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diff --git a/doc/faq/faq.docbook b/doc/faq/faq.docbook index 21fd1adde..fdf89f0ef 100644 --- a/doc/faq/faq.docbook +++ b/doc/faq/faq.docbook @@ -1711,12 +1711,45 @@ <para> Looks like some colours on your GUI match the colour key which Xv uses. You can change the colour key value to avoid this. There should be a line like: - <programlisting> video.XV_COLORKEY:2110</programlisting> + <programlisting> video.device.xv_colorkey:2110</programlisting> in your <filename>~/.xine/config</filename> file where you can change the colour that's used by xine for the video overlay. </para> </sect2> + <sect2 id="texturedvideo"> + <title>How do I get Xv working with compiz?</title> + <para> + Tell xine to prefer textured video. There should be a line like: + <programlisting> video.device.xv_preferred_method:Any</programlisting> + in your <filename>~/.xine/config</filename> file where you can change the preferred method + used by xine for the video overlay. + </para> + <para> + It may be that your graphics card or driver doesn't have the necessary + support for textured video, or the video is rendered too slowly. + </para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para> + ATI: you are likely to need xf86-video-ati later than 6.8.0; 6.9.0.91 + or newer is recommended for slower/older hardware (< X1300) because + the rendering speed has been improved a lot. + </para></listitem> + <listitem><para> + Intel: 945 and later, at least, should be fine with xf86-video-intel + 2.0 or later. Certainly with 2.2 or later. + </para></listitem> + <listitem><para> + nVidia: will probably be fine. (FIXME) + </para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + <para> + If you find that textured video is significantly slower or isn't + supported, you should either not use compiz or tell xine to use the + xshm video output driver. + </para> + </sect2> + <sect2 id="aspectratio"> <title>The aspect ratio of the video is wrong!</title> <para> |