>
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488
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489 <P>Here are some notes about SDL out in <B>MPlayer</B>.</P>
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490
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491
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492
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493 <P><TABLE BORDER=0>
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494 <TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>There are several commandline switches for SDL:</B></P></TD><TR>
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495 <TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-vo sdl:name</TD><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD>
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496 <FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>specifies sdl video driver to use (ie. aalib, dga, x11)</TD><TR>
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497 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-ao sdl:name</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>specifies sdl audio driver to use (ie. dsp,
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498 esd, arts)</TD><TR>
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499 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-noxv</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>disables Xvideo hardware acceleration</TD><TR>
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500 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-forcexv</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>tries to force Xvideo acceleration</TD><TR>
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501
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502 <TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>SDL Keys:</B></P></TD><TR>
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503
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504 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>F</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>toggles fullscreen/windowed mode</TD><TR>
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505 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>C</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>cycles available fullscreen modes</TD><TR>
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506 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>W/S</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>mappings for * and / (mixer control)</TD><TR>
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507
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508 </TABLE></P>
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509
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510 <P><B>KNOWN BUGS:</B></P>
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511 <P><UL><LI>Keys pressed under sdl:aalib console driver repeat forever. (use -vo aa !)
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512 It's bug in SDL, I can't change it (tested with SDL 1.2.1).
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513 </UL></P>
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514
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515 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.5>2.3.1.5. SVGAlib</A></B></P>
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516
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517 <P>If you don't have X, you can use the SVGAlib target! Be sure not to use the
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518 -fs switch, since it toggles the usage of the software scaler, and it's
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519 SLOOOW now, unless you have a real fast CPU (and/or MTRR?). :(</P>
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520
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521 <P>Of course you'll have to install svgalib and its development package in
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522 order for <B>MPlayer</B> build its SVGAlib driver (autodetected, but can be
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523 forced), and don't forget to edit /etc/vga/libvga.config to suit your
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524 card &amp; monitor.</P>
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525
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526 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.6>2.3.1.6. Framebuffer output (FBdev)</A></B></P>
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527
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528 <P>Whether to build the FBdev target is autodetected during ./configure .
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529 Read the framebuffer documentation in the kernel sources
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530 (Documentation/fb/*) for info on how to enable it, etc.. !</P>
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531
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532 <P>If your card doesn't support VBE 2.0 standard (older ISA/PCI
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533 cards, such as S3 Trio64), only VBE 1.2 (or older?) :
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534 Well, VESAfb is still available, but you'll have to load SciTech Display
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535 Doctor (formerly UniVBE) before booting Linux. Use a DOS boot disk or
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536 whatever. And don't forget to register your UniVBE ;))</P>
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537
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538 <P>The FBdev output takes some additional parameters above the others:</P>
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539
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540 <P><TABLE BORDER=0>
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541 <TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-fb</TD><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD>
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542 <FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>specify the framebuffer device to use (/dev/fd0)</TD><TR>
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543 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-fbmode</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>mode name to use (according to /etc/fb.modes)</TD><TR>
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544 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-fbmodeconfig</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> config file of modes (default /etc/fb.modes)</TD><TR>
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545 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-monitor_hfreq</TD><TD></TD><TD ROWSPAN=3><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>IMPORTANT values, see example.conf</TD><TR>
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546 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-monitor_vfreq</TD><TD></TD><TR>
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547 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-monitor_dotclock</TD><TD></TD><TR>
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548 </TABLE></P>
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549
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550 <P>If you want to change to a specific mode, then use</P>
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551
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552 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mplayer -vm -fbmode (NameOfMode) filename</CODE></P>
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553
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554 <P><UL><LI><B>-vm</B> alone will choose the most suitable mode from /etc/fb.modes . Can be
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555 used together with -x and -y options too. The -flip option is supported only
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556 if the movie's pixel format matches the video mode's pixel format.
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557 Pay attention to the bpp value, fbdev driver tries to use the current,
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558 or if you specify the -bpp option, then that.</LI>
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559 <LI><B>-zoom</B> option isn't supported (software scaling is slow). -fs option
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560 isn't supported. You can't use 8bpp (or less) modes.</LI>
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561 <LI>you possibly want to turn the cursor off : <CODE>echo -e '\033[?25l'</CODE><BR>
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562 and the screen saver: <CODE>setterm -blank 0</CODE><BR>
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563 To turn the cursor back on : <CODE>echo -e '\033[?25h'</CODE>
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564 </UL></P>
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565
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566 <P>NOTE: FBdev video mode changing _does not work_ with the VESA framebuffer,
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567 and don't ask for it, since it's not an <B>MPlayer</B> limitation.</P>
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568
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569 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.7>2.3.1.7. Matrox framebuffer (mga_vid)</A></B></P>
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570
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571 <P>This section is about the Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550 BES (Back-End Scaler)
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572 support, the mga_vid kernel driver. It's active developed by me (A'rpi), and
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573 it has hardware VSYNC support with triple buffering. It works on both
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574 framebuffer console and under X.</P>
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575
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576 <P>To use it, you first have to compile mga_vid.o:</P>
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577
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578 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;cd drivers<BR>
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579 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;make</CODE></P>
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580
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581 <P>Then create /dev/mga_vid device:</P>
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582
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583 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mknod /dev/mga_vid c 178 0</CODE></P>
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584
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585 <P>and load the driver with</P>
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586
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587 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;insmod mga_vid.o</CODE></P>
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588
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589 <P>You should verify the memory size detection using the 'dmesg' command. If
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590 it's bad, use the mga_ram_size option (rmmod mga_vid first), specify card's
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591 memory size in MB:</P>
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592
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593 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;insmod mga_vid.o mga_ram_size=16</CODE></P>
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594
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595 <P>To make it load/unload automatically when needed, insert the following line
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596 at the end of /etc/modules.conf:</P>
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597
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598 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;alias char-major-178 mga_vid</CODE></P>
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599
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600 <P>Then run</P>
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601
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602 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;depmod -a</CODE></P>
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603
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604 <P>Now you have to (re)compile <B>MPlayer</B>, ./configure will detect /dev/mga_vid
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605 and build the 'mga' driver. Using it from <B>MPlayer</B> goes by '-vo mga' if
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606 you have matroxfb console, or '-vo xmga' under XFree86 3.x.x or 4.x.x.</P>
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607
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608 <P>The mga_vid driver cooperates with Xv.</P>
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610
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611 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.8>2.3.1.8. SiS 6326 framebuffer (sis_vid)</A></B></P>
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612
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613 <P>SiS 6326 YUV Framebuffer driver -> sis_vid kernel driver</P>
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614
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615 <P>Its interface should be compatible with the mga_vid, but the driver was not
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616 updated after the mga_vid changes, so it's outdated now. Volunteers
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617 needed to test it and bring the code up-to-date.</P>
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618
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619 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.9>2.3.1.9. 3dfx YUV support (tdfxfb)</A></B></P>
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620
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621 <P>This driver uses the kernel's tdfx framebuffer driver to play movies with
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622 YUV acceleration. You'll need a kernel with tdfxfb support, and recompile with
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623 <CODE>./configure --enable-tdfxfb</CODE></P>
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624
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625 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.10>2.3.1.10. OpenGL output</A></B></P>
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626
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627 <P><B>MPlayer</B> support displaying movies using OpenGL. Unfortunately, not all
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628 drivers support this ability. For example the Utah-GLX drivers
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629 (for XFree86 3.3.6) have it, with all cards.
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630 See <A HREF="http://utah-glx.sourceforge.net">http://utah-glx.sourceforge.net</A>
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631 for details about how to install it.</P>
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632
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633 <P>XFree86(DRI) >= 4.0.3 supports it only with Matrox, and Radeon cards.
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634 See <A HREF="http://dri.sourceforge.net">http://dri.sourceforge.net</A> for download,
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635 and installation instructions.</P>
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636
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637 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.11>2.3.1.11. AAlib - text mode displaying</B></P>
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638
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639 <P><B>AAlib</B> is a library for displaying graphics in text mode, using powerful
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640 ASCII renderer. There are LOTS of programs already supporting it, like Doom,
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641 Quake, etc. MPlayer contains a very usable driver for it.
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642 If ./configure detects aalib installed, the aalib libvo driver will be built.</P>
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643
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644 <P><TABLE BORDER=0>
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645 <TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>You can use some keys in the AA Window to change rendering options:</B></P></TD><TR>
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646 <TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>1</TD><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>decrease contrast</TD><TR>
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647 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>2</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>increase contrast</TD><TR>
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648 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>3</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>decrease brightness</TD><TR>
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649 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>4</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>increase brightness</TD><TR>
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650 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>5</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>switch fast rendering on/off</TD><TR>
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651 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>6</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>set dithering mode (none, error distribution, floyd steinberg)</TD><TR>
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652 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>7</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>invert image</TD><TR>
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653 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>a</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>toggles between aa and mplayer control)</TD><TR>
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654
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655 <TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>The following command line options can be used:</B></P></TD><TR>
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656
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657 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-aaosdcolor=V</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>change osd color</TD><TR>
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658 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-aasubcolor=V</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>change subtitle color</TD><TR>
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659 <TD COLSPAN=3></TD><TD><P><I><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>where V can be: (0/normal, 1/dark, 2/bold, 3/boldfont, 4/reverse, 5/special)</P></TD><TR>
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660
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661 <TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>AAlib itselves provides a large sum of options.
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662 Here are some important:</P></B></TD><TR>
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663
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664 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-aadriver</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>set recommended aa driver (X11, curses, linux)</TD><TR>
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665 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-aaextended</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>use all 256 characters</TD><TR>
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666 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-aaeight</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>use eight bit ascii</TD><TR>
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667 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-aahelp</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>prints out all aalib options</TD><TR>
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668 </TABLE></P>
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669
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670 <P>NOTE: the rendering is very CPU intensive, especially when using AA-on-X
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671 (using aalib on X), and it's least CPU intensive on standard,
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672 non-framebuffer console. Use SVGATextMode to set up a big textmode,
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673 then enjoy! (secondary head Hercules cards rock :)) (anyone can enhance
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674 bdev to do conversion/dithering to hgafb? Would be neat :)</P>
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675
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676 <P>Use the -framedrop option if your comp isn't fast enough to render all frames!</P>
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677
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678 <P>Playing on terminal you'll get better speed and quality using the linux driver, not
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679 curses (-aadriver linux). But therefore you need write access on /dev/vcsa&lt;terminal&gt;!
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680 That isn't autodetected by aalib, bu vo_aa tries to find the best mode.
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681 See <A HREF="http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/tune/">http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/tune/</A> for further tuning issues.</P>
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682
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683
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684 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.12>2.3.1.12. VESA - output to VESA BIOS</B></P>
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685 <P>
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686 This driver was designed and introduced as <b>generic driver</b> for any video
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687 card which has VESA VBE 2.0 compatible BIOS. But exists still one reason of
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688 developing of this driver - it's multiple troubles with displaying movie on TV.<BR>
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689 <b>VESA BIOS EXTENSION (VBE) Version 3.0 Date: September 16, 1998</b> (Page 70)
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690 says:
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691 </P>
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692
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693 <P>
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694 <code><i>
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695 <b>Dual-Controller Designs</b><br>
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696 VBE 3.0 supports the dual-controller design by assuming that since both
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697 controllers are typically provided by the same OEM, under control of a
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698 single BIOS ROM on the same graphics card, it is possible to hide the fact
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699 that two controllers are indeed present from the application. This has the
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700 limitation of preventing simultaneous use of the independent controllers,
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701 but allows applications released before VBE 3.0 to operate normally. The
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702 VBE Function 00h (Return Controller Information) returns the combined
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703 information of both controllers, including the combined list of available modes.
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704 When the application selects a mode, the appropriate controller is activated.
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705 Each of the remaining VBE functions then operates on the active controller.
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706 </i></code>
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707 </P>
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708
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709 <P>
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710 So you have chances to get working TV-out by using this driver.<br>
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711 (I guess that TV-out frequently is standalone head or standalone output
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712 at least.)
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713 </P>
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714
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715 <P>
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716 <b>What are pluses:</b><BR>
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717 - You have chances to watch movies <b>if Linux even doesn't know</b> your video hardware.<BR>
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718 - You don't need to have installed any graphics' related things on your Linux
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719 (like X11 (aka XFree86), fbdev and so on). This driver can be run from
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720 <b>text-mode</b>.<BR>
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721 - You have chances to get <b>working TV-out</b>. (It's known at least for ATI's cards).<BR>
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722 - This driver calls <b>int 10h</b> handler thus it's not an emulator - it
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723 calls <b>real</b> things of <b>real</b> BIOS in <b>real</b>-mode. (Finely -
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724 in vm86 mode).<BR>
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725 - Most important :) You can watch <b>DVD at 320x200</b> if you don't have a powerful CPU.<BR>
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726 </P>
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727
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728 <P>
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729 <b>What are minuses:</b><BR>
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730 - It works only on <b>x86 systems</b>.<BR>
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731 - <b>It's the slowest driver</b> from all the available ones for MPlayer.<BR>
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732 (But only if your card doesn't support <b>DGA mode</b> - otherwise this
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733 driver is comparable by speed with <b>-vo dga</b> and <b>-vo fbdev</b> ones.<BR>
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734
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735 - It can be used only by <b>ROOT</b>.<BR>
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736 - Currently it's available only for <b>Linux</b>.<BR>
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737 - It <b>doesn't use</b> any <b>hardware accelerations</b> (like YUV overlay or hw scaling).<BR>
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738 </P>
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739
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740 <P>Don't use this driver with <B>GCC 2.96</B> ! It won't work !</P>
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741
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742 <P>
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743 <TABLE BORDER=0>
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744 <TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>These switches of command line currently are available for VESA:</B></P></TD><TR>
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745 <TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-vo vesa:opts</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>currently recognized: <b>dga</b> to force dga mode and <b>nodga</b> to disable dga mode. Note: you may omit these parameters to enable <b>autodetect</b> of dga mode. (In the future also will specify mode parameters such as refresh rate, interlacing, doublescan and so on. Samples: i43, 85, d100)</TD><TR>
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746 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-screenw, -screenh, -bpp</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>force userdefined mode</TD><TR>
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747 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-x, -y</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>set userdefined prescaling</TD><TR>
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748 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-zoom</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>enables userdefined prescaling</TD><TR>
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749 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-fs</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>scales image to fullscreen</TD><TR>
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750 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-fs -zoom</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>scales userdefined prescaling to fullscreen</TD><TR>
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751 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-double</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>enables double buffering mode. (Available only in DGA mode). Should be slower of single buffering, but has no flickering effects.</TD><TR>
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752 </TABLE>
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753 </P>
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754
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755 <P>
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756 <b>Known problems and workaround:</b><br>
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757 - If you have installed <b>NLS</b> font on your Linux box and run VESA driver
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758 from text-mode then after terminating mplayer you will have <b>ROM font</b> loaded instead
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759 of national. You can load national font again by using <b><i>setsysfont</i></b> utility
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760 from for example Mandrake distribution.<br>
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761 (<b>Hint</b>: The same utility is used for localizating fbdev).<br>
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762 - Some <b>Linux graphics drivers</b> don't update active <b>BIOS mode</b> in DOS memory. So if you have such
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763 problem - always use VESA driver only from <b>text-mode</b>. Otherwise text-mode (#03) will be
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764 activated anyway and you will need restart your computer.<br>
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765 - Often after terminating VESA driver you get <b>black screen</b>. To return your screen
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766 to original state - simply switch to other console (by pressing <b>Alt-Fx</b>) then switch
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767 to your previous console by the same way.<br>
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768 - To get <b>working TV-out</b> you need have plugged tv-connector in before booting
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769 your PC since video BIOS initializes itself only once during POST procedure.
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770 </P>
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771
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772
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773 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.13>2.3.1.13. X11</B></P>
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774
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775 <P>Avoid if possible. Outputs to X11 (uses shared memory extension), with no
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776 hardware acceleration at all. Supports (MMX/3DNow/SSE accelerated, but still
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777 slow) software scaling, use the options <CODE>-fs -zoom</CODE>. Most cards have
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778 hardware scaling support, use the <CODE>-vo xv</CODE> output for them, or
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779 <CODE>-vo xmga</CODE> for Matroxes.</P>
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780
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781 <P>The problem is that most cards' driver doesn't support
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782 hardware acceleration on the second head/TV. In those cases, you see green/blue
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783 coloured window instead of the movie. This is where this driver comes in
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784 handy, but you need powerful CPU to use software scaling. Don't use the
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785 SDL driver's software output+scaler, it has worse image quality !</P>
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786
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787 <P>Software scaling is very slow, you better try changing video modes instead.
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788 It's very simple. See the <A HREF=#2.3.1.3.A>DGA section's modelines</A>, and
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789 insert them into your XF86Config.
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790 <UL>
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791 <LI>If you have XFree86 4.x.x - use the <CODE>-vm</CODE> option. It will
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792 change to a resolution your movie fits in. If it doesn't :</LI>
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793 <LI>With XFree86 3.x.x - you have to cycle through available resolutions
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794 with the <B>CTRL-ALT-plus</B> and <B>minus</B> keys.</LI>
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795 </UL>
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796
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797 If you can't find the modes you inserted, browse XFree86's output. Some
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798 drivers can't use low pixelclocks that are needed for low resolution
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799 video modes.</P>
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800
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801
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802 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.14>2.3.1.14. Rage128 (Pro) / Radeon video overlay (radeon_vid)</A></B></P>
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803 <P>
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804 <b>radeon_vid</b> and <B>rage128_vid</B> provides support for the <b>BackEnd Scaler</b> on ATI <b>Radeon</b> and Rage128 (Pro) chipsets.
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805 It was designed and introduced as analog of <a href="video.html#2.3.1.7">mga_vid</a> driver, so you can use it in the same way!<br>
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806 But main goal of this driver usage is <a href="video.html#2.3.1.12">VESA</a> driver.<br>
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807 Simply because VESA enables TV-out on ATI's card but Backend scaler is used after
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808 mode switching. This implementation outputs video stream on both: <b>TV-screen</b> and <b>CRTC</b>
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809 display simultaneously. (It slightly degrades quality of video output but it's
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810 much better than nothing).
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811 Sorry! I couldn't find out any video overlay's related information
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812 on ATI pages. (I planned to implement it through <b>int 10h</b> calls). But it was
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813 very easy to implement this stuff through reading/writing Radeon ports.
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814 <br><b>NOTE</b>: XXX_VID technology is perfectly undocumented and maybe in the
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815 future this stuff will be fully rewritten. This is the first public release of
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816 driver.</P>
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817
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818 <P><B>Installation</B></P>
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819
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820 <P>
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821 <UL>
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822 <LI>
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823 <CODE>cd drivers/radeon<BR>
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824 make<BR>
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825 make install<BR>
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826 make nodes</CODE></LI>
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827 <LI>add one of the following at the end of the <CODE>/etc/modules.conf</CODE> file :<BR>
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828 <CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;alias char-major-178 radeon_vid</CODE><BR>
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829 <CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;alias char-major-178 rage128_vid</CODE></LI>
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830 <LI>run <CODE>depmod -a</CODE></LI>
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831 </UL>
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832 </P>
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833
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834 <P>
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835 <br><b>Usage:</b><BR>
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836 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mplayer -vo vesa:lvo:/dev/radeon_vid &lt;your options&gt; filename</CODE>
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837 </P>
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838
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839 <P>More examples (for hardware deinterlacing, etc) can be found
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840 <A HREF="../drivers/radeon/README">here</A>.</P>
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841
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842 <P><B>NOTE</B>: don't use any framebuffers when you plan to use this driver ! Use
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843 it only from textmode console.</P>
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844
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845 <P>
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846 <b>Conclusion:</b> I know there are lot of lacks and bugs. So if you are able
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847 to improve something then simply send me your patches.
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848 </P>
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849
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850
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851 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.A>2.3.1.A. TV-out support</A></B></P>
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852
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853 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.A.1>2.3.1.A.1. Matrox cards</A></B></P>
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854
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855 <P>Under Linux you have 2 methods to get TV out working :</P>
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856
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857 <P>
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858 <UL>
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859 <LI><B>XFree86</B>: using the driver and the HAL module, available from
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860 <A HREF="http://www.matrox.com">Matrox's site</A>. This will give you X on
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861 the TV.<BR> <B>This method doesn't give you accelerated playback</B> as
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862 under Windoze! The second head has only YUV framebuffer, the <I>BES</I>
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863 (Back End Scaler, the YUV scaler on G200/G400/G450/G550 cards) doesn't work
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864 on it! The windows driver somehow workarounds this, probably by using the
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865 3D engine to zoom, and the YUV framebuffer to display the zoomed
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866 image. If you really want to use X, use the <CODE>-vo x11 -fs -zoom</CODE>
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867 options, but it will be <B>SLOW</B>, and has <B>Macrovision</B> copyprotection
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868 enabled.</LI>
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869 <LI><B>Framebuffer</B>: using the <B>matroxfb modules</B> in the 2.4 kernels.
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870 2.2 kernels don't have the TVout feature in them, thus unusable for this.
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871 You have to enable ALL matroxfb-specific feature during compilation (except
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872 MultiHead), and compile them into <B>modules</B>!
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873 <UL>
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874 <LI>
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875 Enter <CODE>TVout/matroxset</CODE> and type <CODE>make</CODE>. Install
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876 <CODE>matroxset</CODE> into somewhere in your PATH.</LI>
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877 <LI>
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878 If you don't have <CODE>fbset</CODE> installed, enter
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879 <CODE>TVout/fbset</CODE> and type <CODE>make</CODE>. Install
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880 <CODE>fbset</CODE> into somewhere in your PATH.</LI>
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881 <LI>
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882 Then enter into the <CODE>TVout/</CODE> directory in the <B>MPlayer</B>
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883 source, and execute <CODE>./modules</CODE> as root. Your text-mode console
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884 will enter into framebuffer mode (no way back!).</LI>
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885 <LI>Next, run the <CODE>./matroxtv</CODE> script. This will present you
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886 to a very simple menu. Press <B>2</B> and <B>ENTER</B>. Now you should
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887 have the same picture on your monitor, and TV. The <B>3.</B> option
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888 will turn on independent display, but then you <B>can't use X</B>! If
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889 the TV (PAL !) picture has some weird stripes on it, the script wasn't able to
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890 set the resolution correctly (to 640x512 by default). Use other menu
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891 items randomly and it'll be OK :)</LI>
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892 </UL>
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893
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894 <P>
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895 Yoh. Next task is to make the cursor on tty1 (or whatever) to disappear,
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896 and turn off screen blanking. Execute the following commands:</P>
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897
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898 <P>
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899 <CODE>echo -e '\033[?25l'<BR>
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900 setterm -blank 0</CODE>
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901 </P>
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902
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903 <P>
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904 You possibly want to put the above into a script, and also clear
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905 the screen.. To turn the cursor back :<BR><CODE>echo -e '\033[?25h'</CODE>
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906 </P>
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907
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908 <P>Yeah kewl. Start movie playing with <CODE>mplayer -vo mga -fs -screenw 640
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909 -screenh 512 &lt;filename&gt;</CODE><BR>
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910 (if you use X, now change to matroxfb with for example CTRL-ALT-F1 !)<BR>
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911 Change 640x512 if you set the resolution to other..<BR>
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912 <B>Enjoy the ultra-fast ultra-featured Matrox TV output (better than Xv) !</B>
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913 </P>
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914 </LI>
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915 </LI>
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916 </UL>
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917 </P>
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918
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919
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920 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.A.2>2.3.1.A.2. ATI cards</A></B></P>
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921
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922 <P>
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923 <b>A few word about ATI's TV-out:</b><BR>
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924 Currently ATI doesn't want to support any of its TV-out chips under Linux.
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925 Below is official answer from ATI Inc.:
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926
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927 <P>
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928 <code>
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929 <i>
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930 <br>&gt; Hello!
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931 <br>&gt;
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932 <br>&gt; On your pages you wrote that you support linux developers.
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933 <br>&gt; Currently I participate with mplayer project (www.mplayerhq.hu)
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934 <br>&gt; I'm interesting with enabling TV-out on Radeon VE chips during
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935 <br>&gt; movie playback. I would be glad to add this feature to radeonfb driver
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936 <br>&gt; (which can be found in CVS tree of mplayer project at main/drivers/radeon).
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937 <br>&gt; Do I have a chance to get any official technical documenation?
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938 </i>
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939 <br>We will not provide TV out related documents due to macrovision concerns.
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940 <br>Also mpeg2 decoding is something that we MAY consider in the future but not
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941 <br>at this current time. This is again due to proprietary and 3rd party
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942 <br>information.
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943 </code>
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944 </P>
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945
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946 <P>Pity isn't?</P>
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947
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948 <P>
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949 <code>
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950 <B>Q:What is Macrovision?</B><BR>
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951 A:It's copy protection mechanism.</code>
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952 </P>
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953
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954 <P>It means that if they open any TV-out related information then
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955 hackers will be able to disable copy protection on their chips. Therefore
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956 we have no chance to get working TV-out on ATI.</P>
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957
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958 <P>What's status of ATI's tv-out chips under Linux:
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959 <LI><b>ATI Mach64</b> has <i>ImpacTV</i> which is supported by gatos.
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960 <LI><b>ASIC Radeon VIVO</b> has <i>Rage Theatre</i> which is supported by gatos.
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961 <LI><b>Radeon VE</b> and <b>Rage PRO LT</b> have <i>ImpacTV2+</i> which is not supported under Linux.
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962 But with <B>MPlayer</B> you get <B>full hardware acceleration</B> and <B>TV out</B>
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963 for Radeons !
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964 Check <a href=#2.3.1.12>VESA driver</a> and <A HREF=#2.3.1.14>Radeon
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965 acceleration</A> sections.</P>
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966
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967 <P>
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968 Fortunately, owners of fast enough CPUs (Duron, Celeron2 and better) <b>can watch
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969 movies on their TV</b> through <a href=#2.3.1.12>VESA drivers</a>.
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970 </P>
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971
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972 <P>
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973 I should say good words to ATI Inc. too:<br>
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974 <b>they produce top quality BIOSes.</b>
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975 </P>
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976
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977 <P>
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978 <b>VESA drivers</b> don't use any hardware acceleration but it simulates
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979 <b>DGA</b> through 64K window, which is configured through 32-bit mode
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980 functions of BIOS. ATI cards have enough <b>fast video memory</b> (DIMM or DDR
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981 chips with 64 - 128-bit access) so it's not bottleneck for them. There are no
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982 limitations on which video mode can be displayed on your TV (like on other
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983 cards) so you can use <b>any video mode</b> on your <b>TV</b> (from
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984 <b>320x200</b> up to <b>1024x768</b>).<br>
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985 From other side (it's known at least for <b>Radeons</b>) there is <b>DGA</b>
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986 mode which is detected automatically and in this case you'll get comparable
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987 with <b>-vo dga</b> and <b>-vo fbdev</b> drivers speed.<br>
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988 Only thing you need to do - <b>have TV connector plugged in before booting your
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989 PC</b> since video BIOS initializes itself only once during POST procedure.
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990 </P>
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991
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992 <P>
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993 For detail see <a href="video.html#2.3.1.12">VESA</a> sections of this
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994 documentation.
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995 </P>
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996
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997
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998 <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.A.3>2.3.1.A.3. Voodoo 3</A></B></P>
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999
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1000 <P>
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1001 Check <A HREF="http://www.iki.fi/too/tvout-voodoo3-3000-xfree">this URL</A>.
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1002 </P>
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1003
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1004 </BODY>
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1005 </HTML>