changeset 675:3ec7d432d972

kommitke
author gabucino
date Mon, 30 Apr 2001 22:58:22 +0000
parents 10fc57f7e368
children 428755f858f7
files DOCS/BUGREPORTS DOCS/BUGS DOCS/MPlayer-FAQ DOCS/VIDEOCARDS
diffstat 4 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/DOCS/BUGREPORTS	Mon Apr 30 02:38:41 2001 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/BUGREPORTS	Mon Apr 30 22:58:22 2001 +0000
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 Don't send bugreports private, directly to author's address!!!
 We are working together on code, so everyone is interested in it.
-Btw many times other users know the solution (system config probs,
+BTW many times other users know the solution (system config probs,
 bad drivers etc), even when we think it's a bug in our code.
 
 Please describe your problem in details, examples etc, and don't
--- a/DOCS/BUGS	Mon Apr 30 02:38:41 2001 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/BUGS	Mon Apr 30 22:58:22 2001 +0000
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 
 Special system/cpu-specific bugs/problems:
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-1. SIGILL (signal 4) in draw_frame, on P3 (mostly 2.2.x kernels):
+1. SIGILL (signal 4) in draw_frame, on P3 (mostly with 2.2.x kernels):
   Problem: movups is crashing in libvo/fastmemcpy.h
   Workaround:  ./configure --disable-fastmemcpy
 
 2. No image (black image) in RGB 16bpp (x11,dga,fbdev,svga) playing
-   MPEG files on SMP machine:
+  MPEG files on SMP machine:
   Problem: bug(?) in MMX YV12->RGB16 converter code
   Workaround: ./configure --disable-mmx
 
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 Please contact me if you experienced any of the above problems. We need
 people to test fixes and send us as many system details information as
 possible (kernel+libc+gcc+binutils version, test results, /proc/cpuinfo etc)
-because they are system-dependent problems and aren't reproducable here.
-Please tell me if you can fix them or you are only user.
+because these are system-dependent problems and aren't reproducable here.
+Please tell me if you can fix them or you are only a user.
 Unfortunately we can't reproduce these here, so it's very hard to fix.
 
 Various A-V sync and other audio problems:
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@
 - audio buffer problems
   Workaround:  mplayer -abs option
 - slow machine (cpu or vga)
-  try with -vo null, if it plays well, then you has slow VGA card/driver:
+  try with -vo null, if it plays well, then you have slow VGA card/driver:
   Workaround: buy a faster card or read DOCS/VIDEOCARDS about how to speed up
 
 Audio delay specific to one or a few files:
 - bad file (pleae upload the file, so we can check & fix)
   Workaround: -ni and/or -bps options
               -delay option or +/- keys at runtime to adjuts delay
-- your soundcard doesn't support 48khz playback
+- your soundcard doesn't support 48Khz playback
   Workaround: buy a better soundcard...
 - file has VBR mp3 audio
   Workaround: mplayer -mc 0
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 - if it's still bad, try with -nosound  [and report the bug, see BUGREPORTS]
 
 No sound at all:
-- your file uses a not supported codec
+- your file uses an unsupported codec
   Workaround: read DOCS/CODECS, and help us adding support for it
 
 Video-out problems:
--- a/DOCS/MPlayer-FAQ	Mon Apr 30 02:38:41 2001 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/MPlayer-FAQ	Mon Apr 30 22:58:22 2001 +0000
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@
 A: x11 driver doesn't support scaling, but XF86VidMode support is now
    used: you must specify the -vm and the -fs switch, and you're done.
    Make sure you have the right Modelines in your XF86Config file, and
-   try if the DGA driver works for you. It's much faster.
+   try if the DGA driver (and SDL's DGA driver, see VIDEOCARDS) works for you.
+   It's much faster. If even SDL's DGA works, it'll be EVEN more faster!
 
 Q: audio goes out of sync playing .avi file
 A: try with -bps or -nobps option
--- a/DOCS/VIDEOCARDS	Mon Apr 30 02:38:41 2001 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/VIDEOCARDS	Mon Apr 30 22:58:22 2001 +0000
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 Now, let's see them in details:
 
 But before reading this, read DOCS/MTRR, and check your /proc/mtrr.
-Believe me, it does worth! Speed up things 5x on P3!!!
+Believe me, it's worth it! Speeds things up more than 5 times on P3!!!
 
 I. Under XFree86 4.0.2 or newer, using the XVideo extension:
    this is what the option '-vo xv' uses.
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
 3. If the driver couldn't switch to a smaller resolution, experiment with
    switches -vm (only with X 3.0.x), -fs, -bpp, -zoom to find a video mode that
    the movie fits in. There is no converter right now.. :(
-4. Became ROOT. DGA needs root access to be able to write directly video memory.
+4. Become ROOT. DGA needs root access to be able to write directly video memory.
    If you want to run it as user, then install MPlayer SUID root:
    'chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer'
    'chmod 750 /usr/local/bin/mplayer' 
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@
    privilegies through suid root mplayer.
    !!!! SO YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ... !!!!
 5. Use '-vo dga' option, and there you go! (hope so:)
+6. Try if the '-vo sdl -sdl dga' options work for you! It's much faster!!!
 
 If you have fast enough CPU (P3 800 for example) you can try fsdga for
 fullscreen mpeg playing (using software YUV->RGB scaling):