diff DOCS/en/video.html @ 10130:e1deeb0c30e3

small updates here-and-there

--- a/DOCS/en/video.html	Mon May 19 06:54:50 2003 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/en/video.html	Mon May 19 06:54:52 2003 +0000
@@ -179,25 +179,25 @@
     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 MPlayer you can
-    happily get <B>accelerated</B> display, with or without <B>TV output</B>, and
+  <LI>Radeon VE - if you need X, use XFree86 4.2.0 or greater for this card.
+    No TV out support. Of course with MPlayer you can happily get
+    <B>accelerated</B> display, with or without <B>TV output</B>, and
     no libraries or X are needed. Read <A HREF="#vidix">VIDIX</A> section.</LI>
 </UL>
 
 
 <H4><A NAME="xv_neomagic">2.3.1.2.1.5 NeoMagic cards</A></H4>
 
-<P>These cards can be found in many laptops. Unfortunately, the driver in
-  XFree prior to 4.3.0 cannot do Xv, but Stefan Seyfried provided 
+<P>These cards can be found in many laptops. You must use XFree86 4.3.0 or
+  above, or else use Stefan Seyfried's
   <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/contrib/NeoMagic-driver/">Xv-capable drivers</A>.
-  Just choose the one that applies to your version of Xfree.</P>
+  Just choose the one that applies to your version of XFree86.</P>
 
 <P>XFree86 4.3.0 includes Xv support, yet Bohdan Horst sent a small
   <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/contrib/NeoMagic-driver/neo_driver.patch">patch</A>
-  against the XFree86 sources that speeds up framebuffer operations up to four
-  times. The patch has been included in XFree86 CVS and should be in the next
-  release after 4.3.0.</P>
+  against the XFree86 sources that speeds up framebuffer operations (so XVideo)
+  up to four times. The patch has been included in XFree86 CVS and should be in
+  the next release after 4.3.0.</P>
 
 <P>To allow playback of DVD sized content change your XF86Config like this:</P>
 
@@ -559,8 +559,8 @@
     supported only if the movie's pixel format matches the video mode's pixel
     format. Pay attention to the bpp value, fbdev driver tries to use the
     current, or if you specify the -bpp option, then that.</LI>
-  <LI><B>-zoom</B> option isn't supported (software scaling is slow). -fs
-    option isn't supported. You can't use 8bpp (or less) modes.</LI>
+  <LI><B>-zoom</B> option isn't supported (use <CODE>-vf scale</CODE>).
+    You can't use 8bpp (or less) modes.</LI>
   <LI>you possibly want to turn the cursor off: <CODE>echo -e
     '\033[?25l'</CODE> or <CODE>setterm -cursor off</CODE><BR>
     and the screen saver: <CODE>setterm -blank 0</CODE><BR>
@@ -999,8 +999,10 @@
   or directly on Ville Syrjala's
   <A HREF="http://www.sci.fi/~syrjala/directfb/Matrox_TV-out_README.txt">home page</A>.</P>
 
-<P>Note: we haven't been able to make this work, but others did. Anyway,
-  porting of the CRTC2 code to <B>mga_vid</B> is underway.</P>
+<P>Note: the first DirectFB version with which we could kick this working was
+  0.9.17 (it's buggy, needs that <CODE>surfacemanager</CODE> patch from
+  the URL above). Anyway, porting of the CRTC2 code to <B>mga_vid</B> is
+  underway.</P>
 
 
 <H4><A NAME="mpegdec">2.3.1.3 MPEG decoders</A></H4>