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diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml index 5588710391..483ef05209 100644 --- a/DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml @@ -295,6 +295,20 @@ since QNX has only X <emphasis>emulation</emphasis> which is VERY slow. Use SDL. <ulink url="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/dx7headers.tgz">DirectX 7 header files</ulink> to compile the DirectX video output driver.</para> +<para>For best results <application>MPlayer</application> should use a + colorspace that your video card supports in hardware. Unfortunately many + Windows graphics drivers wrongly report some colorspaces as supported in + hardware. To find out which, try + + <screen>mplayer -benchmark -nosound -frames 100 -vf format=<replaceable>colorspace</replaceable> <replaceable>movie</replaceable></screen> + + where <replaceable>colorspace</replaceable> can be any colorspace + printed by the <option>-vf format=fmt=help</option> option. If you + find a colorspace your card handles particularly bad + <option>-vf noformat=<replaceable>colorspace</replaceable></option> + will keep it from being used. Add this to your config file to permanently + keep it from being used.</para> + <para>You can use Win32 codecs and Real Win32 codecs (not Real Linux codecs) if you want to. Put the codecs somewhere in your path or pass <option>--with-codecsdir=<replaceable>c:/path/to/your/codecs</replaceable></option> (alternatively @@ -305,7 +319,8 @@ since QNX has only X <emphasis>emulation</emphasis> which is VERY slow. Use SDL. them writable if you have problems. QuickTime DLLs also work, but you will have to put them in your Windows system directory (<filename class="directory"><replaceable>C:\Windows\system\</replaceable></filename> - or similar).</para> + or similar). As a last resort, try putting them in the same directory as + <application>MPlayer</application>.</para> <para>The <application>Cygwin</application>/<application>MinGW</application> console is rather slow. Redirecting output or using the |