[MPlayer-users] Accelerated video without X

[D Richard Felker III]

On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 09:55:25AM -0800, Yan Seiner wrote:
> What is the best way to get video without X or the kernel framebuffer?
> 
> Using the VESA driver with software scaling (-zoom -xy 800) works, but 
> it consumes about 2-3 x the CPU cycles as X+xv.
> 
> Reading the docs, I am not sure if svgalib with one of its supported 
> chipsets will provide better results than the native VESA driver.
> 
> Having read the directFB site, it seems to be limited to a few video 
> chipsets...  And doesn't support the i810, the beast I'm working with....
> 
> Any other alternatives out there?

Use vidix. See the documentation. It's possible, albeit a little
difficult, to get it working without root permissions. You have to
setup svgalib_helper. Sometime when I have extra time on my hands, I'm
going to try improving this situation.

Rich