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6 <P><B><A NAME=5>5. FAQ section</A></B></P>
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10 <TD COLSPAN=3><P><B><A NAME=5.1><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>5.1 Compilation</A></B></P>
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14 What's the problem with gcc 2.96 ?
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16 gcc 2.96 is RedHat's UNOFFICIAL (it can be found only on RedHat sites, or
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17 RedHat distributions) and BUGGY gcc release. gcc 2.96 is TOTALLY
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18 unsupported by <B>MPlayer</B>, because it simply SKIPS MMX codes, it just does
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19 not compile it. Important: this is NOT an <B>MPlayer</B>-specific problem,
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20 numerous other projects (DRI, avifile, etc..) have problems with this shit
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21 too.<BR>** DO NOT USE gcc 2.96 !!! **
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25 Great, I have gcc 3.0.1 from RedHat/Mandrake, then I'm fine--!
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27 No. There are issues with those, either. :( Use 2.95.x series, those are reliable,
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28 and faster than 2.96 and 3.x.x .
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32 SDL output doesn't work or compile. Problem is ....
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34 It is tested with newest SDL (probably runs on 1.1.7+).
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35 It does NOT work with 1.1.6, 1.1.5 1.1.4 1.1.3 1.0.4 etc, don't ask.
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39 I am still having trouble compiling with SDL support. gcc says something
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40 about "undefined reference to `SDL_EnableKeyRepeat'" What's now?
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42 Where did you install the SDL library? If you installed in /usr/local
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43 (the default) then edit the top level config.mak and add
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44 "-L/usr/local/lib " after "X_LIBS=" Now type make. You're done!
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48 It doesn't compile, and it misses uint64_t inttypes.h and similar things...
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50 copy etc/inttypes.h to <B>MPlayer</B> directory (cp etc/inttypes.h .)
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51 try again...
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55 I have Pentium III but ./configure doesn't detect SSE
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57 Only kernel versions 2.4.x supports SSE (or try latest 2.2.19 or newer, but
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58 be prepared for problems)
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62 I have G200/G400, how to compile/use mga_vid driver?
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64 Read all this documentation.
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68 Are there rpm/deb/... packages of <B>MPlayer</B>?
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70 You can make a .deb package for yourself, check section <A HREF="documentation.html#6.1">6.1</A>.
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71 It's _STRONGLY_ discouraged to use precompiled packages
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72 of <B>MPlayer</B>, since it (currently) _highly_ depends on compile-time
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73 options and optimizations!
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74 Precompiled packages are COMPLETELY unsupported by the <B>MPlayer</B> team!
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78 During 'make', MPlayer complains about X11 libraries. I don't understand,
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79 I DO have X installed!?
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81 ...but you don't have the X development package installed. Or not
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82 correctly. It's called XFree86-devel* under RedHat, and xlib6g-dev* under
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83 Debian. Also check if the /usr/X11 symlink exists (this can be a problem on
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84 Mandrake systems). It can be created with the<BR>
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85 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6 /usr/X11</CODE><BR>
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86 command. Also check the /usr/include/X11 link :<BR>
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87 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</CODE><BR>
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88 Your distribution may differ from the Linux Filesystem Standard.
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92 What about DGA driver? I can't find it!!!
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94 ./configure autodetects your DGA driver. If -vo help doesn't show
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95 DGA, then there's a problem with your X installation.
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96 Try ./configure --enable-dga (and RTFM)
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97 Alternatively, try SDL's DGA driver with '-vo sdl:dga' options.
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101 I can't compile SVGAlib.. I'm using 2.3/2.4 kernel.
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103 You have to edit SVGAlib's Makefile.cfg and comment "BACKGROUND = y" out.
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107 I compiled MPlayer with libdvdcss/libdivxdecore support, but when
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108 I try to start it, it says:<BR>
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109 <CODE>&gt; error while loading shared libraries: lib*.so.0: cannot load
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110 shared object file: No such file or directory</CODE><BR>
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111 I checked up on the file and it IS there in /usr/local/lib.
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113 What are you doing on Linux? Can't you install a library? Why do
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114 we get these questions? It's not <B>MPlayer</B> specific at all! Add
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115 /usr/local/lib to <B>/etc/ld.so.conf</B> and run <B>ldconfig</B> .
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116 Or install it to /usr/lib , because if you can't solve the /usr/local
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117 problem, you are careless enough to do such things.
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120 <TD COLSPAN=3><B><A NAME=5.2><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>5.2. General questions</A></B>
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124 What about DVD playing ?
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126 Read the CD/DVD section .
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130 -xy option doesn't work with x11 driver (-vo x11)
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132 x11 driver doesn't support scaling, but XF86VidMode support is now
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133 used: you must specify the -vm and the -fs switch, and you're done.
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134 Make sure you have the right Modelines in your XF86Config file, and
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135 try if the DGA driver (and SDL's DGA driver, see RTFM) works for you.
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136 It's much faster. If SDL's DGA works too, use that, it'll be EVEN faster!
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140 What is the meaning of numbers in the status line?
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142 See: <CODE><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A: 2.1 V: 2.2 A-V: -0.167 ct: 0.042 57 41% 0% 2.6% 0 4</CODE><BR>
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143 <UL>
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144 <LI><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A: audio position in seconds
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145 <LI>V: video position in seconds
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146 <LI>A-V: audio-video difference in seconds (delay)
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147 <LI>ct: total A-V sync correction done
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148 <LI>frames played (counting from last seek)
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149 <LI>video codec cpu usage in percent (for mpeg it includes video_out too!)
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150 <LI>video_out cpu usage for avi, 0 for mpg (see above)
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151 <LI>audio codec cpu usage in percent
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152 <LI>frames needed to drop to maintain A-V sync
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153 <LI>current level of image postprocessing (when using -autoq)
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154 </UL>
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155 <I>Most of them are for debug purposes, and will be removed soon.</I>
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159 What if I don't want them to appear?
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161 Then you use the -quiet option, and read the manpage.
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162 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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163
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165 Why is video_out cpu usage zero (0%) for mpeg files?
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167 It's not zero, but it's built in into codec, so can't be measured separated.
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168 You should try to play the file using -vo null and then -vo ... and check
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169 the difference to see video_out speed...
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170 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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171
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173 What's XMMP? (is it XMMS or XMPS but mispelled?)
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175 It's a new project, see http://frozenproductions.com for details
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176 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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179 There are error messages about file not found /usr/lib/win32/....
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181 Download & install w32codec.zip from *our* FTP
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182 (avifile's codec package has different DLL set)
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183 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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186 Are there any mailing lists on MPlayer?
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187 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
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188 Yes! See RTFM on how to subscribe them!
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189 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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190
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192 I've found a nasty bug when I tried to play my favourite video!!
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193 Who should I inform?
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194 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
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195 See Appendix <A HREF="bugreports.html">C</A>.
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196 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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197
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199 I have problems playing files with ... codec. Can I use'em?
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201 Check <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html">http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html</A>,
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202 if it doesn't contain your codec, read
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203 <A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.4">section 2.1.4</A>, and contact us.
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204 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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205
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207 Umm, what is "IdegCounter"?
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208 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
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209 A mixture of a hungarian and an english word. In english, "Ideg" means
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210 "nerve", and is pronounced as something like "ydaegh" . It was first used
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211 to measure the nervousness of A'rpi, after some (umm) "mystic" disappearance
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212 of CVS code ;)
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213 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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214
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216 LIRC doesn't work, because ...
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217 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
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218 Are you sure you use "mplayer_lirc" instead of "mplayer"?
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219 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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220
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222 Subtitles are very nice, the most beautiful I've ever seen, but they slow
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223 down the playing! I know it's unlikely...
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224 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
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225 After running ./configure , edit config.h and replace #undef FAST_OSD with
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226 <CODE>#define FAST_OSD</CODE>. Then recompile.
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227 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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230 The OSD is flickering!
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232 You use a vo driver with single buffering (x11,xv). With xv,
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233 use -double option.
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234 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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237 What exactly is this libavcodec?
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238 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
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239 It's from Gerard Lantau's ffmpeg package (<A HREF="http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net">http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net</A>).
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240 It has C language DivX ;-) and OpenDivX alpha 47 codec. Some benchmarks
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241 showed that its DivX seems to be even faster than DirectShow codec without
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242 preprocessing, and only a few percent slower than ProjectMayo's DivX4
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243 decoder. It uses YV12 pixel format, so old Voodoo users can use it for YUV.
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244 Also, open the possibility to play DivX on virtually every computer that
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245 has a C compiler. Kinda great stuff, isn't it?
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246 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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249 But configure tells me "Checking for libavcodec ... no"!
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251 You need to get libavcodec from FFmpeg's CVS. Read the instructions in
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252 the <A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.2.2">ffmpeg section</A>.
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253 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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255 <TD COLSPAN=3>
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256 <B><A NAME=5.3><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>5.3. File playing problems</A></B>
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257 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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260 ...... works with avifile/aviplay while doesn't with MPlayer.
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262 <B>MPlayer</B> != avifile
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263 The only common thing between these players is the Win32 DLL loader.
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264 The codecs (dll) sets, syncronization, demultiplexing etc is totaly
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265 different and shouldn't be compared.
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266 If something works with aviplay it doesn't mean that <B>MPlayer</B> should do
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267 it and vice versa.
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271 Audio goes out of sync playing .avi file.
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273 Try with -bps or -nobps option
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274 if still bad, send me (upload to ftp) that file, I'll check.
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278 Indeo 3.x/4.x movies are viewed upside-down!!!?
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280 It's a known bug (really it's a bug/limitation of the DLL codec)
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281 Try if your vo driver supports the -flip switch.
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282 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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283
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285 Indeo 3.x,4.x video doesn't work at 32bpp resolutions (16,24 bpp are ok).
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287 It's a known bug (really it's a bug/limitation of the DLL codec).
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288 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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291 MPlayer exits with something error when using l3codeca.acm.
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293 Check 'ldd /usr/local/bin/mplayer' output. If it contains<BR>
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294 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4???????)</CODE><BR>
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295 where "?" is any number then it's ok, the error is not here. If it is:<BR>
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296 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00??????)</CODE><BR>
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297 then there is problem with your kernel/libc. Maybe you are using some
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298 security patches (for example Solar Designer's OpenWall patch) which
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299 forces loading libraries to very low addresses.
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300 Because l3codeca.acm is a non-relocatable DLL, it must be loaded to
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301 0x00400000, we can't change this. You should use non-patched kernel,
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302 or use <B>MPlayer</B>'s -afm 1 option to disable using l3codeca.acm.
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303 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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306 My computer plays M$ DivX AVIs with resolutions ~ 640x300 and stereo mp3
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307 sound too slow. When I use -nosound switch, everything is ok (but quiet).
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308 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
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309 Ok son, your machine is too slow. RTFM or anything.
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310 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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311
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313 MPlayer dies with "MPlayer interrupted by signal 4 in module: decode_video".
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314 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
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315 Try running <B>MPlayer</B> on the machine you compiled on. Or recompile. Don't
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316 use <B>MPlayer</B> on different CPU than it was compiled on.
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317 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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320 I have problems with [your window manager] and fullscreen xv/xmga/sdl/x11 modes..
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321 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
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322 Use the -fsmode switch. See example.conf or manpage.
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323 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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324
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325 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
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326 But it works with avifile!
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327 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
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328 So what?
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329 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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331 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
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332 Then avifile is better!
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333 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
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334 Then use avifile, it has nice GUI and nice C++ code :)
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335 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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336
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337 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
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338 I got this playing mpeg files: Can't find codec for video format 0x10000001!
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339 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
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340 You have old version of codecs.conf at ~/.mplayer/. Upgrade it from etc/
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341 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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344 After starting mplayer under KDE(1/2) I just get a black screen and nothing
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345 happens, after about one minute the video starts playing.
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346 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
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347 The KDE arts sound daemon is blocking the sound device, either wait the time
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348 until video starts or you disable the arts-daemon in kontrollcenter.
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349 If you want to use arts sound, specify audio output via SDL (ao=sdl), and
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350 make sure your SDL can handle arts sound. Yet another option is to start
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351 mplayer with artsdsp.
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352 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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355 I have an AVI that plays with grey screen with -vc odivx, and green with -vc divx4 .
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356 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
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357 It's not a DivX file, but an M$ MPEG4v3 . Update your codecs.conf.
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360 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
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361 There this movie is, and when I play it I get video-audio desync and/or MPlayer crashes with the following:<BR>
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362 <CODE>DEMUXER: Too many (945 in 8390980 bytes) video packets in the buffer!</CODE>
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363 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
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364 This can have multiple reasons.<BR>
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365 <LI>your CPU <B>and/or</B> video card <B>and/or</B> bus is too SLOW. <B>MPlayer</B>
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366 displays a message if this is the case. (and the dropped frames counter is going up fast)</LI>
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367 <LI>if it is an AVI, maybe it has shit interleaving. Try the <I>-ni</I> option.</LI>
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368 <LI>your sound driver is shit, or you use ALSA 0.5 with <I>-ao oss</I>. See the <A HREF="sound.html">soundcards section</A>.</LI>
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369 <LI>the AVI has shit header, try with the <I>-nobps</I> option, and/or <I>-mc 0</I> .</LI>
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370 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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371
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372 <TD COLSPAN=3>
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373 <B><A NAME=5.4><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>5.4. Video/audio driver problems (vo/ao)</A></B>
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374 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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377 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
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378 Ok, -vo help shows DGA driver, but it is babbling about permissions!
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379 Help me!
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380 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
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381 It works only if running as root! It's a DGA limitation.
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382 You should become to root (su -), and try again.
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383 Another solution is making mplayer SUID root, but its NOT RECOMMENDED!<BR>
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384 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR>
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385 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>chmod 750 /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR>
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386 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>chmod +s /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR>
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387 <B>!!!! BUT STAY TUNED !!!!</B><BR>
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388 This is a *BIG* security risk! *NEVER* do this on a server or on a computer
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389 can be accessed by more people than only you because they can gain root
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390 privilegies through suid root mplayer!!!<BR>
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391 !!!! SO YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ... !!!!
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392 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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394 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
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395 When using Xvideo, my Voodoo 3/Banshee says:<BR>
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396 X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied)<BR>
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397 &nbsp;&nbsp;Major opcode of failed request: 147 (MIT-SHM)<BR>
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398 &nbsp;&nbsp;Minor opcode of failed request: 1 (X_ShmAttach)<BR>
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399 &nbsp;&nbsp;Serial number of failed request: 26<BR>
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400 &nbsp;&nbsp;Current serial number in output stream:27<BR>
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401 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
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402 Your driver is old, update it. Either download (at least) DRI version 0.6
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403 from <A HREF="http://dri.sourceforge.net">http://dri.sourceforge.net</A>,
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404 or use the DRI cvs.
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407 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
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408 When using Xvideo, I can't play DivX avis with my Voodoo 3/Banshee!
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409 It says:<BR>
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410 ...<BR>
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411 Xvideo image format: 0x32315659 (YV12) planar<BR>
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412 Xvideo image format: 0x30323449 (I420) planar<BR>
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413 ...
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414 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A1:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
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415 See the previous answer.
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416 </TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A2:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
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417 Since 0.18pre4 we support libavcodec from the ffmpeg package. It contains
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418 a C language DivX and OpenDivX decoder. The DivX decoder uses YV12 format
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419 for output, thus it should work for you. Compile in libavcodec support.
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420 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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422 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
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423 OpenGL (-vo gl) output doesn't work (hangup/black window/X11 errors/...).
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424 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
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425 Your opengl driver doesn't support dynamic texture changes (glTexSubImage)
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426 It's known not to work with nVidia's binary shit.
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427 It's known to work with Utah-GLX/DRI and Matrox G400 card. Also with
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428 DRI and Radeon card. It won't work with DRI others than these.
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429 it will not work with 3DFX cards because the 256x256 texture size limit.
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430 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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432 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
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433 I have an nVidia TNT/TNT2 card, and I have a band with strange colours,
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434 right under the movie! Whose fault is this?
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435 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
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436 It's the nVidia X driver's. These bugs are ONLY with the TNT/TNT2 cards,
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437 and we can't do anything about it, it's not our bug.
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438 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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440 <TD COLSPAN=3>
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441 <B><A NAME=5.5><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>5.5. Feature requests</A></B>
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442 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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444 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
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445 Is there a hint on how to watch QuickTime and RealMedia movies in MPlayer?
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446 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
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447 There's no way to do it. Therefore these formats deserve to die in flames.
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448 Theoretically you can reverse engineer Real codecs built for Linux (they
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449 are available as .so files), but in practice that's really difficult, even
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450 if you know how the compiler used by Real is making assembler code.
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451 As for QuickTime, it's possible to play some old movies and this
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452 capability will be added to mplayer soon, but newer clips are all Sorenson
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453 encoded, and that codec is built-in deep in the QT executable, there's
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454 no way to use it.
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457 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
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458 When will be &lt;your favourite video feature&gt; (like subtitle placement) implemented?
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459 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
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460 Wait for libvo2.
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462
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463 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
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464 Can I/When will I be able to encode audio with <I>-vo odivx</I> ?
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465 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
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466 No you can't right now. It's planned, so just wait patiently.
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467 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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468
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469 </TABLE>
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