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<FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.1>2.1. Video Formats, Audio & Video Codecs</A></B></P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.1.1>2.1.1. Supported input formats</A></B></P>
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<P><B>MPlayer</B> can read/play from the following devices/formats:<BR>
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<UL>
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<LI> VCD (Video CD) directly from CD-ROM or from CDRwin's .bin image file
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<LI> DVD, directly from your DVD disk, using libdvdread for decryption
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<LI> MPEG 1/2 System Stream (PS/PES/VOB) and Elementary Stream (ES) file
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formats
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<LI> RIFF AVI file format
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<LI> ASF/WMV 1.0 file format
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<LI> QT/MOV file format with (un)compressed headers
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<LI> VIVO format (.viv files)
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<LI> supports reading from file, stdin, or network via HTTP
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</UL></P>
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<P>Note: about realmedia (.ra/.rm) support read the FAQ!</P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.2>2.2. Supported codecs</A></B></P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.1.2>2.1.2. Supported audio & video codecs</A></B></P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1>2.2.1. Video codecs</A></B></P>
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<P>See <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html">http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html</A> for the complete,
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daily generated list!!!</P>
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<P>The most important video codecs:<BR>
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<P>The most important ones above all:<BR>
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<UL>
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<LI>MPEG1 (VCD) and MPEG2 (DVD) video</LI>
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<LI>DivX ;-), OpenDivX (DivX4), 3ivx and other MPEG4 variants</LI>
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<LI>Intel Indeo codecs (3.1,3.2,4.1,5.0)</LI>
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<LI>MJPEG, ASV2 and other hardware formats</LI>
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<LI>XAnim codecs</LI>
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<LI>VIVO</LI>
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</UL></P>
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<P>The most important audio codecs:<BR>
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<UL>
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<LI>MPEG layer 2, and layer 3 (MP3) audio (native code, with MMX/SSE/3DNow! optimization)</LI>
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<LI>AC3 dolby audio (native code, with SSE/3DNow! optimization)</LI>
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<LI>Ogg Vorbis audio codec (native lib)</LI>
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<LI>Voxware audio (using directshow DLL)</LI>
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<LI>alaw, msgsm, pcm and other simple old audio formats</LI>
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</UL></P>
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<P>If you have a codec not listed here, and not supported yet, just read <A
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HREF="#2.1.3">section 2.1.3</A> to get info about how to help us adding support
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<P>If you have a Win32 codec not listed here, and not supported yet, just read the <A
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HREF="#2.2.3">codec importing</A> to get info about how to help us adding support
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for it!</P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.1.2.1>2.1.2.1. DivX4</A></B></P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.1>2.2.1.1. DivX4</A></B></P>
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<P>This section contains information about the DivX4 codec of
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<A HREF="http://www.projectmayo.com">ProjectMayo</A>. Their first available alpha version was the OpenDivX 4.0
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<TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>hard prostprocessing, eats many CPU (like level 4 with divxds</TD><TR>
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</TABLE></P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.1.2.2>2.1.2.2. ffmpeg's DivX/libavcodec</A></B></P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.2>2.2.1.2. ffmpeg's DivX/libavcodec</A></B></P>
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<P>Beginning with version 0.4.2 , <A HREF="http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net">ffmpeg</A> contains an <B>opensource</B> DivX codec,
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which is compatible with the traditional DivX. <B>MPlayer</B> supports this codec,
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highest resolution DivX/DivX4 movies on my K6/2 500, without framedrop.</P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.1.2.3>2.1.2.3. Hardware AC3 decoding</A></B></P>
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<P>You'll need an AC3 capable soundcard, with digital out (SP/DIF). The
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card's driver must support the AFMT_AC3 format (like SB Live! does).
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Connect your AC3 decoder to the SP/DIF output, and use the '-ac hwac3'
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option. It may or may not work (experimental). (probably won't...)</P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.1.2.4>2.1.2.4. XAnim codecs</A></B></P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.3>2.2.1.3. XAnim codecs</A></B></P>
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<P>Foreword: using (some) XAnim codecs with other program than XAnim, is
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<B><I>ILLEGAL</I></B>. It is <B>YOUR</B> responsibility to read its license,
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<P>Tested codecs are: <B>Indeo 3.2</B>, <B>4.1</B>, <B>5.0</B>, <B>CVID</B>, <B>3ivX</B>, <B>h263</B>.</P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.1.2.5>2.1.2.5. libmad support</A></B></P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.4>2.2.1.4. VIVO video</A></B></P>
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<P>TODO</P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.5>2.2.1.5. MPEG 1/2 video</A></B></P>
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<P>MPEG1 and MPEG2 are decoded with the native library <B>libmpeg2</B>.
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Its source code is included in <B>MPlayer</B>, and of course is multiplatform.
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We handle buggy MPEG1/2 video files by checking for what signature does
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libmpeg2 return, and when it gives sig11 (segmentation fault), we quickly
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reinitialize the codec, and continue exactly from where the failure did occur.
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No speed decrease is measurable.</P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.2.2>2.2.2. Audio codecs</A></B></P>
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<P>The most important audio codecs above all :<BR>
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<UL>
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<LI>MPEG layer 2, and layer 3 (MP3) audio (<B>native</B> code, with MMX/SSE/3DNow! optimization)</LI>
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<LI>MPEG layer 1 audio (<B>native</B> code, with libavcodec)</LI>
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<LI>AC3 Dolby audio (<B>native</B> code, with SSE/3DNow! optimization)</LI>
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<LI>Ogg Vorbis audio codec (<B>native</B> lib)</LI>
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<LI>Voxware audio (using DirectShow DLL)</LI>
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<LI>alaw, msgsm, pcm and other simple old audio formats</LI>
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</UL></P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.2.2.1>2.2.2.1. Hardware AC3 decoding</A></B></P>
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<P>You'll need an AC3 capable soundcard, with digital out (SP/DIF). The
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card's driver must support the AFMT_AC3 format (like SB Live! does).
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Connect your AC3 decoder to the SP/DIF output, and use the '-ac hwac3'
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option. It may or may not work (experimental). (probably won't...)</P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.2.2.2>2.2.2.2. libmad support</A></B></P>
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<P><A HREF="http://mad.sourceforge.net">libmad</A> is a multiplatform MPEG audio
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decoding library. If you don't know why is it good, you probably don't need it.</P>
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option.</P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.1.3>2.1.3. Codec importing howto</A></B></P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.2.3>2.2.3. Win32 codec importing howto</A></B></P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.1.3.1>2.1.3.1. VFW codecs</A></B></P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.2.3.1>2.2.3.1. VFW codecs</A></B></P>
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<P>VfW (Video for Windows) is the old Video API for Windows. Its codecs have
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the .DLL or (rarely) .DRV extension.
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<P> <CODE>ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/[codecname]/</CODE></P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.1.3.2>2.1.3.2. DirectShow codecs</A></B></P>
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<P><B><A NAME=2.2.3.2>2.2.3.2. DirectShow codecs</A></B></P>
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<P>DirectShow is the newer Video API, which is even worse than its predecessor.
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Things are harder with DirectShow, since
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</UL>
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<LI><A HREF="#2">2. Features</A></LI>
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<UL>
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<LI><A HREF="codecs.html">2.1 Video Formats, Audio & Video Codecs</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="formats.html">2.1 Supported formats</A></LI>
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<UL>
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<LI><A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.1">2.1.1 Supported input formats</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.2">2.1.2 Supported audio & video codecs</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="formats.html#2.1.1">2.1.1 Video</A></LI>
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<UL>
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<LI><A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.2.1">2.1.2.1 DivX4</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.2.2">2.1.2.2 ffmpeg's DivX/libavcodec</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.2.3">2.1.2.3 Hardware AC3 decoding</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.2.4">2.1.2.4 XAnim codecs</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.2.5">2.1.2.5 libmad support</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="formats.html#2.1.1.1">2.1.1.1 MPG, VOB, DAT files</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="formats.html#2.1.1.2">2.1.1.2 AVI files</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="formats.html#2.1.1.3">2.1.1.3 ASF/WMV files</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="formats.html#2.1.1.4">2.1.1.4 QT/MOV files</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="formats.html#2.1.1.5">2.1.1.5 VIV files</A></LI>
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</UL>
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<LI><A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.3">2.1.3 Codec importing howto</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="formats.html#2.1.2">2.1.2 Audio</A></LI>
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</UL>
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<LI><A HREF="codecs.html#2.2">2.2 Supported codecs</A></LI>
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<UL>
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<LI><A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1">2.2.1 Video</A></LI>
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<UL>
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<LI><A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.3.1">2.1.3.1 VFW codecs</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.3.2">2.1.3.2 DirectShow codecs</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1.1">2.2.1.1 DivX4</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1.2">2.2.1.2 ffmpeg's DivX/libavcodec</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1.3">2.2.1.3 XAnim codecs</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1.4">2.2.1.4 VIVO video</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1.5">2.2.1.5 MPEG1/2 video</A></LI>
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</UL>
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<LI><A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.2">2.2.2 Audio</A></LI>
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<UL>
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<LI><A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.2.1">2.2.2.1 Hardware AC3 decoding</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.2.2">2.2.2.2 libmad support</A></LI>
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</UL>
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<LI><A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.3">2.2.3 Win32 codec importing howto</A></LI>
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<UL>
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<LI><A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.3.1">2.2.3.1 VFW codecs</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.3.2">2.2.3.2 DirectShow codecs</A></LI>
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</UL>
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</UL>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html">2.2 Video & Audio output devices</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html">2.3 Output devices</A></LI>
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<UL>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1">2.2.1 Video output devices</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.3.1">2.3.1 Video</A></LI>
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<UL>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.1">2.2.1.1 MTRR</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.2">2.2.1.2 Xv</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.1">2.3.1.1 Setting up MTRR</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.2">2.3.1.2 Xv</A></LI>
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<UL>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.2.1">2.2.1.2.1 3dfx cards</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.2.2">2.2.1.2.2 S3 cards</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.2.3">2.2.1.2.3 nVidia cards</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.2.4">2.2.1.2.4 ATI cards</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.2.5">2.2.1.2.5 NeoMagic cards</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.2.1">2.3.1.2.1 3dfx</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.2.2">2.3.1.2.2 S3</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.2.3">2.3.1.2.3 nVidia</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.2.4">2.3.1.2.4 ATI</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.2.5">2.3.1.2.5 NeoMagic</A></LI>
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</UL>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3">2.2.1.3 DGA</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.3">2.3.1.3 DGA</A></LI>
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<UL>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.1">2.2.1.3.1 Summary</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.2">2.2.1.3.2 What is DGA</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.3">2.2.1.3.3 Installing DGA support for MPlayer</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.4">2.2.1.3.4 Resolution switching</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.5">2.2.1.3.5 DGA & MPlayer</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.6">2.2.1.3.6 Features of the DGA driver</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.7">2.2.1.3.7 Speed issues</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.8">2.2.1.3.8 Known bugs</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.9">2.2.1.3.9 Future work</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.A">2.2.1.3.A Some modelines</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.B">2.2.1.3.B Bug Reports</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.3.1">2.3.1.3.1 Summary</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.3.2">2.3.1.3.2 What is DGA</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.3.3">2.3.1.3.3 Installing DGA support for MPlayer</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.3.4">2.3.1.3.4 Resolution switching</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.3.5">2.3.1.3.5 DGA & MPlayer</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.3.6">2.3.1.3.6 Features of the DGA driver</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.3.7">2.3.1.3.7 Speed issues</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.3.8">2.3.1.3.8 Known bugs</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.3.9">2.3.1.3.9 Future work</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.3.A">2.3.1.3.A Some modelines</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.3.B">2.3.1.3.B Bug Reports</A></LI>
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</UL>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.4">2.2.1.4 SDL</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.5">2.2.1.5 SVGAlib</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.6">2.2.1.6 Framebuffer output (FBdev)</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.7">2.2.1.7 Matrox framebuffer (mga_vid)</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.8">2.2.1.8 SiS 6326 framebuffer (sis_vid)</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.9">2.2.1.9 3dfx YUV support (tdfxfb)</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.10">2.2.1.10 OpenGL output</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.11">2.2.1.11 AAlib - text mode displaying</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.12">2.2.1.12 VESA - output to VESA BIOS</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.A">2.2.1.A TVout</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.4">2.3.1.4 SDL</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.5">2.3.1.5 SVGAlib</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.6">2.3.1.6 Framebuffer output (FBdev)</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.7">2.3.1.7 Matrox framebuffer (mga_vid)</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.8">2.3.1.8 SiS 6326 framebuffer (sis_vid)</A></LI>
|
||||
<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.9">2.3.1.9 3dfx YUV support (tdfxfb)</A></LI>
|
||||
<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.10">2.3.1.10 OpenGL output</A></LI>
|
||||
<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.11">2.3.1.11 AAlib - text mode displaying</A></LI>
|
||||
<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.12">2.3.1.12 VESA - output to VESA BIOS</A></LI>
|
||||
<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.A">2.3.1.A TVout</A></LI>
|
||||
<UL>
|
||||
<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.A.1">2.2.1.A.1 Matrox cards</A></LI>
|
||||
<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.A.2">2.2.1.A.2 ATI cards</A></LI>
|
||||
<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.A.3">2.2.1.A.3 Voodoo 3</A></LI>
|
||||
<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.A.1">2.3.1.A.1 Matrox</A></LI>
|
||||
<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.A.2">2.3.1.A.2 ATI</A></LI>
|
||||
<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.A.3">2.3.1.A.3 Voodoo 3/Banshee</A></LI>
|
||||
</UL>
|
||||
</UL>
|
||||
<LI><A HREF="sound.html#2.2.2">2.2.2 Soundcards, audio output devices</A></LI>
|
||||
<LI><A HREF="sound.html#2.3.2">2.3.2 Audio</A></LI>
|
||||
<UL>
|
||||
<LI><A HREF="sound.html#2.2.2.1">2.2.2.1 Soundcard experiences, recommendations</A></LI>
|
||||
<LI><A HREF="sound.html#2.3.2.1">2.3.2.1 Soundcard experiences, recommendations</A></LI>
|
||||
</UL>
|
||||
</UL>
|
||||
<LI><A HREF="encoding.html#2.3">2.3 Encoding with MEncoder</A></LI>
|
||||
<LI><A HREF="encoding.html#2.4">2.4 MEncoder - An Encoder based on MPlayer</A></LI>
|
||||
</UL>
|
||||
<LI><A HREF="#3">3. Usage</A></LI>
|
||||
<UL>
|
||||
@ -153,10 +169,13 @@ all!). The another big feature of mplayer is the wide range of supported output
|
||||
drivers. It works with X11, Xv, DGA, OpenGL, SVGAlib, fbdev, AAlib, but you can
|
||||
use SDL (and this way all drivers of SDL) and some lowlevel card-specific
|
||||
drivers (for Matrox, 3Dfx and Radeon) too! Most of them supports software or
|
||||
hardware scaling, so you can enjoy movies in fullscreen. And what about the
|
||||
nice big antialiased shaded subtitles (<B>9 supported types!!!</B>) with
|
||||
european/ISO 8859-1,2 (hungarian, english, czech, etc), cyrillic, korean fonts,
|
||||
and OSD?</P>
|
||||
hardware scaling, so you can enjoy movies in fullscreen. <B>MPlayer</B>
|
||||
supports displaying through some hardware MPEG decoder boards, such as the
|
||||
<B><A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/DVB">DVB</A></B> and <B> <A
|
||||
HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/DXR3">DXR3/Hollywood+</A></B> ! And what
|
||||
about the nice big antialiased shaded subtitles (<B>9 supported types!!!</B>)
|
||||
with european/ISO 8859-1,2 (hungarian, english, czech, etc), cyrillic, korean
|
||||
fonts, and OSD?</P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B>MPlayer</B> is basically GPL, but contains some non-GPL code which is not
|
||||
allowed to be distributed in binary form, and also contains the OpenDivX
|
||||
@ -226,7 +245,8 @@ experience any problems:<BR>
|
||||
<LI><B>gcc</B> - suggested version is from <B>2.95.2</B> to <B>2.95.4</B>.
|
||||
<B>NEVER</B> use 2.96 or 3.x.x !!! They generate faulty code.</LI>
|
||||
<LI><B>XFree86</B> - suggested version is <B>always the newest (4.1.0)</B>. Normally
|
||||
everyone wants this. If you don't know why, you <B>do</B> need it.</LI>
|
||||
everyone wants this. If you don't know why, you <B>do</B> need it. Make
|
||||
sure its <B>development package</B> is installed too !</LI>
|
||||
<LI><B>make</B> - suggested version is <B>always the newest</B> (at least 3.79.x). This
|
||||
usually isn't important.</LI>
|
||||
<LI><B>SDL</B> - it's not mandatory, but can help in some cases. Always
|
||||
@ -241,36 +261,42 @@ experience any problems:<BR>
|
||||
THIS!!!</I></B></A></LI>
|
||||
|
||||
<LI>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 .
|
||||
Win32 codecs. If you only want to play DVDs and DivXes, you probably don't
|
||||
want these, since the <B>libavcodec</B>'s DivX decoder (see below) is the
|
||||
fastest decoder available, and DVD is decoded with the <B>libmpeg2</B>
|
||||
library.<BR>
|
||||
If you want to play or encode for example movies recorded with digital cameras (example:
|
||||
DV), you must install them. Download and unzip w32codecs.zip to /usr/lib/win32 .
|
||||
Note: the avifile project has similar codecs package, but it differs
|
||||
from ours, so if you want to use all supported codecs, then use
|
||||
our package! However, you can use our codecs package with avifile.</LI>
|
||||
|
||||
<LI>If you own a Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550 card, then please see the <A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.7">2.2.1.7</A>
|
||||
<LI>If you own a Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550 card, then please see the <A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.7">mga_vid</A>
|
||||
section in order to gain big speedup. It is important to do these steps
|
||||
<I>before</I> compiling <B>MPlayer</B>, otherwise no Matrox-specific support will be
|
||||
built. Also check out the <A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.A.1">Matrox TV-out</A>
|
||||
built. Also check out the <A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.A.1">Matrox TV-out</A>
|
||||
section.</LI>
|
||||
|
||||
<LI>If you own a 3Dfx Voodoo3/Banshee card, then please see the <A
|
||||
HREF="video.html#2.2.1.9">2.2.1.9</A> section in order to gain big speedup. It
|
||||
HREF="video.html#2.3.1.9">2.3.1.9</A> section in order to gain big speedup. It
|
||||
is important to do these steps <I>before</I> compiling <B>MPlayer</B>,
|
||||
otherwise no 3Dfx support will be built. Also see the <A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.A.3">3dfx
|
||||
otherwise no 3Dfx support will be built. Also see the <A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.A.3">3dfx
|
||||
TV out section</A>.</LI>
|
||||
|
||||
<LI>If you own an ATI card, see the <A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.A.2">2.2.1.A.2
|
||||
section</A> to know what features of your card is supported under Linux/MPlayer.</LI>
|
||||
<LI>If you own an ATI card, see the <A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.A.2">ATI cards
|
||||
section</A> of the TV-out documentation, to know what features of your card is supported under Linux/MPlayer.</LI>
|
||||
|
||||
<LI>If you plan to use the ProjectMayo's <B>DivX4</B> codec, check the
|
||||
<A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.2.1">2.1.2.1</A> section before compiling.
|
||||
<A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1.1">2.2.1.1</A> section before compiling.
|
||||
This codec can play old <B>DivX</B> movies much faster than the Win32 DLL.
|
||||
If you want to play movies with the new <B>DivX4</B> codec, it's
|
||||
<B>recommended</B> to use this library, instead the DivX.dll in the
|
||||
w32codecs.zip package. The codec itself is closed-source, and only an x86
|
||||
version is available.</LI>
|
||||
version is available. <I>You also need this codec for <B>MEncoder</B>, see
|
||||
below !</I></LI>
|
||||
|
||||
<LI>If you plan to use ffmpeg's <B>libavcodec</B>, check the
|
||||
<A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.2.2">2.1.2.2</A> section before compiling.
|
||||
<A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1.2">2.2.1.2</A> section before compiling.
|
||||
You'll need this to <B>gain <I>DivX/DivX4</I> playing on non-x86 machines</B>,
|
||||
and this codec has the <B>greatest decoding speed</B> for DivX and DivX4
|
||||
movies (even faster than the original DivX4 library itself) !</LI>
|
||||
@ -281,8 +307,11 @@ See <A HREF="cd-dvd.html#4.2">section 4.2</A> for more information.</LI>
|
||||
<LI>Decide if you need GUI. If you do, see the <A HREF=#1.4>1.4 section</A>
|
||||
before compiling.</LI>
|
||||
|
||||
<LI>If you want to play <B>3ivx</B> movies, check the <A HREF=codecs.html#2.1.2.4>
|
||||
2.1.2.4 section</A>.</LI>
|
||||
<LI>If you want to install <B>MEncoder</B> (our great all-purpose encoder),
|
||||
see the <A HREF="encoding.html#2.4">MEncoder section</A> .</LI>
|
||||
|
||||
<LI>If you want to play <B>3ivx</B> movies, check the <A HREF=codecs.html#2.2.1.3>
|
||||
XAnim codecs section</A>.</LI>
|
||||
</UL>
|
||||
|
||||
<P>Then build <B>MPlayer</B>:</P>
|
||||
@ -291,7 +320,7 @@ before compiling.</LI>
|
||||
make
|
||||
make install</PRE>
|
||||
|
||||
<P>It is recommended to browse the output of ./configure , it contains info
|
||||
<P><B><I>ALWAYS browse the output of ./configure</I></B> , it contains info
|
||||
about what will be built, and what won't. You may also want to view
|
||||
config.h and config.mak files.</P>
|
||||
|
||||
@ -305,7 +334,9 @@ OSD, and subtitle functionality. Download mp-arial-iso-8859-*.zip and/or optiona
|
||||
unzip mp-arial-iso-8859-1.zip</PRE>
|
||||
|
||||
<P>Only one thing remains: copy the <B>codecs.conf</B> file from the <CODE>etc</CODE>
|
||||
directory (relative to the <B>MPlayer</B> tree) to $HOME/.mplayer/codecs.conf.</P>
|
||||
directory (relative to the <B>MPlayer</B> tree) to <CODE>$HOME/.mplayer/codecs.conf</CODE> .
|
||||
You should also check the manpage and <CODE>example.conf</CODE> for available options, and insert them
|
||||
into your config file, <CODE>$HOME/.mplayer/config</CODE> .</P>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=1.4>1.4. What about the GUI?</A></B></P>
|
||||
@ -410,11 +441,21 @@ Now you have to see a timer at the upper left corner of the movie
|
||||
|
||||
<P>You can change default behaviour by setting <CODE>osdlevel=</CODE> variable in config file.</P>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2>2. Features</A></B></P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P><A NAME=2.1>2.1. <A HREF="codecs.html">Video Formats, Audio & Video Codecs</A></P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P><A NAME=2.2>2.2. <A HREF="video.html">Video</A> & <A HREF="sound.html">Audio</A> output devices</P>
|
||||
<P><A NAME=2.1>2.1. <A HREF="formats.html">Supported formats</A></P>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<P><A NAME=2.2>2.2. <A HREF="codecs.html">Supported codecs</A></P>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<P><A NAME=2.3>2.3. <A HREF="video.html">Video</A> & <A HREF="sound.html">Audio</A> output devices</P>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<P><A NAME=2.4>2.4. <A HREF="encoding.html">MEncoder - An All-Purpose Encoder</P>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=3>3. Usage</A></B></P>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
|
||||
|
||||
<FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.3>2.3. Encoding with MEncoder</A></B></P>
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.4>2.4. Encoding with MEncoder</A></B></P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><I>Overview</I></B>
|
||||
<P><B>MEncoder</B> (<B>MPlayer</B>'s Movie Encoder) is a simple movie encoder,
|
||||
|
||||
105
DOCS/formats.html
Normal file
105
DOCS/formats.html
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
|
||||
<HTML>
|
||||
<BODY BGCOLOR=WHITE>
|
||||
|
||||
<FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.1>2.1. Supported formats</A></B></P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B>MPlayer</B> can read/play from the following devices/formats:<BR>
|
||||
<UL>
|
||||
<LI> <A HREF="#2.1.1.1">VCD</A> (Video CD) directly from CD-ROM or from CDRwin's .bin image file
|
||||
<LI> <A HREF="#2.1.1.1">DVD</A>, directly from your DVD disk, using libdvdread for decryption
|
||||
<LI> <A HREF="#2.1.1.1">MPEG 1/2</A> System Stream (PS/PES/VOB) and Elementary Stream (ES) file
|
||||
formats
|
||||
<LI> <A HREF="#2.1.1.2">RIFF AVI</A> file format
|
||||
<LI> <A HREF="#2.1.1.3">ASF/WMV</A> 1.0 file format
|
||||
<LI> <A HREF="#2.1.1.4">QT/MOV</A> file format with (un)compressed headers
|
||||
<LI> <A HREF="#2.1.1.5">VIVO</A> format (.viv files)
|
||||
<LI> supports <A HREF="documentation.html#3.3">reading from file</A>, stdin, or network via HTTP
|
||||
</UL></P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P>Note: about realmedia (.ra/.rm) support read the FAQ!</P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P>It's important to clarify a popular mistake. When people see a file with
|
||||
<B>.AVI</B> extension, they instantly declare that isn't an MPEG file.
|
||||
That's not true. At least not entirely. If you tell them that such a file
|
||||
can contain MPEG1 video, they laugh at you. Feel free to kick their dumbass
|
||||
faces, then tell them to RTFM.</P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P>You see, a <B>codec</B> isn't equal to a <B>file format</B>.<BR>
|
||||
Video <B>codecs</B> are: MPEG1, MPEG2, DivX, Indeo5, 3ivx.<BR>
|
||||
Video <B>formats</B> are: MPG, VOB, AVI, ASF.<BR>
|
||||
</P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P>In theory, you can happily put an OpenDivX video and MP3 audio
|
||||
into a <B>.MPG</B> format file. Though most players won't play it, since
|
||||
they expect MPEG1 video and MP2 audio (<B>.MPG</B> doesn't have the
|
||||
necessary fields to describe its video and audio streams, like <B>.AVI</B>
|
||||
does). Or put MPEG1 video to an .AVI. For example <A HREF="http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net">ffmpeg</A> can
|
||||
create these files.</P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P>Audio <B>codecs</B> and <B>formats</B> are basically the same terms.</P>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.1.1>2.1.1. Video formats</A></B></P>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.1.1.1>2.1.1.1. MPG, VOB, DAT files</A></B></P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P>
|
||||
<LI>MPG : this is the most <B>basic</B> form of MPEG file formats. Contains
|
||||
MPEG1 video, and MP2 audio.</LI>
|
||||
<LI>VOB : this is the MPEG file format on <B>DVD</B>s. Contains optionally
|
||||
encoded MPEG2 video, and usually AC3 audio.<BR>
|
||||
<B>Read the <A HREF="cd-dvd.html#4.2">DVD section</A> !</B></LI>
|
||||
<LI>DAT : this is the MPEG file format on <B>Video CD</B>s. It's the same
|
||||
as the MPG, but due to the nature VCDs are created and Linux is designed,
|
||||
the DAT files can't be played nor copied from VCDs. You have to use the
|
||||
<CODE>-vcd</CODE> option to play the VideoCD.</LI>
|
||||
</P>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.1.1.2>2.1.1.2. AVI files</A></B></P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P>Designed by Micro$oft, the <B>AVI (Audio Video Interleaved)</B> is a
|
||||
widespread multipurpose format, currently used mostly for DivX and DivX4
|
||||
videos. Has many known drawbacks, and inabilities (for example in streaming).
|
||||
Has support for one video stream, and 99 audio streams. Can be as big as
|
||||
2Gb. There exists an extension for it to be bigger, called <B>OpenDMS</B>.
|
||||
M$ is currently strongly discourages its use and propagates ASF/WMV. Not if
|
||||
anybody cares.<BR>
|
||||
<B>NOTE</B> : DV cameras can create two types of AVI format, one is the usual and
|
||||
playable, the other is neither.</P>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.1.1.3>2.1.1.3. ASF/WMV files</A></B></P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P>ASF is a new very undocumented fileformat from M$, and WMV is its
|
||||
successor. They are very commercial, and anyone who writes an opensource
|
||||
parser for them, soon meets certain doom. While creating the parser, it
|
||||
was obvious to see how bulky, shit, and unusable they are. Not if anybody
|
||||
would expect something else from M$.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.1.1.4>2.1.1.4. QT/MOV files</A></B></P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P>They are Apple's formats. Not much to say, basically well designed,
|
||||
multipurpose, streamable, many features etc. Kinda hard to find documentation,
|
||||
but we think the parser is perfect.
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.1.1.5>2.1.1.5. VIV files</A></B></P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P>Hey this is new code in <B>MPlayer</B>, be gentle! Seeking is
|
||||
currently nonexistent, audio too. TODO : complete this section.</P>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.1.2>2.1.2. Audio formats</A></B></P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P>Currently <B>MPlayer</B> is still a <B>Movie</B> and not a <B>Media</B>
|
||||
player, thus the pure audio formats (for example MP3, WAV, audio ASF) are
|
||||
unplayable. Use <A HREF="http://www.xmms.org">xmms</A>, <A HREF="http://www.mpg123.de">mpg123</A>
|
||||
or whatever.</P>
|
||||
|
||||
</BODY>
|
||||
</HTML>
|
||||
@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
|
||||
|
||||
<FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.2>2.2.2. Audio output devices</A></P></B>
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.2>2.3.2. Audio output devices</A></P></B>
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B>MPlayer</B>'s audio interface is called <I>libao2</I>. It currently
|
||||
contains these drivers :</P>
|
||||
@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ problems (losing sync, disappearing audio, etc).</LI>
|
||||
<P>On <B>Solaris/FreeBSD</B> systems, use the SUN audio driver with the
|
||||
<I>-ao sun</I> option, otherwise you'll have no video, nor audio playing.</P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.2.1>2.2.2.1. Soundcard experiences, recommendations</A></B></P>
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.2.1>2.3.2.1. Soundcard experiences, recommendations</A></B></P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P><TABLE BORDER=0 WIDTH=100%>
|
||||
<TD COLSPAN=3><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Aureal Vortex 2</B></TD><TR>
|
||||
|
||||
@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
|
||||
|
||||
<FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1>2.2.1. Video output devices</A></B></P>
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1>2.3.1. Video output devices</A></B></P>
|
||||
|
||||
<TABLE BORDER=0>
|
||||
|
||||
@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
|
||||
<CODE>1.2.0:</CODE> supports AAlib (-vo aa is very recommended, see below!)</TD><TR>
|
||||
<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>ggi</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>similar to SDL</TD><TR>
|
||||
<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>aa</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>textmode rendering with AAlib</TD><TR>
|
||||
<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2><a href="video.html#2.2.1.12">vesa</a></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Output to VESA BIOS.</TD><TR>
|
||||
<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2><a href="video.html#2.3.1.12">vesa</a></TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Output to VESA BIOS.</TD><TR>
|
||||
|
||||
<TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Card specific:</B></P></TD><TR>
|
||||
|
||||
@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ broken)</TD><TR>
|
||||
<P>NOTE: <I>check the following subsections for details and requirements!</I></P>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.1>2.2.1.1. MTRR</A></B></P>
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.1>2.3.1.1. Setting up MTRR</A></B></P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P>It is VERY recommended to check if the MTRR registers are set up properly,
|
||||
because they can give a big performance boost.</P>
|
||||
@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ ram (size=0x2000000) just execute:</P>
|
||||
stepping 0] doesn't support MTRR, but stepping 12's do ('<CODE>cat /proc/cpuinfo</CODE>'
|
||||
to check it</CODE>').</P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.2>2.2.1.2. Xv</A></B></P>
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2>2.3.1.2. Xv</A></B></P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P>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.
|
||||
@ -159,24 +159,24 @@ usable with <B>MPlayer</B>.</P>
|
||||
|
||||
</UL></P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.2.1>2.2.1.2.1. 3dfx cards</A></B></P>
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.1>2.3.1.2.1. 3dfx cards</A></B></P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P>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
|
||||
XFree86 version 4.1.0 or greater, it works ok. Alternatively, you can use
|
||||
<A HREF="http://dri.sourceforge.net">DRI</A> cvs.
|
||||
If you experience strange effects using -vo xv, try SDL (it has XVideo too)
|
||||
and see if it helps. Check the <A HREF="#2.2.1.4">SDL section</A> for details.</P>
|
||||
and see if it helps. Check the <A HREF="#2.3.1.4">SDL section</A> for details.</P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B>OR</B>, try the NEW -vo tdfxfb driver! See the <A HREF=#2.2.1.9>2.2.1.9</A>
|
||||
<P><B>OR</B>, try the NEW -vo tdfxfb driver! See the <A HREF=#2.3.1.9>2.3.1.9</A>
|
||||
section!</P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.2.2>2.2.1.2.2. S3 cards</A></B></P>
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.2>2.3.1.2.2. S3 cards</A></B></P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P>S3 Savage3D's should work fine, but for Savage4, use XFree86 version 4.0.3
|
||||
or greater (in case of image problems, try 16bpp). As for S3 Virge.. sell it.</P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.2.3>2.2.1.2.3. nVidia cards</A></B></P>
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.3>2.3.1.2.3. nVidia cards</A></B></P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P>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
|
||||
@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ sources/specifications.</P>
|
||||
Complain to NVidia.</UL></P>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.2.4>2.2.1.2.4. ATI cards</A></B></P>
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.4>2.3.1.2.4. ATI cards</A></B></P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P>
|
||||
<LI>The GATOS driver (which you should use) has VSYNC enabled by default. It means that decoding speed
|
||||
@ -195,11 +195,11 @@ Complain to NVidia.</UL></P>
|
||||
disabling VSYNC somehow, or set refresh rate to n*(fps of the movie) Hz.</LI>
|
||||
|
||||
<LI>Radeon VE - currently only XFree86 CVS has driver for this card, version
|
||||
4.1.0 doesn't. No TV-out support. (But see <a href="video.html#2.2.1.12">VESA</a> sections).</LI>
|
||||
4.1.0 doesn't. No TV-out support. (But see <a href="video.html#2.3.1.12">VESA</a> sections).</LI>
|
||||
</P>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.2.5>2.2.1.2.5. NeoMagic cards</A></B></P>
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.5>2.3.1.2.5. NeoMagic cards</A></B></P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P>
|
||||
These cards can be found in many laptops. Under Linux, their peak is only DGA.
|
||||
@ -211,15 +211,15 @@ Drivers provided by <A HREF="mailto:tomee@cpi.pl">Tomek Jarzynka</A>.
|
||||
</P>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.3>2.2.1.3. DGA</A></B></P>
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3>2.3.1.3. DGA</A></B></P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.3.1>2.2.1.3.1. Summary</A></B></P>
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.1>2.3.1.3.1. Summary</A></B></P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P>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).</P>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.3.2>2.2.1.3.2. What is DGA</A></B></P>
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.2>2.3.1.3.2. What is DGA</A></B></P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P>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.
|
||||
@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ graphics chip you use and on the implementation of the XServer's video
|
||||
driver that controls this chip. So it does not work on every system ...</P>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.3.3>2.2.1.3.3. Installing DGA support for MPlayer</A></B></P>
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.3>2.3.1.3.3. Installing DGA support for MPlayer</A></B></P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P>First make sure X loads the DGA extension, see in /var/log/XFree86.0.log:</P>
|
||||
|
||||
@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ privilegies through suid root mplayer.<BR>
|
||||
You should also try if the '-vo sdl:dga' option works for you! It's much
|
||||
faster!!!</P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.3.4>2.2.1.3.4. Resolution switching</A></B></P>
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.4>2.3.1.3.4. Resolution switching</A></B></P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P>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
|
||||
@ -297,14 +297,14 @@ out which modes survive with the X11 log file. It can be found at:
|
||||
<CODE>/var/log/XFree86.0.log</CODE>.</P>
|
||||
<P>See appendix A for some sample modeline definitions.</P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.3.5>2.2.1.3.5. DGA & MPlayer</A></B></P>
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.5>2.3.1.3.5. DGA & MPlayer</A></B></P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P>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).
|
||||
The above said is true for both; in the following sections I'll explain
|
||||
how the DGA driver for <B>MPlayer</B> works.</P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.3.6>2.2.1.3.6. Features of the DGA driver</A></B></P>
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.6>2.3.1.3.6. Features of the DGA driver</A></B></P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P>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
|
||||
@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ result in a big speed penalty (on my K6-II+ 525 it used an additional 20% of
|
||||
CPU time!) depending on the implementation of DGA for your hardware.</P>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.3.7>2.2.1.3.7. Speed issues</A></B></P>
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.7>2.3.1.3.7. Speed issues</A></B></P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P>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.
|
||||
@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ only half the memory bandwidth of a 32 bit display.</P>
|
||||
<P>I've seen some avi files already be replayed on a Pentium MMX 266. AMD K6-2
|
||||
CPUs might work at 400 MHZ and above.</P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.3.8>2.2.1.3.8. Known bugs</A></B></P>
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.8>2.3.1.3.8. Known bugs</A></B></P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P>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
|
||||
@ -387,13 +387,13 @@ case the DGA driver will crash telling you about a nonsense mode of
|
||||
<LI>OSD only works with doublebuffering enabled
|
||||
</UL></P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.3.9>2.2.1.3.9. Future work</A></B></P>
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.9>2.3.1.3.9. Future work</A></B></P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P><UL><LI>use of the new X11 render interface for OSD
|
||||
<LI>where is my TODO list ???? :-(((</UL></P>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.3.A>2.2.1.3.A. Some modelines</A></B></P>
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.A>2.3.1.3.A. Some modelines</A></B></P>
|
||||
|
||||
<PRE>
|
||||
Section "Modes"
|
||||
@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ case the DGA driver will crash telling you about a nonsense mode of
|
||||
module.</P>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.3.B>2.2.1.3.B. Bug Reports</A></B></P>
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.3.B>2.3.1.3.B. Bug Reports</A></B></P>
|
||||
|
||||
<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
|
||||
@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ also help. Thanks!</P>
|
||||
<P><I>Acki (acki@acki-netz.de, www.acki-netz.de)</I></P>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.4>2.2.1.4. SDL</A></B></P>
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.4>2.3.1.4. SDL</A></B></P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P>Here are some notes about SDL out in <B>MPlayer</B>.</P>
|
||||
|
||||
@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ esd, arts)</TD><TR>
|
||||
It's bug in SDL, I can't change it (tested with SDL 1.2.1).
|
||||
</UL></P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.5>2.2.1.5. SVGAlib</A></B></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
|
||||
@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ 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=2.2.1.6>2.2.1.6. Framebuffer output (FBdev)</A></B></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
|
||||
@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ isn't supported. You can't use 8bpp (or less) modes.</LI>
|
||||
<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=2.2.1.7>2.2.1.7. Matrox framebuffer (mga_vid)</A></B></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
|
||||
@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ 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><B><A NAME=2.2.1.8>2.2.1.8. SiS 6326 framebuffer (sis_vid)</A></B></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>
|
||||
|
||||
@ -558,13 +558,13 @@ you have matroxfb console, or '-vo xmga' under XFree86 3.x.x or 4.x.x.</P>
|
||||
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=2.2.1.9>2.2.1.9. 3dfx YUV support (tdfxfb)</A></B></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=2.2.1.10>2.2.1.10. OpenGL output</A></B></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
|
||||
@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ for details about how to install it.</P>
|
||||
See <A HREF="http://dri.sourceforge.net">http://dri.sourceforge.net</A> for download,
|
||||
and installation instructions.</P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.11>2.2.1.11. AAlib - text mode displaying</B></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,
|
||||
@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ 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=2.2.1.12>2.2.1.12. VESA - output to VESA BIOS</B></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
|
||||
@ -707,9 +707,9 @@ your PC since video BIOS initializes itself only once during POST procedure.
|
||||
</P>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.A>2.2.1.A. TV-out support</A></B></P>
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.A>2.3.1.A. TV-out support</A></B></P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.A.1>2.2.1.A.1. Matrox cards</A></B></P>
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.A.1>2.3.1.A.1. Matrox cards</A></B></P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P>Under Linux you have 2 methods to get TV out working :</P>
|
||||
|
||||
@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ your PC since video BIOS initializes itself only once during POST procedure.
|
||||
</P>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.A.2>2.2.1.A.2. ATI cards</A></B></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>
|
||||
@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ we have no chance to get working TV-out on ATI.</P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P>
|
||||
Fortunately, owners of fast enough CPUs (Duron, Celeron2 and better) <b>can watch
|
||||
movies on their TV</b> through <a href=#2.2.1.12>VESA drivers</a>.
|
||||
movies on their TV</b> through <a href=#2.3.1.12>VESA drivers</a>.
|
||||
</P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P>
|
||||
@ -842,12 +842,12 @@ PC</b> since video BIOS initializes itself only once during POST procedure.
|
||||
</P>
|
||||
|
||||
<P>
|
||||
For detail see <a href="video.html#2.2.1.12">VESA</a> sections of this
|
||||
For detail see <a href="video.html#2.3.1.12">VESA</a> sections of this
|
||||
documentation.
|
||||
</P>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.A.3>2.2.1.A.3. Voodoo 3</A></B></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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Block a user