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added MTRR and SUID notes
author | arpi_esp |
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date | Sun, 29 Apr 2001 23:11:35 +0000 |
parents | c67c6e9c1fb3 |
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13 III. Native card-specific drivers, using special abilities of some cards | 13 III. Native card-specific drivers, using special abilities of some cards |
14 IV. DGA - direct graphic access. no YUV & scaling, but faster than raw X11 | 14 IV. DGA - direct graphic access. no YUV & scaling, but faster than raw X11 |
15 V. Not really acceleration, but... | 15 V. Not really acceleration, but... |
16 | 16 |
17 Now, let's see them in details: | 17 Now, let's see them in details: |
18 | |
19 But before reading this, read DOCS/MTRR, and check your /proc/mtrr. | |
20 Believe me, it does worth! Speed up things 5x on P3!!! | |
18 | 21 |
19 I. Under XFree86 4.0.2 or newer, using the XVideo extension: | 22 I. Under XFree86 4.0.2 or newer, using the XVideo extension: |
20 this is what the option '-vo xv' uses. | 23 this is what the option '-vo xv' uses. |
21 | 24 |
22 In order to make this work, be sure to check the following: | 25 In order to make this work, be sure to check the following: |
119 2. MPlayer's DGA driver is autodetected on ./configure, or you can force it | 122 2. MPlayer's DGA driver is autodetected on ./configure, or you can force it |
120 with --enable-dga. | 123 with --enable-dga. |
121 3. If the driver couldn't switch to a smaller resolution, experiment with | 124 3. If the driver couldn't switch to a smaller resolution, experiment with |
122 switches -vm (only with X 3.0.x), -fs, -bpp, -zoom to find a video mode that | 125 switches -vm (only with X 3.0.x), -fs, -bpp, -zoom to find a video mode that |
123 the movie fits in. There is no converter right now.. :( | 126 the movie fits in. There is no converter right now.. :( |
124 4. Install MPlayer SUID root. | 127 4. Became ROOT. DGA needs root access to be able to write directly video memory. |
128 If you want to run it as user, then install MPlayer SUID root: | |
125 'chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer' | 129 'chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer' |
126 'chmod 750 /usr/local/bin/mplayer' | 130 'chmod 750 /usr/local/bin/mplayer' |
127 'chmod +s /usr/local/bin/mplayer' | 131 'chmod +s /usr/local/bin/mplayer' |
128 Now it works as a simple user, too. | 132 Now it works as a simple user, too. |
129 !!!! BUT STAY TUNED !!!! | 133 !!!! BUT STAY TUNED !!!! |