[MPlayer-users] ATI FireGL 8700 with radeon_vid

[Peter Metzler]

Hi,

I have a FireGL 8700 which is based on ATI R200 QH chip.
I have tried this card with the radeon_vid module and for two sedconds 
it works but then i get garbage in the
window for 0.5 seconds and then it works again for two seconds and so on.
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 > gmplayer -vo xvidix -dvd 1 -vc mpeg12
or
 > gmplayer -tv on:driver=v4l:width=640:height=480:outfmt=i420 -vc 
rawi420 -vo xvidix

-- Output for the first command --
MPlayer 0.90pre8-2.95.4 (C) 2000-2002 Arpad Gereoffy (see DOCS)

CPU: Intel Celeron 2/Pentium III Coppermine,Geyserville (Family: 6, 
Stepping: 10)
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE

[cfg] read config file: /root/.mplayer/gui.conf
vo: X11 running at 1600x1200 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0" => local 
display)
Reading /root/.mplayer/codecs.conf: can't open 
'/root/.mplayer/codecs.conf': Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
Reading /etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: 38 audio & 106 video codecs
Font /usr/share/mplayer/font/font.desc loaded successfully! (206 chars)
Using Linux hardware RTC timing (1024Hz)
Can't open input config file /root/.mplayer/input.conf : Datei oder 
Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
Can't open input config file /etc/mplayer/input.conf : Datei oder 
Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
Falling back on default (hardcoded) input config
SKIN dir 1: '/root/.mplayer/Skin'
SKIN dir 2: '/usr/share/mplayer/Skin'
Font /usr/share/mplayer/font/font.desc loaded successfully! (206 chars)
Font /usr/share/mplayer/font/font.desc loaded successfully! (206 chars)

Playing DVD title 1
Using CSS Key-cache dir: /root/.mplayer/DVDKeys/MATRIX
Reading disc structure, please wait...
There are 37 titles on this DVD.
There are 38 chapters in this DVD title.
There are 1 angles in this DVD title.
DVD successfully opened!
Detected MPEG-PS file format!
VIDEO:  MPEG2  720x576  (aspect 3)  25,00 fps  8500,0 kbps (1062,5 kbyte/s)
==========================================================================
Detected audio codec: [a52] afm:liba52 (AC3-liba52)
Opening audio decoder: [liba52] AC3 decoding with liba52
Using SSE optimized IMDCT transform
AC3: 5.1 (3f+2r+lfe)  48000 Hz  384,0 kbit/s
Using MMX optimized resampler
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, sfmt: 0x10 (2 bps), ratio: 48000->192000 (384,0 kbit)
No vidix driver name provided, probing available ones!
[mga] No supported cards found
Radeon_vid: Found chip: Radeon QH
Radeon_vid: Video memory = 64Mb
Radeon_vid: Set write-combining type of video memory
VIDIX: Description: BES driver for radeon cards
VIDIX: Author: Nick Kurshev
==========================================================================
Forced video codec: mpeg12
Opening video decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoder v2.0
libmpeg2: Using MMXEXT for IDCT transform
libmpeg2: Using MMXEXT for motion compensation
VDec: vo config request - 720 x 576 (preferred csp: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1,78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [xvidix] 720x576 => 1024x576 Planar YV12
Forcing video codec: [mpeg12] vfm:libmpeg2 (MPEG 1 or 2)
==========================================================================
AO: [oss] 48000Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian)
Start playing...
A:  15,2 V:  15,2 A-V: -0,004 ct: -0,170  375/375  30%  4%  7,7% 0 0 0%
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I have also tried the radeon_vid.o kernel module but it seems that this 
is no longer supported, i got:
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 >gmplayer -vo vesa:lvo:/dev/radeon_vid -dvd 1 -vc mpeg12
....
....
vesa_lvo: This branch is no longer supported.
vesa_lvo: Please use -vo vesa:vidix instead
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 >gmplayer -vo vesa:vidix -dvd 1 -vc mpeg12
coredump.

 >cat /dev/radeon_vid
Interface version: 0201
Driver version: 1.2.1
Chip: Radeon2 8500 QL
Memory: f0000000:4000000
MMIO: ed5ac000
Overlay offset: 0
Tune MTRR: on
Swapped fourcc: off
Last BPP: 0
Last fourcc: Unknown

Configurable stuff:
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double_buff=on
brightness=0
saturation=0
contrast=0
hue=0
deinterlace=on
deinterlace_pattern=100002AA
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My Machine:
2 x Pentium III 1000 MHz
1 x SCSI DVD
640 MB
Kernel 2.4.18
XFree86-4.2.1
Debian Woody stable


It would be greate if soemeone can tell me how to get this card to work 
with radeon_vid because
neither xfree86 4.2.1 nor GATOS project supports this card so I have to 
use the binary only driver package from ati
but this driver doesn't support Xvideo.

P.S.
-vo gl works but this is not the fastes solution.