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| author | ranma <ranma@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2> | 2002-11-02 00:27:57 +0000 |
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| committer | ranma <ranma@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2> | 2002-11-02 00:27:57 +0000 |
| commit | 9ac9c08a9f41048ed29e418af8d6083a44207986 (patch) | |
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| parent | 81a28c52c1a3ef2b4a36abc5256300c0477b6919 (diff) | |
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Document xvidix pixmap corruption issue and known workarounds.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@8030 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2
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diff --git a/DOCS/video.html b/DOCS/video.html index 42343c3f4c..d0b23c78a2 100644 --- a/DOCS/video.html +++ b/DOCS/video.html @@ -851,7 +851,14 @@ <UL> <LI>You can use standalone video output driver: <CODE>-vo xvidix</CODE><BR> This driver was developed as X11's front end to VIDIX technology. It - requires X server and can work only under X server.</LI> + requires X server and can work only under X server. Note that, as it + directly accesses the hardware and circumvents the X driver, pixmaps + cached in the graphics card's memory may be corrupted. You can prevent + this by limiting the amount of video memory used by X with the XF86Config + option "VideoRam" in the device section. You should set this to the amount + of memory installed on your card minus 4MB. If you have less than 8MB of + video ram, you can use the option "XaaNoPixmapCache" in the screen section + instead.</LI> <LI>You can use VIDIX subdevice which was applied to several video output drivers, such as:<BR> <CODE>-vo vesa:vidix</CODE> (<B>Linux only</B>) and <CODE>-vo fbdev:vidix</CODE></LI> |