[MPlayer-dev-eng] Re: [MPlayer-users] xvidix problem with atis firegl drivers solved

[Alex Beregszaszi]

Hi,

> > i was able to fix my playback problem with xvidix and xfree running
> > with atis firegl drivers (fglrx_drv).
> > it seems that the driver reserves the last 5MB of video memory for
> > something else, which interferes with mplayer using this space for
> > DGA, so that only strange patterns are shown.
> > I shifted the DGA adress for mplayer about 5MB. funny thing is: the
> > more the dga frame is outside the 5MB border, the more the movie is
> > displayed correctly.
> > so the changes are:
> > #define FIREGL_MEM_RESERVED 0x500000;
> > 
> > radeon_overlay_off = radeon_ram_size - info->frame_size*nfr - 
> > 	FIREGL_MEM_RESERVED;
it's more usable if you decrase radeon_ram_size with the 5 megs.

> > 
> > maybe it's possible to add something like vidix/drivers/fglrx_vid.c
> > to the sourcetree with this patch leaving the radeon_vid.c
> > untouched. (so I have not to patch it every time a new mplayer
> > version is realeased :))))
> >
> > I could post the complete fglrx_vid.c to someone.... but whom?
send it to me or to this list

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Alex Beregszaszi  <alex at naxine.org>
(MPlayer Core Developer -- http://www.mplayerhq.hu/)