# HG changeset patch
# User gabucino
# Date 984938269 0
# Node ID 6889224c44e056629c36e6455fe6e655aaa0c8b6
# Parent  8c10a29f489a203ee021d3aa32153f66fabbf011
big updates, new docs, etc :)

diff -r 8c10a29f489a -r 6889224c44e0 DOCS/SOUNDCARDS
--- a/DOCS/SOUNDCARDS	Sun Mar 18 17:01:41 2001 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/SOUNDCARDS	Sun Mar 18 17:57:49 2001 +0000
@@ -1,24 +1,40 @@
-Recommended options for better sound sync:
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Recommendations for misc. soundcards
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-Due to the constant fixes/changes in MPlayer, the contents of this file
-must be considered only as advice, and are subjects to change without
-warning.
+SB Live!:
+			OSS	: OK
+			ALSA	: (untested)
+			Max kHz : 48
+
+Gravis UltraSound ACE:
+			OSS     : default settings are OK
+			ALSA    : if video lags, use OSS or mplayerHQ
+			Max kHz : 48
 
-Aureal Vortex2:		-abs 65536 -delay -0.5
+Gravis UltraSound MAX:
+			OSS     : use it if you wanna be sure, but
+			ALSA    : has no known problems
+			Max kHz : 48
+
+ESS 688 and probably all old SB's:
+			OSS     : OK
+			ALSA    : OK
+			Max kHz : 44.1
 
-SB Live!:		Kernel 2.2 : Use default settings
-			Kernel 2.4 : try -noalsa
+PC Speaker or DAC:
+			OSS     : only with the new HQ timing code
+			          (maybe won't work at all in the future)
+			ALSA    : no driver
+			Max kHz : 6 ;) (the driver emulates 44.1 maybe more)
+			Driver  : ftp://ftp.infradead.org/pub/pcsp
 
-Gravis Ultrasound ACE:	OSS (2.4) : default settings are OK
-			ALSA : if video lags, use OSS or mplayerHQ
-
+ - MPlayer is mostly intended for OSS
+ - use at least 2.4 if possible, 2.2 isn't tested
  - if sound clicks when playing from CD-ROM, turn on IRQ unmasking !
    for example "hdparm -u1 /dev/cdrom" (see "man hdparm" !!!)
  - don't use your soundcard by other application ( for ex. XMMS ) !
    if you use ESD, start MPlayer with the esddsp utility !
- - use high speed hdd or CDROM and CPU !
-
 
-        Pontscho/fresh!mindworkz	Gabucino
-	 pontscho@makacs.poliod.hu	 gabucino@k2.jozsef.kando.hu
+	Gabucino
+
diff -r 8c10a29f489a -r 6889224c44e0 DOCS/VIDEOCARDS
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/VIDEOCARDS	Sun Mar 18 17:57:49 2001 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+
+Videocards with hardware acceleration:
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* read DOCS/MTRR too!
+
+  "Hardware acceleration" usually means hardware YUV conversion, scaling,
+bilinear filtering. Under Linux and XFree86, this is done by the XVideo
+extension, this is what the option '-vo xv' uses.
+  In order to make this work, be sure to check the following:
+1. your card actually supports harware acceleration
+2. you use XFree86 4.0.2 or newer (former versions don't have XVideo)
+3. X loads the XVideo extension, it's something like this:
+   (II) Loading extension XVideo
+   in /var/log/XFree86.0.log
+   NOTE : this loads only the XFree86 support. In a good install, this is
+          always loaded, and doesn't mean that the _card's_ XVideo support is
+          loaded!
+4. The XVideo extensions can use your card. Try 'xvinfo' which is the part of
+   the XFree86 distribution. It should display a long text, similar to this:
+
+	X-Video Extension version 2.2
+	screen #0
+	  Adaptor #0: "Savage Streams Engine"
+	    number of ports: 1
+	    port base: 43
+	    operations supported: PutImage 
+	    supported visuals:
+	      depth 16, visualID 0x22
+	      depth 16, visualID 0x23
+	    number of attributes: 5
+	(...etc...)
+5. Be sure MPlayer is compiled with the "xv" target. "./configure" should say:
+	Checking for Xv ... yes
+6. If all is fine, try the option '-vo xv' . It should work.
+   (if it doesn't, send us a bugreport. See the README on how to do this.)
+
+
+
+  There are additional drivers for the Matrox cards, which are usually
+better than XVideo, consume much less CPU, and some doesn't even need X.
+(Arpi please complete this section somewhat :) I'll correct your english:)
+
+
+
+  If your card lacks hardware acceleration, you can still boost your fps by
+using the DGA driver.
+1. Make sure X loads the DGA extension:
+	(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
+2. MPlayer's DGA driver is autodetected on ./configure, or you can force it
+   with --enable-dga.
+3. Be sure to use 24/32bpp mode, since there is no converter right now.. :(
+4. Install MPlayer SUID root.
+   (see the FAQ on how to do this, and... heed the warning!)
+5. Use '-vo dga' option, and there you go! (hope so:)
+
+
+
+  (section describing OpenGL support? I don't have any:)
+
+	Gabucino
+