Slack 10.2 xine-check

richikiki · 06-15-2006, 11:19 AM

Hi guys I have a question regarding the next issue on xine it is working but seems that something could be better running the videos on XINE. I dont know if modifing the MTRR could give a better resolution on XINE.

Code:

ricardo@phoenix:$ xine-check
Please be patient, this script may take a while to run...
[ good ] you're using Linux, doing specific tests
[ good ] looks like you have a /proc filesystem mounted.
[ good ] You seem to have a reasonable kernel version (2.4.31)
[ good ] intel compatible processor, checking MTRR support
[ hint ] you have MTRR support but it's unused.
         It seems like your X server didn't set any MTRR ranges for the
         graphics card. Maybe upgrading your X server helps...
         You don't have a PCI graphics card, do you? AFAIK, MTRR only
         helps with AGP cards.
         press <enter> to continue...

[ good ] found the player at /usr/bin/xine
[ good ] /usr/bin/xine is in your PATH
[ good ] found /usr/bin/xine-config in your PATH
[ good ] plugin directory /usr/lib/xine/plugins/1.0.3 exists.
[ good ] found unknown plugin: xineplug_flac.so
[ good ] found input plugins
[ good ] found demux plugins
[ good ] found decoder plugins
[ good ] found video_out plugins
[ good ] found audio_out plugins
[ good ] skin directory /usr/share/xine/skins exists.
[ good ] found logo in /usr/share/xine/skins
[ good ] I even found some skins.
[ good ] /dev/cdrom points to /dev/hda
[ good ] /dev/dvd points to /dev/hda
[ good ] DMA is enabled for your DVD drive
[ good ] found xvinfo: X-Video Extension version 2.2
[ good ] your Xv extension supports YV12 overlays (improves MPEG performance)
[ good ] your Xv extension supports YUY2 overlays
[ good ] Xv ports:  YUY2 YV12 UYVY I420 YUY2 YV12 UYVY I420 YUY2 YV12 UYVY I420

Thanks for your help.

koloth · 06-16-2006, 05:21 AM

check this out :
http://www.icewalkers.com/Linux/Howto/DVD-HOWTO-6.html

dugan · 06-16-2006, 01:39 PM

And this:
http://www.xinehq.de/index.php/faq#SPEEDUP

Richikiki, you didn't remove mtrr support from your kernel, did you?

liquidtenmilion · 06-17-2006, 06:12 PM

What are your PC specs? From the looks of it, you might have a PCI card, and MTRR only works with AGP cards as far as I can remember, and PCI cards do not need them.

Also, MTRR will not speed up Xine that much. The largest boost in quality/speed would be to install drivers for your video card.(the official nvidia drivers from nvidia.com for example), and then set xine's video option for Xv)

nykey · 06-17-2006, 07:44 PM

Hi, I just tried out the tutorial from the page koloth posted and when I try to run

Code:

echo "base=0xe4000000/24 size=0xd0000000/28 type=write-combining" >| /proc/mtrr

I get an error like this:

Code:

root@nykey:~# echo "base=0xe4000000/24 size=0xd0000000/28 type=write-combining" >| /proc/mtrr
echo: write error: Invalid argument
root@nykey:~#

What's wrong, why doesn't it recognize the write from write-combining option ? Any ideeas ?

liquidtenmilion · 06-17-2006, 07:48 PM

Code:

echo "base=0xe4000000/24 size=0xd0000000/28 type=write-combining" >> /proc/mtrr

That should be the proper command.

nykey · 06-17-2006, 07:51 PM

Still:

Code:

root@nykey:~# echo "base=0xe4000000/24 size=0xd0000000/28 type=write-combining" >> /proc/mtrr
echo: write error: Invalid argument
root@nykey:~#

It doesn't recognize write as a valid argument ... echo argument or whatever..... did that tutorial worked for someone ? Then why isn't it working here too .....

richikiki · 06-18-2006, 01:38 AM

This what I got I dont know well what is the main address and how much memory. It should has 128 Mb
This is my log from /var/log/Xorg.0.log

Code:

(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:31:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] rev 161, Mem @ 0xfa000000/24, 0xf0000000/27, BIOS @ 0xfbee0000/17
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
        [0] -1  0       0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
        [1] -1  0       0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
        [0] -1  0       0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
        [1] -1  0       0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
        [2] -1  0       0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
        [3] -1  0       0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
        [4] -1  0       0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
        [5] -1  0       0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
        [6] -1  0       0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) PCI Memory resource overlap reduced 0xe8000000 from 0xefffffff to 0xe7ffffff
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
        [0] -1  0       0xfbffbc00 - 0xfbffbcff (0x100) MX[B]
        [1] -1  0       0xfbffc000 - 0xfbffffff (0x4000) MX[B]
        [2] -1  0       0xf9fff400 - 0xf9fff4ff (0x100) MX[B]
        [3] -1  0       0xf9fff800 - 0xf9fff9ff (0x200) MX[B]
        [4] -1  0       0x20000000 - 0x200003ff (0x400) MX[B]
        [5] -1  0       0xf9fffc00 - 0xf9ffffff (0x400) MX[B]
        [6] -1  0       0xe8000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
        [7] -1  0       0xfbee0000 - 0xfbefffff (0x20000) MX[B](B)
        [8] -1  0       0xf0000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
        [9] -1  0       0xfa000000 - 0xfaffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
        [10] -1 0       0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[B]
        [11] -1 0       0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IX[B]
        [12] -1 0       0x0000c400 - 0x0000c43f (0x40) IX[B]
        [13] -1 0       0x0000c000 - 0x0000c0ff (0x100) IX[B]
        [14] -1 0       0x0000b400 - 0x0000b40f (0x10) IX[B]
        [15] -1 0       0x0000b480 - 0x0000b483 (0x4) IX[B]
        [16] -1 0       0x0000b800 - 0x0000b807 (0x8) IX[B]
        [17] -1 0       0x0000b880 - 0x0000b883 (0x4) IX[B]
        [18] -1 0       0x0000bc00 - 0x0000bc07 (0x8) IX[B]
        [19] -1 0       0x0000fc00 - 0x0000fc0f (0x10) IX[B]
        [20] -1 0       0x0000cc00 - 0x0000cc1f (0x20) IX[B]
        [21] -1 0       0x0000c880 - 0x0000c89f (0x20) IX[B]
        [22] -1 0       0x0000c800 - 0x0000c81f (0x20) IX[B]
        [23] -1 0       0x0000c480 - 0x0000c49f (0x20) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
        [0] -1  0       0xfbffbc00 - 0xfbffbcff (0x100) MX[B]
        [1] -1  0       0xfbffc000 - 0xfbffffff (0x4000) MX[B]
        [2] -1  0       0xf9fff400 - 0xf9fff4ff (0x100) MX[B]
        [3] -1  0       0xf9fff800 - 0xf9fff9ff (0x200) MX[B]
        [4] -1  0       0x20000000 - 0x200003ff (0x400) MX[B]
        [5] -1  0       0xf9fffc00 - 0xf9ffffff (0x400) MX[B]
        [6] -1  0       0xe8000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
        [7] -1  0       0xfbee0000 - 0xfbefffff (0x20000) MX[B](B)
        [8] -1  0       0xf0000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
        [9] -1  0       0xfa000000 - 0xfaffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
        [10] -1 0       0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[B]
        [11] -1 0       0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IX[B]
        [12] -1 0       0x0000c400 - 0x0000c43f (0x40) IX[B]
        [13] -1 0       0x0000c000 - 0x0000c0ff (0x100) IX[B]
        [14] -1 0       0x0000b400 - 0x0000b40f (0x10) IX[B]
        [15] -1 0       0x0000b480 - 0x0000b483 (0x4) IX[B]
        [16] -1 0       0x0000b800 - 0x0000b807 (0x8) IX[B]
        [17] -1 0       0x0000b880 - 0x0000b883 (0x4) IX[B]
        [18] -1 0       0x0000bc00 - 0x0000bc07 (0x8) IX[B]
        [19] -1 0       0x0000fc00 - 0x0000fc0f (0x10) IX[B]
        [20] -1 0       0x0000cc00 - 0x0000cc1f (0x20) IX[B]
        [21] -1 0       0x0000c880 - 0x0000c89f (0x20) IX[B]
        [22] -1 0       0x0000c800 - 0x0000c81f (0x20) IX[B]
        [23] -1 0       0x0000c480 - 0x0000c49f (0x20) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
        [0] -1  0       0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
        [1] -1  0       0x00100000 - 0x1fffffff (0x1ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
        [2] -1  0       0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
        [3] -1  0       0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
        [4] -1  0       0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
        [5] -1  0       0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
        [6] -1  0       0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
        [0] -1  0       0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
        [1] -1  0       0x00100000 - 0x1fffffff (0x1ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
        [2] -1  0       0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
        [3] -1  0       0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
        [4] -1  0       0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
        [5] -1  0       0xfbffbc00 - 0xfbffbcff (0x100) MX[B]
        [6] -1  0       0xfbffc000 - 0xfbffffff (0x4000) MX[B]
        [7] -1  0       0xf9fff400 - 0xf9fff4ff (0x100) MX[B]
        [8] -1  0       0xf9fff800 - 0xf9fff9ff (0x200) MX[B]
        [9] -1  0       0x20000000 - 0x200003ff (0x400) MX[B]
        [10] -1 0       0xf9fffc00 - 0xf9ffffff (0x400) MX[B]
        [11] -1 0       0xe8000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
        [12] -1 0       0xfbee0000 - 0xfbefffff (0x20000) MX[B](B)
        [13] -1 0       0xf0000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
        [14] -1 0       0xfa000000 - 0xfaffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
        [15] -1 0       0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
        [16] -1 0       0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
        [17] -1 0       0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[B]
        [18] -1 0       0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IX[B]
        [19] -1 0       0x0000c400 - 0x0000c43f (0x40) IX[B]
        [20] -1 0       0x0000c000 - 0x0000c0ff (0x100) IX[B]
        [21] -1 0       0x0000b400 - 0x0000b40f (0x10) IX[B]
        [22] -1 0       0x0000b480 - 0x0000b483 (0x4) IX[B]
        [23] -1 0       0x0000b800 - 0x0000b807 (0x8) IX[B]
        [24] -1 0       0x0000b880 - 0x0000b883 (0x4) IX[B]
        [25] -1 0       0x0000bc00 - 0x0000bc07 (0x8) IX[B]
        [26] -1 0       0x0000fc00 - 0x0000fc0f (0x10) IX[B]
        [27] -1 0       0x0000cc00 - 0x0000cc1f (0x20) IX[B]
        [28] -1 0       0x0000c880 - 0x0000c89f (0x20) IX[B]
        [29] -1 0       0x0000c800 - 0x0000c81f (0x20) IX[B]
        [30] -1 0       0x0000c480 - 0x0000c49f (0x20) IX[B]

Thanks for your feedback guys.

liquidtenmilion · 06-18-2006, 02:46 PM

You have a PCI video card, and you can NOT use mtrr on a PCI card, as MTRR is not needed on PCI cards, they perform just as well without it.

What you DO need to do is properly install the nvidia driver from nvidia.com, if they are not already installed that is.

richikiki · 06-18-2006, 03:03 PM

Thanks liquidtenmilion

Well I have already installed the driver from NVIDIA I can play very well Unrealtournament and so on. It is just that XINE is always bother me with the message that I dont have a good configuration on MTRR and that is skipping a lot of frames.