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V.   Not really acceleration, but...

Now, let's see them in details:

But before reading this, read DOCS/MTRR, and check your /proc/mtrr.
Believe me, it does worth! Speed up things 5x on P3!!!

I. Under XFree86 4.0.2 or newer, using the XVideo extension:
   this is what the option '-vo xv' uses.

In order to make this work, be sure to check the following:

2. MPlayer's DGA driver is autodetected on ./configure, or you can force it
   with --enable-dga.
3. If the driver couldn't switch to a smaller resolution, experiment with
   switches -vm (only with X 3.0.x), -fs, -bpp, -zoom to find a video mode that
   the movie fits in. There is no converter right now.. :(
4. Became ROOT. DGA needs root access to be able to write directly video memory.
   If you want to run it as user, then install MPlayer SUID root:
   'chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer'
   'chmod 750 /usr/local/bin/mplayer' 
   'chmod +s /usr/local/bin/mplayer' 
   Now it works as a simple user, too.

   This is a BIG security risk! Never do this on a server or on a computer
   can be accessed by more people than only you because they can gain root
   privilegies through suid root mplayer.
   !!!! SO YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ... !!!!
5. Use '-vo dga' option, and there you go! (hope so:)

If you have fast enough CPU (P3 800 for example) you can try fsdga for
fullscreen mpeg playing (using software YUV->RGB scaling):
mplayer -vo fsdga ...

675:3ec7d432d972

V.   Not really acceleration, but...

Now, let's see them in details:

But before reading this, read DOCS/MTRR, and check your /proc/mtrr.
Believe me, it's worth it! Speeds things up more than 5 times on P3!!!

I. Under XFree86 4.0.2 or newer, using the XVideo extension:
   this is what the option '-vo xv' uses.

In order to make this work, be sure to check the following:

2. MPlayer's DGA driver is autodetected on ./configure, or you can force it
   with --enable-dga.
3. If the driver couldn't switch to a smaller resolution, experiment with
   switches -vm (only with X 3.0.x), -fs, -bpp, -zoom to find a video mode that
   the movie fits in. There is no converter right now.. :(
4. Become ROOT. DGA needs root access to be able to write directly video memory.
   If you want to run it as user, then install MPlayer SUID root:
   'chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer'
   'chmod 750 /usr/local/bin/mplayer' 
   'chmod +s /usr/local/bin/mplayer' 
   Now it works as a simple user, too.

   This is a BIG security risk! Never do this on a server or on a computer
   can be accessed by more people than only you because they can gain root
   privilegies through suid root mplayer.
   !!!! SO YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ... !!!!
5. Use '-vo dga' option, and there you go! (hope so:)
6. Try if the '-vo sdl -sdl dga' options work for you! It's much faster!!!

If you have fast enough CPU (P3 800 for example) you can try fsdga for
fullscreen mpeg playing (using software YUV->RGB scaling):
mplayer -vo fsdga ...