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65 <B>We strongly discourage the use of gcc 2.96!!!</B><BR> |
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70 in case you run into problems. |
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120 <P>And you clever guys come and flame us with gcc 2.96 and binary packages. | |
121 Instead of helping users or making patches to help solve problems.</P> | |
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123 <P>Half of our spare/free time is spent by answering silly mails here and | |
124 making newer tricks and checks to configure to avoid such mails.</P> | |
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130 <P>Conclusion: We can't be good. Half the people always will say we are bad.</P> |
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132 <P>Maybe we should close the project, make it closed source, commercial, and | |
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1682 | 159 Where did you install the SDL library? If you installed in /usr/local |
160 (the default) then edit the top level config.mak and add | |
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1682 | 186 Are there rpm/deb/... packages of <B>MPlayer</B>? |
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5979 | 189 There are RPM packages available on our homepage, don't use other sources! |
1682 | 190 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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1682 | 193 During 'make', MPlayer complains about X11 libraries. I don't understand, |
194 I DO have X installed!? | |
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1682 | 201 <CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6 /usr/X11</CODE><BR> |
202 <CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</CODE><BR> | |
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204 <A HREF="http://www.pathname.com/fhs/">Filesystem Hierarchy Standard</A>. |
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2001 | 214 I compiled MPlayer with libdvdcss/libdivxdecore support, but when |
1682 | 215 I try to start it, it says:<BR> |
2001 | 216 <CODE>> error while loading shared libraries: lib*.so.0: cannot load |
1682 | 217 shared object file: No such file or directory</CODE><BR> |
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3774 | 242 Me too. :) |
3053 | 243 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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5700 | 264 Example: <CODE><FONT CLASS="text">A: 2.1 V: 2.2 A-V: -0.167 ct: 0.042 57/57 41% 0% 2.6% 0 4 49%</CODE><BR> |
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1682 | 267 <LI>V: video position in seconds |
268 <LI>A-V: audio-video difference in seconds (delay) | |
269 <LI>ct: total A-V sync correction done | |
270 <LI>frames played (counting from last seek) | |
5700 | 271 <LI>frames decoded (counting from last seek) |
272 <LI>video codec cpu usage in percent (for slices and DR this includes video_out) | |
273 <LI>video_out cpu usage | |
1682 | 274 <LI>audio codec cpu usage in percent |
275 <LI>frames needed to drop to maintain A-V sync | |
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308 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/info.html">our homepage</A> to subscribe! |
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325 <A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.3">codec importing HOWTO</A> and contact us. |
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5700 | 347 Are you sure you are using <CODE>mplayer</CODE> instead of <CODE>mplayer_lirc</CODE>? |
348 Note that it was <CODE>mplayer_lirc</CODE> for long time, including the 0.60 release, but recently | |
349 changed back to <CODE>mplayer</CODE>. | |
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357 <CODE>#undef FAST_OSD</CODE> with <CODE>#define FAST_OSD</CODE>. Then recompile. |
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1682 | 363 You use a vo driver with single buffering (x11,xv). With xv, |
5700 | 364 use the <CODE>-double</CODE> option. Also try <CODE>-vop expand</CODE> |
1682 | 365 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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2972 | 390 I can't access the GUI menu. I press right click, but I can't access any |
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393 Are you using FVWM? Try the following:<BR> |
2972 | 394 Start -> Settings -> Configuration -> Base Configuration<BR> |
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395 Set "Use Applications position hints" to "Yes". |
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399 How can I run MPlayer in the background? |
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429 Check <CODE>ldd /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE> output. If it contains<BR> |
1682 | 430 <CODE>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4???????)</CODE><BR> |
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1682 | 432 <CODE>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00??????)</CODE><BR> |
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433 then there is a problem with your kernel/libc. Maybe you are using some |
1682 | 434 security patches (for example Solar Designer's OpenWall patch) which |
435 forces loading libraries to very low addresses. | |
436 Because l3codeca.acm is a non-relocatable DLL, it must be loaded to | |
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438 or use <B>MPlayer</B>'s <CODE>-afm 1</CODE> option to disable using l3codeca.acm. |
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449 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
1682 | 450 MPlayer dies with "MPlayer interrupted by signal 4 in module: decode_video". |
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451 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
1682 | 452 Try running <B>MPlayer</B> on the machine you compiled on. Or recompile. Don't |
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458 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
6055 | 459 Read the <A HREF="bugreports.html">bug reporting guidelines</A> and send us a |
460 proper bug report. | |
1682 | 461 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
462 | |
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1682 | 464 But it works with avifile! |
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465 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
1682 | 466 So what? |
467 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
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469 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
1682 | 470 Then avifile is better! |
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1682 | 473 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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1682 | 476 I got this playing mpeg files: Can't find codec for video format 0x10000001! |
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6352 | 485 When starting MPlayer under KDE I just get a black screen and nothing happens. |
486 After about one minute the video starts playing. | |
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6352 | 488 The KDE arts sound daemon is blocking the sound device. Either wait until the |
489 video starts or disable the arts-daemon in kontrol center. If you want | |
6329 | 490 to use arts sound, specify audio output via our native arts audio driver |
6352 | 491 (<CODE>-ao arts</CODE>). If it fails or isn't compiled in, try SDL |
492 (<CODE>-ao sdl</CODE>) and make sure your SDL can handle arts sound. Yet | |
6329 | 493 another option is to start <B>MPlayer</B> with artsdsp. |
1682 | 494 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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499 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
1682 | 500 It's not a DivX file, but an M$ MPEG4v3 . Update your codecs.conf. |
501 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
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1892 | 505 <CODE>DEMUXER: Too many (945 in 8390980 bytes) video packets in the buffer!</CODE> |
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1892 | 507 This can have multiple reasons.<BR> |
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515 <CODE>-mc 0</CODE>.</LI> |
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2606 | 521 image in MPlayer. |
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3030 | 529 with other applications. |
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3030 | 531 Your card probably misreports its colorspace capacity. Try with YUY2 instead |
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3053 | 537 <CODE>Linux RTC init: ioctl (rtc_pie_on): Permission denied</CODE> |
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540 <A HREF="documentation.html#1.3">installation section</A> of the documentation. |
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3162 | 544 I have A/V sync problems. Some of my AVIs play fine, but some play with |
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5700 | 548 you try to play a file which has 22050Hz audio. Try the resample audio plugin. |
3162 | 549 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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556 Update your <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>. |
3192 | 557 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
558 | |
5016 | 559 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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560 I get very strange percentage values (way too big) while playing files on my notebook. |
5016 | 561 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
562 It's an effect of the power management / power saving system of your notebook | |
6282 | 563 (BIOS, not kernel). Plug the external power connector in <B>before</B> you power on your |
5016 | 564 notebook. |
565 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
566 | |
567 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> | |
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5016 | 574 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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1682 | 595 It works only if running as root! It's a DGA limitation. |
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597 Another solution is making <B>MPlayer</B> SUID root, but it's <B>NOT RECOMMENDED!</B><BR> |
1682 | 598 <CODE>chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR> |
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599 <CODE>chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR> |
1682 | 600 <CODE>chmod +s /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR> |
601 <B>!!!! BUT STAY TUNED !!!!</B><BR> | |
602 This is a *BIG* security risk! *NEVER* do this on a server or on a computer | |
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608 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
1682 | 609 When using Xvideo, my Voodoo 3/Banshee says:<BR> |
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610 <CODE>X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied)<BR> |
1682 | 611 Major opcode of failed request: 147 (MIT-SHM)<BR> |
612 Minor opcode of failed request: 1 (X_ShmAttach)<BR> | |
613 Serial number of failed request: 26<BR> | |
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616 The "tdfx" driver in XFree86 4.0.2/4.0.3 had this bug. This was solved by |
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618 So upgrade to XFree86 4.1.0 or later. Alternatively, either download (at least) |
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619 DRI version 0.6 from the <A HREF="http://dri.sourceforge.net">DRI homepage</A>, |
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1612 | 622 |
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624 OpenGL (<CODE>-vo gl</CODE>) output doesn't work (hang/black window/X11 errors/...). |
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626 Your OpenGL driver doesn't support dynamic texture changes (glTexSubImage). |
3858 | 627 It's known not to work with nVidia's binary mess. |
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628 It's known to work with Utah-GLX/DRI and Matrox G400 cards. Also with |
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629 DRI and Radeon cards. It won't work with DRI and other cards. |
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630 it will not work with 3DFX cards because of the 256x256 texture size limit. |
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1612 | 632 |
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634 I have an nVidia TNT/TNT2 card, and I have a band with strange colors, |
1682 | 635 right under the movie! Whose fault is this? |
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637 This is a bug of nVidia's binary X driver. These bugs appear ONLY with the |
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638 TNT/TNT2 cards, and we can't do anything about it. To fix the problem, upgrade |
5700 | 639 to the latest nVidia binary driver version. If still bad, complain to nVidia! |
1682 | 640 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
1612 | 641 |
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643 I have an nVidia XYZ card, and when I click on the GUI's display window to toggle |
2065 | 644 displaying the GUI panel, a black square appears where I clicked. I have |
645 the newest driver. | |
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647 Yes, nVidia corrected a previous bug (above), and introduced a new one. Let's |
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648 congratulate them. UPDATE: According to |
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649 <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#nvidia">nVidia</A>, this has already been |
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650 fixed. |
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652 | |
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653 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
3343 | 654 When I use the GUI with SDL video output, a second video window is created. |
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656 Known, don't use SDL for the GUI yet. |
3343 | 657 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
658 | |
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660 Oh the world is cruel ...! SDL has only <CODE>x11</CODE> target, but not |
5498 | 661 <CODE>xv</CODE>! |
662 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> | |
663 Try that <CODE>x11</CODE> target again. Now try <CODE>-vo x11 -fs -zoom</CODE>. | |
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664 See the difference? No?! OK, here comes the enlightenment: SDL's |
5498 | 665 <CODE>x11</CODE> target uses xv when available, you don't have to worry about |
5700 | 666 it ... Note: you can force/disable Xv via SDL using <CODE>-forcexv<CODE> and <CODE>-noxv</CODE> |
5498 | 667 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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670 <B><A NAME="5.5"><FONT CLASS="text">5.5 DVD playback</A></B> |
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674 <FONT CLASS="text">While playing a DVD, I encountered this error:<BR> |
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675 <CODE>mplayer: ifo_read.c:1143: ifoRead_C_ADT_internal: Assertion nfo_length / |
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676 sizeof(cell_adr_t) >= c_adt->nr_of_vobs' failed.</CODE> |
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677 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD> |
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678 <FONT CLASS="text">This is a known libdvdread 0.9.1/0.9.2 bug. |
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679 Use libmpdvdkit. |
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680 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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683 <FONT CLASS="text">Can I compile libdvdread and libdvdcss on my sweet SPARC under Solaris? |
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685 <FONT CLASS="text">Who knows ... It's said to work, so please test it and send feedback. Refer to |
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686 the documentation of libdvdread and its homepage as well. We're not the authors |
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687 of libdvdread. |
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691 <FONT CLASS="text">What about subtitles? Can MPlayer display them? |
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693 <FONT CLASS="text">Yes! See the <A HREF="cd-dvd.html">DVD chapter</A> of the documentation. |
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697 <FONT CLASS="text">How can I set the region code of my DVD-drive? I don't have Windows! |
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699 <FONT CLASS="text">Use the |
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700 <A HREF="http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvd/dvd_disc_20000215.tar.gz">regionset tool</A>. |
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704 <FONT CLASS="text">Do I need to be (setuid) root/setuid fibmap_mplayer to be able to play a DVD? |
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706 <FONT CLASS="text">No, only for old-style DVD support. However you must have |
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707 the proper rights on the DVD device entry (in <CODE>/dev/</CODE>). |
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711 <FONT CLASS="text">Where can I get libdvdread and libdvdcss packages? |
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714 <A HREF="http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd">Ogle site</A>. |
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718 <FONT CLASS="text">Is it possible to play/encode only selected chapters? |
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720 <FONT CLASS="text">Yes, try the <CODE>-chapter</CODE> option. |
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724 <FONT CLASS="text">My DVD playback is sluggish! |
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6352 | 727 and try enabling DMA for the DVD drive with the hdparm tool (described in the |
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1682 | 733 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
1612 | 734 |
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3857 | 738 This won't be done. It was, but then it messed up A/V sync. Feel free to |
2859 | 739 implement it, and send a patch. Don't ask for it. |
740 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
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746 ASF parsers, open source ASF encoders, etc) and you'll know why. We don't |
3053 | 747 want to go to jail. |
748 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
749 | |
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785 <LI><B>DDR</B> - Is fast enough for all types.</LI> |
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795 Quality:<BR> |
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807 <table BORDER=1 COLS=5 WIDTH="100%"> |
3489 | 808 <tr> |
809 <td> </td> | |
810 | |
811 <td> | |
5700 | 812 <center>Matrox Gxxx</center> |
3489 | 813 </td> |
814 | |
815 <td> | |
5700 | 816 <center>ATI m64/r128/radeon</center> |
3489 | 817 </td> |
818 | |
819 <td> | |
5700 | 820 <center>nVidia tnt/geforce</center> |
3489 | 821 </td> |
822 | |
823 <td> | |
5700 | 824 <center>S3 Virge/Savage</center> |
3489 | 825 </td> |
826 </tr> | |
827 | |
828 <tr> | |
829 <td>Driver's provider</td> | |
830 | |
5700 | 831 <td>OEM and enthusiasts</td> |
3489 | 832 |
5700 | 833 <td>OEM and enthusiasts</td> |
3489 | 834 |
5700 | 835 <td>OEM or enthusiasts</td> |
3489 | 836 |
837 <td>enthusiasts</td> | |
838 </tr> | |
839 | |
840 <tr> | |
841 <td>Driver's quality</td> | |
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5700 | 847 <td>buggy/unstable (X11 only)</td> |
3489 | 848 |
5700 | 849 <td>slow (X11 only)</td> |
3489 | 850 </tr> |
851 | |
852 <tr> | |
853 <td>VIDEO OVERLAY</td> | |
854 | |
855 <td></td> | |
856 | |
857 <td></td> | |
858 | |
859 <td></td> | |
860 | |
861 <td></td> | |
862 </tr> | |
863 | |
864 <tr> | |
865 <td>BES and YV2RGB</td> | |
866 | |
867 <td>YES</td> | |
868 | |
869 <td>YES</td> | |
870 | |
871 <td>YES</td> | |
872 | |
873 <td>YES</td> | |
874 </tr> | |
875 | |
876 <tr> | |
877 <td>scaling filters</td> | |
878 | |
879 <td>N/A</td> | |
880 | |
881 <td>YES</td> | |
882 | |
883 <td>N/A</td> | |
884 | |
885 <td>N/A</td> | |
886 </tr> | |
887 | |
888 <tr> | |
889 <td>adaptive deinterlace</td> | |
890 | |
5700 | 891 <td>N/A</td> |
3489 | 892 |
893 <td>YES</td> | |
894 | |
895 <td>N/A</td> | |
896 | |
897 <td>N/A</td> | |
898 </tr> | |
899 | |
900 <tr> | |
901 <td>Video equalizer (hue, contrast, saturation, color correction)</td> | |
902 | |
5700 | 903 <td>YES</td> |
3489 | 904 |
5700 | 905 <td>YES</td> |
3489 | 906 |
5700 | 907 <td>GeForce only</td> |
3489 | 908 |
909 <td>N/A</td> | |
910 </tr> | |
911 | |
912 <tr> | |
913 <td>Alpha blending, color and video keys</td> | |
914 | |
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919 <td>N/A</td> | |
920 | |
921 <td>N/A</td> | |
922 </tr> | |
923 | |
924 <tr> | |
925 <td>Video capture</td> | |
926 | |
5700 | 927 <td>YES (Marvel)</td> |
3489 | 928 |
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929 <td>YES (GATOS)</td> |
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931 <td>N/A</td> | |
932 | |
933 <td>N/A</td> | |
934 </tr> | |
935 | |
936 <tr> | |
937 <td>TV-out</td> | |
938 | |
5700 | 939 <td>G400 only</td> |
3489 | 940 |
941 <td>YES</td> | |
942 | |
943 <td>N/A</td> | |
944 | |
945 <td>N/A</td> | |
946 </tr> | |
947 </table> | |
948 | |
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962 <B>A:</B> Due to its SIMM memory.</P> |
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5227 | 980 TV audio encoding for Linux is currently unimplemented, we're working on it. |
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4398 | 987 You have to specify the <CODE>-sid</CODE> option correctly! |
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4116 | 993 Upgrade DivX4Linux. |
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999 Use the <CODE>-chapter</CODE> option correctly, like: <CODE>-chapter 5-7</CODE> |
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1003 I'm trying to work with 2GB+ files on a VFAT file system. Does it work? |
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