# HG changeset patch # User diego # Date 1083681258 0 # Node ID 80266d26d80c80a750467ef21a8d6e6facd766ec # Parent d94ae022d3835c35f23a246f47ef537d30e17ed9 winvidix documented, alternative ways of specifying -dvd-device. diff -r d94ae022d383 -r 80266d26d80c DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml --- a/DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml Tue May 04 14:19:34 2004 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml Tue May 04 14:34:18 2004 +0000 @@ -295,6 +295,27 @@ DirectX 7 header files to compile the DirectX video output driver. +VIDIX now works under Windows as + , although it is still experimental + and needs a bit of manual setup. Download + dhahelper.sys + and copy it to the + libdha/dhahelperwin directory in your + MPlayer source tree. + Open a console and change to that directory. Then type + + gcc -o dhasetup.exe dhasetup.c + + and execute + + dhasetup.exe install + + as Administrator. After that you will have to reboot. When you are + done, copy the .so files from + vidix/drivers to the + mplayer/vidix directory + relative to your mplayer.exe. + For best results MPlayer should use a colorspace that your video card supports in hardware. Unfortunately many Windows graphics drivers wrongly report some colorspaces as supported in @@ -363,6 +384,8 @@ DVDs also work, adjust for the drive letter of your DVD-ROM: +mplayer dvd://<title> -dvd-device d: + mplayer dvd://<title> -dvd-device '\\.\d:' @@ -392,6 +415,8 @@ mplayer dvd://<title> -dvd-device /d/ +mplayer dvd://<title> -dvd-device d:\\ +