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authornicolas <nicolas@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2003-05-19 17:18:05 +0000
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@@ -230,9 +230,8 @@ set refresh rate to a n*(fps of the movie) Hz.
</para>
<para>
-Radeon VE - currently only XFree86 CVS has driver for this card, version
-4.1.0 doesn't. And no TV out support. Of course with
-<application>MPlayer</application> you can
+Radeon VE - if you need X, use XFree86 4.2.0 or greater for this card.
+No TV out support. Of course with <application>MPlayer</application> you can
happily get <emphasis role="bold">accelerated</emphasis> display, with or without
<emphasis role="bold">TV output</emphasis>, and no libraries or X are needed.
Read the <link linkend="vidix">VIDIX</link> section.
@@ -244,18 +243,18 @@ Read the <link linkend="vidix">VIDIX</link> section.
<title>NeoMagic cards</title>
<para>
-These cards can be found in many laptops. Unfortunately, the driver in
-XFree prior to 4.3.0 cannot do Xv, but Stefan Seyfried provided
+These cards can be found in many laptops. You must use XFree86 4.3.0 or
+above, or else use Stefan Seyfried's
<ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/contrib/NeoMagic-driver/">Xv-capable drivers</ulink>.
-Just choose the one that applies to your version of Xfree.
+Just choose the one that applies to your version of XFree86.
</para>
<para>
XFree86 4.3.0 includes Xv support, yet Bohdan Horst sent a small
<ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/contrib/NeoMagic-driver/neo_driver.patch">patch</ulink>
-against the XFree86 sources that speeds up framebuffer operations up to four
-times. The patch has been included in XFree86 CVS and should be in the next
-release after 4.3.0.
+against the XFree86 sources that speeds up framebuffer operations (so XVideo)
+up to four times. The patch has been included in XFree86 CVS and should be in the
+next release after 4.3.0.
</para>
<para>
@@ -815,14 +814,13 @@ If you want to change to a specific mode, then use
<filename>/etc/fb.modes</filename>. Can be used together with
<option>-x</option> and <option>-y</option> options too. The
<option>-flip</option> option is supported only if the movie's pixel
- format matches the video mode's pixel format. Pay attention to the bpp
+ format matches the video mode's pixel format. Pay attention to the bpp
value, fbdev driver tries to use the current, or if you specify the
<option>-bpp</option> option, then that.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
- <option>-zoom</option> option isn't supported (software scaling is slow).
- <option>-fs</option> option isn't supported. You can't use 8 bpp (or less)
- modes.
+ <option>-zoom</option> option isn't supported (use <option>-vf scale</option>).
+ You can't use 8bpp (or less) modes.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
You possibly want to turn the cursor off:
@@ -1511,8 +1509,10 @@ or directly on Ville Syrjala's
</para>
<note><para>
-we haven't been able to make this work, but others did. Anyway, porting of
-the CRTC2 code to <emphasis role="bold">mga_vid</emphasis> is underway.
+the first DirectFB version with which we could kick this working was
+0.9.17 (it's buggy, needs that <systemitem>surfacemanager</systemitem> patch from
+the URL above). Anyway, porting of the CRTC2 code to <emphasis role="bold">mga_vid</emphasis>
+is underway.
</para></note>
</sect4>
</sect3>