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<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1>2.3.1. Video output devices</A></B></P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.1>2.3.1.1. Setting up MTRR</A></B></P>
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<P>It is VERY recommended to check if the MTRR registers are set up properly,
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because they can give a big performance boost.</P>
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<P>Do a '<CODE>cat /proc/mtrr</CODE>' :</P>
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<P><CODE>
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--($:~)-- cat /proc/mtrr<BR>
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reg00: base=0xe4000000 (3648MB), size= 16MB: write-combining, count=9<BR>
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reg01: base=0xd8000000 (3456MB), size= 128MB: write-combining, count=1<BR>
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</CODE></P>
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<P>It's right, shows my Matrox G400 with 16Mb memory. I did this from
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XFree 4.x.x , which sets up MTRR registers automatically.</P>
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<P>If nothing worked, you have to do it manually. First, you have to find the base
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address.
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You have 3 ways to find it:</P>
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<P><UL>
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<LI>from X11 startup messages, for example:
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<P><CODE>(--) SVGA: PCI: Matrox MGA G400 AGP rev 4, Memory @ 0xd8000000, 0xd4000000<BR>
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(--) SVGA: Linear framebuffer at 0xD8000000</CODE></P></LI>
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<LI>from /proc/pci (use lspci -v command):
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<P>
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<CODE>01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc.: Unknown device 0525</CODE>
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<CODE>Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)</CODE>
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</P>
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<LI>from mga_vid kernel driver messages (use dmesg):
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<P><CODE>mga_mem_base = d8000000</CODE></P>
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</UL></P>
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<P>Then let's find the memory size. This is very easy, just convert video ram
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size to hexadecimal, or use this table:</P>
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<TD> </TD><TD>1 MB</TD><TD WIDTH=10%></TD><TD>0x100000</TD><TR>
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<TD></TD><TD>2 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x200000</TD><TR>
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<TD></TD><TD>4 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x400000</TD><TR>
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<TD></TD><TD>8 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x800000</TD><TR>
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<TD></TD><TD>16 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x1000000</TD><TR>
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<TD></TD><TD>32 MB</TD><TD></TD><TD>0x2000000</TD><TR>
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</TABLE>
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<P>You know base address and memory size, let's setup mtrr registers!
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For example, for the Matrox card above (base=0xd8000000) with 32MB
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ram (size=0x2000000) just execute:</P>
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<P><CODE> echo "base=0xd8000000 size=0x2000000 type=write-combining" >| /proc/mtrr</CODE></P>
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<P>Not all CPUs support MTRRs. For example older K6-2's [around 266Mhz,
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stepping 0] doesn't support MTRR, but stepping 12's do ('<CODE>cat /proc/cpuinfo</CODE>'
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to check it').</P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2>2.3.1.2. Xv</A></B></P>
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<P>Under XFree86 4.0.2 or newer, you can use your card's hardware YUV routines
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using the XVideo extension. This is what the option '-vo xv' uses. Also,
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this is driver supports adjusting brightness/contrast/hue/etc (unless you use
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the old, slow DirectShow DivX codec, which supports it everywhere), see the
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manpage.</P>
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<P>In order to make this work, be sure to check the following:</P>
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<P><UL>
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<LI>You have to use XFree86 4.0.2 or newer (former versions don't have XVideo)
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<LI>Your card actually supports hardware acceleration (modern cards do)
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<LI>X loads the XVideo extension, it's something like this:
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<P><CODE> (II) Loading extension XVideo</CODE></P>
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<P>in /var/log/XFree86.0.log</P>
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<P>NOTE: this loads only the XFree86's extension. In a good install, this is
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always loaded, and doesn't mean that the _card's_ XVideo support is loaded!</P>
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<LI>Your card has Xv support under Linux. To check, try 'xvinfo', it is the
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part of the XFree86 distribution. It should display a long text, similar
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to this:
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<PRE>
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X-Video Extension version 2.2
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screen #0
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Adaptor #0: "Savage Streams Engine"
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number of ports: 1
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port base: 43
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operations supported: PutImage
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supported visuals:
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depth 16, visualID 0x22
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depth 16, visualID 0x23
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number of attributes: 5
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(...)
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Number of image formats: 7
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id: 0x32595559 (YUY2)
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guid: 59555932-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
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bits per pixel: 16
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number of planes: 1
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type: YUV (packed)
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id: 0x32315659 (YV12)
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guid: 59563132-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
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bits per pixel: 12
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number of planes: 3
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type: YUV (planar)
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(...etc...)
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</PRE>
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<P>It must support YUY2 packed, and YV12 planar pixel formats to be
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usable with <B>MPlayer</B>.</P>
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<LI>And finally, check if <B>MPlayer</B> was compiled with 'xv' support.
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./configure prints this.
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</UL></P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.1>2.3.1.2.1. 3dfx cards</A></B></P>
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<P>Older 3dfx drivers were known to have problems with XVideo acceleration,
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it didn't support either YUY2 or YV12, and so. Verify that you have
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XFree86 version 4.2.0 or greater, it works ok with YV12 and YUY2. Previous
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versions, including 4.1.0 <B>crashes with YV12</B>!
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If you experience strange effects using -vo xv, try SDL (it has XVideo too)
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and see if it helps. Check the <A HREF="#2.3.1.4">SDL section</A> for details.</P>
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<P><B>OR</B>, try the NEW -vo tdfxfb driver! See the <A HREF=#2.3.1.9>2.3.1.9</A>
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section!</P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.2>2.3.1.2.2. S3 cards</A></B></P>
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<P>S3 Savage3D's should work fine, but for Savage4, use XFree86 version 4.0.3
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or greater (in case of image problems, try 16bpp). As for S3 Virge.. there is
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xv support, but the card itself is very slow, so you better sell it.</P>
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<P><B>NOTE</B>: Savage cards have a slow YV12 image displaying capability (it needs
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to do YV12->YUY2 conversion, because the Savage hardware can't display YV12).
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So when this documentation says at some point "this has YV12 output use this,
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it's faster", it's not sure. Try <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/contrib/Savage-driver/savage_drv.o.mmx2.bz2">this
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driver</A>, it uses MMX2 for this task and is faster than the native X driver.</P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.3>2.3.1.2.3. nVidia cards</A></B></P>
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<P>nVidia isn't a very good choice under Linux (according to NVidia, this
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is <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#nvidia">not true</A>).. You'll have to use the
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binary closed-source nVidia driver, available at nVidia's website. The standard XFree86
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driver doesn't support XVideo for these cards, due to nVidia's closed
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sources/specifications.</P>
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<P>As far as I know the latest XFree86 driver contains XVideo support for
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Geforce 2 and 3.</P>
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<P><UL><LI>Riva128 cards don't have XVideo support even with the nvidia driver :(
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Complain to NVidia.</UL></P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.4>2.3.1.2.4. ATI cards</A></B></P>
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<P>
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<LI>The <A HREF="http://www.linuxvideo.org/gatos">GATOS driver</A> (which you
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should use, unless you have Rage128 or Radeon) has VSYNC enabled by default. It
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means that decoding speed (!) is synced to the monitor's refresh rate. If
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playing seems to be slow, try disabling VSYNC somehow, or set refresh rate to
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n*(fps of the movie) Hz.</LI>
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<LI>Radeon VE - currently only XFree86 CVS has driver for this card, version
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4.1.0 doesn't. And no TV out support. Of course with <B>MPlayer</B> you can
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happily get <B>accelerated</B> display, with or without <B>TV output</B>, and
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no libraries or X are needed. Read <A HREF=#2.3.1.15>Vidix</A> section.</LI>
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</P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.5>2.3.1.2.5. NeoMagic cards</A></B></P>
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<P>These cards can be found in many laptops. Unfortunately, the driver in
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X 4.2.0 can't do Xv, but we have a modified, Xv-capable driver for you.
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<A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/contrib/NeoMagic-driver/neomagic_drv.o.4.2.0.bz2">Download from here</A>.
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Driver provided by Stefan Seyfried.</P>
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<P>To allow playback of DVD sized content change your XF86Config like this :</P>
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<P>
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Section "Device"<BR>
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<I>[...]</I><BR>
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Driver "neomagic"<BR>
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<B>Option "OverlayMem" "829440"</B><BR>
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<I>[...]</I><BR>
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EndSection
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<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.6>2.3.1.2.6. Trident cards</A></B></P>
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<P>If you want to use xv with a trident card, provided that it doesn't
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work with 4.1.0, try the latest cvs of Xfree or wait for Xfree 4.2.0.
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The latest cvs adds support for fullscreen xv support with the
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Cyberblade XP card.</P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3>2.3.1.3. DGA</A></B></P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.1>2.3.1.3.1. Summary</A></B></P>
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<P>This document tries to explain in some words what DGA is in general and
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what the DGA video output driver for mplayer can do (and what it can't).</P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.2>2.3.1.3.2. What is DGA</A></B></P>
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<P>DGA is short for Direct Graphics Access and is a means for a program to
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bypass the X-Server and directly modifying the framebuffer memory.
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Technically spoken this happens by mapping the framebuffer memory into
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the memory range of your process. This is allowed by the kernel only
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if you have superuser privileges. You can get these either by logging in
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as root or by setting the suid bit on the mplayer excecutable (NOT
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recommended!).</P>
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<P>There are two versions of DGA: DGA1 is used by XFree 3.x.x and DGA2 was
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introduced with XFree 4.0.1.</P>
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<P>DGA1 provides only direct framebuffer access as described above. For
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switching the resolution of the video signal you have to rely on the
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XVidMode extension.</P>
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<P>DGA2 incorporates the features of XVidMode extension and also allows
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switching the depth of the display. So you may, although basically
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running a 32 bit depth XServer, switch to a depth of 15 bits and vice
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versa. </P>
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<P>However DGA has some drawbacks. It seems it is somewhat dependent on the
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graphics chip you use and on the implementation of the XServer's video
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driver that controls this chip. So it does not work on every system ...</P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.3>2.3.1.3.3. Installing DGA support for MPlayer</A></B></P>
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<P>First make sure X loads the DGA extension, see in /var/log/XFree86.0.log:</P>
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<P> <CODE>(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA</CODE></P>
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<P>See, XFree86 4.0.x or greater is VERY RECOMMENDED!
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<B>MPlayer</B>'s DGA driver is autodetected on ./configure, or you can force it
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with --enable-dga.</P>
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<P>If the driver couldn't switch to a smaller resolution, experiment with
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switches -vm (only with X 3.3.x), -fs, -bpp, -zoom to find a video mode that
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the movie fits in. There is no converter right now.. :(</P>
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<P>Become ROOT. DGA needs root access to be able to write directly video memory.
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If you want to run it as user, then install <B>MPlayer</B> SUID root:</P>
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chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer<BR>
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chmod 750 /usr/local/bin/mplayer<BR>
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chmod +s /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE></P>
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<P>Now it works as a simple user, too.</P>
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<P><B>!!!! BUT STAY TUNED !!!!</B><BR>
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This is a <B>BIG</B> security risk! Never do this on a server or on a computer
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can be accessed by more people than only you because they can gain root
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privilegies through suid root mplayer.<BR>
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<B>!!!! SO YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ... !!!!</B></P>
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<P>Now use '-vo dga' option, and there you go! (hope so:)
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You should also try if the '-vo sdl:dga' option works for you! It's much
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faster!!!</P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.4>2.3.1.3.4. Resolution switching</A></B></P>
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<P>The DGA driver allows for switching the resolution of the output signal.
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This avoids the need for doing (slow) software scaling and at the same
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time provides a fullscreen image. Ideally it would switch to the exact
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resolution (except for honouring aspect ratio) of the video data, but the
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XServer only allows switching to resolutions predefined in
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<CODE>/etc/X11/XF86Config</CODE> (<CODE>/etc/X11/XF86Config-4</CODE> for XFree 4.0.X respectively).
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Those are defined by so-called modelines and depend on the capabilites
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of your video hardware. The XServer scans this config file on startup and
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disables the modelines not suitable for your hardware. You can find
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out which modes survive with the X11 log file. It can be found at:
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<CODE>/var/log/XFree86.0.log</CODE>.</P>
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<P>See appendix A for some sample modeline definitions.</P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.5>2.3.1.3.5. DGA & MPlayer</A></B></P>
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<P>DGA is used in two places with <B>MPlayer</B>: The SDL driver can be made to make
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use of it (-vo sdl:dga) and within the DGA driver (-vo dga).
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The above said is true for both; in the following sections I'll explain
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how the DGA driver for <B>MPlayer</B> works.</P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.6>2.3.1.3.6. Features of the DGA driver</A></B></P>
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<P>The DGA driver is invoked by specifying -vo dga at the command line.
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The default behaviour is to switch to a resolution matching the original
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resolution of the video as close as possible. It deliberately ignores the
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-vm and -fs switches (enabling of video mode switching and fullscreen) -
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it always tries to cover as much area of your screen as possible by switching
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the video mode, thus refraining to use a single additional cycle of your CPU
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to scale the image.
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If you don't like the mode it chooses you may force it to choose the mode
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matching closest the resolution you specify by -x and -y.
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By providing the -v option, the DGA driver will print, among a lot of other
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things, a list of all resolutions supported by your current XF86-Config
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file.
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Having DGA2 you may also force it to use a certain depth by using the -bpp
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option. Valid depths are 15, 16, 24 and 32. It depends on your hardware
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whether these depths are natively supported or if a (possibly slow)
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conversion has to be done.</P>
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<P>If you should be lucky enough to have enough offscreen memory left to
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put a whole image there, the DGA driver will use doublebuffering, which
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results in much smoother movie replaying. It will tell you whether double-
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buffering is enabled or not.</P>
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<P>Doublebuffering means that the next frame of your video is being drawn in
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some offscreen memory while the current frame is being displayed. When the
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next frame is ready, the graphics chip is just told the location in memory
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of the new frame and simply fetches the data to be displayed from there.
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In the meantime the other buffer in memory will be filled again with new
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video data.</P>
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Doublebuffering may be switched on by using the option -double and may be
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disabled with -nodouble. Current default option is to disable
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doublebuffering. When using the DGA driver, onscreen display (OSD) only
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works with doublebuffering enabled. However, enabling doublebuffering may
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result in a big speed penalty (on my K6-II+ 525 it used an additional 20% of
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CPU time!) depending on the implementation of DGA for your hardware.</P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.7>2.3.1.3.7. Speed issues</A></B></P>
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<P>Generally spoken, DGA framebuffer access should be at least as fast as using
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the X11 driver with the additional benefit of getting a fullscreen image.
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The percentage speed values printed by mplayer have to be interpreted with
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some care, as for example, with the X11 driver they do not include the time
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used by the X-Server needed for the actual drawing. Hook a terminal to a
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serial line of your box and start top to see what is really going on in your
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box ...</P>
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<P>Generally spoken, the speedup done by using DGA against 'normal' use of X11
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highly depends on your graphics card and how well the X-Server module for it
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is optimized.</P>
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<P>If you have a slow system, better use 15 or 16bit depth since they require
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only half the memory bandwidth of a 32 bit display.</P>
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<P>Using a depth of 24bit is even a good idea if your card natively just supports
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32 bit depth since it transfers 25% less data compared to the 32/32 mode.</P>
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<P>I've seen some avi files already be replayed on a Pentium MMX 266. AMD K6-2
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CPUs might work at 400 MHZ and above.</P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.8>2.3.1.3.8. Known bugs</A></B></P>
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<P>Well, according to some developpers of XFree, DGA is quite a beast. They
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tell you better not to use it. Its implementation is not always flawless
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with every chipset driver for XFree out there.</P>
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<P><UL>
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<LI>with XFree 4.0.3 and nv.o there is a bug resulting in strange colors
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<LI>ATI driver requires to switch mode back more than once after finishing
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using of DGA
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<LI>some drivers simply fail to switch back to normal resolution (use
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Ctrl-Alt-Keypad +, - to switch back manually)
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<LI>some drivers simply display strange colors
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<LI>some drivers lie about the amount of memory they map into the process's
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address space, thus vo_dga won't use doublebuffering (SIS?)
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<LI>some drivers seem to fail to report even a single valid mode. In this
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case the DGA driver will crash telling you about a nonsense mode of
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100000x100000 or the like ...
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<LI>OSD only works with doublebuffering enabled
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</UL></P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.9>2.3.1.3.9. Future work</A></B></P>
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<P><UL><LI>use of the new X11 render interface for OSD
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<LI>where is my TODO list ???? :-(((</UL></P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.A>2.3.1.3.A. Some modelines</A></B></P>
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<PRE>
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Section "Modes"
|
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Identifier "Modes[0]"
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Modeline "800x600" 40 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628
|
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Modeline "712x600" 35.0 712 740 850 900 400 410 412 425
|
|
Modeline "640x480" 25.175 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525
|
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Modeline "400x300" 20 400 416 480 528 300 301 303 314 Doublescan
|
|
Modeline "352x288" 25.10 352 368 416 432 288 296 290 310
|
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Modeline "352x240" 15.750 352 368 416 432 240 244 246 262 Doublescan
|
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Modeline "320x240" 12.588 320 336 384 400 240 245 246 262 Doublescan
|
|
EndSection
|
|
</PRE>
|
|
|
|
<P>These entries work fine with my Riva128 chip, using nv.o XServer driver
|
|
module.</P>
|
|
|
|
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|
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.B>2.3.1.3.B. Bug Reports</A></B></P>
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|
|
|
<P>If you experience troubles with the DGA driver please feel free to file
|
|
a bug report to me (e-mail address below). Please start mplayer with the
|
|
-v option and include all lines in the bug report that start with vo_dga:</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>Please do also include the version of X11 you are using, the graphics card
|
|
and your CPU type. The X11 driver module (defined in XF86-Config) might
|
|
also help. Thanks!</P>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<P><I>Acki (acki@acki-netz.de, www.acki-netz.de)</I></P>
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|
|
|
|
|
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.4>2.3.1.4. SDL</A></B></P>
|
|
|
|
<P>SDL (Simple Directmedia Layer) is basically an unified video/audio
|
|
interface. Programs that use it know only about SDL, and not about what video
|
|
or audio driver does SDL actually use. For example a Doom port using SDL can
|
|
run on svgalib, aalib, X, fbdev, and others, you only have to specify the
|
|
(for example) video driver to use with the SDL_VIDEODRIVER environment
|
|
variable. Well, in theory.</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>With <B>MPlayer</B>, we used its X11 driver's software scaler ability for
|
|
cards/drivers that doesn't support XVideo, until we made our own (faster,
|
|
nicer) software scaler. Also we used its aalib output, but now we have ours
|
|
which is more comfortable. Its DGA mode was better than ours, until
|
|
recently. Get it now? :)</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>It also helps with some buggy drivers/cards if the video is jerky
|
|
(not slow system problem), or audio is lagging.</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>SDL video output supports displaying subtitles under the movie, on the (if
|
|
present) black bar.</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>Here are some notes about SDL out in <B>MPlayer</B>.</P>
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
<P><TABLE BORDER=0>
|
|
<TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT CLASS="text">There are several commandline switches for SDL:</B></P></TD><TR>
|
|
<TD> </TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-vo sdl:name</TD><TD> </TD><TD>
|
|
<FONT CLASS="text">specifies sdl video driver to use (ie. aalib, dga, x11)</TD><TR>
|
|
<TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-ao sdl:name</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">specifies sdl audio driver to use (ie. dsp,
|
|
esd, arts)</TD><TR>
|
|
<TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-noxv</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">disables Xvideo hardware acceleration</TD><TR>
|
|
<TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-forcexv</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">tries to force Xvideo acceleration</TD><TR>
|
|
|
|
<TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT CLASS="text">SDL Keys:</B></P></TD><TR>
|
|
|
|
<TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">F</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">toggles fullscreen/windowed mode</TD><TR>
|
|
<TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">C</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">cycles available fullscreen modes</TD><TR>
|
|
<TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">W/S</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">mappings for * and / (mixer control)</TD><TR>
|
|
|
|
</TABLE></P>
|
|
|
|
<P><B>KNOWN BUGS:</B></P>
|
|
<P><UL><LI>Keys pressed under sdl:aalib console driver repeat forever. (use -vo aa !)
|
|
It's bug in SDL, I can't change it (tested with SDL 1.2.1).
|
|
</UL></P>
|
|
|
|
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.5>2.3.1.5. SVGAlib</A></B></P>
|
|
|
|
<P>If you don't have X, you can use the SVGAlib target! Be sure not to use the
|
|
-fs switch, since it toggles the usage of the software scaler, and it's
|
|
SLOOOW now, unless you have a real fast CPU (and/or MTRR?). :(</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>Of course you'll have to install svgalib and its development package in
|
|
order for <B>MPlayer</B> build its SVGAlib driver (autodetected, but can be
|
|
forced), and don't forget to edit /etc/vga/libvga.config to suit your
|
|
card & monitor.</P>
|
|
|
|
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.6>2.3.1.6. Framebuffer output (FBdev)</A></B></P>
|
|
|
|
<P>Whether to build the FBdev target is autodetected during ./configure .
|
|
Read the framebuffer documentation in the kernel sources
|
|
(Documentation/fb/*) for info on how to enable it, etc.. !</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>If your card doesn't support VBE 2.0 standard (older ISA/PCI
|
|
cards, such as S3 Trio64), only VBE 1.2 (or older?) :
|
|
Well, VESAfb is still available, but you'll have to load SciTech Display
|
|
Doctor (formerly UniVBE) before booting Linux. Use a DOS boot disk or
|
|
whatever. And don't forget to register your UniVBE ;))</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>The FBdev output takes some additional parameters above the others:</P>
|
|
|
|
<P><TABLE BORDER=0>
|
|
<TD> </TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-fb</TD><TD> </TD><TD>
|
|
<FONT CLASS="text">specify the framebuffer device to use (/dev/fb0)</TD><TR>
|
|
<TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-fbmode</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">mode name to use (according to /etc/fb.modes)</TD><TR>
|
|
<TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-fbmodeconfig</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> config file of modes (default /etc/fb.modes)</TD><TR>
|
|
<TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-monitor_hfreq</TD><TD></TD><TD ROWSPAN=3><FONT CLASS="text">IMPORTANT values, see example.conf</TD><TR>
|
|
<TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-monitor_vfreq</TD><TD></TD><TR>
|
|
<TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-monitor_dotclock</TD><TD></TD><TR>
|
|
</TABLE></P>
|
|
|
|
<P>If you want to change to a specific mode, then use</P>
|
|
|
|
<P><CODE> mplayer -vm -fbmode (NameOfMode) filename</CODE></P>
|
|
|
|
<P><UL><LI><B>-vm</B> alone will choose the most suitable mode from /etc/fb.modes . Can be
|
|
used together with -x and -y options too. The -flip option is supported only
|
|
if the movie's pixel format matches the video mode's pixel format.
|
|
Pay attention to the bpp value, fbdev driver tries to use the current,
|
|
or if you specify the -bpp option, then that.</LI>
|
|
<LI><B>-zoom</B> option isn't supported (software scaling is slow). -fs option
|
|
isn't supported. You can't use 8bpp (or less) modes.</LI>
|
|
<LI>you possibly want to turn the cursor off : <CODE>echo -e '\033[?25l'</CODE>
|
|
or <CODE>setterm -cursor off</CODE><BR>
|
|
and the screen saver: <CODE>setterm -blank 0</CODE><BR>
|
|
To turn the cursor back on : <CODE>echo -e '\033[?25h'</CODE>
|
|
or <CODE>setterm -cursor on</CODE>
|
|
</UL></P>
|
|
|
|
<P>NOTE: FBdev video mode changing _does not work_ with the VESA framebuffer,
|
|
and don't ask for it, since it's not an <B>MPlayer</B> limitation.</P>
|
|
|
|
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.7>2.3.1.7. Matrox framebuffer (mga_vid)</A></B></P>
|
|
|
|
<P>This section is about the Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550 BES (Back-End Scaler)
|
|
support, the mga_vid kernel driver. 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.</P>
|
|
|
|
<P><B>WARNING</B>: on non-Linux systems, use <A HREF=#2.3.1.15>Vidix</A> for
|
|
mga_vid !!!</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>To use it, you first have to compile mga_vid.o:</P>
|
|
|
|
<P><CODE> cd drivers<BR>
|
|
make</CODE></P>
|
|
|
|
<P>Then create /dev/mga_vid device:</P>
|
|
|
|
<P><CODE> mknod /dev/mga_vid c 178 0</CODE></P>
|
|
|
|
<P>and load the driver with</P>
|
|
|
|
<P><CODE> insmod mga_vid.o</CODE></P>
|
|
|
|
<P>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:</P>
|
|
|
|
<P><CODE> insmod mga_vid.o mga_ram_size=16</CODE></P>
|
|
|
|
<P>To make it load/unload automatically when needed, first insert the following line
|
|
at the end of /etc/modules.conf:</P>
|
|
|
|
<P><CODE> alias char-major-178 mga_vid</CODE></P>
|
|
|
|
<P>Then copy the <CODE>mga_vid.o</CODE> module to the appropriate place under
|
|
<CODE>/lib/modules/<kernel version>/somewhere</CODE>.</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>Then run</P>
|
|
|
|
<P><CODE> depmod -a</CODE></P>
|
|
|
|
<P>Now you have to (re)compile <B>MPlayer</B>, ./configure will detect /dev/mga_vid
|
|
and build the 'mga' driver. Using it from <B>MPlayer</B> goes by '-vo mga' if
|
|
you have matroxfb console, or '-vo xmga' under XFree86 3.x.x or 4.x.x.</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>The mga_vid driver cooperates with Xv.</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>The <CODE>/dev/mga_vid</CODE> device file can be read (for example by
|
|
<CODE>cat /dev/mga_vid</CODE>) for some info, and written for brightness
|
|
change : <CODE>echo "brightness=120" > /dev/mga_vid</CODE></P>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.8>2.3.1.8. SiS 6326 framebuffer (sis_vid)</A></B></P>
|
|
|
|
<P>SiS 6326 YUV Framebuffer driver -> sis_vid kernel driver</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>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.</P>
|
|
|
|
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.9>2.3.1.9. 3dfx YUV support (tdfxfb)</A></B></P>
|
|
|
|
<P>This driver uses the kernel's tdfx framebuffer driver to play movies with
|
|
YUV acceleration. You'll need a kernel with tdfxfb support, and recompile with
|
|
<CODE>./configure --enable-tdfxfb</CODE></P>
|
|
|
|
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.10>2.3.1.10. OpenGL output</A></B></P>
|
|
|
|
<P><B>MPlayer</B> support displaying movies using OpenGL. Unfortunately, not all
|
|
drivers support this ability. For example the Utah-GLX drivers
|
|
(for XFree86 3.3.6) have it, with all cards.
|
|
See <A HREF="http://utah-glx.sourceforge.net">http://utah-glx.sourceforge.net</A>
|
|
for details about how to install it.</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>XFree86(DRI) >= 4.0.3 supports it only with Matrox, and Radeon cards.
|
|
See <A HREF="http://dri.sourceforge.net">http://dri.sourceforge.net</A> for download,
|
|
and installation instructions.</P>
|
|
|
|
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.11>2.3.1.11. AAlib - text mode displaying</B></P>
|
|
|
|
<P><B>AAlib</B> is a library for displaying graphics in text mode, using powerful
|
|
ASCII renderer. There are LOTS of programs already supporting it, like Doom,
|
|
Quake, etc. MPlayer contains a very usable driver for it.
|
|
If ./configure detects aalib installed, the aalib libvo driver will be built.</P>
|
|
|
|
<P><TABLE BORDER=0>
|
|
<TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT CLASS="text">You can use some keys in the AA Window to change rendering options:</B></P></TD><TR>
|
|
<TD> </TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">1</TD><TD> </TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">decrease contrast</TD><TR>
|
|
<TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">2</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">increase contrast</TD><TR>
|
|
<TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">3</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">decrease brightness</TD><TR>
|
|
<TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">4</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">increase brightness</TD><TR>
|
|
<TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">5</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">switch fast rendering on/off</TD><TR>
|
|
<TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">6</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">set dithering mode (none, error distribution, floyd steinberg)</TD><TR>
|
|
<TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">7</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">invert image</TD><TR>
|
|
<TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">a</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">toggles between aa and mplayer control)</TD><TR>
|
|
|
|
<TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT CLASS="text">The following command line options can be used:</B></P></TD><TR>
|
|
|
|
<TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-aaosdcolor=V</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">change osd color</TD><TR>
|
|
<TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-aasubcolor=V</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">change subtitle color</TD><TR>
|
|
<TD COLSPAN=3></TD><TD><P><I><FONT CLASS="text">where V can be: (0/normal, 1/dark, 2/bold, 3/boldfont, 4/reverse, 5/special)</P></TD><TR>
|
|
|
|
<TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT CLASS="text">AAlib itselves provides a large sum of options.
|
|
Here are some important:</P></B></TD><TR>
|
|
|
|
<TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-aadriver</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">set recommended aa driver (X11, curses, linux)</TD><TR>
|
|
<TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-aaextended</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">use all 256 characters</TD><TR>
|
|
<TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-aaeight</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">use eight bit ascii</TD><TR>
|
|
<TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-aahelp</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">prints out all aalib options</TD><TR>
|
|
</TABLE></P>
|
|
|
|
<P>NOTE: the rendering is very CPU intensive, especially when using AA-on-X
|
|
(using aalib on X), and it's least CPU intensive on standard,
|
|
non-framebuffer console. Use SVGATextMode to set up a big textmode,
|
|
then enjoy! (secondary head Hercules cards rock :)) (anyone can enhance
|
|
bdev to do conversion/dithering to hgafb? Would be neat :)</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>Use the -framedrop option if your comp isn't fast enough to render all frames!</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>Playing on terminal you'll get better speed and quality using the linux driver, not
|
|
curses (-aadriver linux). But therefore you need write access on /dev/vcsa<terminal>!
|
|
That isn't autodetected by aalib, bu vo_aa tries to find the best mode.
|
|
See <A HREF="http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/tune/">http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/tune/</A> for further tuning issues.</P>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.12>2.3.1.12. VESA - output to VESA BIOS</B></P>
|
|
<P>
|
|
This driver was designed and introduced as <b>generic driver</b> for any video
|
|
card which has VESA VBE 2.0 compatible BIOS. But exists still one reason of
|
|
developing of this driver - it's multiple troubles with displaying movie on TV.<BR>
|
|
<b>VESA BIOS EXTENSION (VBE) Version 3.0 Date: September 16, 1998</b> (Page 70)
|
|
says:
|
|
</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>
|
|
<code><i>
|
|
<b>Dual-Controller Designs</b><br>
|
|
VBE 3.0 supports the dual-controller design by assuming that since both
|
|
controllers are typically provided by the same OEM, under control of a
|
|
single BIOS ROM on the same graphics card, it is possible to hide the fact
|
|
that two controllers are indeed present from the application. This has the
|
|
limitation of preventing simultaneous use of the independent controllers,
|
|
but allows applications released before VBE 3.0 to operate normally. The
|
|
VBE Function 00h (Return Controller Information) returns the combined
|
|
information of both controllers, including the combined list of available modes.
|
|
When the application selects a mode, the appropriate controller is activated.
|
|
Each of the remaining VBE functions then operates on the active controller.
|
|
</i></code>
|
|
</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>
|
|
So you have chances to get working TV-out by using this driver.<br>
|
|
(I guess that TV-out frequently is standalone head or standalone output
|
|
at least.)
|
|
</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>
|
|
<b>What are pluses:</b><BR>
|
|
- You have chances to watch movies <b>if Linux even doesn't know</b> your video hardware.<BR>
|
|
- You don't need to have installed any graphics' related things on your Linux
|
|
(like X11 (aka XFree86), fbdev and so on). This driver can be run from
|
|
<b>text-mode</b>.<BR>
|
|
- You have chances to get <b>working TV-out</b>. (It's known at least for ATI's cards).<BR>
|
|
- This driver calls <b>int 10h</b> handler thus it's not an emulator - it
|
|
calls <b>real</b> things of <b>real</b> BIOS in <b>real</b>-mode. (Finely -
|
|
in vm86 mode).<BR>
|
|
- Most important :) You can watch <b>DVD at 320x200</b> if you don't have a powerful CPU.<BR>
|
|
</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>
|
|
<b>What are minuses:</b><BR>
|
|
- It works only on <b>x86 systems</b>.<BR>
|
|
- <b>It's the slowest driver</b> from all the available ones for MPlayer.<BR>
|
|
(But only if your card doesn't support <b>DGA mode</b> - otherwise this
|
|
driver is comparable by speed with <b>-vo dga</b> and <b>-vo fbdev</b> ones.<BR>
|
|
|
|
- It can be used only by <b>ROOT</b>.<BR>
|
|
- Currently it's available only for <b>Linux</b>.<BR>
|
|
- It <b>doesn't use</b> any <b>hardware accelerations</b> (like YUV overlay or hw scaling).<BR>
|
|
</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>Don't use this driver with <B>GCC 2.96</B> ! It won't work !</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>
|
|
<TABLE BORDER=0>
|
|
<TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT CLASS="text">These switches of command line currently are available for VESA:</B></P></TD><TR>
|
|
<TD> </TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-vo vesa:opts</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">currently recognized: <b>dga</b> to force dga mode and <b>nodga</b> to disable dga mode. Note: you may omit these parameters to enable <b>autodetect</b> of dga mode. (In the future also will specify mode parameters such as refresh rate, interlacing, doublescan and so on. Samples: i43, 85, d100)</TD><TR>
|
|
<TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-screenw, -screenh, -bpp</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">force userdefined mode</TD><TR>
|
|
<TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-x, -y</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">set userdefined prescaling</TD><TR>
|
|
<TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-zoom</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">enables userdefined prescaling</TD><TR>
|
|
<TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-fs</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">scales image to fullscreen</TD><TR>
|
|
<TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-fs -zoom</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">scales userdefined prescaling to fullscreen</TD><TR>
|
|
<TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">-double</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">enables double buffering mode. (Available only in DGA mode). Should be slower of single buffering, but has no flickering effects.</TD><TR>
|
|
</TABLE>
|
|
</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>
|
|
<b>Known problems and workaround:</b><br>
|
|
- If you have installed <b>NLS</b> font on your Linux box and run VESA driver
|
|
from text-mode then after terminating mplayer you will have <b>ROM font</b> loaded instead
|
|
of national. You can load national font again by using <b><i>setsysfont</i></b> utility
|
|
from for example Mandrake distribution.<br>
|
|
(<b>Hint</b>: The same utility is used for localizating fbdev).<br>
|
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- Some <b>Linux graphics drivers</b> don't update active <b>BIOS mode</b> in DOS memory. So if you have such
|
|
problem - always use VESA driver only from <b>text-mode</b>. Otherwise text-mode (#03) will be
|
|
activated anyway and you will need restart your computer.<br>
|
|
- Often after terminating VESA driver you get <b>black screen</b>. To return your screen
|
|
to original state - simply switch to other console (by pressing <b>Alt-Fx</b>) then switch
|
|
to your previous console by the same way.<br>
|
|
- To get <b>working TV-out</b> you need have plugged tv-connector in before booting
|
|
your PC since video BIOS initializes itself only once during POST procedure.
|
|
</P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.13>2.3.1.13. X11</B></P>
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<P>Avoid if possible. Outputs to X11 (uses shared memory extension), with no
|
|
hardware acceleration at all. Supports (MMX/3DNow/SSE accelerated, but still
|
|
slow) software scaling, use the options <CODE>-fs -zoom</CODE>. Most cards have
|
|
hardware scaling support, use the <CODE>-vo xv</CODE> output for them, or
|
|
<CODE>-vo xmga</CODE> for Matroxes.</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>The problem is that most cards' driver doesn't support
|
|
hardware acceleration on the second head/TV. In those cases, you see green/blue
|
|
coloured window instead of the movie. This is where this driver comes in
|
|
handy, but you need powerful CPU to use software scaling. Don't use the
|
|
SDL driver's software output+scaler, it has worse image quality !</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>Software scaling is very slow, you better try changing video modes instead.
|
|
It's very simple. See the <A HREF=#2.3.1.3.A>DGA section's modelines</A>, and
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|
insert them into your XF86Config.
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|
<UL>
|
|
<LI>If you have XFree86 4.x.x - use the <CODE>-vm</CODE> option. It will
|
|
change to a resolution your movie fits in. If it doesn't :</LI>
|
|
<LI>With XFree86 3.x.x - you have to cycle through available resolutions
|
|
with the <B>CTRL-ALT-plus</B> and <B>minus</B> keys.</LI>
|
|
</UL>
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|
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If you can't find the modes you inserted, browse XFree86's output. Some
|
|
drivers can't use low pixelclocks that are needed for low resolution
|
|
video modes.</P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.14>2.3.1.14. Rage128 (Pro) / Radeon video overlay (radeon_vid)</A></B></P>
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<P>This section is OBSOLETED ! Use Vidix !</P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.15>2.3.1.15. VIDIX</A></B></P>
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<P><B><I>WHAT IS VIDIX</I></B></P>
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<P>VIDIX is the abbreviation for <b>VID</b>eo <b>I</b>nterface for
|
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*ni<b>X</b>.<BR>
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VIDIX was designed and introduced as an interface for fast user-space drivers
|
|
providing <b>DGA</b> everywhere where it's possible (<b>unlike X11</b>). I
|
|
hope that these drivers will be as portable as X11 (<b>not only on
|
|
*nix</b>).<BR>
|
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What is it:
|
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<LI>It's a portable successor of mga_vid technology, but it's located in
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user-space.</LI>
|
|
<LI>Unlike X11 it provides DGA everywhere it's possible</LI>
|
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<LI>Unlike v4l it provides interface for video playback</LI>
|
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<LI>Unlike linux's drivers it uses mathematics library</LI>
|
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</P>
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|
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<P>I can tell you in bold capital letters :<BR>
|
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<b>VIDIX PROVIDES DIRECT GRAPHICS ACCESS TO BES YUV MEMORY.</b>
|
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</P>
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|
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<P><i>Well (it's in my todo) - implement DGA to MPEG2 decoder.</i></P>
|
|
|
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<P>This interface was designed as an attempt to fit existing video acceleration
|
|
interfaces (known as mga_vid, mga_yuv, radeon_vid) into a fixed scheme. It
|
|
provides highlevel interface to chips which are known as BES (BackEnd
|
|
scalers) or OV (Video Overlays). It doesn't provide lowlevel interface to
|
|
things which are known as graphics servers. (I don't want to compete with X11
|
|
team in graphics mode switching). I.e. main goal of this interface is to
|
|
provide maximal speed of video playback but not putting video signal on
|
|
screen of your TV or on tape of your VCR. Although these things are also very
|
|
significant - it's perfectly other task. (However I guess that it would be
|
|
possible to implement something like mini-X (don't mix it with Minix ;) in
|
|
the future, if some number of volunteers will be found.
|
|
</P>
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|
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<P><B><I>USAGE</I></B></P>
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|
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<P>
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<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 XServer and can work only under XServer.</LI>
|
|
<LI>You can use VIDIX subdevice which was applied to several video output
|
|
drivers, such as:<BR>
|
|
<CODE>-vo vesa:vidix</CODE> and <CODE>-vo fbdev:vidix</CODE></LI>
|
|
Indeed it doesn't matter which video output driver is used with <b>VIDIX</b>.
|
|
</P>
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|
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|
<P><B><I>REQUIREMENTS</I></B></P>
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|
|
|
<P>
|
|
<LI>video card should be in graphics mode (I write <b>should</b> simply
|
|
because I tested it in text mode - it works but has awful output ;) Use
|
|
AAlib for that).<BR>
|
|
<I>Note: Everyone can try this trick by commenting out mode switching in
|
|
vo_vesa driver.</I></LI>
|
|
<LI><B>MPlayer</B>'s video output driver should know active video mode and be
|
|
able to tell to VIDIX subdevice some video characteristics of server.</LI>
|
|
I hope that probably every video output driver of <B>MPlayer</B> will
|
|
recognize <CODE>:vidix</CODE> subdevice.
|
|
</P>
|
|
|
|
<P><B><I>USAGE METHODS</I></B></P>
|
|
|
|
<P>When VIDIX is used as <b>subdevice</b> (<CODE>-vo vesa:vidix</CODE>) then
|
|
video mode configuration is performed by video output device
|
|
(<b>vo_server</b> in short). Therefore you can pass into command line of
|
|
<B>MPlayer</B> the same keys as for vo_server. In addition it understands
|
|
<CODE>-double</CODE> key as globally visible parameter. (I recommend using
|
|
this key with VIDIX at least for ATI's card).<BR>
|
|
As for <CODE>-vo xvidix</CODE> : currently it recognizes the following
|
|
options: <CODE>-fs -zoom -x -y -double</CODE>.<BR>
|
|
</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>Also you can specify VIDIX's driver directly as third subargument in command
|
|
line :<BR>
|
|
<BR>
|
|
<code>mplayer -vo xvidix:mga_vid.so -fs -zoom -double
|
|
file.avi</code><BR>
|
|
or<BR>
|
|
<code>mplayer -vo vesa:vidix:radeon_vid.so -fs -zoom -double -bpp
|
|
32 file.avi</code><BR>
|
|
<BR>
|
|
But it's dangerous, and you shouldn't do that. In this case given driver will
|
|
be forced and result is unpredictable (it may <b>freeze</b> your
|
|
computer). You should do that ONLY if you are absolutely sure it will work,
|
|
and <B>MPlayer</B> doesn't do it automatically. Please tell about it to the
|
|
developers. The Right Way is to use VIDIX without arguments to enable driver
|
|
autodetection.
|
|
</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>
|
|
VIDIX is very new technology and it's extremely possible that on your system
|
|
(OS=abc CPU=xyz) it won't work. In this case only solution for you it's port
|
|
it (mainly libdha). But there is hope that it will work on those systems
|
|
where X11 does.
|
|
</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>And the last <b>WARNING</b>: (un)fortunately you <b>MUST</b> have
|
|
<b>ROOT</b> privileges to use VIDIX due to direct hardware access. At least
|
|
set the <b>suid</b> bit on the <B>MPlayer</B> excecutable.
|
|
</P>
|
|
|
|
<P><B><I>VIDEO EQUALIZER</I></B></P>
|
|
|
|
<P>
|
|
This is a video equalizer implemented especially for Vidix. You can use
|
|
it either with <B>1-8</B> keys as described in the manpage, or
|
|
by command line arguments. <B>MPlayer</B> recognizes the
|
|
following options :
|
|
</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>
|
|
<CODE>-brightness</CODE> - adjust <B>BRIGHTNESS</B> of video
|
|
output. It's not equal to brightness adjusting on monitor panel or on TV. It
|
|
changes intensity of RGB components of video signal from black to white
|
|
screen.<BR>
|
|
<CODE>-contrast</CODE> - adjust <B>CONTRAST</B> of video output.
|
|
Works in similar manner as brightness.<BR>
|
|
<CODE>-saturation</CODE> - adjust <B>SATURATION</B> of video
|
|
output. You can get grayscale output with this option.<BR>
|
|
<CODE>-hue</CODE> - adjust <B>HUE</B> of video signal. You can
|
|
get colored negative of image with this option.<BR>
|
|
<CODE>-red_intensity</CODE> - adjust intensity of <B>RED</B>
|
|
component of video signal.<BR>
|
|
<CODE>-green_intensity</CODE> - adjust intensity of <B>GREEN</B>
|
|
component of video signal.<BR>
|
|
<CODE>-blue_intensity</CODE> - adjust intensity of <B>BLUE</B>
|
|
component of video signal.
|
|
</P>
|
|
<P>
|
|
Each parameter can accept values from <B>-1000</B> to <B>+1000</B>.<BR>
|
|
Default value for each parameter is <B>0</B>.
|
|
</P>
|
|
<P>
|
|
<B>Note:</B> Not every driver provides support for each of those parameters.
|
|
Currently only <B>radeon_vid.so</B> provides full support for video eqalizing.
|
|
Other drivers only partly support these options.
|
|
</P>
|
|
<P><B>Examples:</B><BR>
|
|
<CODE>mplayer -vo vesa:vidix -brightness -300 -contrast 200
|
|
filename.avi</CODE><BR>
|
|
or<BR>
|
|
<CODE>mplayer -vo xvidix -red_intensity -50 -saturation 400 -hue 300
|
|
filename.vob</CODE>
|
|
</P>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.16>2.3.1.16. 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
|
|
LML33, the DC10). The driver works by encoding the frame to jpeg and then
|
|
sending it to the card. For the jpeg encoding <B>libavcodec</B> is
|
|
used, and required.</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>This driver talks to the kernel driver available at
|
|
<A HREF="http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net">http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net</A>, so
|
|
you must get it working first. Then recompile <B>MPlayer</B> with
|
|
<CODE>--enable-zr</CODE>.</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>Some remarks:
|
|
<UL>
|
|
<LI>don't start or stop XawTV on the playback device during playback,
|
|
it will crash your computer. It is, however, fine to <B>FIRST</B> start
|
|
XawTV, <B>THEN</B> start <B>MPlayer</B>, wait for <B>MPlayer</B> to finish
|
|
and <B>THEN</B> stop XawTV.</LI>
|
|
<LI>this driver adds <CODE>-zr*</CODE> commandline options. The explanation
|
|
of these options can be viewed with <CODE>-zrhelp</CODE>. It is possible to
|
|
crop the input frame (cut borders to make it fit or to enhance performace)
|
|
and to do other things.</LI>
|
|
<LI>the driver takes data in YV12 and YUY2 format, this means that some
|
|
codecs won't work. Some old VfW (Video for Windows) codecs, for example,
|
|
are incompatible with this driver. The errormessage that you will see is:
|
|
<CODE>Sorry, selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
|
|
</CODE></LI>
|
|
<LI>OSD is currently not supported, so you won't see
|
|
subtitles.</LI>
|
|
</UL>
|
|
</P>
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.A>2.3.1.A. TV-out support</A></B></P>
|
|
|
|
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.A.1>2.3.1.A.1. Matrox G400 cards</A></B></P>
|
|
|
|
<P>Under Linux you have 2 methods to get G400 TV out working :</P>
|
|
|
|
<P><B>IMPORTANT:</B> Only Matrox G400DH/G400MAX has TV-out support under Linux, others (G450, G550) has <B>NOT!</B></P>
|
|
|
|
<P>
|
|
<UL>
|
|
<LI><B>XFree86</B>: using the driver and the HAL module, available from
|
|
<A HREF="http://www.matrox.com">Matrox's site</A>. This will give you X on
|
|
the TV.<BR> <B>This method doesn't give you accelerated playback</B> as
|
|
under Windoze! The second head has only YUV framebuffer, the <I>BES</I>
|
|
(Back End Scaler, the YUV scaler on G200/G400/G450/G550 cards) doesn't work
|
|
on it! The windows driver somehow workarounds this, probably by using the
|
|
3D engine to zoom, and the YUV framebuffer to display the zoomed
|
|
image. If you really want to use X, use the <CODE>-vo x11 -fs -zoom</CODE>
|
|
options, but it will be <B>SLOW</B>, and has <B>Macrovision</B> copyprotection
|
|
enabled (you can "workaround" Macrovision using
|
|
<A HREF="http://avifile.sourceforge.net/mgamacro.pl">this</A> perl
|
|
script.</LI>
|
|
<LI><B>Framebuffer</B>: using the <B>matroxfb modules</B> in the 2.4 kernels.
|
|
2.2 kernels don't have the TVout feature in them, thus unusable for this.
|
|
You have to enable ALL matroxfb-specific feature during compilation (except
|
|
MultiHead), and compile them into <B>modules</B>! You'll also need I2C
|
|
enabled.
|
|
<UL>
|
|
<LI>
|
|
Enter <CODE>TVout/matroxset</CODE> and type <CODE>make</CODE>. Install
|
|
<CODE>matroxset</CODE> into somewhere in your PATH.</LI>
|
|
<LI>
|
|
If you don't have <CODE>fbset</CODE> installed, enter
|
|
<CODE>TVout/fbset</CODE> and type <CODE>make</CODE>. Install
|
|
<CODE>fbset</CODE> into somewhere in your PATH.</LI>
|
|
<LI>
|
|
Then enter into the <CODE>TVout/</CODE> directory in the <B>MPlayer</B>
|
|
source, and execute <CODE>./modules</CODE> as root. Your text-mode console
|
|
will enter into framebuffer mode (no way back!).</LI>
|
|
<LI>Next, run the <CODE>./matroxtv</CODE> script. This will present you
|
|
to a very simple menu. Press <B>2</B> and <B>ENTER</B>. Now you should
|
|
have the same picture on your monitor, and TV. The <B>3.</B> option
|
|
will turn on independent display, but then you <B>can't use X</B>! If
|
|
the TV (PAL !) picture has some weird stripes on it, the script wasn't able to
|
|
set the resolution correctly (to 640x512 by default). Use other menu
|
|
items randomly and it'll be OK :)</LI>
|
|
</UL>
|
|
|
|
<P>
|
|
Yoh. Next task is to make the cursor on tty1 (or whatever) to disappear,
|
|
and turn off screen blanking. Execute the following commands:</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>
|
|
<CODE>echo -e '\033[?25l'</CODE> or <CODE>setterm -cursor off<BR>
|
|
setterm -blank 0</CODE>
|
|
</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>
|
|
You possibly want to put the above into a script, and also clear
|
|
the screen.. To turn the cursor back :<BR><CODE>echo -e '\033[?25h'</CODE>
|
|
or <CODE>setterm -cursor on</CODE>
|
|
</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>Yeah kewl. Start movie playing with <CODE>mplayer -vo mga -fs -screenw 640
|
|
-screenh 512 <filename></CODE><BR>
|
|
(if you use X, now change to matroxfb with for example CTRL-ALT-F1 !)<BR>
|
|
Change 640x512 if you set the resolution to other..<BR>
|
|
<B>Enjoy the ultra-fast ultra-featured Matrox TV output (better than Xv) !</B>
|
|
</P>
|
|
</LI>
|
|
</LI>
|
|
</UL>
|
|
</P>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.A.2>2.3.1.A.2. ATI cards</A></B></P>
|
|
|
|
<P>
|
|
<b>A few word about ATI's TV-out:</b><BR>
|
|
Currently ATI doesn't want to support any of its TV-out chips under Linux.
|
|
Below is official answer from ATI Inc.:
|
|
|
|
<P>
|
|
<code>
|
|
<i>
|
|
<br>> Hello!
|
|
<br>>
|
|
<br>> On your pages you wrote that you support linux developers.
|
|
<br>> Currently I participate with mplayer project (www.mplayerhq.hu)
|
|
<br>> I'm interesting with enabling TV-out on Radeon VE chips during
|
|
<br>> movie playback. I would be glad to add this feature to radeonfb driver
|
|
<br>> (which can be found in CVS tree of mplayer project at main/drivers/radeon).
|
|
<br>> Do I have a chance to get any official technical documenation?
|
|
</i>
|
|
<br>We will not provide TV out related documents due to macrovision concerns.
|
|
<br>Also mpeg2 decoding is something that we MAY consider in the future but not
|
|
<br>at this current time. This is again due to proprietary and 3rd party
|
|
<br>information.
|
|
</code>
|
|
</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>Pity isn't?</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>
|
|
<code>
|
|
<B>Q:What is Macrovision?</B><BR>
|
|
A:It's copy protection mechanism.</code>
|
|
</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>It means that if they open any TV-out related information then
|
|
hackers will be able to disable copy protection on their chips. Therefore
|
|
we have no chance to get working TV-out on ATI.</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>What's status of ATI's tv-out chips under Linux:
|
|
<LI><b>ATI Mach64</b> has <i>ImpacTV</i> which is supported by <A HREF="http://gatos.sf.net">gatos</A>.
|
|
<LI><b>ASIC Radeon VIVO</b> has <i>Rage Theatre</i> which is supported by <A HREF="http://gatos.sf.net">gatos</A>.
|
|
<LI><b>Radeon VE</b> and <b>Rage PRO LT</b> have <i>ImpacTV2+</i> which is not supported under Linux.
|
|
But with <B>MPlayer</B> you get <B>full hardware acceleration</B> and <B>TV out</B>
|
|
for Radeons !
|
|
Check <a href=#2.3.1.12>VESA driver</a> and <A HREF=#2.3.1.14>Radeon
|
|
acceleration</A> sections.</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>
|
|
Fortunately, owners of fast enough CPUs (Duron, Celeron2 and better) <b>can watch
|
|
movies on their TV</b> through <a href=#2.3.1.12>VESA drivers</a>.
|
|
</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>
|
|
I should say good words to ATI Inc. too:<br>
|
|
<b>they produce top quality BIOSes.</b>
|
|
</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>
|
|
<b>VESA drivers</b> don't use any hardware acceleration but it simulates
|
|
<b>DGA</b> through 64K window, which is configured through 32-bit mode
|
|
functions of BIOS. ATI cards have enough <b>fast video memory</b> (DIMM or DDR
|
|
chips with 64 - 128-bit access) so it's not bottleneck for them. There are no
|
|
limitations on which video mode can be displayed on your TV (like on other
|
|
cards) so you can use <b>any video mode</b> on your <b>TV</b> (from
|
|
<b>320x200</b> up to <b>1024x768</b>).<br>
|
|
From other side (it's known at least for <b>Radeons</b>) there is <b>DGA</b>
|
|
mode which is detected automatically and in this case you'll get comparable
|
|
with <b>-vo dga</b> and <b>-vo fbdev</b> drivers speed.<br>
|
|
Only thing you need to do - <b>have TV connector plugged in before booting your
|
|
PC</b> since video BIOS initializes itself only once during POST procedure.
|
|
</P>
|
|
|
|
<P>
|
|
For detail see <a href="video.html#2.3.1.12">VESA</a> sections of this
|
|
documentation.
|
|
</P>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.A.3>2.3.1.A.3. Voodoo 3</A></B></P>
|
|
|
|
<P>
|
|
Check <A HREF="http://www.iki.fi/too/tvout-voodoo3-3000-xfree">this URL</A>.
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