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diff --git a/doc/README.config_en b/doc/README.config_en deleted file mode 100644 index 18c833dae..000000000 --- a/doc/README.config_en +++ /dev/null @@ -1,280 +0,0 @@ - ------------------------- - xine engine configuration - ------------------------- - -These settings may be found on ~/.xine/config or ~/.gxine/config, depending on -which frontend you're using. The config file itself contains comments documenting -the config options as well so this might be an additional source of information. - -Some frontends (like xine-ui and gxine) also have nice graphical config dialogs -which may be more convenient to use than editing the config file by hand. This -also means that it is a bad idea to edit the config file while a xine frontend -is running. - -Some settings on setup dialog will require xine to be restarted to take effect. - - - -Audio driver specific values: ------------------------------ - -audio.alsa_default_device Device name used for mono. - (e.g. default) - -audio.alsa_front_device Device name used for stereo. - (e.g. front) - -audio.alsa_surround40_device Device name used for 4-channel. - (e.g. surround40) - -audio.alsa_surround50_device Device name used for 5-channel. - (e.g. surround50) - -audio.alsa_surround51_device Device name used for 6-channel. - (e.g. surround51) - -audio.alsa_a52_device Device name used for a/52 passthrough. - (e.g. iec958:AES0=0x6,AES1=0x82,AES2=0x0,AES3=0x2) - -audio.alsa_mmap_enable Enable mmap mode. 0 = Old mode, 1 = mmap mode. - Should use less cpu in mmap mode. - -audio.driver audio driver to use, same as xine-ui's command line - option -A - (e.g. alsa, oss, arts, esd, sun) - -audio.force_rate If non-zero, force audio output rate to specified - value for systems with braindead audio drivers that - don't properly communicate back what audio rates they - do support. The default value of 0 attempts to - automatically detect the optimum audio output rate - (e.g. use 44100 to force 44.1 KHz audio) - -audio.resample_mode Adjust whether resampling is done or not. - 1 force off - 2 force on - Anything else sets it to auto. - -audio.esd_latency latency between time of audio sample - output to esd and actual playback - in audio samples (default 30000) - use this to manually adjust a/v sync - for esd output - -audio.speaker_arrangement audio speaker arrangement. - (e.g. Mono, Stereo, Headphones, A52_Passthru, Surround21, - Surround3, Surround4, Surround41, Surround5, Surround51, - Surround6, Surround61, Surround71.) - Not supported yet: Headphones, Surround21, Surround3, - Surround6, Surround61, Surround71. - -audio.mixer_name Name of mixer device. - -audio.mixer_volume 0..100%: Mixer volume. - -audio.oss_sync_method Type of audio/video synchronization desired - auto: System attempts to automatically - detect the optimal type of audio/ - video synchronization, with the - preference order being GETODELAY, - GETOPTR, and finally SOFTSYNC - getodelay: Try to force use of the - SNDCTL_DSP_GETODELAY ioctl - to achieve true audio/video - synchronization, even if the - audio driver doesn't claim - to support real-time - getoptr: Try to force use of the - SNDCTL_DSP_GETOPTR ioctl - to achieve true audio/video - synchronization, even if the - system supports the preferred - SNDCTL_DSP_GETODELAY ioctl - softsync: Force use of the system real-time - clock for audio softsync with - the video, even if the audio - driver actually has support for - real-time - there may be audio/ - video synchronization issues - with use of this setting - probebuffer: Probe sound card buffer size on - initialization to calculate the - audio latency for a/v sync. - Try this if your system doesn't - support the real-time ioctl's - and you experienced sync errors - after long playbacks. - -audio.oss_device_num -1, 0-16: Forces the OSS plugin to use the specified - dspX device, regardless of its capabilities. - If -1 (default) is specified, the audio device with - the best capabilities will be used. - Note: /dev/dsp is usually a symlink to /dev/dsp0 - -audio.oss_latency For softsync you can manually adjust the default - a/v sync latency here. The units are in miliseconds, - so if the sound seems delayed 1 second from the video - set it to 1000. (default value = 0) - -audio.passthrough_offset the audio offset for passthrough output. - The unit is PTS (1/90000s), defaults to 0. - -audio.sun_static_delay sun driver static delay (latency) - - - -codec specific values: ----------------------- - -codec.a52_dynrng 1/0: enable a/52 dynamic range compression - (normalize audio - flatten dynamics) - -codec.a52_level 0..~200% : a/52 volume control - -codec.a52_surround_downmix Enable audio downmixing to 2.0 surround stereo. - (0) off [default] - (1) on - -codec.ffmpeg_illegal_vlc 1/0: allow illegal vlc codes in mpeg4 streams. - allow playing videos created with MS ISO MPEG4 codec. - warning: error resilience will be disabled. - -codec.win32_path path to where you have installed win32 - codec dlls for avi playback, e.g. - /usr/lib/win32 - -dxr3.XXX see README.dxr3 - - - -input plugins specific values: ------------------------------- - -input.dvd_device path to your local dvd device file - (e.g. /dev/hdc, /dev/cdrom, /dev/dvd) - -input.dvd_raw_device path to a raw device set up for dvd access - (option, e.g. /dev/rdvd) - -input.vcd_device path to your local vcd device file - (option, e.g. /dev/cdrom) - -input.cda_device path to your local cd audio device file - (option, e.g. /dev/cdaudio) - -input.cda_cddb_server cddbp server name (for quering audio cd track - names). (default: freedb.freedb.org) - -input.cda_cddb_port:8880 cddbp server port (default: 8880) - -input.cda_cddb_cachedir cddbp cache directory - -input.file_origin_path origin path to grab file mrls - -input.file_hidden_files hidden files displaying (filenames starting - with dot) - - -miscellaneous values: ---------------------- - -misc.demux_strategy 0..3: Demuxer detection strategy. - (see xine.h for details about values). - -misc.memcpy_method Memcopy method to use in xine for large data chunks. - Will be probed on first xine run. possible values: - { probe glibc kernel mmx mmxext sse } - -misc.osd_text_palette Palette (foreground-border-background) to use - on subtitles (not DVD!) available options: - white-black-transparent - white-none-transparent - white-none-translucid - yellow-black-transparent - -misc.osd_display Show status on play, pause, ff, ... - - - -video driver specific values: ------------------------------ - -video.deinterlace_method method to use for software-deinterlacing (currently - only supported on Xv driver): - 0 none - 1 bob: if movement is detected on interlaced lines - interpolate the pixels. lose resolution only on - moving pixels but should avoid zig-zag effects. - 2 weave: similar to bob with a tendency to preserve - original image (less interpolation). must be - good for high detail on low-movement scenes, - but usually has bad output. - 3 greedy: take either the older or newer weave pixel - depending upon which give the smaller comb factor, - and then clip to avoid large damage when wrong. - very good results for low or intermediate motion. - 4 onefield: always interpolate lines, not matter they - are static or moving. always lose resolution. - 5 onefieldxv: the same as onefield except we deliver - half of the lines to Xvideo driver and let it scale - for us. very low cpu usage. not all cards implement - bilinear scaling (interpolation) so this may be - the worst quality method, but it's the only that - don't require MMX. - 6 linearblend: does a kind of vertical blurring over - the image to remove interlace artifacts. simple but - reported to produce good results. - - -video.syncfb_device Path to the syncfb device (default: /dev/syncfb) - -video.syncfb_default_repeat Specifies how many times a frame is repeated. - Defaults to 3. - (note: hardware deinterlacing will always use 1) - -video.driver video driver to use, same as command line - option -V - (e.g. aa, Syncfb, XShm, Xv) - -video.xshm_gamma gamma correction for XShm driver (-100..100) - note: in fact, it may be referred as brightness - -video.disable_scaling some drivers (like XShm) do image scaling by - software. disabling it will greatly improve - playback performance, but the video will never - be scaled to fit window size. - -*** NOTE: not all XV attributes are available for every video card/driver - -video.XV_COLORKEY -1000..1000: X11 XVideo COLORKEY property value. - colorkey to use, may be usefull to change - if parts of your desktop become transparent - -video.XV_BRIGHTNESS -1000..1000: X11 XVideo BRIGHTNESS property value. - -video.XV_CONTRAST -1000..1000: X11 XVideo CONTRAST property value. - -video.XV_SATURATION -1000..1000: X11 XVideo SATURATION property value. - -video.XV_HUE -1000..1000: X11 XVideo HUE property value. - -video.XV_FILTER Enable bilinear scaling mode on Permedia cards - (may impact on performance) - 0 = no filter - Permedia 2: 1 = enabled - Permedia 3: 1 = partial (x direction); 2 = full - No other cards seem to support this. - -video.XV_DOUBLE_BUFFER Enable double buffering to sync video on - monitor retrace. At least nvidia drivers - should support this. - -video.num_buffers Number of video buffers (8k each) xine - allocates. Higher values (e.g. 2500) - might lead to smoother playback on some - dvd drives while increasing latency - for multiangle playback. - ---- -version of this file: - $Id: README.config_en,v 1.5 2004/04/30 13:15:51 jcdutton Exp $ |