[MPlayer-cygwin] MinGW howto

[Diego Biurrun]

Sascha Sommer schrieb:
>>Sascha Sommer schrieb:
>>
>>>Nice. What about adding a few tips to get best quality/performance on
>>>windows?
>>>"-double" to prefent flickering osd
>>
>>OK
>>
>>>"-autosync 100" to make playback smoother
>>
>>Any examples for this?  I cannot see a difference.  Maybe this is system
>>specific?
> 
> It depends on your soundcard.
> 
>>>"-quiet" for win98 systems where the terminal eats 100% cpu
>>
>>It's there in the Cygwin section..   Does this also affect MinGW?
> 
> Yes

Everything added.

>>>"-dr" for direct rendering
>>
>>That's not really Windows specific, is it?  BTW, how can I tell if
>>MPlayer is using dr or not?  I cannot find anything in the -v log...
>>
> 
> 
> All those options are general, but it is hard to find out for users
> what options are supported by vo directx without looking into
> the source.
> 
> Didn't you notice these lines?
> *** [vo] Allocating mp_image_t, 640x272x16bpp BGR packed, 348160 bytes
> or
> *** [vo] Direct Rendering mp_image_t, 640x272x16bpp BGR packed, 348160 bytes

No, because I do not have them, even with -dr (-noslices does not make a 
difference):

*** [vo] Allocating (slices) mp_image_t, 320x176x12bpp YUV planar, 84480 
bytes
<vo_directx><ERROR>slow video ram
*** [vo] Allocating (slices) mp_image_t, 320x176x12bpp YUV planar, 84480 
bytes

Why is this?

Diego