[MPlayer-users] full screen problems with ATI tv out (was Re: [GATOS]recommended TVs for use with ATI Rage128 Tv-out svideo?)

[Nick Kurshev]

Hello, Velocet!

On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 12:44:07 -0500 you wrote:

> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 06:50:33PM +0300, Nick Kurshev's all...
> 
> > What do you meant?
> > mplayer can use SWscaling only for YV12 fourcc.
> > Indeed you should use vidix with mplayer's vesa if you want have HW support for scaling:
> > mplayer -vo vesa:vidix ...
> > You didn't tell what's ATI card do you have.
> > Currently vidix has only rage128 and radeon support for ATI's cards.
> > So if you have 3dRage or Mach64 you should write mach64_vid to have possibility run it
> > over VESA or wait until it will be implemented by other developers ;)
> 
> Im not even sure what my card is exactly, XF86, SuperProbe, /proc/pci and
> the website all give slightly different names for it: "ATI Mach 64 RageII+DVD"
> whatever that is is one of the descriptions. So I spose no vidix :)
> 
> > > Any ideas around this? Why cant I do 'software resize' with -zoom then?
> > > (and why dont -x and -y work? mplayer seems to ignore these settings with
> > > -vo vesa..)
> > > 
> > It doesn't ignores them for YV12 fourcc.
> > so please always use libavcodec family or libmpeg2 codec:
> > -vc ffdivx -vc ffmpeg12 -vc h263 and so on (RTFM)
> 
> Read the docs for an hafl hour or so last night and discovered many interesting
> things, but not exactly why it wont scale except what you said which is
> what STDERR  told me ("no scaling for YV12"). Sorry if its elsewhere in
> the docs, will keep looking - thanks for your help.
> 
> I did discover -vo vesa:dga though - wonder if it really helps?
> 
It means only model accessing to video memory and doesn't provide any HW acceleration
> /kc
> 
> 
> > > (x-posted to mplayer-users list too)
> > > 
> > > /kc
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Bye,
> > > > 
> > > > Peter Surda (Shurdeek) <shurdeek at panorama.sth.ac.at>, ICQ 10236103, +436505122023
> > > > 
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> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > Ken Chase, math at velocet.ca  *  Velocet Communications Inc.  *  Toronto, CANADA 
> > > 
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> > Best regards! Nick
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Best regards! Nick