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<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.1>2.3.1.2.1. 3dfx cards</A></B></P>

<P>Older 3dfx drivers were known to have problems with XVideo acceleration,
it didn't support either YUY2 or YV12, and so. Verify that you have
XFree86 version 4.1.0 or greater, it works ok. Alternatively, you can use
<A HREF="http://dri.sourceforge.net">DRI</A> cvs.
If you experience strange effects using -vo xv, try SDL (it has XVideo too)
and see if it helps. Check the <A HREF="#2.3.1.4">SDL section</A> for details.</P>

<P><B>OR</B>, try the NEW -vo tdfxfb driver! See the <A HREF=#2.3.1.9>2.3.1.9</A>

<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.2>2.3.1.2.2. S3 cards</A></B></P>

<P>S3 Savage3D's should work fine, but for Savage4, use XFree86 version 4.0.3
or greater (in case of image problems, try 16bpp). As for S3 Virge.. sell it.</P>

<P><B>NOTE</B>: Savage cards have a slow YV12 image displaying capability (it needs
to do YV12->YUY2 conversion, because the Savage hardware can't display YV12).
So when this documentation says at some point "this has YV12 output use this,
it's faster", it's not sure. Try.</P>

<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.4>2.3.1.2.4. ATI cards</A></B></P>

<P>
<LI>The GATOS driver (which you should use) has VSYNC enabled by default. It means that decoding speed
(!) is synced to the monitor's refresh rate. If playing seems to be slow, try
disabling VSYNC somehow, or set refresh rate to n*(fps of the movie) Hz.</LI>

<LI>Radeon VE - currently only XFree86 CVS has driver for this card, version
4.1.0 doesn't. And no TV out support. Of course with <B>MPlayer</B> you can

<P>It means that if they open any TV-out related information then
hackers will be able to disable copy protection on their chips. Therefore
we have no chance to get working TV-out on ATI.</P>

<P>What's status of ATI's tv-out chips under Linux:
<LI><b>ATI Mach64</b> has <i>ImpacTV</i> which is supported by gatos.
<LI><b>ASIC Radeon VIVO</b> has <i>Rage Theatre</i> which is supported by gatos.
<LI><b>Radeon VE</b> and <b>Rage PRO LT</b> have <i>ImpacTV2+</i> which is not supported under Linux.
But with <B>MPlayer</B> you get <B>full hardware acceleration</B> and <B>TV out</B>
for Radeons !
Check <a href=#2.3.1.12>VESA driver</a> and <A HREF=#2.3.1.14>Radeon
acceleration</A> sections.</P>

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<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.1>2.3.1.2.1. 3dfx cards</A></B></P>

<P>Older 3dfx drivers were known to have problems with XVideo acceleration,
it didn't support either YUY2 or YV12, and so. Verify that you have
XFree86 version 4.1.0 or greater, it works ok with YUY2, but <B>crashes
with YV12</B>! Thus, either wait for 4.2.0 or use the
<A HREF="http://dri.sourceforge.net">DRI</A> cvs.
If you experience strange effects using -vo xv, try SDL (it has XVideo too)
and see if it helps. Check the <A HREF="#2.3.1.4">SDL section</A> for details.</P>

<P><B>OR</B>, try the NEW -vo tdfxfb driver! See the <A HREF=#2.3.1.9>2.3.1.9</A>

<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.2>2.3.1.2.2. S3 cards</A></B></P>

<P>S3 Savage3D's should work fine, but for Savage4, use XFree86 version 4.0.3
or greater (in case of image problems, try 16bpp). As for S3 Virge.. there is
xv support, but the card itself is very slow, so you better sell it.</P>

<P><B>NOTE</B>: Savage cards have a slow YV12 image displaying capability (it needs
to do YV12->YUY2 conversion, because the Savage hardware can't display YV12).
So when this documentation says at some point "this has YV12 output use this,
it's faster", it's not sure. Try.</P>

<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.4>2.3.1.2.4. ATI cards</A></B></P>

<P>
<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.linuxvideo.org/gatos">GATOS driver</A> (which you should use) has VSYNC enabled by default. It means that decoding speed
(!) is synced to the monitor's refresh rate. If playing seems to be slow, try
disabling VSYNC somehow, or set refresh rate to n*(fps of the movie) Hz.</LI>

<LI>Radeon VE - currently only XFree86 CVS has driver for this card, version
4.1.0 doesn't. And no TV out support. Of course with <B>MPlayer</B> you can

<P>It means that if they open any TV-out related information then
hackers will be able to disable copy protection on their chips. Therefore
we have no chance to get working TV-out on ATI.</P>

<P>What's status of ATI's tv-out chips under Linux:
<LI><b>ATI Mach64</b> has <i>ImpacTV</i> which is supported by <A HREF="http://www.linuxvideo.org/gatos">gatos</A>.
<LI><b>ASIC Radeon VIVO</b> has <i>Rage Theatre</i> which is supported by <A HREF="http://www.linuxvideo.org/gatos">gatos</A>.
<LI><b>Radeon VE</b> and <b>Rage PRO LT</b> have <i>ImpacTV2+</i> which is not supported under Linux.
But with <B>MPlayer</B> you get <B>full hardware acceleration</B> and <B>TV out</B>
for Radeons !
Check <a href=#2.3.1.12>VESA driver</a> and <A HREF=#2.3.1.14>Radeon
acceleration</A> sections.</P>