Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS In directory mplayer:/var/tmp.root/cvs-serv15510/DOCS Modified Files: video.html Log Message: Applied Nick Kurshev's patch Index: video.html =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/video.html,v retrieving revision 1.32 retrieving revision 1.33 diff -u -r1.32 -r1.33 --- video.html 6 Nov 2001 17:04:56 -0000 1.32 +++ video.html 6 Nov 2001 18:20:41 -0000 1.33 @@ -671,6 +671,9 @@ <b>What are minuses:</b><BR> - It works only on <b>x86 systems</b>.<BR> - <b>It's the slowest driver</b> from all the available ones for MPlayer.<BR> + (But only if your card doesn't support <b>DGA mode</b> - otherwise this + driver is comparable by speed with <b>-vo dga</b> and <b>-vo fbdev</b> ones.<BR> + - It can be used only by <b>ROOT</b>.<BR> - Currently it's available only for <b>Linux</b>.<BR> - It <b>doesn't use</b> any <b>hardware accelerations</b> (like YUV overlay or hw scaling).<BR> @@ -679,13 +682,13 @@ <P> <TABLE BORDER=0> <TD COLSPAN=4><P><B><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>These switches of command line currently are available for VESA:</B></P></TD><TR> -<TD> </TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-vo vesa:opts</TD><TD> </TD><TD> -<FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>will be implemented soon. (Will specify mode parameters such as refresh rate, interlacing, doublescan and so on. Samples: i43, 85, d100)</TD><TR> +<TD> </TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-vo vesa:opts</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>currently recognized: <b>dga</b> to force dga mode and <b>nodga</b> to disable dga mode. Note: you may omit these parameters to enable <b>autodetect</b> of dga mode. (In the future also will specify mode parameters such as refresh rate, interlacing, doublescan and so on. Samples: i43, 85, d100)</TD><TR> <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-screenw, -screenh, -bpp</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>force userdefined mode</TD><TR> <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-x, -y</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>set userdefined prescaling</TD><TR> <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-zoom</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>enables userdefined prescaling</TD><TR> <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-fs</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>scales image to fullscreen</TD><TR> <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-fs -zoom</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>scales userdefined prescaling to fullscreen</TD><TR> +<TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-double</TD><TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>enables double buffering mode. (Available only in DGA mode). Should be slower of single buffering, but has no flickering effects.</TD><TR> </TABLE> </P> @@ -837,6 +840,9 @@ limitations on which video mode can be displayed on your TV (like on other cards) so you can use <b>any video mode</b> on your <b>TV</b> (from <b>320x200</b> up to <b>1024x768</b>).<br> +From other side (it's known at least for <b>Radeons</b>) there is <b>DGA</b> +mode which is detected automatically and in this case you'll get comparable +with <b>-vo dga</b> and <b>-vo fbdev</b> drivers speed.<br> Only thing you need to do - <b>have TV connector plugged in before booting your PC</b> since video BIOS initializes itself only once during POST procedure. </P>