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Cleaned up the DXR3 section (lots of old stuff which was no longer true). Updated info on -vop lavc.

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    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>

    (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

<H4>Overlay</H4>

<P>To get overlay run dxr3view that comes with the em8300 package before
  starting MPlayer. You can set various options in dxr3view by pressing
  <CODE>T</CODE> while holding the mouse cursor above the window.</P>

<H4>MPEG1, MPEG2, VCD and DVD Notes</H4>

<P>MPEG1/2 content should now automatically be detected by MPlayer and
  it will use the hardware acceleration of the DXR3 to play it. If not, you can
  force it to hardware acceleration with <CODE>-vc mpegpes</CODE>. Also, if you
  plan to use postprocessing filters you must use <CODE>-vc mpeg12</CODE>.</P>

<P>In some instances, subtitles may not appear properly in sync with the A/V
  stream when using hardware decoding (<CODE>-vc mpegpes</CODE>). This is a
  known bug. The em8300 will also improperly handle subtitles that are too big,
  and may hang for a second or two. At this time, the only workaround is to use
  <CODE>-vc mpeg12</CODE> when viewing DVDs with subtitles. When running with
  <CODE>-vc mpeg12</CODE> MPlayer will reencode video to MPEG (even if it
  already is MPEG). This means that it will need more CPU power, and you might
  loose some picture quality.</P>


<H4><A NAME="tv-out">2.3.1.A TV-out support</A></H4>

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    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.<BR>
    <CODE>:prebuf:sync</CODE> seems to work great when playing DivX etc, even on
    AMD's CPUs. But people have reported problems using these options when playing
    normal MPEGs. You might want to try running without any options first, if you
    have sync problems give <CODE>:sync</CODE> a try.</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>

    (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;:25</CODE>,
    especially if you are using prebuffering. Then why 25 and not 29.97? Well,
    the thing is that when you use 29.97 the picture becomes a bit jumpy. The
    reason for this is unknown to us. If you set it to somewhere between 25 and
    27 the picture becomes stable. For now all we can do is accept this for a
    fact.</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

<H4>Overlay</H4>

<P>To get overlay run dxr3view that comes with the em8300 package before
  starting MPlayer. You can set various options in dxr3view by pressing
  <CODE>T</CODE> while holding the mouse cursor above the window. Activating
  rectangle mode seems to work for alot of people.</P>

<H4>MPEG1, MPEG2, VCD and DVD Notes</H4>

<P>In some instances, subtitles may not appear properly in sync with the A/V
  stream when using hardware decoding. This is a known bug. The em8300 will
  also improperly handle subtitles that are too big, and may hang for a second
  or two. At this time, the only workaround is to use <CODE>-vop lavc</CODE>
  when viewing DVDs with subtitles. When running with <CODE>-vop lavc</CODE>
  MPlayer will reencode video to MPEG (even if it already is MPEG). This means
  that it will need more CPU power, and you might loose some picture quality.</P>


<H4><A NAME="tv-out">2.3.1.A TV-out support</A></H4>