Mercurial > mplayer.hg
changeset 8029:6ccd72982b88
Document xvidix pixmap corruption issue and known workarounds.
| author | ranma |
|---|---|
| date | Sat, 02 Nov 2002 00:27:57 +0000 |
| parents | c06fa0b05c1c |
| children | 2b39ff3860b7 |
| files | DOCS/video.html |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/DOCS/video.html Fri Nov 01 18:22:46 2002 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/video.html Sat Nov 02 00:27:57 2002 +0000 @@ -851,7 +851,14 @@ <UL> <LI>You can use standalone video output driver: <CODE>-vo xvidix</CODE><BR> This driver was developed as X11's front end to VIDIX technology. It - requires X server and can work only under X server.</LI> + requires X server and can work only under X server. Note that, as it + directly accesses the hardware and circumvents the X driver, pixmaps + cached in the graphics card's memory may be corrupted. You can prevent + this by limiting the amount of video memory used by X with the XF86Config + option "VideoRam" in the device section. You should set this to the amount + of memory installed on your card minus 4MB. If you have less than 8MB of + video ram, you can use the option "XaaNoPixmapCache" in the screen section + instead.</LI> <LI>You can use VIDIX subdevice which was applied to several video output drivers, such as:<BR> <CODE>-vo vesa:vidix</CODE> (<B>Linux only</B>) and <CODE>-vo fbdev:vidix</CODE></LI>