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  It's not released, and won't be. Look around the windows scene (opensource
  ASF parsers, opensource ASF encoders, etc) and you'll know why. We don't
  want to go to jail.
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3489:2605bdacc3e9

  It's not released, and won't be. Look around the windows scene (opensource
  ASF parsers, opensource ASF encoders, etc) and you'll know why. We don't
  want to go to jail.
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
What card you may suggest me to buy?</font></font></b></td>
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A0:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
It's for your opinion only but our issues are:</font></font>
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A1:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
Speed:</font></font>
<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>This
parameter can be computed very easy:</font></font>
<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><b>a)</b>
which movies do you plan to watch:</font></font>
<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><b>-
MPEG1:</b> 320x200@32=256000</font></font>
<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>so
you need only 256*25fps=6.4Mb/sec bandwidth (This format can be played
in real-time on any PC since P-100 + S3Virge)</font></font>
<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><b>-
MPEG4:</b> 640x480@32=1228800</font></font>
<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>you
need videobandwidth 1.2*25fps=30Mb/sec To watch such movie in real-time
you need enough power PC: (Celeron-450+DIMM based video card)</font></font>
<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><b>-
MPEG2 (aka DVD or SDTV):</b> 1024x768@32=3145728</font></font>
<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>you
need videobandwidth 3*30fps=90Mb/sec In extremal cases (if your video card
supports IDCT decoding) this can be played on the same PC as for MPEG4</font></font>
<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><b>-
HDTV (HighData TeleVision):</b> 2000x2000@32=16000000</font></font>
<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>i.e.
videobandwidth = 16*30fps=480Mb/sec (This means also that you need at least
32Mb of video memory to watch this stream: 16Mb for RGB area and 16Mb for
YUV area)</font></font>
<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><b>b)</b>
Bandwidth of PCI slot is: 33Mhz*32bit=132Mb/sec And PCI2.1 has 66MHz*32bit=265Mb/sec
that is far enough for any movie playback (except HDTV streams which really
require AGP bus).</font></font>
<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><b>c)</b>
What memory type should be installed on video card:</font></font>
<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><b>SIMM</b>
- avoid that</font></font>
<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><b>DIMM</b>
- good if your video card has 128-bit memory access.</font></font>
<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><b>DDR</b>
- is far enough for all types.</font></font>
<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>Note:
By DGA comparision - there is no any visible difference between video cards
which have installed the same type of video memory.</font></font>
<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><b>Resume:</b>
If you have enough power CPU (Celeron-450 or K6-2-500) it would be enough
to buy any video card which has at least 8Mb of DIMM or DDR memory.</font></font>
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A2:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
Quality:</font></font>
<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>This
question was investigated in depth at:</font></font>
<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><a href="http://www.anandtech.com">http://www.anadtech.com</a>
AnandTech - Video Card Roundup - DVD Quality, Features &amp; Performance
(October 2000)</font></font>
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A3:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
WORKING features under Linux:</font></font>
<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>If
you are win32 user then probably you have support (from driver and DirectX8
side) for any feature which was introduced in your chip.</font></font>
<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>But
for <b>linux </b>users:</font></font>
<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>Currently
I know only several vendors which have more or less advanced support under
Linux:</font></font>
<br>&nbsp;
<table BORDER COLS=5 WIDTH="100%" NOSAVE >
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<td>&nbsp;</td>

<td>
<center>Matrox</center>
</td>

<td>
<center>ATI</center>
</td>

<td>
<center>NVidia</center>
</td>

<td>
<center>S4 Savage</center>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Driver's provider</td>

<td>enthusiasts</td>

<td>enthusiasts</td>

<td>OEM + enthusiasts</td>

<td>enthusiasts</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Driver's quality</td>

<td>Best(X11,kernel)</td>

<td>Best(X11,GATOS,kernel)</td>

<td>Buggy(X11 only)</td>

<td>Best(X11 only)</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>VIDEO OVERLAY</td>

<td></td>

<td></td>

<td></td>

<td></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>BES and YV2RGB</td>

<td>YES</td>

<td>YES</td>

<td>YES</td>

<td>YES</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>scaling filters</td>

<td>N/A</td>

<td>YES</td>

<td>N/A</td>

<td>N/A</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>adaptive deinterlace</td>

<td>NO</td>

<td>YES</td>

<td>N/A</td>

<td>N/A</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Video equalizer (hue, contrast, saturation, color correction)</td>

<td>N/A</td>

<td>PARTLY&nbsp;(under devel)</td>

<td>N/A</td>

<td>N/A</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Alpha blending, color and video keys</td>

<td>PARTLY</td>

<td>PARTLY&nbsp;(under devel)</td>

<td>N/A</td>

<td>N/A</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Video capture</td>

<td>N/A</td>

<td>YES(GATOS)</td>

<td>N/A</td>

<td>N/A</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>TV-out</td>

<td>YES</td>

<td>YES</td>

<td>N/A</td>

<td>N/A</td>
</tr>
</table>

<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>Well
- it's very rude observing of video card. Indeed we should pay our attention
for models of video card:</font></font>
<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>For
example if MatroxG400(G450) drivers support TV-out then G550 has no such
support.</font></font>
<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>Other
sample: Adaptive deinterlacing exists only since Rage128 chip and isn't
present on Mach64+ ones. Same as 3D features are far different from Mach64
to Radeon2 8500 with trueform possibilities.</font></font>
<p><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>ANYWAY
- MPLAYER'S TEAM DOESN'T ACCEPT ANY CLAIMS IF YOU AFTER</font></font></b>
<br><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>READING
OF THIS MATERIAL WILL BUY CARD WHICH IS UNSUCCESSFUL FOR YOU!!!</font></font></b>
<br><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>THIS
MATERIAL IS ONLY OUR VISION.</font></font></b>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><b>Q:</b>
If PCI slot is far enough for most types of movies then why S3 Virge</font></font>
<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>is
too slow for them?</font></font>
<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><b>A:</b>
Due to its SIMM memory.</font></font>
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