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changeset 6729:62b33bad8fca
Added DVB to the HTML docs.
Parts of this may be outdated, somebody please review.
| author | diego |
|---|---|
| date | Sat, 13 Jul 2002 17:54:04 +0000 |
| parents | 5361c7f3c9f2 |
| children | 9ca29d627354 |
| files | DOCS/DVB DOCS/video.html |
| diffstat | 2 files changed, 101 insertions(+), 104 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/DOCS/DVB Sat Jul 13 16:11:52 2002 +0000 +++ /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 @@ -1,100 +0,0 @@ -Some words about Siemens-DVB card support. by A'rpi -========================================== - -Requirements: -~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- Siemens DVB-S card or compatible (Technotrend, Galaxis, Hauppauge, etc) - See www.linuxtv.org for details and download latest driver there. -- MPlayer-CVS, FFmpeg libavcodec CVS are recommended for speed & postprocessing. -- Fast CPU - at least 1GHz recommended for software transcoding (DivX -> MPEG). - - -How to enable? -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -'./configure' should detect it. If it did not, force detection with - - ./configure --enable-dvb - -If you have ost headers at a non-standard path, set the path with - - ./configure --with-extraincdir=<your DVB source dir>/ost/include - -Then compile and install as usual: - - make - make install - - -How to use? -~~~~~~~~~~~ - -Hardware decoding: (play standard MPEG1/2 files) - - mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes file.mpg|vob - -Software decoding/transcoding anything to MPEG1: - - mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vop lavc yourfile.ext - mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vop fame,expand yourfile.ext - -Note: The DVB card only supports height 288 and 576 for PAL, 240 and 480 for -NTSC. You MUST rescale for other heights by adding 'scale=w:h' to the '-vop' -option, where 'w:h' are the width and height you want. Note that DVB cards accept -various widths, like 720, 704, 640, 512, 480, 352 etc and do hardware scaling in -horizontal direction, so you do not need to scale horizontally in most cases. -For example, for a 512x384 (aspect 4:3) DivX try: - - mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vop lavc,scale=512:576 - -If you have a widescreen movie and you do not want to scale it to full height, -you can use the 'expand=w:h' plugin to add black bands. -For example, to view a 640x384 DivX, try: - - mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vop lavc,expand=640:576 file.avi - -If your CPU is too slow to view a 720x576 DivX in full size, try to downscale: - - mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vop lavc,scale=352:576 file.avi - -If it is still slow, try to downscale vertically, too: - - mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vop lavc,scale=352:288 file.avi - -Do you want OSD, and subtitles? Use the expand feature of the OSD plugin! -So, instead of 'expand=w:h' or 'expand=w:h:x:y', use 'expand=w:h:x:y:1' (the 5th -parameter ':1' at the end will enable OSD rendering). You may want to move the -image up a bit to get bigger black zone for subtitles. And you may want to move -subtitles up, if they are out of your TV screen, use the '-subpos <0-100>' switch -('-subpos 80' is perfect for me). - -In order to play non-25fps movies on a PAL TV or with a slow CPU, add the -'-framedrop' option. - - -How to keep the aspect ratio for DivX files? -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -To get the optimal scaling parameters (hardware X scaling, software Y scaling, -while keeping the right aspect ratio), use the new 'dvbscale' plugin: - -for 3:4 TV: -vop lavc,expand=-1:576:-1:-1:1,scale=-1:0,dvbscale -for 16:9 TV: -vop lavc,expand=-1:576:-1:-1:1,scale=-1:0,dvbscale=1024 - - -Mailing list: -~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - - http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dvb - -List language is ENGLISH. Please avoid using German or other languages! -Subscribe, and ask/discuss your problems there. -I will also post feature announcements to this list. - - -Future plans/TODO: -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -- display OSD and subtitles using the OSD feature of DVB cards -- better (more fluent) playback of non-25fps movies -- realtime transcoding between mpeg2 <-> mpeg4 (partial decompression)
--- a/DOCS/video.html Sat Jul 13 16:11:52 2002 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/video.html Sat Jul 13 17:54:04 2002 +0000 @@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ <LI>Radeon VE - currently only XFree86 CVS has driver for this card, version 4.1.0 doesn't. And no TV out support. Of course with <B>MPlayer</B> you can happily get <B>accelerated</B> display, with or without <B>TV output</B>, and -no libraries or X are needed. Read <A HREF="#2.3.1.15">Vidix</A> section.</LI> +no libraries or X are needed. Read <A HREF="#2.3.1.14">Vidix</A> section.</LI> </UL> @@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ it has hardware VSYNC support with triple buffering. It works on both framebuffer console and under X.</P> -<P><B>WARNING</B>: on non-Linux systems, use <A HREF="#2.3.1.15">Vidix</A> for +<P><B>WARNING</B>: on non-Linux systems, use <A HREF="#2.3.1.14">Vidix</A> for mga_vid !!!</P> <P>To use it, you first have to compile mga_vid.o:</P> @@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ video modes.</P> -<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.15>2.3.1.15. Vidix</A></B></P> +<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.14>2.3.1.14. Vidix</A></B></P> <P><B>WHAT IS VIDIX?</B></P> @@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ </P> -<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.16>2.3.1.16. Zr</A></B></P> +<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.15>2.3.1.15. Zr</A></B></P> <P>This is a display-driver (<CODE>-vo zr</CODE>) for a number of MJPEG capture/playback cards (tested for DC10+ and Buz, and it should work for the @@ -959,6 +959,103 @@ </UL> +<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.16>2.3.1.16. DVB</A></B></P> + +<P><B>MPlayer</B> supports cards with the Siemens DVB chipset from vendors like +Siemens, Technotrend, Galaxis or Hauppauge. The latest DVB drivers are +available from the <A HREF="http://www.linuxtv.org">Linux TV site</A>. If you +want to do software transcoding you should have at least a 1GHz CPU.</P> + +<P>Configure should detect your DVB card. If it did not, force detection with + +<PRE> + ./configure --enable-dvb +</PRE> + +<P>If you have ost headers at a non-standard path, set the path with</P> + +<PRE> + ./configure --with-extraincdir=<DVB source directory>/ost/include +</PRE> + +<P>Then compile and install as usual.</P> + +<P>Hardware decoding (playing standard MPEG1/2 files) can be done with this +command:</P> + +<PRE> + mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes file.mpg|vob +</PRE> + +<P>Software decoding or transcoding different formats to MPEG1 can be achieved +using a command like this:</P> + +<PRE> + mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vop lavc yourfile.ext + mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vop fame,expand yourfile.ext +</PRE> + +<P>Note that DVB cards only support heights 288 and 576 for PAL or 240 and 480 +for NTSC. You <B>must</B> rescale for other heights by adding +<CODE>scale=width:height</CODE> with the width and height you want to the +</CODE>-vop</CODE> option. DVB cards accept various widths, like 720, 704, 640, +512, 480, 352 etc and do hardware scaling in horizontal direction, so you do not +need to scale horizontally in most cases. For a 512x384 (aspect 4:3) DivX try:</P> + +<PRE> + mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vop lavc,scale=512:576 +</PRE> + +<P>If you have a widescreen movie and you do not want to scale it to full height, +you can use the <CODE>expand=w:h</CODE> plugin to add black bands. To view a +640x384 DivX, try:</P> + +<PRE> + mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vop lavc,expand=640:576 file.avi +</PRE> + +<P>If your CPU is too slow for a full size 720x576 DivX, try downscaling:</P> + +<PRE> + mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vop lavc,scale=352:576 file.avi +</PRE> + +<P>If speed does not improve, try vertical downscaling, too:</P> + +<PRE> + mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vop lavc,scale=352:288 file.avi +</PRE> + +<P>For OSD and subtitles use the expand feature of the OSD plugin. So, instead +of <CODE>expand=w:h</CODE> or <CODE>expand=w:h:x:y</CODE>, use +<CODE>expand=w:h:x:y:1</CODE> (the 5th parameter <CODE>:1</CODE> at the end +will enable OSD rendering). You may want to move the image up a bit to get a +bigger black zone for subtitles. You may also want to move subtitles up, if they +are outside your TV screen, use the <CODE>-subpos <0-100></CODE> switch to +adjust this (<CODE>-subpos 80</CODE> is a good choice).</P> + +<P>In order to play non-25fps movies on a PAL TV or with a slow CPU, add the +<CODE>-framedrop</CODE> option.</P> + +<P>To keep the aspect ratio of DivX files and get the optimal scaling parameters +(hardware horizontal scaling and software vertical scaling while keeping the +right aspect ratio), use the new dvbscale plugin:</P> + +<PRE> +for 3:4 TV: -vop lavc,expand=-1:576:-1:-1:1,scale=-1:0,dvbscale +for 16:9 TV: -vop lavc,expand=-1:576:-1:-1:1,scale=-1:0,dvbscale=1024 +</PRE> + +<P>If you have questions or want to hear feature announcements and take part in +discussions on this subject, join our +<A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dvb">MPlayer-DVB</A> +mailing list. Please remember that the list language is English.</P> + +<P>In the future you may expect the ability to display OSD and subtitles using +the native OSD feature of DVB cards, as well as more fluent playback of +non-25fps movies and realtime transcoding between MPEG2 and MPEG4 (partial +decompression).</P> + <P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.A>2.3.1.A. TV-out support</A></B></P>