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<P>The <CODE>/dev/mga_vid</CODE> device file can be read (for example by
  <CODE>cat /dev/mga_vid</CODE>) for some info, and written for brightness
  change: <CODE>echo "brightness=120" &gt; /dev/mga_vid</CODE></P>


<H4><A NAME="tdfxfb">2.3.1.9 3dfx YUV support (tdfxfb)</A></H4>

<P>This driver uses the kernel's tdfx framebuffer driver to play movies with
  YUV acceleration. You'll need a kernel with tdfxfb support, and recompile
  with <CODE>./configure --enable-tdfxfb</CODE></P>


<H4><A NAME="opengl">2.3.1.10 OpenGL output</A></H4>

<P><B>MPlayer</B> supports displaying movies using OpenGL, but if your
  platform/driver supports xv as should be the case on a PC with Linux, use xv
  instead, OpenGL performance is considerably worse. If you have an X11
  implementation without xv support, OpenGL is a viable alternative.</P>

  4.2.0 or later  supports Rage128. See
  <A HREF="http://dri.sourceforge.net">http://dri.sourceforge.net</A>
  for download and installation instructions.</P>


<H4><A NAME="aalib">2.3.1.11 AAlib - text mode displaying</A></H4>

<P><B>AAlib</B> is a library for displaying graphics in text mode, using powerful
  ASCII renderer. There are LOTS of programs already supporting it, like Doom,
  Quake, etc. <B>MPlayer</B> contains a very usable driver for it.
  If ./configure detects aalib installed, the aalib libvo driver will be

  to find the best mode.  See
  <A HREF="http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/tune/">http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/tune/</A>
  for further tuning issues.</P>


<H4><A NAME="vesa">2.3.1.12  VESA - output to VESA BIOS</A></H4>

<P>This driver was designed and introduced as a <B>generic driver</B> for any
  video card which has VESA VBE 2.0 compatible BIOS. Another advantage of this
  driver is that it tries to force TV output on.<BR>
  <B>VESA BIOS EXTENSION (VBE) Version 3.0 Date: September 16, 1998</B> (Page

    booting your PC since video BIOS initializes itself only once during POST
    procedure.</LI>
</UL>


<H4><A NAME="x11">2.3.1.13  X11</A></H4>

<P>Avoid if possible. Outputs to X11 (uses shared memory extension), with no
  hardware acceleration at all. Supports (MMX/3DNow/SSE accelerated, but still
  slow) software scaling, use the options <CODE>-fs -zoom</CODE>. Most cards
  have hardware scaling support, use the <CODE>-vo xv</CODE> output for them,

<P>If you can't find the modes you inserted, browse XFree86's output. Some
  drivers can't use low pixelclocks that are needed for low resolution
  video modes.</P>


<H4><A NAME="vidix">2.3.1.14 VIDIX</A></H4>

<P>VIDIX is the abbreviation for <B>VID</B>eo <B>I</B>nterface for
  *ni<B>X</B>.<BR>
  VIDIX was designed and introduced as an interface for fast user-space drivers
  providing such video performance as mga_vid does for Matrox cards. It's

  or<BR>
  <CODE>mplayer -vo xvidix -red_intensity -50 -saturation 400 -hue 300
  filename.vob</CODE></P>


<H4><A NAME="zr">2.3.1.15 Zr</A></H4>

<P>This is a display-driver (<CODE>-vo zr</CODE>) for a number of MJPEG
  capture/playback cards (tested for DC10+ and Buz, and it should work for the
  LML33 and the original DC10). The driver works by encoding the frame to jpeg 
  and then sending it to the card. For the jpeg encoding <B>libavcodec</B> is

<P>Finally an important remark: Do not start or stop XawTV on the playback
  device during playback, it will crash your computer. It is, however, fine to
  <B>FIRST</B> start XawTV, <B>THEN</B> start <B>MPlayer</B>, wait for
  <B>MPlayer</B> to finish and <B>THEN</B> stop XawTV.</P>

<H4><A NAME="dvb">2.3.1.16 DVB</A></H4>

<P><B>MPlayer</B> supports cards with the Siemens DVB chipset from vendors like
  Siemens, Technotrend, Galaxis or Hauppauge.  The latest DVB drivers are
  available from the <A HREF="http://www.linuxtv.org">Linux TV site</A>. If you
  want to do software transcoding you should have at least a 1GHz CPU.</P>

  the native OSD feature of DVB cards, as well as more fluent playback of
  non-25fps movies and realtime transcoding between MPEG2 and MPEG4 (partial
  decompression).</P>


<H4><A NAME="dxr3">2.3.1.17 DXR3/Hollywood+</A></H4>

<P><B>MPlayer</B> supports hardware accelerated playback with the Creative DXR3
  and Sigma Designs Hollywood Plus cards. These cards both use the em8300 MPEG
  decoder chip from Sigma Designs.</P>

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<P>The <CODE>/dev/mga_vid</CODE> device file can be read (for example by
  <CODE>cat /dev/mga_vid</CODE>) for some info, and written for brightness
  change: <CODE>echo "brightness=120" &gt; /dev/mga_vid</CODE></P>


<H4><A NAME="tdfxfb">2.3.1.8 3dfx YUV support (tdfxfb)</A></H4>

<P>This driver uses the kernel's tdfx framebuffer driver to play movies with
  YUV acceleration. You'll need a kernel with tdfxfb support, and recompile
  with <CODE>./configure --enable-tdfxfb</CODE></P>


<H4><A NAME="opengl">2.3.1.9 OpenGL output</A></H4>

<P><B>MPlayer</B> supports displaying movies using OpenGL, but if your
  platform/driver supports xv as should be the case on a PC with Linux, use xv
  instead, OpenGL performance is considerably worse. If you have an X11
  implementation without xv support, OpenGL is a viable alternative.</P>

  4.2.0 or later  supports Rage128. See
  <A HREF="http://dri.sourceforge.net">http://dri.sourceforge.net</A>
  for download and installation instructions.</P>


<H4><A NAME="aalib">2.3.1.10 AAlib - text mode displaying</A></H4>

<P><B>AAlib</B> is a library for displaying graphics in text mode, using powerful
  ASCII renderer. There are LOTS of programs already supporting it, like Doom,
  Quake, etc. <B>MPlayer</B> contains a very usable driver for it.
  If ./configure detects aalib installed, the aalib libvo driver will be

  to find the best mode.  See
  <A HREF="http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/tune/">http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/tune/</A>
  for further tuning issues.</P>


<H4><A NAME="vesa">2.3.1.11  VESA - output to VESA BIOS</A></H4>

<P>This driver was designed and introduced as a <B>generic driver</B> for any
  video card which has VESA VBE 2.0 compatible BIOS. Another advantage of this
  driver is that it tries to force TV output on.<BR>
  <B>VESA BIOS EXTENSION (VBE) Version 3.0 Date: September 16, 1998</B> (Page

    booting your PC since video BIOS initializes itself only once during POST
    procedure.</LI>
</UL>


<H4><A NAME="x11">2.3.1.12  X11</A></H4>

<P>Avoid if possible. Outputs to X11 (uses shared memory extension), with no
  hardware acceleration at all. Supports (MMX/3DNow/SSE accelerated, but still
  slow) software scaling, use the options <CODE>-fs -zoom</CODE>. Most cards
  have hardware scaling support, use the <CODE>-vo xv</CODE> output for them,

<P>If you can't find the modes you inserted, browse XFree86's output. Some
  drivers can't use low pixelclocks that are needed for low resolution
  video modes.</P>


<H4><A NAME="vidix">2.3.1.13 VIDIX</A></H4>

<P>VIDIX is the abbreviation for <B>VID</B>eo <B>I</B>nterface for
  *ni<B>X</B>.<BR>
  VIDIX was designed and introduced as an interface for fast user-space drivers
  providing such video performance as mga_vid does for Matrox cards. It's

  or<BR>
  <CODE>mplayer -vo xvidix -red_intensity -50 -saturation 400 -hue 300
  filename.vob</CODE></P>


<H4><A NAME="zr">2.3.1.14 Zr</A></H4>

<P>This is a display-driver (<CODE>-vo zr</CODE>) for a number of MJPEG
  capture/playback cards (tested for DC10+ and Buz, and it should work for the
  LML33 and the original DC10). The driver works by encoding the frame to jpeg 
  and then sending it to the card. For the jpeg encoding <B>libavcodec</B> is

<P>Finally an important remark: Do not start or stop XawTV on the playback
  device during playback, it will crash your computer. It is, however, fine to
  <B>FIRST</B> start XawTV, <B>THEN</B> start <B>MPlayer</B>, wait for
  <B>MPlayer</B> to finish and <B>THEN</B> stop XawTV.</P>


<H4><A NAME="dvb">2.3.1.15 DVB</A></H4>

<P><B>MPlayer</B> supports cards with the Siemens DVB chipset from vendors like
  Siemens, Technotrend, Galaxis or Hauppauge.  The latest DVB drivers are
  available from the <A HREF="http://www.linuxtv.org">Linux TV site</A>. If you
  want to do software transcoding you should have at least a 1GHz CPU.</P>

  the native OSD feature of DVB cards, as well as more fluent playback of
  non-25fps movies and realtime transcoding between MPEG2 and MPEG4 (partial
  decompression).</P>


<H4><A NAME="dxr3">2.3.1.16 DXR3/Hollywood+</A></H4>

<P><B>MPlayer</B> supports hardware accelerated playback with the Creative DXR3
  and Sigma Designs Hollywood Plus cards. These cards both use the em8300 MPEG
  decoder chip from Sigma Designs.</P>