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diff --git a/DOCS/DVB b/DOCS/DVB new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..1cb3188bf5 --- /dev/null +++ b/DOCS/DVB @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ + +Some words about Siemens-DVB card support. by A'rpi +========================================== + +Requirements: +~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +- Siemens DVB-S card or compatible (technotrend,galaxis,hauppage etc) + see www.linuxtv.org for details and download latest driver there. +- MPlayer-CVS, ffmpeg-libavcodec. divx4linux is recommended for speed & pp. +- Fast CPU - at least for software decoding (divx...) + + +How to enable/use? +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +1. Edit libvo/vo_mpegpes.c, and change first #undef HAVE_DVB to: + #define HAVE_DVB +2. Download ffmpeg-CVS and copy libavcodec to mplayer (see DOC for details) + Move this line out of CONFIG_ENCODERS section: + register_avcodec(&mpeg1video_encoder); + +3. Compile mplayer + +To play standard mpeg 1/2 files: (hardware decoding) + + mplayer -vo mpegpes -vc mpegpes file.mpg|vob + +To play non-standard mpeg files: (software decoding) + + mplayer -vo mpegpes file.mpg|vob + +To play divx files: + + mplayer -vo mpegpes -vc ffdivx|odivx file.avi|asf + +To force letterbox size (16:9 at 4:3 TV), add options: -x 352 -y 288 + +To play non-25fps movies, or with slow CPU, add option: -framedrop + + +Mailing list: +~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dvb + + +Future plans/TODO: +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +- audio playback through the DVB card (currently it uses soundcard) +- display OSD and subtitles using DVB card's OSD feature +- better (more fluent) playback of non-25fps movies +- more speed optimizations +- YUY2 support (for win32 codecs, like Indeo5 and WMV 7/8) +- realtime transcoding between mpeg2 <-> mpeg4 (partial decompression) + |