From 430843e64c42af14c6931e33cd643b94a21562b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Roitzsch Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 11:00:21 +0000 Subject: add some information on the libavcodec MPEG encoder and update some general stuff CVS patchset: 5197 CVS date: 2003/07/20 11:00:21 --- doc/README.dxr3 | 39 ++++++++++++++++----------------------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/README.dxr3 b/doc/README.dxr3 index 254f5e3a0..9c2d3e25d 100644 --- a/doc/README.dxr3 +++ b/doc/README.dxr3 @@ -30,25 +30,13 @@ consult also the HOWTO: http://dxr3.sourceforge.net/howto.html The xine dxr3 plugin requires at least the version +em8300-0.8.1 of the linux drivers. - em8300-0.8.1 of the linux drivers. - - -Compilation -=========== - -It is important to compile and install the dxr3/hw+ driver -*before* compiling xine-lib. No doing so will cause the -configure script to exclude dxr3 support with a warning. - -In order to activate the plugin, em8300.h must be available in -/usr/include/linux. If you have non-standard linux -directory like /usr/src/linux-2.4.5, you can specify the -location with - -./configure --with-linux-path=/usr/src/linux-2.4.5 +Additional information on using xine with the dxr3 and on how to +setup the kernel module along with precompiled RPMs can be found +here: + http://www.amalthea.de/xine/ -otherwise a ./configure without parameters will do. XINE dxr3 plugin ================= @@ -85,7 +73,8 @@ Non-mpeg video may be AVI, quicktime, windows media files or whatever else xine can decode. This option must be compiled in and requires a supported mpeg encoder. -At the moment there are two: +At the moment there are three: +- libavcodec from xine-lib's ffmpeg plugin (good quality, quite fast) - libfame from fame.sourceforge.net (very fast, good quality) (currently the 0.9 versions of libfame don't work, use the 0.8 versions) - librte (version 0.4) from zapping.sourceforge.net (fast, very good quality) @@ -246,10 +235,14 @@ dxr3.enc_add_bars: dxr3.encoder: Mpeg encoder backend to use. Depending on what's compiled in, can be "fame" or "rte" - As a rule of thumb, you should try rte first because - it gives the best output quality. If you get much - dropped frames, switch to "fame" and find the optimum - fame_quality setting (see below) for your system. + or "libavcodec". The "libavcodec" encoder makes use + of the ffmpeg plugin that already ships with xine-lib, + so you do not need to install any additional library + for that. Even better is that libdavcodec also provides + high quality with low CPU usage. Using "libavcodec" is + therefore strongly suggested. "fame" and "rte" are + still there, but the code has not been updated, so + current versions of both libs might fail to work. dxr3.fame_quality: (libfame encoder only) 0-100 The quality setting of the fame mpeg1 encoding. Lower @@ -314,4 +307,4 @@ and dxr3.color_interval too. --- version of this file: - $Id: README.dxr3,v 1.8 2003/03/15 20:57:53 mroi Exp $ + $Id: README.dxr3,v 1.9 2003/07/20 11:00:21 mroi Exp $ -- cgit v1.2.3