[MPlayer-users] What -vo option should I use?

[Reimar Döffinger]

Hello,
On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 12:58:26PM -0700, RC wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 19:16:28 +0100
> Nico Sabbi <nicola_sabbi at fastwebnet.it> wrote:
> > xvidix is generaly the best choice;
> 
> I never understood why that's accepted wisdom.  I have yet to see a
> single case where vidix is even as fast as xv (or gl).

It depends a lot. Though I never considered vidix being faster an
"accepted wisdom". One difference is that with xv and gl you might end
up with some kind of software emulation, with vidix you at least know
for sure what you get...

> I've tried on Linux 2.4x and FreeBSD 6 with most of the cards I have:
> 
> Geforce4 MX440 AGP
> Geforce4 MX420 PCI
> ATI Rage128 (Fury Pro) AGP
> ATI Rage 128 PCI
> ATI Rage Mobility PCI
> ATI Mach 64 PCI
> S3 Savage AGP
> 
> What could I possibly be missing?

On some half-recent (9200 or so? Don't remember) ATI, vidix was a little
bit faster than xv, at least in the Xorg 6.8 days... Proprietary drivers
produced a nice purple line at the bottom, so not tested against those
though.
And of course Linux 2.6...

Greetings,
Reimar Döffinger