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gabucino at mplayer.dev.hu
Thu Aug 23 19:08:48 CEST 2001
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diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2
--- bugreports.html 21 Aug 2001 21:01:53 -0000 1.1
+++ bugreports.html 23 Aug 2001 17:08:45 -0000 1.2
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<PRE>
- <A NAME=C>Appendix C - How to report bugs
+ <A NAME=C>Appendix C - How to report bugs</A>
How to report bugs?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -48,20 +48,20 @@
- binutils version:
as --version
-2. Hardware & drivers:
+2. Hardware & drivers:
- CPU info:
cat /proc/cpuinfo
- video card manufacturer and model
examples:
ASUS V3800U chip: nVidia TNT2 Ultra pro 32MB SDRAM
Matrox G400 DH 32MB SGRAM
-- video driver type&version
+- video driver type & version
examples:
X built-in driver
nvidia 0.9.623
Utah-GLX CVS 2001-02-17
DRI from X 4.0.3
-- sound card type & driver
+- sound card type & driver
examples:
Creative SBLive! Gold with OSS driver from oss.creative.com
Creative SB16 with OSS drivers of kernel
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3. output of configure/make:
make distclean
- ./configure &>config.log
- ./make &>make.log
+ ./configure &>config.log
+ ./make &>make.log
4. these files:
config.h
config.mak
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
For playback problems:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3. Output of mplayer at verbose level 1 (-v)
- mplayer -v [options] filename &> mplayer.log
+ mplayer -v [options] filename &> mplayer.log
4. If the problem is specific to one or a few files,
then please upload that file to:
Index: cd-dvd.html
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retrieving revision 1.1
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diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2
--- cd-dvd.html 23 Aug 2001 00:38:19 -0000 1.1
+++ cd-dvd.html 23 Aug 2001 17:08:45 -0000 1.2
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<PRE>
- <A NAME=4.1>4.1. CD-ROM drives
+ <A NAME=4.1>4.1. CD-ROM drives</A>
From Linux documentation:
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
- <A NAME=4.2>4.2. DVD playback
+ <A NAME=4.2>4.2. DVD playback</A>
IMPORTANT NOTE: please _DO_NOT_ require further features for DVD playback. This
is extremly experimental hack. Maybe it won't work for you. If you're
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
However this does not occur if you specify '-aid 128'.
- <A NAME=4.3>4.3. DVD playback FAQ
+ <A NAME=4.3>4.3. DVD playback FAQ</A>
<B>Q: I have some problem not mentioned here ...
</B>A: Read file 'DVD' as well.
Index: codecs.html
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retrieving revision 1.2
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diff -u -r1.2 -r1.3
--- codecs.html 22 Aug 2001 16:57:48 -0000 1.2
+++ codecs.html 23 Aug 2001 17:08:45 -0000 1.3
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
<PRE>
- <A NAME=2.1>2.1. Video Formats, Audio & Video Codecs
+ <A NAME=2.1>2.1. Video Formats, Audio & Video Codecs</A>
- <A NAME=2.1.1>2.1.1. Supported input formats
+ <A NAME=2.1.1>2.1.1. Supported input formats</A>
<B>MPlayer</B> can read/play from the following devices/formats:
- VCD (Video CD) directly from CD-ROM or from CDRwin's .bin image file
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
Note: about quicktime (.mov/.qt) and realmedia (.ra/.rm) support read the FAQ!
- <A NAME=2.1.2>2.1.2. Supported audio & video codecs
+ <A NAME=2.1.2>2.1.2. Supported audio & video codecs</A>
- See http://mplayer.sourceforge.net/DOCS/codecs.html for the complete,
+ See http://mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/DOCS/codecs.html for the complete,
daily updated list!!!
The most important video codecs:
@@ -36,15 +36,16 @@
The most important audio codecs:
- MPEG layer 2, and layer 3 (MP3) audio (native code, with 3dnow optimization)
- AC3 dolby audio (native code, with 3dnow optimization)
+ - AC3 passthrough to soundcard's decoder
- Voxware audio
- alaw, msgsm, pcm and other simple old audio formats
If you have a codec not listed here, and not supported yet, just
- read http://mplayer.sourceforge.net/DOCS/codecs.html
+ read http://mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/DOCS/codecs.html
to get info about its status and about how to help us adding support for it!
- <A NAME=2.1.2.1>2.1.2.1. DivX4
+ <A NAME=2.1.2.1>2.1.2.1. DivX4</A>
This section contains information about the DivX4 codec of
<A HREF="http://www.projectmayo.com">ProjectMayo</A>. Their first available alpha version was the OpenDivX 4.0
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@
(like level 4 with divxds)
- <A NAME=2.1.2.2>2.1.2.2. ffmpeg's DivX/libavcodec
+ <A NAME=2.1.2.2>2.1.2.2. ffmpeg's DivX/libavcodec</A>
Beginning with version 0.4.2 , <A HREF="http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net">ffmpeg</A> contains an <B>opensource</B> DivX codec,
which is compatible with the traditional DivX. <B>MPlayer</B> supports this codec,
@@ -145,10 +146,18 @@
focus on ffdivx, and it's unlikely that this will change.
- <A NAME=2.1.4>2.1.4. Codec importing howto
+ <A NAME=2.1.2.3>2.1.2.3. Hardware AC3 decoding</A>
+ You will need a soundcard with AC3 passthrough capability to digital out
+ (SP/DIF). Also, the its driver has to support AFMT_AC3 (SB Live! for example)
+ Connect the hardware AC3 decoder to your soundcard's SP/DIF, and use
+ -ac hwac3 . It may work.
- <A NAME=2.1.4.1>2.1.4.1. VFW codecs
+
+ <A NAME=2.1.4>2.1.4. Codec importing howto</A>
+
+
+ <A NAME=2.1.4.1>2.1.4.1. VFW codecs</A>
VfW (Video for Windows) is the old Video API for Windows. Its codecs have
the .DLL or (rarely) .DRV extension.
@@ -180,7 +189,7 @@
ftp://mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/[codecname]/
- <A NAME=2.1.4.2>2.1.4.2. DirectShow codecs
+ <A NAME=2.1.4.2>2.1.4.2. DirectShow codecs</A>
DirectShow is the newer Video API, which is even worse than its predecessor.
Things are harder with DirectShow, since
Index: documentation.html
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diff -u -r1.30 -r1.31
--- documentation.html 23 Aug 2001 00:38:18 -0000 1.30
+++ documentation.html 23 Aug 2001 17:08:45 -0000 1.31
@@ -30,17 +30,18 @@
<A HREF="#2">2. Features</A>
</P>
<P>
- <A HREF="codecs.html">2.1 Video Formats, Audio & Video Codecs</A>
+ <A HREF="codecs.html">2.1 Video Formats, Audio & Video Codecs</A>
<A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.1">2.1.1 Supported input formats</A>
- <A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.2">2.1.2 Supported audio & video codecs</A>
+ <A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.2">2.1.2 Supported audio & video codecs</A>
<A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.2.1">2.1.2.1 DivX4</A>
<A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.2.2">2.1.2.2 ffmpeg's DivX/libavcodec</A>
+ <A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.2.3">2.1.2.3 Hardware AC3 decoding</A>
<A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.4">2.1.4 Codec importing howto</A>
<A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.4.1">2.1.4.1 VFW codecs</A>
<A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.4.2">2.1.4.2 DirectShow codecs</A>
</P>
<P>
- <A HREF="video.html">2.2 Video & Audio output devices</A>
+ <A HREF="video.html">2.2 Video & Audio output devices</A>
<A HREF="video.html#2.2.1">2.2.1 Video output devices</A>
<A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.1">2.2.1.1 MTRR</A>
<A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.2">2.2.1.2 Xv</A>
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@
<A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.2">2.2.1.3.2 What is DGA</A>
<A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.3">2.2.1.3.3 Installing DGA support for MPlayer</A>
<A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.4">2.2.1.3.4 Resolution switching</A>
- <A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.5">2.2.1.3.5 DGA & MPlayer</A>
+ <A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.5">2.2.1.3.5 DGA & MPlayer</A>
<A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.6">2.2.1.3.6 Features of the DGA driver</A>
<A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.7">2.2.1.3.7 Speed issues</A>
<A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.8">2.2.1.3.8 Known bugs</A>
@@ -121,10 +122,10 @@
<P><HR></P>
<P><PRE>
- <A NAME=1>1. Introduction
+ <A NAME=1>1. Introduction</A>
- <A NAME=1.1>1.1. Overview
+ <A NAME=1.1>1.1. Overview</A>
<B>MPlayer</B> is a movie player for LINUX. It plays most MPEG, AVI and ASF files,
supported by many native and Win32 DLL codecs. You can watch VCD, DVD and
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@
but the speed is also amazing.
- <A NAME=1.2>1.2. History
+ <A NAME=1.2>1.2. History</A>
This began a year ago...
I've tried lots of players under linux (mtv,xmps,dvdview,livid/oms,VideoLAN,
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@
Mpeg codec replaced with DVDview by Dirk Farin, it was a great stuff,
but it was slow and was written in C++ (I hate C++!!!)
- mpg12play v0.9-v0.95pre5:
- Mpeg codec was libmpeg2 (mpeg2dec) by Aaron Holtzman & Michel Lespinasse.
+ Mpeg codec was libmpeg2 (mpeg2dec) by Aaron Holtzman & Michel Lespinasse.
It's great, optimized very fast C code with perfect image quality and
100% MPEG standard conformance.
- <B>MPlayer</B> v0.3-v0.9:
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@
even more stable than ever, and so on. It's a MUST !
- <A NAME=1.3>1.3. Installation
+ <A NAME=1.3>1.3. Installation</A>
If you plan to use <B>MPlayer</B> on x86 architecture, you possibly want to use
Win32 codecs. Download and unzip w32codecs.zip to /usr/lib/win32 .
@@ -224,7 +225,7 @@
unzip mp_font3_hu.zip
- <A NAME=1.4>1.4. What about the GUI ?
+ <A NAME=1.4>1.4. What about the GUI ?</A>
I'm not a GUI programmer. I hate GUIs, I like the pure black 80x25 console.
So the player has only keyboard control from the controlling console/xterm now.
@@ -233,16 +234,16 @@
BTW he needs some nice skins, if you are a good graphician, contact him!!!
- <A NAME=2>2. Features
+ <A NAME=2>2. Features</A>
- <A NAME=2.1>2.1. <A HREF="codecs.html">Video Formats, Audio & Video Codecs</A>
+ <A NAME=2.1>2.1. <A HREF="codecs.html">Video Formats, Audio & Video Codecs</A></A>
- <A NAME=2.2>2.2. <A HREF="video.html">Video</A> & <A HREF="sound.html">Audio</A> output devices
+ <A NAME=2.2>2.2. <A HREF="video.html">Video</A> & <A HREF="sound.html">Audio</A> output devices</A>
- <A NAME=3>3. Usage
+ <A NAME=3>3. Usage</A>
file: mplayer [options] [path/]filename
VCD: mplayer [options] -vcd trackno /dev/cdrom
@@ -256,7 +257,7 @@
mplayer -abs 65536 -delay -0.4 -nobps ~/movies/test.avi
- <A NAME=3.1>3.1. Control from keyboard
+ <A NAME=3.1>3.1. Control from keyboard</A>
<- or -> seek backward/forward 10 seconds
@@ -278,7 +279,7 @@
7 or 8 adjust saturation
- <A NAME=3.2>3.2. Control from LIRC
+ <A NAME=3.2>3.2. Control from LIRC</A>
Linux Infrared Remote Control - use an easy to build home-brewn IR-receiver,
an (almost) arbitrary remote control and control your linux box with it!
@@ -328,7 +329,7 @@
use the -lircconf [filename] switch to specify another file.
- <A NAME=3.3>3.3. Streaming from network or pipes
+ <A NAME=3.3>3.3. Streaming from network or pipes</A>
<B>MPlayer</B> can play media from network, by using the HTTP protocol, and even
beta ASF streaming (FROM network) is available.
@@ -345,16 +346,16 @@
wget ftp://micorsops.com/something.avi -O - | mplayer -
- <A NAME=4>4. <A HREF="faq.html">FAQ section</A>
+ <A NAME=4>4. <A HREF="faq.html">FAQ section</A></A>
- <A NAME=5>5. <A HREF="cd-dvd.html">CD/DVD section</A>
+ <A NAME=5>5. <A HREF="cd-dvd.html">CD/DVD section</A></A>
- <A NAME=6>6. Misc OS'es
+ <A NAME=6>6. Misc OS'es</A>
- <A NAME=6.1>6.1. Debian packaging
+ <A NAME=6.1>6.1. Debian packaging</A>
To build the package, get the cvs version, or .tgz and uncompress it,
and cd into programs directory:
@@ -383,7 +384,7 @@
Setting up mplayer (0.18-1) ...
- <A NAME=6.2>6.2. FreeBSD
+ <A NAME=6.2>6.2. FreeBSD</A>
To build the package you will need GNU make (gmake, /usr/ports/devel/gmake),
native BSD make will not work.
@@ -400,7 +401,7 @@
Feel free to add it :-)
- <A NAME=6.3>6.3. Solaris 8
+ <A NAME=6.3>6.3. Solaris 8</A>
AVI file playback works best on Solaris x86, because you have the
option to use the win32 codecs on the x86 platform. On Solaris SPARC,
@@ -474,7 +475,7 @@
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/22592)
- <A NAME=6.4>6.4. StrongARM
+ <A NAME=6.4>6.4. StrongARM</A>
<B>MPlayer</B> is reported to compile on StrongARM. Use the following command line:
@@ -483,9 +484,9 @@
--with-x11incdir=/usr/arm/lib --disable-gcc-checking
- <A NAME=A>Appendix A - Authors
+ <A NAME=A>Appendix A - Authors</A>
-NOTE: Do *NOT* send bugreports, help & feature requests directly to the authors!
+NOTE: Do *NOT* send bugreports, help & feature requests directly to the authors!
===== Read Appendix <A HREF="#C">C</A> and subscribe to mplayer-users mailing lists.
========================== The <B>MPlayer</B> project: ===============================
@@ -494,13 +495,13 @@
- player code (mpeg stream demultiplexer and avi/asf parser, A-V sync, seek...)
- mp3lib, based on mpglib sources [MP3 audio decoder]
- getch2 [keyboard handler]
-- some changes in libmpeg2 code (progressive frames, bitrate & fps support)
+- some changes in libmpeg2 code (progressive frames, bitrate & fps support)
- libvo improvements: adding OpenGL support, bugfix in mga driver...
-- triple buffering & YUY2 support (for DivX/MPEG4) into mga_vid driver
+- triple buffering & YUY2 support (for DivX/MPEG4) into mga_vid driver
- scripts in the TVout directory (TVout on Matrox G400DH, read documentation)
- hacking DivX/Mpeg4 VfW codecs to get YUV output
- opendivx decoder speed optimizations (see opendivx/ChangeLog)
-- OSD & SUB display code
+- OSD & SUB display code
- ffmpeg/libavcodec integration
- DivX4Linux (ProjectMayo) support (see documentation)
@@ -523,9 +524,9 @@
Gábor Bérczi (Gabucino): [gabucino at k2.jozsef.kando.hu]
- documentation maintainer
- hungarian translation of documentation
-- second webpage design&gfx
+- second webpage design&gfx
- webpage maintainer
-- testing, codecs quality & speed comparsions
+- testing, codecs quality & speed comparsions
- IRC channel #<B>MPlayer</B> operator
(devel channel, users earn kickban)
- experimental MINIX port
@@ -543,7 +544,7 @@
Gyula László (Chass, Tégla): [chass- at freemail.hu]
- first fonts (mp_font1.zip)
-- third (current) homepage design&gfx
+- third (current) homepage design&gfx
Zoltán Márk Vicián (Se7en): [se7en at sch.bme.hu]
- SVGAlib support in libvo
@@ -606,7 +607,7 @@
Bertrand BAUDET: [bertrand_baudet at yahoo.com]
- network streaming support
-Artur Zaprzala: <zybi at fanthom.irc.pl>
+Artur Zaprzala: [zybi at fanthom.irc.pl]
- Complete font generator prog + OSD font (TOOLS/subfont-c)
lanzz at lanzz.org:
@@ -671,7 +672,7 @@
- libmpeg3 (and xmovie) author [MPEG1/MPEG2 video decoder, used in v0.1-v0.4]
- <A NAME=B>Appendix B - Mailing lists
+ <A NAME=B>Appendix B - Mailing lists</A>
There are some public mailing lists on <B>MPlayer</B>. Subscribing can be
achieved on the following addresses:
@@ -698,7 +699,7 @@
- send feature requests here (after reading DOCS/TODO)
- send user questions here (after reading all this documentation)
- - <B>MPlayer</B> & Matrox G200/G400/G450 users:
+ - <B>MPlayer</B> & Matrox G200/G400/G450 users:
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayer-matrox
Send matrox-related questions here,
@@ -731,7 +732,7 @@
otherwise. Please do not send messages using other language!
- <A NAME=C><A HREF="bugreports.html">Appendix C</A> - How to report bugs
+ <A NAME=C><A HREF="bugreports.html">Appendix C</A> - How to report bugs</A>
</PRE>
Index: faq.html
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--- faq.html 23 Aug 2001 00:14:27 -0000 1.3
+++ faq.html 23 Aug 2001 17:08:45 -0000 1.4
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
<PRE>
- <A NAME=5>5. FAQ section
+ <A NAME=5>5. FAQ section</A>
- <A NAME=5.1>5.1. Compilation
+ <A NAME=5.1>5.1. Compilation</A>
<B>Q: What's the problem with gcc 2.96 ?
</B>A: gcc 2.96 is RedHat's UNOFFICIAL (it can be found only on RedHat sites, or
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
problem, you are careless enough to do such things.
- <A NAME=5.2>5.2. General questions
+ <A NAME=5.2>5.2. General questions</A>
<B>Q: What about DVD playing ?
</B>A: Read the CD/DVD section .
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
</B>A: It's a new project, see http://frozenproductions.com for details
<B>Q: There are error messages about file not found /usr/lib/win32/....
- </B>A: Download & install w32codec.zip from *our* FTP
+ </B>A: Download & install w32codec.zip from *our* FTP
(avifile's codec package has different DLL set)
<B>Q: Are there any mailing lists on <B>MPlayer</B>?
@@ -132,9 +132,9 @@
</B>A: See Appendix <A HREF="bugreports.html">C</A> .
<B>Q: I have problems playing files with ... codec. Can I use'em?
- </B>A: Check http://mplayer.sourceforge.net/DOCS/codecs.html,
+ </B>A: Check http://mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/DOCS/codecs.html,
if it doesn't contain your codec, read
- http://mplayer.sourceforge.net/DOCS/CODECS, and contact us.
+ http://mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/DOCS/CODECS, and contact us.
<B>Q: Umm, what is "IdegCounter" ?
</B>A: A mixture of a hungarian and an english word. In english, "Ideg" means
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
the <A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.2.2">ffmpeg section</A> .
- <A NAME=5.3>5.3. File playing problems
+ <A NAME=5.3>5.3. File playing problems</A>
<B>Q: ...... works with avifile/aviplay while doesn't with <B>MPlayer</B>
</B>A: <B>MPlayer</B> != avifile
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@
</B>A: It's not a DivX file, but an M$ MPEG4v3 . Update your codecs.conf.
- <A NAME=5.4>5.4. Video/audio driver problems (vo/ao)
+ <A NAME=5.4>5.4. Video/audio driver problems (vo/ao)</A>
<B>Q: Ok, -vo help shows DGA driver, but it is babbling about permissions!
Help me!
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@
and we can't do anything about it, it's not our bug.
- <A NAME=5.5>5.5. Feature requests
+ <A NAME=5.5>5.5. Feature requests</A>
<B>Q: Is there a hint on how to watch QuickTime and RealMedia movies in MPlayer?
</B>A: There's no way to do it. Therefore these formats deserve to die in flames.
Index: sound.html
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+++ sound.html 23 Aug 2001 17:08:45 -0000 1.4
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<PRE>
- <A NAME=2.2.2>2.2.2. Audio output devices
+ <A NAME=2.2.2>2.2.2. Audio output devices</A>
- OSS (ioctl) driver
- SDL driver (supports up/downsampling, esd, arts etc)
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
- SUN audio driver (/dev/audio) for BSD and Solaris8 users
- <A NAME=2.2.2.1>2.2.2.1. Soundcard experiences, recommendations
+ <A NAME=2.2.2.1>2.2.2.1. Soundcard experiences, recommendations</A>
Aureal Vortex 2:
OSS/Free: no driver
Index: video.html
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+++ video.html 23 Aug 2001 17:08:45 -0000 1.3
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
<PRE>
- <A NAME=2.2.1>2.2.1. Video output devices
+ <A NAME=2.2.1>2.2.1. Video output devices</A>
General:
- x11: X11 with optional SHM extension
- - xv: X11 using overlays with the Xvideo extension (hardware YUV & scaling)
+ - xv: X11 using overlays with the Xvideo extension (hardware YUV & scaling)
- gl: OpenGL renderer, so far works only with :
- all cards with Utah-GLX
- Matrox cards with X/DRI >=4.0.3
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
NOTE: check the following subsections for details and requirements!
- <A NAME=2.2.1.1>2.2.1.1. MTRR
+ <A NAME=2.2.1.1>2.2.1.1. MTRR</A>
It is VERY recommended to set MTRR registers up properly, because they can
give a big performance boost. First you have to find the base address.
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
to check it).
- <A NAME=2.2.1.2>2.2.1.2. Xv
+ <A NAME=2.2.1.2>2.2.1.2. Xv</A>
Under XFree86 4.0.2 or newer, you can use your card's hardware YUV routines
using the XVideo extension. This is what the option '-vo xv' uses.
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
./configure prints this.
- <A NAME=2.2.1.2.1>2.2.1.2.1. 3dfx cards
+ <A NAME=2.2.1.2.1>2.2.1.2.1. 3dfx cards</A>
Older 3dfx drivers were known to have problems with XVideo acceleration,
it didn't support either YUY2 or YV12, and so. Verify that you have
@@ -152,13 +152,13 @@
and see if it helps. Check the <A HREF="#2.2.1.4">SDL section</A> for details.
- <A NAME=2.2.1.2.2>2.2.1.2.2. S3 cards
+ <A NAME=2.2.1.2.2>2.2.1.2.2. S3 cards</A>
S3 Savage3D's should work fine, but for Savage4, use XFree86 version 4.0.3
or greater. As for S3 Virge.. sell it.
- <A NAME=2.2.1.2.3>2.2.1.2.3. nVidia cards
+ <A NAME=2.2.1.2.3>2.2.1.2.3. nVidia cards</A>
nVidia isn't a very good choice under Linux.. You'll have to use the
binary nVidia driver, available at nVidia's website. The standard X
@@ -169,22 +169,22 @@
Complain to NVidia.
- <A NAME=2.2.1.2.4>2.2.1.2.4. ATI cards
+ <A NAME=2.2.1.2.4>2.2.1.2.4. ATI cards</A>
The GATOS driver has VSYNC enabled by default. It means that decoding speed
(!) is synced to the monitor's refresh rate. If playing seems to be slow, try
disabling VSYNC somehow, or set refresh rate to n*(fps of the movie) Hz.
- <A NAME=2.2.1.3>2.2.1.3. DGA
+ <A NAME=2.2.1.3>2.2.1.3. DGA</A>
- <A NAME=2.2.1.3.1>2.2.1.3.1. Summary
+ <A NAME=2.2.1.3.1>2.2.1.3.1. Summary</A>
This document tries to explain in some words what DGA is in general and
what the DGA video output driver for mplayer can do (and what it can't).
- <A NAME=2.2.1.3.2>2.2.1.3.2. What is DGA
+ <A NAME=2.2.1.3.2>2.2.1.3.2. What is DGA</A>
DGA is short for Direct Graphics Access and is a means for a program to
bypass the X-Server and directly modifying the framebuffer memory.
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
driver that controls this chip. So it does not work on every system ...
-<A NAME=2.2.1.3.3>2.2.1.3.3. Installing DGA support for <B>MPlayer</B>
+<A NAME=2.2.1.3.3>2.2.1.3.3. Installing DGA support for <B>MPlayer</B></A>
First make sure X loads the DGA extension, see in /var/log/XFree86.0.log :
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
faster!!!
- <A NAME=2.2.1.3.4>2.2.1.3.4. Resolution switching
+ <A NAME=2.2.1.3.4>2.2.1.3.4. Resolution switching</A>
The DGA driver allows for switching the resolution of the output signal.
This avoids the need for doing (slow) software scaling and at the same
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@
See appendix A for some sample modeline definitions.
- <A NAME=2.2.1.3.5>2.2.1.3.5. DGA & <B>MPlayer</B>
+ <A NAME=2.2.1.3.5>2.2.1.3.5. DGA & <B>MPlayer</B></A>
DGA is used in two places with <B>MPlayer</B>: The SDL driver can be made to make
use of it (-vo sdl:dga) and within the DGA driver (-vo dga).
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
how the DGA driver for <B>MPlayer</B> works.
- <A NAME=2.2.1.3.6>2.2.1.3.6. Features of the DGA driver
+ <A NAME=2.2.1.3.6>2.2.1.3.6. Features of the DGA driver</A>
The DGA driver is invoked by specifying -vo dga at the command line.
The default behaviour is to switch to a resolution matching the original
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@
CPU time!) depending on the implementation of DGA for your hardware.
- <A NAME=2.2.1.3.7>2.2.1.3.7. Speed issues
+ <A NAME=2.2.1.3.7>2.2.1.3.7. Speed issues</A>
Generally spoken, DGA framebuffer access should be at least as fast as using
the X11 driver with the additional benefit of getting a fullscreen image.
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@
CPUs might work at 400 MHZ and above.
- <A NAME=2.2.1.3.8>2.2.1.3.8. Known bugs
+ <A NAME=2.2.1.3.8>2.2.1.3.8. Known bugs</A>
Well, according to some developpers of XFree, DGA is quite a beast. They
tell you better not to use it. Its implementation is not always flawless
@@ -358,13 +358,13 @@
o OSD only works with doublebuffering enabled
- <A NAME=2.2.1.3.9>2.2.1.3.9. Future work
+ <A NAME=2.2.1.3.9>2.2.1.3.9. Future work</A>
o use of the new X11 render interface for OSD
o where is my TODO list ???? :-(((
- <A NAME=2.2.1.3.A>2.2.1.3.A. Some modelines
+ <A NAME=2.2.1.3.A>2.2.1.3.A. Some modelines</A>
Section "Modes"
Identifier "Modes[0]"
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@
module.
- <A NAME=2.2.1.3.B>2.2.1.3.B. Bug Reports
+ <A NAME=2.2.1.3.B>2.2.1.3.B. Bug Reports</A>
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
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@
Acki (acki at acki-netz.de, www.acki-netz.de)
- <A NAME=2.2.1.4>2.2.1.4. SDL
+ <A NAME=2.2.1.4>2.2.1.4. SDL</A>
Here are some notes about SDL out in <B>MPlayer</B>.
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@
It's bug in SDL, I can't change it (tested with SDL 1.2.1).
- <A NAME=2.2.1.5>2.2.1.5. SVGAlib
+ <A NAME=2.2.1.5>2.2.1.5. SVGAlib</A>
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
@@ -429,10 +429,10 @@
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.
+ card & monitor.
- <A NAME=2.2.1.6>2.2.1.6. Framebuffer output (FBdev)
+ <A NAME=2.2.1.6>2.2.1.6. Framebuffer output (FBdev)</A>
Whether to build the FBdev target is autodetected during ./configure .
Read the framebuffer documentation in the kernel sources
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@
and don't ask for it, since it's not an <B>MPlayer</B> limitation.
- <A NAME=2.2.1.7>2.2.1.7. Matrox framebuffer (mga_vid)
+ <A NAME=2.2.1.7>2.2.1.7. Matrox framebuffer (mga_vid)</A>
This section is about the Matrox G200/G400/G450 BES (Back-End Scaler)
support, the mga_vid kernel driver. It's active developed by me (A'rpi), and
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@
<B>MPlayer</B> with '-vo mga' . It should fix Xv.
- <A NAME=2.2.1.8>2.2.1.8. SiS 6326 framebuffer (sis_vid)
+ <A NAME=2.2.1.8>2.2.1.8. SiS 6326 framebuffer (sis_vid)</A>
SiS 6326 YUV Framebuffer driver -> sis_vid kernel driver
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@
needed to test it and bring the code up-to-date.
- <A NAME=2.2.1.9>2.2.1.9. 3dfx YUV support
+ <A NAME=2.2.1.9>2.2.1.9. 3dfx YUV support</A>
3dfx has native YUV+scaler support, using /dev/3dfx (tdfx.o driver?)
The /dev/3dfx kernel driver exists only for 2.2.x kernels, for use with
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@
supported. Volunteers needed to test it and bring the code up-to-date.
- <A NAME=2.2.1.10>2.2.1.10. OpenGL output
+ <A NAME=2.2.1.10>2.2.1.10. OpenGL output</A>
<B>MPlayer</B> support displaying movies using OpenGL. Unfortunately, not all
drivers support this ability. For example the Utah-GLX drivers
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@
See <A HREF="http://dri.sourceforge.net">http://dri.sourceforge.net</A> for download, and installation instructions.
- <A NAME=2.2.1.11>2.2.1.11. AAlib - text mode displaying
+ <A NAME=2.2.1.11>2.2.1.11. AAlib - text mode displaying</A>
<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,
@@ -571,11 +571,11 @@
a : toggles between aa and mplayer control)
-
The following command line options can be used:
-aaosdcolor=V : change osd color
-aasubcolor=V : change subtitle color
- where V can be: (0/normal, 1/dark, 2/bold, 3/boldfont, 4/reverse, 5/special)
+ where V can be: (0/normal, 1/dark, 2/bold, 3/boldfont, 4/reverse,
+ 5/special)
AAlib itselves provides a large sum of options.
Here are some important:
@@ -585,27 +585,26 @@
-aahelp : prints out all aalib options
-
-
-
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
fbdev to do conversion/dithering to hgafb? Would be neat :)
- Use the -framedrop option if your comp isn't fast enough to render all frames!
+ Use the -framedrop option if your comp isn't fast enough to render all
+ frames!
- 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 http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/tune/ for further tuning issues.
+ 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
+ http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/tune/ for further tuning issues.
- <A NAME=2.2.1.A>2.2.1.A. TV-out support
+ <A NAME=2.2.1.A>2.2.1.A. TV-out support</A>
- <A NAME=2.2.1.A.1>2.2.1.A.1. Matrox cards
+ <A NAME=2.2.1.A.1>2.2.1.A.1. Matrox cards</A>
<I> What I'd love to see in mplayer is the the same feature that I see in my
windows box. When I start a movie in windows (in a window or in full screen)
@@ -636,7 +635,7 @@
- Compile all the matrox-related things to modules in the kernel.
(you MUST compile them to modules, at least I couldn't get them
working built-in yet)
- [reboot to new kernel & install modules, but don't load them yet!]
+ [reboot to new kernel & install modules, but don't load them yet!]
cd TVout
./compile.sh
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