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Updated the DXR3 section to reflect command changes, prebuf replaced noprebuf and sync is a brand new command. Also indicates that prebuffering no longer is the default operation. Note regarding divx playback how you should set the lavc fps to 29.97 for proper playback on the em8300. I saw something on mplayer-dev-eng about everyone being allowed to commit doc-updates now. I hope this is valid, otherwise let me know.

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  should go without problems.</P>

<H4>Usage:</H4>
<DL>
  <DT><CODE>-vo dxr3:noprebuf:&lt;device&gt;</CODE></DT>
  <DD><CODE>noprebuf</CODE> turns off prebuffering. Prebuffering is a feature
    of the em8300 chip that enables it to hold more than one frame of video at
    a time. This means that when you are running with prebuffering (default)
    MPlayer will try to keep the video buffer filled with data at all
    times. If you are on a slow machine MPlayer will probably use close
    to, or precisely 100% of CPU. This is especially common if you play pure MPEG
    streams (like DVDs, SVCDs a.s.o.) since MPlayer will not have to
    reencode it to MPEG it will fill the buffer very fast.<BR>
    With prebuffering video playback is <B>much</B> less sensitive to other
    programs hogging the CPU, it will not drop frames unless applications hog
    the CPU for a long time.<BR>
    Prebuffering does not work on all machines (especially Athlons where it is
    turned off automatically). If you experience problems with video/audio sync
    use <CODE>noprebuf</CODE>. When running without prebuffering the em8300 is
    much more sensitive to CPU load, so it is highly suggested that you turn on
    <B>MPlayer's</B> <CODE>-framedrop</CODE> option to avoid further loss of
    sync.<BR>
    <CODE>&lt;device&gt;</CODE> = device number to use if you have more than one
    em8300 card.
    <BR>
    Any of these options may be left out, but they must be specified in this
    exact order, i.e. <CODE>dxr3:noprebuf</CODE> works, <CODE>dxr3:1</CODE>
    works, but <CODE>dxr3:1:noprebuf</CODE> will not.</DD>

  <DT><CODE>-ao oss:/dev/em8300_ma-X</CODE></DT>
  <DD>For audio output, where <CODE>X</CODE> is the device number
    (0 if one card).</DD>

  <DT><CODE>-vop lavc/fame</CODE></DT>
  <DD>To watch non-MPEG content on the em8300 (i.e. DivX or RealVideo) you have
    to specify an MPEG1 video filter such as libavcodec (lavc) or libfame
    (fame). At the moment lavc is both faster and gives better image quality, it
    is suggested that you use that unless you have problems with it. See the man
    page for further info about <CODE>-vop lavc/fame</CODE>.</DD>
  
  <DT><CODE>-ac hwac3</CODE></DT>
  <DD>The em8300 supports playing back AC3 audio (surround sound) through the
    digital audio output of the card. See the <CODE>-ao oss</CODE> option
    above, it must be used to specify the DXR3's output instead of

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  Linux</A> site. Configure should detect your card automatically, compilation
  should go without problems.</P>

<H4>Usage:</H4>
<DL>
  <DT><CODE>-vo dxr3:prebuf:sync:&lt;device&gt;</CODE></DT>
  <DD><CODE>prebuf</CODE> turns on prebuffering. Prebuffering is a feature
    of the em8300 chip that enables it to hold more than one frame of video at
    a time. This means that when you are running with prebuffering
    MPlayer will try to keep the video buffer filled with data at all
    times. If you are on a slow machine MPlayer will probably use close
    to, or precisely 100% of CPU. This is especially common if you play pure MPEG
    streams (like DVDs, SVCDs a.s.o.) since MPlayer will not have to
    reencode it to MPEG it will fill the buffer very fast.<BR>
    With prebuffering video playback is <B>much</B> less sensitive to other
    programs hogging the CPU, it will not drop frames unless applications hog
    the CPU for a long time.<BR>
    When running without prebuffering the em8300 is much more sensitive to CPU
    load, so it is highly suggested that you turn on <B>MPlayer's</B>
    <CODE>-framedrop</CODE> option to avoid further loss of sync.<BR>
    <CODE>sync</CODE> will turn on the new sync-engine. This is currently an
    experimental feature. With the sync feature turned on the em8300's internal
    clock will be monitored at all times, if it starts to deviate from MPlayer's
    clock it will be reset causing the em8300 to drop any frames that are lagging
    behind.<BR>
    <CODE>&lt;device&gt;</CODE> = device number to use if you have more than one
    em8300 card.
    <BR>
    Any of these options may be left out.</DD>

  <DT><CODE>-ao oss:/dev/em8300_ma-X</CODE></DT>
  <DD>For audio output, where <CODE>X</CODE> is the device number
    (0 if one card).</DD>

  <DT><CODE>-vop lavc/fame</CODE></DT>
  <DD>To watch non-MPEG content on the em8300 (i.e. DivX or RealVideo) you have
    to specify an MPEG1 video filter such as libavcodec (lavc) or libfame
    (fame). At the moment lavc is both faster and gives better image quality, it
    is suggested that you use that unless you have problems with it. See the man
    page for further info about <CODE>-vop lavc/fame</CODE>.<BR>
    Using lavc is highly recommended. Currently there is no way of setting the
    fps of the em8300 which means that it is fixed to 29.97fps. Because of this
    it is highly recommended that you use <CODE>-vop lavc=&lt;quality&gt;:29.97</CODE>,
    especially if you are using prebuffering.</DD>
  
  <DT><CODE>-ac hwac3</CODE></DT>
  <DD>The em8300 supports playing back AC3 audio (surround sound) through the
    digital audio output of the card. See the <CODE>-ao oss</CODE> option
    above, it must be used to specify the DXR3's output instead of