VooDoo 2 en 350 mghz

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Als ik een Divx wil kijken op mijn pc 350 MGHZ en VooDoo 2 dan gaat dat moeilijk als ik hem van veraf bekijk dan ziet het er goed uit maar van dichtbij niet wat is hier van het probleem

[Nikel]

Een voodoo2 kan toch gewoon geen echt scherpe graphics maken?

Waarom kijk je niet gewoon op je primaire kaart? Is die zo slecht dat ie geen directdraw heeft?

[sarlo]

[offtopic] waar slaat mghz op mega giga hertz ofzo >:)[offtopic]

probeer eens op een hogere of juist lagere reso te draaie en kijk eens wat er dan gebeurt

[TimMer]

Een Voodoo2 is niet in staat om beeld te produceren dat scherp genoeg is voor DVD. Sowieso is Voodoo2 alleen voor fullscreen beeld gemaakt, dus ik vraag me af hoe je windowed wil gaan kijken, bijvoorbeeld om terug naar Windows te schakelen vanaf fullscreen.

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TimMer schreef op 10 september 2002 @ 19:29:
Een Voodoo2 is niet in staat om beeld te produceren dat scherp genoeg is voor DVD. Sowieso is Voodoo2 alleen voor fullscreen beeld gemaakt, dus ik vraag me af hoe je windowed wil gaan kijken, bijvoorbeeld om terug naar Windows te schakelen vanaf fullscreen.

idd, dat wil dus zeggen dat hij/ zij al op de primary vid kijkt.

[Shunt]

simpel koop een goedkoop K*t kaartje als een oude maxtor met tv out en dan genieten ook bij mijn dvix/dvd bak gedaan werkt super sweet

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Nja bedankt ff kijken of ik een andere videokaart kan krijgen zoals een gforce 2

[Leon T]

Een voodoo2 is een add-on kaart voor 3d, hij geeft dus absoluut zelf geen beeld en er wordt dus ook GEEN gebruik van gemaakt in dit geval.
Als er dus iets mis is, is het je resolutie/primaire videokaart en zeker niet de voodoo2.

Move.to/V&B?

[Varienaja]

Blaatblaat, wat heeft iedereen er weer een verstand van.

Download dit programmaatje maar eens. Je kan er video mee op je Voodoo kaart kijken. Zie onder voor meer info:

code:

                     -= VooDooMovie V2.1 =-
                 (c)1999-2000  Tjalling Hattink
                --------------------------------
                 http://vdmovie.operation3d.com

1) Introduction

This program is an addon for microsofts direct show (formerly known as
active movie). It replaces the original video renderer. The video
renderer is a part of the direct show system and is responsible of
showing the frames of a movie on the screen in a window. When
VooDooMovie is enabled it will do the job instead. It shows the frames
stretched fullscreen on your 3d card. The software doesn't have to
stretch the frames anymore and the 3d card uses the bilinear filtering
to make the movie look better. If you have a tv output you can even show
the video on the tv. Because this program only replaces the video part
the rest will be processed by the default parts. You can still use the
standard microsoft media player or active movie player to play your
movies.

This program is SHAREWARE. You will see a text coming up slowly when
you play a movie. If you register this text will be removed. You are
required to register after 14 days. At the end of this readme you
can read how to register.

2) Requirements

To use this program you need at least windows98 and directx 6.0 or
higher. You can also use glide 3.x instead of directx. The glide
implementation also works under windows NT. You should have installed
media player 6.0 or higher and able to play movies with it. This player
can be found in the windows98 install. You also need a 2d or 3d card
that supports glide 3.x or directx 6.0 or higher.

To use the other utils you also need mfc 4.2 or later but I assume it's
always installed.

I higly discourage the use of media player 7.0 with VooDooMovie.
Although it does work now there are still many bugs present. It is
possible that shortcut keys don't work and it seems that for .asf or
online multimedia streams VooDooMovie isn't even called (thus playing
in a regular window). So please stick to media player 6.4. If you've
installed media player 7.0 you can still use media player 6.4 also. It
should be present as mplayer2.exe in the same dir where wmplayer.exe
(media player 7.0) is present.

3) Installing

Note: Before installing be sure to uninstall any previous version.
Otherwise you could get a mix up of the renderers.

To install this program just run setup.exe. It will prompt for a
directory to install to and a menugroup for the links. Then it
will install all the files and enables VooDooMovie. There should be 5
links in your start menu. You can uninstall the program using the
uninstaller in the control panel or using the uninstall link in the
start menu directly.

To see as much colors as possible during playback set your gamma
settings on 1. Otherwise you have less colors and the movie will
look blocky.

4) How to use

There are 5 links in the start menu:
- Properties VooDooMovie : Here you can enter various settings for
the renderer. See below for more info.
- Readme : Link to this readme
- Disable VooDooMovie : This option disables (not uninstall) the
renderer and the default window renderer will be used.
- Enable VooDooMovie : This option enables voodoomovie again.
- Uninstall VooDooMovie : This uninstalls the renderer and
the normal window renderer will always be used again.

When you start a movie and the renderer is enabled the 3d mode will be
turned on directly. If you play the movie on the monitor you can't
see the player anymore. To disable the 3d mode use the exit option of
the 3d menu (this menu is explained later). The default 2d display comes
back and you can access the player buttons. To enable the 3d screen
again search for the VooDooMovie window in your taskbar and make it
active. The 3d screen should return showing the playing movie.

You can also exit to the 2D display using the CTRl + SHIFT + A
keycombination.

For 3d only card a special setting is useful called Minimize Playwindow.
This setting is explained later in this readme. 

When the player isn't visible you can't use the scrollbar or buttons
on it to navigate through the movie. Luckily most players react on
shortcut keys also. The player should be active when you use the keys.

I'll give the shortcuts of the 3 most used players:

[MEDIA PLAYER 7.0]

CTRL + P                Play or pause an open media file.
CTRL + S                Stop the player.
CTRL + B                Open the previous media file you played in this
                        session.
CTRL + F                Open the next media file in the list of files
                        played in this session.
CTRL + H                Shuffle the playlist.
F10                     Turn volume up.
F9                      Turn volume down.
F8                      Turn sound off or on.
ALT-F4                  Close program.


[MEDIA PLAYER 6.x (installed by default in windows98)]

SPACEBAR                Play or pause an open media file.
PERIOD                  Stop the player.
PAGE UP                 Restart current clip or play previous clip
                        (Skip Back).
PAGE DOWN               Play next clip in playlist (Skip Forward).
LEFT ARROW              Momentary rewind. Rewind stops when you release
                        the key. (Doesn't always work)
CTRL + LEFT ARROW       Continual rewind. Rewind continues until you
                        select another control. (Doesn't always work)
RIGHT ARROW             Momentary fast forward. Fast forwarding stops
                        when you release the key. (Doesn't always work)
CTRL + RIGHT ARROW      Continual fast forward. Fast forwarding
                        continues until you select another control.
                        (Doesn't always work)
ALT + LEFT ARROW        Open the previous media file you played in this
                        session.
ALT + RIGHT ARROW       Open the next media file in the list of files
                        played in this session.
M or CTRL+M             Turn sound off or on.
UP ARROW                Turn volume up.
DOWN ARROW              Turn volume down.
ALT-F4                  Close program.


[Active movie player]

CTRL+LEFT ARROW         Rewind.
CTRL+P                  Pause.
CTRL+R                  Run/Start.
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW        Forward.
CTRL+S                  Stop.
CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW   Previous.
CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW  Next.
ALT-F4                  Close program.

Note: If you open a movie and nothing happens (only blank screen)
press SPACE or CTRL+P (or CTRL+R for active movie player) to start
playing.

The 3D Menu:

When VooDooMovie is showing the movie in 3d mode and you haven't
selected The minimize playwindow option you can access the 3d menu. To
open the menu press and hold the right mouse button. The following
buttons appear:

+---------------+---------------+---------------+
|    Zoom in    |    Zoom out   |     Move      |
+---------------+---------------+---------------+
| Zoom selected |   Reset zoom  |     Exit      |
+---------------+---------------+---------------+

To select one of the option move the mouse pointer to the button and
release the right mouse button. When you move the mouse pointer outside
the buttons and you release the right mouse button no new option will be
selected.

The 3D Menu options:

[Zoom in]

The mouse pointer changes to zoom in mode. When you press the left
mouse button the video will zoom in with the mouse pointer as center.

[Zoom out]

The mouse pointer changes to zoom out mode. When you press the left
mouse button the video will zoom out with the mouse pointer as center.

[Move]

The mouse pointer changes to move mode. When you press the left mouse
button you can drag the video to another location by moving the mouse.

[Zoom selected] (Initial mode)

The mouse pointer changes to select mode. You can select an area when
you keep your left mouse button pressed. After releasing the left mouse
button again the selected area of the video will be shown fullscreen.

[Reset zoom]

The initial zoom and location settings of the video are used again.

[Exit]

The 3D screen is closed and the 2D display with its desktop is showed
again. Now you can access the player controls. To switch back to 3D
mode select the VooDooMovie window. You can also exit to the 2D display
using the CTRl + SHIFT + A keycombination.

The Properties:

[3D Device Selection]

In this section you can select the device you want to use for 3d
rendering. All possible renderers should be listed here. If it says
"No devices found. Is DirectX 6 or Glide 3 installed?" your operating
system (Like Windows NT) doesn't support DirectX 6 and/or Glide 3.x or
it isn't installed yet.

Everytime you select a new device the Video Modes box and Texture color
depth boxes are updated to reflect the available modes for that 3d
device. 

NOTE: It is possible that devices are listed that don't support 3d
acceleration. If you select one of these VooDooMovie will fail to start.
Be sure that the selected device supports 3d acceleration.

[Video Properties]

In this section you can select with resolution and color depth you
want to use for 3d rendering. The list of resolutions is updated each
time you select a new 3d device. It is possible the some resolutions
won't work. This usually means the the videocard doesn't have enough
video memory to show the resolution (especially when tripple buffering
is turned on. This mode needs mode video memory) or the 32 bit video
mode isn't supported for 3d acceleration.

The minimize playwindow option can be selected when the 3d card isn't
a 2d card (voodoo, voodoo2). When deselected a window is created for
directx to render in but 3d only cards don't use this window. When you
have your monitor connected to your 2d card and for example a TV on your
3d card you'll see a window covering up your whole 2d display. When
you select the minimize playwindow option this window will be removed
and you can access the player while playing. If your 3d card is a 2d
card also don't use this option. It will only cause graphic artifacts
in your render window.

You can also set the brightness of the movie. This is basically the
alpha value of the 'movietextures'. The default mode is full (255).
When you move the slider to the left the picture will be darker. At
the most left the value is 0 and you have no picture at all.
Experiment with this mode to get the best picture on your screen/tv.
Especially full brightness is sometimes too white on tv's. Brightness
has nothing to do with the gamma of your card. You can use gamma also
to make the picture darker but gamma doesn't always work and isn't so
nice in darkening as brightness is (try it out yourself). Keep your
gamma on 1 and experiment with this mode instead.

[Texture Color Depth Modes]

In the Color Modes section you can enable of disable various bit modes:
8 Bit: the renderer uses a palette of 256 colors and the quality is not
so good. But some videos can only play in this mode. However, try this
mode when you play videos on the tv and you have a slow processor. It's
quite fast and you don't see that much difference with the 16 Bit mode
on the tv. Try it!

If a checkbox is gray colored it means that the current direct3d device
doesn't support this texture mode.

16 Bit 555: The renderer uses 5 bits for Red, Green and Blue. It's
almost the same as 565

16 Bit 565: The renderer uses 5 bits for Red and Blue and 6 bits for
Green. This mode gives the best quality for 16 bits and doesn't take
too much cpu time.

24 Bit Palette: The renderer uses 8 bits for Red, Green and Blue and is
the best quality possible for 16 bit 3d cards (3dfx). Only this mode
takes much more cpu time because I have to upload very small textures.
The uploaded textures are actually 8 bit with a 24 bit palette. The
palette describes the colors of each pixel.

24 Bit: The renderer uses 8 bits for Red, Green and Blue and is the best
quality possible for 32 bit 3d cards (G400, TNT2).

Default are the 8 and 16 bit modes enabled and 24 bit mode disabled.
Usually you don't have to change any settings, if you have a very fast
computer you can try the 24 bits mode.

The renderer always tries to use the best bit mode available. That
depends on what you enabled and what bit modes the movie supports.

[Movie Properties]

In the Movie Settings section you can enable and disable keep aspect
ratio. When disabled the movie will always be stretched to full screen
without keeping aspect ratio (the length of new size / the height of
new size isn't the same as the length of original size / the height
of the original size). When enabled the aspect ratio will be held
and the movie won't be completely stretched to full screen. Default
setting is enabled.

The bilinear setting is for enabling and disabling bilinear filtering
during rendering. This setting is enabled by default. When turned on
the stretched pixels (normally little blocks) will be shaded so the
picture looks more blurry and less blocky. When turned off the 3d
card will only stretch. When turned off the renderer will be slightly
faster. When the 3d card supports anisotrophic filtering this mode will
be used instead of bilinear filtering.

The tripple buffer setting is for enabling and disabling tripple
buffer mode. This setting is disabled by default. When enabled the
renderer might be slightly faster and smoother and 'tearing' during
the movie will be eliminated. But this mode takes more video memory so
on cards with only a few megs 800x600 or lower resolutions won't work
anymore.

The size for 16x9 screen is used in conjunction with the keep aspect
ratio option. The setting is disabled by default. When turned on the
3d output is scaled in such a way that it should be correctly sized for
a 16x9 screen or tv (anamorphic resizing).

The scale slider is for scaling the movie. Default setting is 1 (no
scaling). When slide to left the movie will be smaller. When the
slider is completely on the left you can't see anything at all.
When sliding to the left you'll zoom in on the movie (to the centre).
You can zoom in to max 4 times. You can't move around in the picture
but that will be supported in the future (when I make my own player).

[Control]

In here you can disable and enable VooDooMovie. When you disable it
the 3d renderer will be deactivated and the default window renderer will
be used. When you enable it the 3d renderer is used to play back movies.

The run on startup option can be selected to make the property page run
the next time you start windows. It will be automatically hidden into
the tray icon after windows has started. The default is off.



To apply all those settings push the Apply button. The next time
VooDooMovie runs these settings will be used. To hide the property
page into the tray icon push the Hide button. To completely exit the
program press the Exit button.

The tray icon shows the state of VooDooMovie. When a red cross is shown
VooDooMovie is disabled, otherwise its enabled. You can disable or
enable VooDooMovie by left-clicking on the icon once. When you
right-click on the icon a small popup menu is shown. You can choose to
Enable or Disable VooDooMovie, to show the property page again, to turn
on or off the keep aspect ratio option or to completely exit the
program.

5) Bugs and future plans

- The 24 Bit Palettized mode doesn't work properly on the G400.
- The properties page becomes corrupt after closing a playing movie.

This program is tested on Miro hischore3d2 (voodoo 2), Miro hischore3d 
(voodoo 1), Matrox G200 and Matrox G400. If you can confirm that this
program works (or not) on a different video card mail me.

Please let me know if it doesn't work on your card or if you find
another bug. You can mail me at [e-mail]. If you send in
please tell which version of this program you use and what kind of
hardware and software (windows2000/98/95/nt) you use.

Currently I use the standard player but I'll develop my own player that
is also visible on the 3d screen.

I'm working on speeding up the playback of divx movies. This is quite
tricky but I have some ideas how to get this faster.

6) Registering

This software is shareware. You may evaluate it for 14 days.
After that you are required to register. The registration fee
is $15 or 25 DFL. To register use the homepage. There you can pay
online with your credit card. For futher instructions go to the
purchase section. The homepage url is http://vdmovie.operation3d.com

If I receive enough support I'll keep developing on this program. If
you have any suggestions or bugs please mail me on [e-mail].
I need it to make this program better.

It's allowed to spread this program only when there's no fee charged
for it (except for media costs) and no files are changed in this
package.

For dutch people you can also register by transferring money via the
bank or giro. Mail me for details.

7) Updates

I hope to update this program with extra functionality and ofcourse
bugfixes. To obtain the latest version check out 
http://vdmovie.operation3d.com

where I'll always release the latest version.

8) Troubleshooting

Sometimes you get a fatal error when starting a movie. Just try again,
usually it works. I don't know where this error comes from so it's
very hard to fix. Because a 2nd try almost always work I'm not going
to fix it in the near future.

For more information check out the homepage.

9) Disclaimer

The usage of this program is at your own risk! I assume no liability,
whatsoever. Although this program has been extensively tested, you
are adviced that random problems might occur. I'm in no way
responsible for any damage caused by this program to the system or
in any other way.

10) History

V2.1  - Fixed some aspect issues for mpg movies. Now avi and mpg files
        should be sized correctly. Fixed some issues with Media player
        7.0. Option added to size for 16x9 screens. Property page places
        a trayicon, which can be used to quickly activate and
        deactivate VooDooMovie.

V2.01 - Added glide support again. It isn't tested on voodoo3 and
        banshee cards so this release is for registered users only.
        
        Fixed a bug for G400 that causes the 3d screen staying blank
        when TV out was turned on.

        Fixed various bugs in the property page that causes invalid
        resolution and colordepth modes to be reported.

        Fixed verious anomalies in the renderer that could cause
        crashes.

V2.0  - Rewrote the whole program. It now uses the DirectX 6.0 engine.
        Added the 3D Menu with zoom options.

V1.4  - Replaced the player visible option by toggle 2D/3D with
        CTRL-SHIFT-A setting, which is much easier to use. VDM should 
        also work on the banshee and voodoo3 by now.

V1.3  - Add option to make player visible (by disabling the 3dfx card)
        when the player window is active. Some bugfixes.

V1.2  - Changed name to VooDooMovie. No futher bugfixes needed.

V1.2B - Fixed misaligning (diagonal picture) bug for some movies.
        Improved the 24 bit mode a little bit.

V1.1  - Added 24 bits mode but is quite slow. Voodoo2 bug hopefully
        fixed.

V1.0  - First version. Only supported 640x480 60 Hz fullscreen with
        8 and 16 bit colormodes. It was only tested on pure3d and
        flash3d. It doesn't work good on voodoo2 cards.

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Thanks for using this program and have fun with it!

Tjalling Hattink

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fijn joh, post meteen een hele handleiding

[Heideroosje]

Shunt schreef op 10 september 2002 @ 20:00:
simpel koop een goedkoop K*t kaartje als een oude maxtor met tv out en dan genieten ook bij mijn dvix/dvd bak gedaan werkt super sweet

Sinds wanneer maakt Maxtor ook videokaarten?

Maar je Voodoo heeft geen invloed op je beeld of je moet je voodoo ook als 2d kaart gebruiken

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Heideroosje schreef op 11 september 2002 @ 17:39:
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Sinds wanneer maakt Maxtor ook videokaarten?

Maar je Voodoo heeft geen invloed op je beeld of je moet je voodoo ook als 2d kaart gebruiken

Hij bedoeld waarschijnlijk ook Matrox...