On Dienstag 12 September 2006 20:22, Rolf Ahrenberg wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Sep 2006, Stefan Lucke wrote:
>
> > viatv is for TV-out. It sets some flip flags, handling exclusive access of
> > output layer.
> > cle266 enables use of hw-decoding when it is available.
> >
> > There is no _exclusive or_ between these option.
> > For hw-accelerated decoding for TV-out use both:
> > "-vo dfb:cle266:viatv"
>
> It would be nice to have this kind of information in README.
There has been no new release since integration of cle266. So README
needs some update. Attached is current diff of my working directory.
--
Stefan Lucke
Index: README
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/softdevice/softdevice/README,v
retrieving revision 1.19
diff -U3 -r1.19 README
--- README 9 Jun 2006 16:45:13 -0000 1.19
+++ README 12 Sep 2006 19:28:34 -0000
@@ -87,6 +87,42 @@
Note that we strongly recommend to use Xv, DirectFB or Vidix for output.
Framebuffer mode is not well maintained and _completly_ unaccelerated.
+Commandline arguments:
+----------------------
+Complete list of suitable options is available when vdr is called with
+option "-h" for help. Subarguments of each output method can be combined.
+
+ -vo METHOD{:SUBARGUMENTS}
+ Specify desired output method. Possible values:
+ dfb Output via DirectFB.
+ Available subarguments:
+ mgatv TV-out for Martoy cards.
+ viatv TV-out for other cards (from Via, ??).
+ cle266 Enable Via hardware decoding support.
+ triple Use triple buffering for output.
+
+ dummy Use a dummy device for video out.
+
+ fb Output via framebuffer.
+
+ shm Output via shared memory. You'll need a special client
+ ShmClient for video viewing.
+
+ vidix Output via vidix.
+
+ xv Output via X11-Xv.
+ Available subarguments:
+ full Startup in fullscreen mode.
+ max-area Use maximum available area for video source.
+ use-defaults Reset video out options to default values found
+ at startup. Usually we use those values from
+ previous run.
+ aspect=wide Startup with an initial aspect ratio of 16:9.
+ Video window size will be 1024x576.
+ aspect=normal Startup with an initial aspect ratio of 4:3.
+ Video window size will be 768x576.
+
+ -ao METHOD[:SUBARGUMENTS]
AC3 pass through:
-----------------
@@ -173,7 +209,7 @@
Post processing:
Video out:
- Output methods : X11-XV
+ Output methods : X11-XV, DirectFB, vidix
The following subselections are available if the driver of
current video card supports it:
@@ -190,9 +226,17 @@
Screen aspect
Possible values: default, 5:4, 4:3, 16:9, 16:10
+ For correct scaling operations, you'll have to specify geometry
+ of your output device.
+ - When using some sort of TV-out, you should choose either 4:3 or 16:9.
+ - With LCD monitors, you should specify the geometry of the native
+ resolution. That is for example in case of 1280x1024 monitor: 5:4 (even
+ it is driven by a 1024x768 signal).
+ - When default is used, we assume a geometry which is derived from the
+ assumption that your monitor operates in square pixel mode.
OSD alpha blending
- Output methods : X11-XV, Vidix
+ Output methods : X11-XV, vidix
Possible values: pseudo, software
Buffer mode
@@ -251,6 +295,7 @@
Many thanks to:
- Andre Neumann
- Antti Seppälä
+- Chris Elsworth
- Colin Paton
- Herbert Attenberger
- Holger Waechtler
@@ -261,8 +306,10 @@
- Malcolm Caldwell
- Marko Mäkelä
- Martin Wache
+- Matthias Schwarzott
- Nicolas Huillard
- Petri Hintukainen
+- Prakash Punnoor
- Roland Praml
- Rolf Ahrenberg
- Stefan Lucke
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