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@@ -1,40 +1,41 @@ -How to use a Sigma Designs Hollywood Plus and/or a Creative DXR3 by David Holm -============================================================================== +How to use a Sigma Designs Hollywood Plus and/or a Creative DXR3 (by David Holm) +================================================================================ Thanks goes out to Daniel Bell for the donation of a brand new 20GB IBM harddisk. 1. Requirements - * First of all you will need the DXR3/H+ drivers properly installed. - Version 0.12.0 or later. You can find it at + * First of all you will need properly installed DXR3/H+ drivers, version + 0.12.0 or later. You can find them at http://dxr3.sourceforge.net/ - (you only need to run "make install devices" in em8300-x.y.z/modules - not in the root dir) + (You only need to run "make install devices" in em8300-x.y.z/modules, + not in the root directory.) - * Run <mplayerdir>/configure and make sure that DXR3/H+ support = yes - if you want to play files other than mpeg I highly recommend you install + * Run <mplayerdir>/configure and make sure that DXR3/H+ support = yes. + If you want to play files other than MPEG I highly recommend you install libavcodec as well (Read DOCS/codecs.html for more info). - From here on compilation (of at least my code ;) should go without any + From here on compilation (at least of my code ;)) should go without any problems. 2. Usage - -vo dxr3:<noprebuf>:<codec>:<device>Where noprebuf specifies to turn off - prebuffering. This is done automatically - on athlons. If playback is out of sync + + -vo dxr3:<noprebuf>:<codec>:<device> Where noprebuf specifies turning off + prebuffering. This is done automatically + on Athlons. If playback is out of sync try disabling prebuffering. If noprebuf is left out prebuffering is enabled - (except on athlons). + (except on Athlons). <codec> = fame/avcodec, avcodec produces better quality output, but fame is faster for those of you with slow machines. The default is to use libavcodec. Note that you need - libavcodec properly installed (read + properly installed libavcodec (read DOCS/codecs.html) <device> = device number to use in case @@ -48,35 +49,49 @@ harddisk. he usually hangs out in #dxr3 on irc.openprojects.net, let him know you like it... - -ao oss:/dev/em8300_ma-X For audio output, where X is the device - number (0 if one card) - -ac hwac3 For digital audio output instead of - analog - -vc mpegpes Force hardware acceleration, only works - with mpeg1/2 - -aop list=resample:fout=xxxxx If samplerate is below 44100Hz, select - either 44100 or 48000 depending on + + -ao oss:/dev/em8300_ma-X For audio output, where X is the device + number (0 if one card). + + -ac hwac3 For digital instead of analog audio + output. + + -vc mpegpes Force hardware acceleration, only works + with MPEG1/2. + + -aop list=resample:fout=xxxxx If sample rate is below 44100Hz, select + either 44100Hz or 48000Hz depending on which which one matches closest. I.e. - if the movie uses 22050 use 44100 as - 44100 / 2 = 22050, if it's 24000 use - 48000 as 48000 / 2 = 24000 and so on. + if the movie uses 22050Hz use 44100Hz as + 44100 / 2 = 22050, if it is 24000Hz use + 48000Hz as 48000 / 2 = 24000 and so on. This does not work with digital audio - output (-ac hwac3) + output (-ac hwac3). + Overlay -To get overlay run dxr3view that comes with the em8300 package before staring -mplayer. You can set various options in dxr3view by pressing T while holding + +To get overlay run dxr3view that comes with the em8300 package before starting +MPlayer. You can set various options in dxr3view by pressing T while holding the mouse cursor above the window. + MPEG-1, MPEG-2, VCD and DVD Notes -MPEG 1/2 content should now automatically be detected by mplayer and it will + +MPEG 1/2 content should now automatically be detected by MPlayer and it will use the hardware acceleration of the DXR3 to play it. If not, you can force -it to hardware acceleration with -vc mpegpes. Also, if you plan to use any -postprocessing filters you must use -vc mpeg12. +it to hardware acceleration with '-vc mpegpes'. Also, if you plan to use any +postprocessing filters you must use '-vc mpeg12'. + +In some instances, subtitles may not appear properly in sync with the A/V stream +when using hardware decoding ('-vc mpegpes'). This is a known bug. The em8300 +will also improperly handle subtitles that are too big, and may hang for a second +or two. At this time, the only workaround is to use '-vc mpeg12' when viewing +DVDs with subtitles. 3. Contacting me -You can contact me either by e-mailing me, <dholm@telia.com> or by using -icq: 798427 -Feedback, bugreports and general suggestions are appreciated (preferably +You can contact me either by e-mailing <dholm@telia.com> or by using +ICQ: 798427 +Feedback, bug reports and general suggestions are appreciated (preferably by e-mail). |