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Diffstat (limited to 'DOCS')
| -rw-r--r-- | DOCS/SOUNDCARDS | 42 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | DOCS/VIDEOCARDS | 62 |
2 files changed, 91 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/DOCS/SOUNDCARDS b/DOCS/SOUNDCARDS index 85a1b6eeff..9ba4fd1ff3 100644 --- a/DOCS/SOUNDCARDS +++ b/DOCS/SOUNDCARDS @@ -1,24 +1,40 @@ -Recommended options for better sound sync: -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Due to the constant fixes/changes in MPlayer, the contents of this file -must be considered only as advice, and are subjects to change without -warning. +Recommendations for misc. soundcards +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Aureal Vortex2: -abs 65536 -delay -0.5 +SB Live!: + OSS : OK + ALSA : (untested) + Max kHz : 48 -SB Live!: Kernel 2.2 : Use default settings - Kernel 2.4 : try -noalsa +Gravis UltraSound ACE: + OSS : default settings are OK + ALSA : if video lags, use OSS or mplayerHQ + Max kHz : 48 -Gravis Ultrasound ACE: OSS (2.4) : default settings are OK - ALSA : if video lags, use OSS or mplayerHQ +Gravis UltraSound MAX: + OSS : use it if you wanna be sure, but + ALSA : has no known problems + Max kHz : 48 +ESS 688 and probably all old SB's: + OSS : OK + ALSA : OK + Max kHz : 44.1 + +PC Speaker or DAC: + OSS : only with the new HQ timing code + (maybe won't work at all in the future) + ALSA : no driver + Max kHz : 6 ;) (the driver emulates 44.1 maybe more) + Driver : ftp://ftp.infradead.org/pub/pcsp + + - MPlayer is mostly intended for OSS + - use at least 2.4 if possible, 2.2 isn't tested - if sound clicks when playing from CD-ROM, turn on IRQ unmasking ! for example "hdparm -u1 /dev/cdrom" (see "man hdparm" !!!) - don't use your soundcard by other application ( for ex. XMMS ) ! if you use ESD, start MPlayer with the esddsp utility ! - - use high speed hdd or CDROM and CPU ! + Gabucino - Pontscho/fresh!mindworkz Gabucino - pontscho@makacs.poliod.hu gabucino@k2.jozsef.kando.hu diff --git a/DOCS/VIDEOCARDS b/DOCS/VIDEOCARDS new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..1b774132f6 --- /dev/null +++ b/DOCS/VIDEOCARDS @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ + +Videocards with hardware acceleration: +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +* read DOCS/MTRR too! + + "Hardware acceleration" usually means hardware YUV conversion, scaling, +bilinear filtering. Under Linux and XFree86, this is done by the XVideo +extension, this is what the option '-vo xv' uses. + In order to make this work, be sure to check the following: +1. your card actually supports harware acceleration +2. you use XFree86 4.0.2 or newer (former versions don't have XVideo) +3. X loads the XVideo extension, it's something like this: + (II) Loading extension XVideo + in /var/log/XFree86.0.log + NOTE : this loads only the XFree86 support. In a good install, this is + always loaded, and doesn't mean that the _card's_ XVideo support is + loaded! +4. The XVideo extensions can use your card. Try 'xvinfo' which is the part of + the XFree86 distribution. It should display a long text, similar to this: + + X-Video Extension version 2.2 + screen #0 + Adaptor #0: "Savage Streams Engine" + number of ports: 1 + port base: 43 + operations supported: PutImage + supported visuals: + depth 16, visualID 0x22 + depth 16, visualID 0x23 + number of attributes: 5 + (...etc...) +5. Be sure MPlayer is compiled with the "xv" target. "./configure" should say: + Checking for Xv ... yes +6. If all is fine, try the option '-vo xv' . It should work. + (if it doesn't, send us a bugreport. See the README on how to do this.) + + + + There are additional drivers for the Matrox cards, which are usually +better than XVideo, consume much less CPU, and some doesn't even need X. +(Arpi please complete this section somewhat :) I'll correct your english:) + + + + If your card lacks hardware acceleration, you can still boost your fps by +using the DGA driver. +1. Make sure X loads the DGA extension: + (II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA +2. MPlayer's DGA driver is autodetected on ./configure, or you can force it + with --enable-dga. +3. Be sure to use 24/32bpp mode, since there is no converter right now.. :( +4. Install MPlayer SUID root. + (see the FAQ on how to do this, and... heed the warning!) +5. Use '-vo dga' option, and there you go! (hope so:) + + + + (section describing OpenGL support? I don't have any:) + + Gabucino + |