[MPlayer-users] ATI Radeon 8500 Vid Card

[Stefan Lange]

> Search archives, I wrote about it some days ago.
> resume: either you got perfect mplayer environment like xvidix and xv
> with yuv/rgb overlays and no 3D - with gatos or XFree86 drivers, either

That is not completely true: With the free drivers from the DRI project 
(dri.sf.net), which will also be included in XF86 4.3.0 soon, you can 
also get 3D acceleration. It's still significantly slower than the 
firegl-drivers, and it lacks some features, but it's definitely more 
than "no 3D". xv and (x)vidix also work fine with these drivers.

regards
Stefan



> you got 3D acceleration and not-so-perfect 2D support - but xvideo with
> yuv overlays should work, which is enough in most cases. For this, you
> should use firegl drivers from ati.com.
> 
> Ask if you have more questions...
>