Mercurial > mplayer.hg
changeset 17559:4ae8c0169017
expanded and improved NeoMagic TV-out section
based on a patch by Helio Polis, simplesmoke_at_hotmail_dot_com
| author | diego |
|---|---|
| date | Wed, 08 Feb 2006 12:17:41 +0000 |
| parents | ad90899eeee6 |
| children | 1a54f39404b9 |
| files | DOCS/xml/en/video.xml |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/DOCS/xml/en/video.xml Wed Feb 08 08:20:40 2006 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/video.xml Wed Feb 08 12:17:41 2006 +0000 @@ -2501,22 +2501,27 @@ The NeoMagic chip is found in a variety of laptops, some of them are equipped with a simple analog TV encoder, some have a more advanced one. <itemizedlist> -<listitem><simpara> +<listitem><para> <emphasis role="bold">Analog encoder chip</emphasis>: - Tested on a Toshiba Tecra 8000. Its TV output chip is miserable crap. Avoid - if possible. - </simpara> <simpara> - You must use <option>-vo vesa</option>. The tested chip was capable of - 1.333333 aspect ratio only, so be sure to use the <option>-x</option>, - <option>-y</option> options and/or the - <option>-vf scale,crop,expand</option> filters if the box doesn't let - you enable TV output. Maximum resolution was 720*576 at 16bpp. - </simpara> - <simpara> - Known issues: VESA-only, 1.33333 limitation, image isn't always centered, - movie becomes 4bpp in every 10 minutes, and stays that way. Frequent hard - freezes, LCD display problems. - </simpara></listitem> + It has been reported that reliable TV out can be obtained by using + <option>-vo fbdev</option> or <option>-vo fbdev2</option>. + You need to have vesafb compiled in your kernel and pass + the following parameters on the kernel command line: + <option>append="video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr" vga=791</option>. + You should start <application>X</application>, then switch to console mode + with e.g. <keycap>CTRL</keycap>+<keycap>ALT</keycap>+<keycap>F1</keycap>. + If you fail to start <application>X</application> before running + <application>MPlayer</application> from the console, the video + becomes slow and choppy (explanations are welcome). + Login to your console, then initiate the following command: + + <screen>clear; mplayer -vo fbdev -zoom -cache 8192 dvd://</screen> + + Now you should see the movie running in console mode filling up about + half your laptop's LCD screen. + To switch to TV hit <keycap>Fn</keycap>+<keycap>F5</keycap> three times. + Tested on a Tecra 8000, 2.6.15 kernel with vesafb, ALSA v1.0.10. + </para></listitem> <listitem><simpara> <emphasis role="bold">Chrontel 70xx encoder chip</emphasis>: Found in IBM Thinkpad 390E and possibly other Thinkpads or notebooks.