# HG changeset patch # User mswitch # Date 1035855676 0 # Node ID 32ae0a9d06aa0be72d898554b2d8f6033a4b83b5 # Parent d41eb993f6e2993da4a6a34085d9b4af69f0c31e Updated the DXR3 section to reflect command changes, prebuf replaced noprebuf and sync is a brand new command. Also indicates that prebuffering no longer is the default operation. Note regarding divx playback how you should set the lavc fps to 29.97 for proper playback on the em8300. I saw something on mplayer-dev-eng about everyone being allowed to commit doc-updates now. I hope this is valid, otherwise let me know. diff -r d41eb993f6e2 -r 32ae0a9d06aa DOCS/video.html --- a/DOCS/video.html Tue Oct 29 01:38:42 2002 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/video.html Tue Oct 29 01:41:16 2002 +0000 @@ -1165,10 +1165,10 @@

Usage:

-
-vo dxr3:noprebuf:<device>
-
noprebuf turns off prebuffering. Prebuffering is a feature +
-vo dxr3:prebuf:sync:<device>
+
prebuf turns on prebuffering. Prebuffering is a feature of the em8300 chip that enables it to hold more than one frame of video at - a time. This means that when you are running with prebuffering (default) + a time. This means that when you are running with prebuffering MPlayer will try to keep the video buffer filled with data at all times. If you are on a slow machine MPlayer will probably use close to, or precisely 100% of CPU. This is especially common if you play pure MPEG @@ -1177,18 +1177,18 @@ With prebuffering video playback is much less sensitive to other programs hogging the CPU, it will not drop frames unless applications hog the CPU for a long time.
- Prebuffering does not work on all machines (especially Athlons where it is - turned off automatically). If you experience problems with video/audio sync - use noprebuf. When running without prebuffering the em8300 is - much more sensitive to CPU load, so it is highly suggested that you turn on - MPlayer's -framedrop option to avoid further loss of - sync.
+ When running without prebuffering the em8300 is much more sensitive to CPU + load, so it is highly suggested that you turn on MPlayer's + -framedrop option to avoid further loss of sync.
+ sync will turn on the new sync-engine. This is currently an + experimental feature. With the sync feature turned on the em8300's internal + clock will be monitored at all times, if it starts to deviate from MPlayer's + clock it will be reset causing the em8300 to drop any frames that are lagging + behind.
<device> = device number to use if you have more than one em8300 card.
- Any of these options may be left out, but they must be specified in this - exact order, i.e. dxr3:noprebuf works, dxr3:1 - works, but dxr3:1:noprebuf will not.
+ Any of these options may be left out.
-ao oss:/dev/em8300_ma-X
For audio output, where X is the device number @@ -1206,7 +1206,11 @@ to specify an MPEG1 video filter such as libavcodec (lavc) or libfame (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 -vop lavc/fame.
+ page for further info about -vop lavc/fame.
+ 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 -vop lavc=<quality>:29.97, + especially if you are using prebuffering.
-ac hwac3
The em8300 supports playing back AC3 audio (surround sound) through the