FGLRX 8.3 released! Finally Textured Video Arrived!

[djdoo]

Guys I am glad to announce you that Textured Video is working for our
cards in 64-bit mode too!!

Very good quality here and no diagonial tearing anymore!!

Furthermore GLESX module now has flags=30 whereas at 8.2 had
flags=14.
2D performance and scrolling is better now with Compiz-Fusion!

And finally no 3D corruption anymore!! Games are playble again!

Here's my xvinfo output:

djdoo@dhcppc0:~> xvinfo
X-Video Extension version 2.2
screen #0
Adaptor #0: "ATI Radeon AVIVO Video"
number of ports: 4
port base: 133
operations supported: PutImage
supported visuals:
depth 24, visualID 0x25
depth 24, visualID 0x26
depth 24, visualID 0x27
depth 24, visualID 0x28
depth 24, visualID 0x29
depth 24, visualID 0x2a
depth 24, visualID 0x2b
depth 24, visualID 0x2c
depth 24, visualID 0x2d
depth 24, visualID 0x2e
depth 24, visualID 0x2f
depth 24, visualID 0x30
depth 24, visualID 0x31
depth 24, visualID 0x32
depth 24, visualID 0x33
depth 24, visualID 0x34
depth 24, visualID 0x35
depth 24, visualID 0x36
depth 24, visualID 0x37
depth 24, visualID 0x38
depth 24, visualID 0x39
depth 24, visualID 0x3a
depth 24, visualID 0x3b
depth 24, visualID 0x3c
depth 24, visualID 0x3d
depth 24, visualID 0x3e
depth 24, visualID 0x3f
depth 24, visualID 0x40
depth 24, visualID 0x41
depth 24, visualID 0x42
depth 24, visualID 0x43
depth 24, visualID 0x44
depth 24, visualID 0x45
depth 24, visualID 0x46
depth 24, visualID 0x47
depth 24, visualID 0x48
depth 24, visualID 0x49
depth 24, visualID 0x4a
depth 24, visualID 0x4b
depth 24, visualID 0x4c
depth 24, visualID 0x4d
depth 24, visualID 0x4e
depth 24, visualID 0x4f
depth 24, visualID 0x50
depth 24, visualID 0x51
depth 24, visualID 0x52
depth 24, visualID 0x53
depth 24, visualID 0x54
depth 24, visualID 0x55
depth 24, visualID 0x56
depth 24, visualID 0x57
depth 24, visualID 0x58
depth 24, visualID 0x59
depth 24, visualID 0x5a
depth 24, visualID 0x5b
depth 24, visualID 0x5c
depth 24, visualID 0x5d
depth 24, visualID 0x5e
depth 24, visualID 0x5f
depth 24, visualID 0x60
depth 24, visualID 0x61
depth 24, visualID 0x62
depth 24, visualID 0x63
depth 24, visualID 0x64
depth 24, visualID 0x65
depth 24, visualID 0x66
depth 24, visualID 0x67
depth 24, visualID 0x68
depth 24, visualID 0x69
depth 24, visualID 0x6a
depth 24, visualID 0x6b
depth 24, visualID 0x6c
depth 24, visualID 0x6d
depth 24, visualID 0x6e
depth 24, visualID 0x6f
depth 24, visualID 0x70
depth 24, visualID 0x71
depth 24, visualID 0x72
depth 24, visualID 0x73
depth 24, visualID 0x74
number of attributes: 10
"XV_SET_DEFAULTS" (range 0 to 1)
client settable attribute
"XV_DOUBLE_BUFFER" (range 0 to 1)
client settable attribute
client gettable attribute (current value is 1)
"XV_BRIGHTNESS" (range -1000 to 1000)
client settable attribute
client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
"XV_CONTRAST" (range -1000 to 1000)
client settable attribute
client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
"XV_SATURATION" (range -1000 to 1000)
client settable attribute
client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
"XV_COLOR" (range -1000 to 1000)
client settable attribute
client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
"XV_HUE" (range -1000 to 1000)
client settable attribute
client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
"XV_RED_INTENSITY" (range -1000 to 1000)
client settable attribute
client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
"XV_GREEN_INTENSITY" (range -1000 to 1000)
client settable attribute
client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
"XV_BLUE_INTENSITY" (range -1000 to 1000)
client settable attribute
client gettable attribute (current value is 0)
maximum XvImage size: 4096 x 4096
Number of image formats: 2
id: 0x32315659 (YV12)
guid: 59563132-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
bits per pixel: 12
number of planes: 3
type: YUV (planar)
id: 0x30323449 (I420)
guid: 49343230-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71
bits per pixel: 12
number of planes: 3
type: YUV (planar)

You can grab the driver from here cause ATI's link is broken:
https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206...x86.x86_64.run

Seems March is a good month for us folks! :)

[macauhtpc]

Great!!! It is what I am looking for months. Hope it won't disappoint
me.
-Bruce

[JoJo jojo]

well I'll start modifying the install pages !!

Jim: double buffering doesn't make sense for our IGPs,
as the gpu don't have separate memory

so can anyone try out which options are working in xorg.conf ?

-JoJo

[djdoo]

I just saw that dbe option at Xine's setup Video tab and never seen
that before neither with the OSS driver nor with my old nvidia fx 5200
card's xv.

Our cards use a part of the main memory for the VRAM and we specify
how much... So why not double buffer?? I use DDR2 RAM at 800Mhz which
is faster than many laptop and desktop video cards with separete
memory(at least the cheap desktop ones).

Well I can confirm the following new options!
Under Section "Device":

Option "TexturedVideo" "on"-> now works for 64-bit systems too
without diagonial tearing and good quality!
Option "Textured2D" "on"-> this was working under 8.2 too but now
works much better.

That's the news guys! :)

Still waiting for EXA, XvMC, Crossfire(AVIVO for us), AIGLX
improvements.

Suspend to RAM works great under my openSUSE 10.3 64-bit, kernel
2.6.24.1, Xorg 7.3 latest xserver 1.4.90.

Can anyone try to see if the new driver installs under a 2.6.25 rcx
kernel?? Cause 8.2 couldn't work...

[macauhtpc]

Tested out the ati catalyst 8-3 yesterday.
As you guys said, there is no more tearing. Picture quality is good
but sometimes I saw small artifacts or short lines flickering in the
picture. So far, I only saw it in full screen mode. Is it just me or
anyone had the same experience?

Other than that, the driver is great! The best one I put into the
RS690 board. :-)

-B

[Gabriele Bosisio]

Hi, I have tested this driver last evening and I have notice small artifacts me too (X11 remain the best quality video also if XV is very improved then 8.2).
I thinks also that the different render quality of a video with XV driver depends on the codec of video, because not with all video I have notice small artifacts.
Moreover with HD Rip video file like [HDDvdRip - 1080p - Ita Eng] The Bourne Ultimatum

File size : 2 x 4.37 GiB
PlayTime : 1h 50m
Bit rate : 11 Mbps
Encoded date : UTC 2007-12-22 12:02:34
Writing application : mkvmerge v2.1.0 ('Another Place To Fall') built on Aug 19 2007 13:40:07
Writing library : libebml v0.7.7 + libmatroska v0.8.1

Video #0
Codec : MPEG-4 AVC
Codec/Info : MPEG4 ISO advanced profile
PlayTime : 1h 50m
Width : 1920 pixels
Height : 800 pixels
Aspect ratio : 2.400
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Language : Italian

the video is not fluid; sometimes video stop on a frame for a moment and the audio is not synchronized with video.
Is not a problem of the video file because on Windows Xp I can see the video perfectly and fluid.
Nevertheless this driver remain the best for the moment.

[quantum.leaf]

with 8.3 starting google earth now crashes the X server, anyone else
experience this?

[Vladi]

XV really does work now and so does OpenGL. However, I still had to
disable atieventsd to avoid hardlocking while X restart. Is there a
way around this? Since atieventsd enables the use of PowerPlay I
figure having it around would be useful when using a laptop.

[Slegge]

Hey

I was wondering what options you are using in xorg.conf, and if anyone
have tried this driver with mythtv? I get distorted colors on playback
using mythtv. mplayer works fine.

Also, what fps count do you get from glxgears? i get around 1200 fps,
is this normal for this card?

[djdoo]

Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]"
Driver "fglrx"
Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "on"
Option "VideoOverlay" "off"
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
Option "TexturedVideo" "on"
Option "Textured2D" "on"
Option "TexturedXrender" "on"
Option "UseFastTLS" "1"
Option "BackingStore" "on"
Option "mtrr" "on"
EndSection

1200 is normal indeed.

[djdoo]

Also whenever you make a change by hand at xorg.conf give this:

aticonfig --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf --tls=1

Cause it needs something to be added by aticonfig in order to remake
amdpcsdb and your change to take afect!! Stupid ATi!!

[Slegge]

djdoo skrev:

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Thanks, I'll give it a try later :)

[Gabbar Singh]

On the later Ubuntu Hardy 2.6.24-12, fglrx fails to load and if I
manually load it, all I get on X restart is a flickering green screen.
Very frustrating.

--
Gagan