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It is VERY recommended to check if the MTRR registers
are set up properly, because they can give a big performance boost.
</para>

<para>
Do a <command>/proc/mtrr</command>:
<screen>
<prompt>--($:~)--</prompt> cat /proc/mtrr
reg00: base=0xe4000000 (3648MB), size=  16MB: write-combining, count=9
reg01: base=0xd8000000 (3456MB), size= 128MB: write-combining, count=1<!--
--></screen>

</screen>
</para>

<para>
Not all CPUs support MTRRs. For example older K6-2's (around 266MHz,
stepping 0) doesn't support MTRR, but stepping 12's do (<command>cat /proc/cpuinfo
</command> to check it).
</para>
</sect3>

<sect3 id="output-trad">
<title>Video outputs for traditional video cards</title>
<sect4 id="xv">
<title>Xv</title>

<para>
Under XFree86 4.0.2 or newer, you can use your card's hardware YUV routines
using the XVideo extension. This is what the option '<option>-vo
xv</option>' uses. Also, this is driver supports adjusting
brightness/contrast/hue/etc (unless you use the old, slow DirectShow DivX
codec, which supports it everywhere), see the man page.
</para>

<para>

<para>
Extra occurrences of <option>-zrcrop</option> invoke <emphasis>cinerama</emphasis>
mode, i.e. you can distribute the movie over several TV's or beamers to create a
larger screen. Suppose you have two beamers. The left one is connected to your
Buz at <systemitem>/dev/video1</systemitem> and the right one is connected to
your DC10+ at <systemitem>/dev/video0</systemitem>. The movie has a resolution
of 704x288. Suppose also that you want the right beamer in black and white and
that the left beamer should have JPEG frames at quality 10, then you would
issue the following command
<screen>
mplayer -vo zr -zrdev /dev/video0 -zrcrop 352x288+352+0 -zrxdoff 0 -zrbw \

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It is VERY recommended to check if the MTRR registers
are set up properly, because they can give a big performance boost.
</para>

<para>
Do a <command>cat /proc/mtrr</command>:
<screen>
<prompt>--($:~)--</prompt> cat /proc/mtrr
reg00: base=0xe4000000 (3648MB), size=  16MB: write-combining, count=9
reg01: base=0xd8000000 (3456MB), size= 128MB: write-combining, count=1<!--
--></screen>

</screen>
</para>

<para>
Not all CPUs support MTRRs. For example older K6-2's (around 266MHz,
stepping 0) doesn't support MTRR, but stepping 12's do
(<command>cat /proc/cpuinfo</command> to check it).
</para>
</sect3>

<sect3 id="output-trad">
<title>Video outputs for traditional video cards</title>
<sect4 id="xv">
<title>Xv</title>

<para>
Under XFree86 4.0.2 or newer, you can use your card's hardware YUV routines
using the XVideo extension. This is what the option
'<option>-vo xv</option>' uses. Also, this driver supports adjusting
brightness/contrast/hue/etc (unless you use the old, slow DirectShow DivX
codec, which supports it everywhere), see the man page.
</para>

<para>

<para>
Extra occurrences of <option>-zrcrop</option> invoke <emphasis>cinerama</emphasis>
mode, i.e. you can distribute the movie over several TV's or beamers to create a
larger screen. Suppose you have two beamers. The left one is connected to your
Buz at <filename>/dev/video1</filename> and the right one is connected to
your DC10+ at <filename>/dev/video0</filename>. The movie has a resolution
of 704x288. Suppose also that you want the right beamer in black and white and
that the left beamer should have JPEG frames at quality 10, then you would
issue the following command
<screen>
mplayer -vo zr -zrdev /dev/video0 -zrcrop 352x288+352+0 -zrxdoff 0 -zrbw \