changeset 8550:fd750a80c93e

DXR3 norm option, patch by Thomas Jarosch <tomj@simonv.com>.
author diego
date Tue, 24 Dec 2002 17:04:00 +0000
parents 9e958d71f73d
children c8d63449741b
files DOCS/video.html
diffstat 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/DOCS/video.html	Tue Dec 24 12:45:32 2002 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/video.html	Tue Dec 24 17:04:00 2002 +0000
@@ -1080,7 +1080,7 @@
 
 <H4>Usage:</H4>
 <DL>
-  <DT><CODE>-vo dxr3:prebuf:sync:&lt;device&gt;</CODE></DT>
+  <DT><CODE>-vo dxr3:prebuf:sync:norm=x:&lt;device&gt;</CODE></DT>
   <DD><CODE>overlay</CODE> activates the overlay instead of TVOut. It requires
     that you have a properly configured overlay setup to work right. The easiest
     way to configure the overlay is to first run autocal. Then run mplayer with
@@ -1107,6 +1107,14 @@
     clock will be monitored at all times, if it starts to deviate from MPlayer's
     clock it will be reset causing the em8300 to drop any frames that are lagging
     behind.<BR>
+    <CODE>norm=x</CODE> will set the TV norm of the DXR3 card without the need
+    for external tools like em8300setup. Valid norms are 5 = NTSC, 4 = PAL-60,
+    3 = PAL. Special norms are 2 (auto-adjust using PAL/PAL-60) and 1
+    (auto-adjust using PAL/NTSC) because they decide which norm to use by
+    looking at the frame rate of the movie. Modern TVs are capable of PAL and
+    NTSC. Watching movies with the framerate they were initially encoded with
+    results in smooth playback without framedrop. norm = 0 (default) does not
+    change the current norm.<BR>
     <CODE>&lt;device&gt;</CODE> = device number to use if you have more than one
     em8300 card.
     <BR>