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@ -5,19 +5,34 @@ Videocards with hardware acceleration:
* read DOCS/MTRR too!
"Hardware acceleration" usually means hardware YUV conversion, scaling,
bilinear filtering. Under Linux and XFree86, this is done by the XVideo
extension, this is what the option '-vo xv' uses.
In order to make this work, be sure to check the following:
1. your card actually supports harware acceleration
2. you use XFree86 4.0.2 or newer (former versions don't have XVideo)
bilinear filtering. Under Linux, there are several ways to access it:
I. the Xv (XVideo) extension of XFree86-4.0.x
II. opengl drivers with glTexSubImage() support (currently the Utah-GLX drivers)
III. native card-specific drivers, using special abilities of some cards
IV. DGA - direct graphic access. no yuv & scaling, but faster than raw X11
Now, see them in details:
I. under XFree86 v4.0.x, using the XVideo extension:
this is what the option '-vo xv' uses.
In order to make this work, be sure to check the following:
1. you use XFree86 4.0.2 or newer (former versions don't have XVideo)
2. your card actually supports harware acceleration (modern cards does)
3. X loads the XVideo extension, it's something like this:
(II) Loading extension XVideo
in /var/log/XFree86.0.log
NOTE : this loads only the XFree86 support. In a good install, this is
always loaded, and doesn't mean that the _card's_ XVideo support is
loaded!
4. The XVideo extensions can use your card. Try 'xvinfo' which is the part of
the XFree86 distribution. It should display a long text, similar to this:
4. your card has Xv support under linux. To check, try 'xvinfo', it is the
part of the XFree86 distribution. It should display a long text, similar
to this:
X-Video Extension version 2.2
screen #0
@ -30,21 +45,60 @@ extension, this is what the option '-vo xv' uses.
depth 16, visualID 0x23
number of attributes: 5
(...etc...)
It must support YUY2 packed, and YV12 planar pixel formats to be
usable with MPlayer.
5. Be sure MPlayer is compiled with the "xv" target. "./configure" should say:
Checking for Xv ... yes
6. If all is fine, try the option '-vo xv' . It should work.
(if it doesn't, send us a bugreport. See the README on how to do this.)
II. OpenGL drivers with *working* *fast* glTexSubImage() support.
There are additional drivers for the Matrox cards, which are usually
better than XVideo, consume much less CPU, and some doesn't even need X.
(Arpi please complete this section somewhat :) I'll correct your english:)
Currently only the old Utah-GLX drivers (for X 3.3.6) have it.
See http://utah-glx.sourceforge.net for details about how to install it.
The new X4/DRI and nVidia's binary drivers has no usable glTexSubImage :(
III. native card-specific drivers
There is 3 native drivers for linux:
1. Matrox G200/G400/G450 BES (Back-End Scaler) support -> mga_vid kernel drv.
It's active developed by me (A'rpi), and it has hardware VSYNC support
with triple buffering. It works on both framebuffer console and under X.
To use, simply compile the mga_vid.o in the drivers/ subdir (type: make)
and load it with insmod mga_vid.o. You should verify the memory size
detection using the 'dmesg' command. If it's bad, use the mga_ram_size
option (rmmod mga_vid first), specify card's memory size in MB:
insmod mga_vid.o mga_ram_size 16
Using it from MPlayer: (you should re-compile it with mga_vid support...)
Use the 'mga' vo driver on framebuffer console (matroxfb): -vo mga
and use the xmga driver for X 3.3.x: -vo xmga
Note: it works under X 4.0.x too, but it conflicts with the Xv driver,
so avoid using both. Usually X restart or reboot needs to get Xv usable
again :(
2. SiS 6326 YUV Framebuffer driver -> sis_vid kernel driver
Its interface should be compatible with the mga_vid, but the driver
was not updated after the mga_vid changes, so it's outdated now.
Volunteers needed to test it and bring the code up-to-date.
3. 3dfx (which ones?) YUV+scaler support, using /dev/3dfx (tdfx.o driver?)
The /dev/3dfx kernel driver exists only for 2.2.x kernels, for use with
Glide 2.x linux ports. It's not tested with MPlayer, and so no more
supported. Volunteers needed to test it and bring the code up-to-date.
IV. If your card lacks hardware acceleration, you can still boost your fps by
using the DGA driver:
If your card lacks hardware acceleration, you can still boost your fps by
using the DGA driver.
1. Make sure X loads the DGA extension:
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
2. MPlayer's DGA driver is autodetected on ./configure, or you can force it
@ -54,9 +108,11 @@ using the DGA driver.
(see the FAQ on how to do this, and... heed the warning!)
5. Use '-vo dga' option, and there you go! (hope so:)
If you have fast enough CPU (P3 800 for example) you can try fsdga for
fullscreen mpeg playing (using software YUV->RGB scaling):
mplayer -vo fsdga ...
(section describing OpenGL support? I don't have any:)
Gabucino
Gabucino & A'rpi