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How to use a Sigma Designs Hollywood Plus and/or a Creative DXR3 by David Holm
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1. Requirements
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* First of all you will need the DXR3/H+ drivers properly installed.
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Version 0.10.0 or later. You can find it at
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http://dxr3.sourceforge.net/
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* Run <mplayerdir>/configure and make sure that DXR3/H+ support = yes
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if you want to play files other than mpeg libmp1e should be = yes as well
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2001-11-29 19:18:48 +00:00
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From here on compilation (of at least my code ;) should go without any
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problems.
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2001-11-08 21:51:28 +00:00
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2. Usage
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-vo dxr3:<devicenum> For video output
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-ao oss:<devicefile> For audio output
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-ac hwac3 For digital audio output instead of analog
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-vc mpegpes For mpeg playback
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<devicenum> Number of device to use for playback (if you
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have more than one card.). This can usually
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be left out (-vo dxr3).
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Mandrake 8.1 uses devfs by default. If you are
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running mandrake 8.1 please use -vo dxr3:0
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<devicefile> Normally /dev/em8300_ma or
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/dev/em8300_ma-<devicenum>
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(-ao dxr3:/dev/em8300_ma). If left out the
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default oss device will be used (normally
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soundcard).
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MPEG-1, MPEG-2, VCD and DVD Notes
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There are some important notes to take into account here for optimum playback.
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MPlayer currently does not autodetect that the dxr3 can playback mpegs. So for
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mpeg files, dvd's and vcd's you have to add -vc mpegpes to tell mplayer that
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you are using a hardware accelerator. Otherwise mplayer will decode the movie
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in software, which is much slower.
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Note that you cannot use -vc mpegpes with movies that aren't mpeg 1 or 2 or
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you will get an error message saying "Can't find codec for video format...".
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* If you run mplayer as root, or set userid root it will use your pc's internal
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realtime clockgenerator for syncing. (If your kernel supports it (It's
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located in character devices and called "Enhanced realtime clock support")).
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Some people report that this has improved playback (which it should), but
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others have had problems with it. You will have to experiment yourself with
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this to find your optimum setup.
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3. Contacting me
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You can contact me either by e-mailing me, <dholm@iname.com> or by using
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icq: 798427
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Feedback, bugreports and general suggestions are appreciated (preferably
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by e-mail).
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