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9675 | 3 <chapter id="ports" xreflabel="Ports"> |
4 <title>Ports</title> | |
5 | |
6 <sect1 id="linux"> | |
7 <title>Linux</title> | |
8 <para> | |
9 The main development platform is Linux on x86, although | |
10 <application>MPlayer</application> works on many other Linux ports. | |
11540 | 11 Binary packages of <application>MPlayer</application> are available from several |
12 sources. However, <emphasis role="bold">none of these packages are supported</emphasis>. | |
9675 | 13 Report problems to the authors, not to us. |
14 </para> | |
15 | |
16 <sect2 id="debian"> | |
17 <title>Debian packaging</title> | |
18 <para> | |
11540 | 19 To build a Debian package, run the following command in the |
20 <application>MPlayer</application> source directory: | |
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24 If you want to pass custom options to configure, you can set up the |
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25 <envar>DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS</envar> environment variable. For instance, |
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37 <screen>fakeroot debian/rules clean</screen> |
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9675 | 39 As root you can then install the <filename>.deb</filename> package as usual: |
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9675 | 41 <screen>dpkg -i ../mplayer_<replaceable>version</replaceable>.deb</screen> |
42 </para> | |
43 | |
44 <para> | |
13813 | 45 Christian Marillat has been making unofficial Debian packages of |
11540 | 46 <application>MPlayer</application>, <application>MEncoder</application> and |
13813 | 47 our bitmap fonts for a while, you can (apt-)get them from |
48 <ulink url="http://hpisi.nerim.net/">his homepage</ulink>. | |
9675 | 49 </para> |
50 </sect2> | |
51 | |
52 <sect2 id="rpm"> | |
53 <title>RPM packaging</title> | |
54 <para> | |
55 Dominik Mierzejewski created and maintains official Red Hat RPM packages of | |
56 <application>MPlayer</application>. They are available from his | |
12881 | 57 <ulink url="http://greysector.rangers.eu.org/mplayer.html">homepage</ulink>. |
9675 | 58 </para> |
59 | |
60 <para> | |
61 Mandrake RPM packages are available from the <ulink url="http://plf.zarb.org/">P.L.F.</ulink>. | |
11540 | 62 SuSE used to include a crippled version of <application>MPlayer</application> |
63 in their distribution. They have removed it in their latest releases. You can | |
64 get working RPMs from | |
65 <ulink url="http://packman.links2linux.de/?action=128">links2linux.de</ulink>. | |
9675 | 66 </para> |
67 </sect2> | |
68 | |
69 <sect2 id="arm"> | |
70 <title>ARM</title> | |
71 <para> | |
11540 | 72 <application>MPlayer</application> works on Linux PDAs with ARM CPU e.g. Sharp Zaurus, |
73 Compaq Ipaq. The easiest way to obtain <application>MPlayer</application> is to get it | |
11714 | 74 from one of the <ulink url="http://www.openzaurus.org">OpenZaurus</ulink> package feeds. If |
9675 | 75 you want to compile it yourself, you should look at the |
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76 <ulink url="http://openzaurus.bkbits.net:8080/buildroot/src/packages/mplayer?nav=index.html|src/.|src/packages">mplayer</ulink> |
9675 | 77 and the |
78 <ulink url="http://openzaurus.bkbits.net:8080/buildroot/src/packages/libavcodec?nav=index.html|src/.|src/packages">libavcodec</ulink> | |
79 directory in the OpenZaurus distribution buildroot. These always have the latest | |
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81 <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>. |
9675 | 82 If you need a GUI frontend, you can use xmms-embedded. |
83 </para> | |
84 </sect2> | |
85 </sect1> | |
86 | |
87 <sect1 id="bsd"> | |
88 <title>*BSD</title> | |
89 <para> | |
90 <application>MPlayer</application> runs on FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, | |
11540 | 91 BSD/OS and Darwin. There are ports/pkgsrc/fink/etc versions of <application>MPlayer</application> |
9675 | 92 available that are probably easier to use than our raw sources. |
93 </para> | |
94 | |
95 <para> | |
11540 | 96 To build <application>MPlayer</application> you will need GNU make |
97 (gmake - native BSD make will not work) and a recent version of binutils. | |
9675 | 98 </para> |
99 | |
100 <para> | |
11540 | 101 If <application>MPlayer</application> complains about not finding <filename>/dev/cdrom</filename> |
102 or <filename>/dev/dvd</filename>, create an appropriate symbolic link: | |
10958 | 103 <screen>ln -s /dev/<replaceable>your_cdrom_device</replaceable> /dev/cdrom</screen> |
9675 | 104 </para> |
105 | |
106 <para> | |
11540 | 107 To use Win32 DLLs with <application>MPlayer</application> you will need to |
108 re-compile the kernel with "<envar>option USER_LDT</envar>" | |
109 (unless you run FreeBSD-CURRENT, | |
9675 | 110 where this is the default). |
111 </para> | |
112 | |
113 | |
114 <sect2 id="freebsd"> | |
115 <title>FreeBSD</title> | |
116 <para> | |
117 If your CPU has SSE, recompile your kernel with | |
118 "<envar>options CPU_ENABLE_SSE</envar>" (FreeBSD-STABLE or kernel | |
119 patches required). | |
120 </para> | |
121 </sect2> | |
122 | |
123 <sect2 id="openbsd"> | |
124 <title>OpenBSD</title> | |
125 <para> | |
126 Due to limitations in different versions of gas (relocation vs MMX), you | |
127 will need to compile in two steps: First make sure that the non-native as | |
128 is first in your <envar>$PATH</envar> and do a <command>gmake -k</command>, then | |
129 make sure that the native version is used and do <command>gmake</command>. | |
130 </para> | |
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133 </para> |
9675 | 134 </sect2> |
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137 <title>Darwin</title> |
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138 <para> |
11348 | 139 See the <link linkend="macos">Mac OS</link> section. |
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141 </sect2> |
9675 | 142 </sect1> |
143 | |
144 <sect1 id="solaris"> | |
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145 <title>Sun Solaris</title> |
9675 | 146 <para> |
147 <application>MPlayer</application> should work on Solaris 2.6 or newer. | |
148 </para> | |
149 | |
150 <para> | |
11540 | 151 On <emphasis role="bold">UltraSPARCs</emphasis>, <application>MPlayer</application> |
152 takes advantage of their <emphasis role="bold">VIS</emphasis> extensions | |
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157 <systemitem class="library">mp3lib</systemitem>. You can watch a VOB file |
9675 | 158 on a 400MHz CPU. You'll need |
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159 <ulink url="http://www.sun.com/sparc/vis/mediaLib.html"><systemitem class="library">mLib</systemitem></ulink> |
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160 installed. |
9675 | 161 </para> |
162 | |
163 <para> | |
164 To build the package you will need GNU <application>make</application> | |
165 (<filename>gmake</filename>, <filename>/opt/sfw/gmake</filename>), native | |
166 Solaris make will not work. Typical error you get when building with | |
167 Solaris' make instead of GNU make: | |
168 <screen> | |
169 % /usr/ccs/bin/make | |
170 make: Fatal error in reader: Makefile, line 25: Unexpected end of line seen | |
171 </screen> | |
172 </para> | |
173 | |
174 <para> | |
175 On Solaris SPARC, you need the GNU C/C++ Compiler; it does not matter if | |
176 GNU C/C++ compiler is configured with or without the GNU assembler. | |
177 </para> | |
178 | |
179 <para> | |
180 On Solaris x86, you need the GNU assembler and the GNU C/C++ compiler, | |
12552 | 181 configured to use the GNU assembler! The <application>MPlayer</application> |
182 code on the x86 platform makes heavy use of MMX, SSE and 3DNOW! instructions | |
183 that cannot be compiled using Sun's assembler <filename>/usr/ccs/bin/as</filename>. | |
9675 | 184 </para> |
185 | |
12552 | 186 <para> |
187 The <filename>configure</filename> script tries to find out, which | |
9675 | 188 assembler program is used by your "gcc" command (in case the autodetection |
11630 | 189 fails, use the <option>--as=<replaceable>/wherever/you/have/installed/gnu-as</replaceable></option> |
9675 | 190 option to tell the <filename>configure</filename> script where it can find GNU |
191 "as" on your system). | |
192 </para> | |
193 | |
194 <para> | |
195 Error message from <filename>configure</filename> on a Solaris x86 system using | |
196 GCC without GNU assembler: | |
197 <screen> | |
198 % configure | |
199 ... | |
200 Checking assembler (/usr/ccs/bin/as) ... , failed | |
201 Please upgrade(downgrade) binutils to 2.10.1... | |
202 </screen> | |
203 (Solution: Install and use a gcc configured with <option>--with-as=gas</option>) | |
204 </para> | |
205 | |
206 <para> | |
207 Typical error you get when building with a GNU C compiler that does not use GNU as: | |
208 <screen> | |
209 % gmake | |
210 ... | |
211 gcc -c -Iloader -Ilibvo -O4 -march=i686 -mcpu=i686 -pipe -ffast-math | |
212 -fomit-frame-pointer -I/usr/local/include -o mplayer.o mplayer.c | |
213 Assembler: mplayer.c | |
214 "(stdin)", line 3567 : Illegal mnemonic | |
215 "(stdin)", line 3567 : Syntax error | |
216 ... more "Illegal mnemonic" and "Syntax error" errors ... | |
217 </screen> | |
218 </para> | |
219 | |
220 <para> | |
221 Due to bugs in Solaris 8, you may not be able to play DVD discs larger than 4 GB: | |
222 </para> | |
223 | |
224 <itemizedlist> | |
225 <listitem><para> | |
226 The sd(7D) driver on Solaris 8 x86 has a bug when accessing a disk block >4GB | |
227 on a device using a logical blocksize != DEV_BSIZE (i.e. CD-ROM and DVD media). | |
228 Due to a 32Bit int overflow, a disk address modulo 4GB is accessed | |
229 (<ulink url="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/22516"/>). | |
230 This problem does not exist in the SPARC version of Solaris 8. | |
231 </para></listitem> | |
232 | |
233 <listitem><para> | |
13222 | 234 A similar bug is present in the hsfs(7FS) filesystem code (AKA ISO9660), |
9675 | 235 hsfs may not not support partitions/disks larger than 4GB, all data is |
236 accessed modulo 4GB | |
237 (<ulink url="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/22592"/>). | |
238 The hsfs problem can be fixed by installing patch 109764-04 (sparc) / 109765-04 (x86). | |
239 </para></listitem> | |
240 </itemizedlist> | |
241 </sect1> | |
242 | |
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244 <title>Silicon Graphics Irix</title> |
9675 | 245 <para> |
246 You can either try to install the GNU install program, and (if you did | |
247 not put it in your global path) then point to the location with: | |
11630 | 248 <screen>./configure --with-install=<replaceable>/path/and/name/of/install</replaceable></screen> |
9675 | 249 </para> |
250 | |
251 <para> | |
252 Or you can use the default install delivered with IRIX 6.5 in which case | |
253 you will have to edit the <filename>Makefile</filename> by hand a little bit. | |
254 Change the following two lines: | |
255 <programlisting> | |
256 $(INSTALL) -c -m 644 DOCS/mplayer.1 $(MANDIR)/man1/mplayer.1 | |
257 | |
258 $(INSTALL) -c -m 644 etc/codecs.conf $(CONFDIR)/codecs.conf | |
259 </programlisting> | |
260 to: | |
261 <programlisting> | |
262 $(INSTALL) -m 644 mplayer.1 $(MANDIR)/man1/ | |
263 | |
264 $(INSTALL) -m 644 codecs.conf $(CONFDIR)/ | |
265 </programlisting> | |
11540 | 266 And then do (from within the <application>MPlayer</application> source dir): |
9675 | 267 <screen>cp DOCS/mplayer.1 . ; cp etc/codecs.conf .</screen> |
268 and then go on with building and installing. | |
269 </para> | |
270 </sect1> | |
271 | |
272 <sect1 id="qnx"> | |
273 <title>QNX</title> | |
274 <para> | |
275 Works. You'll need to download SDL for QNX, and install it. Then run | |
276 <application>MPlayer</application> with <option>-vo sdl:photon</option> | |
277 and <option>-ao sdl:nto</option> options, and it should be fast. | |
278 </para> | |
279 | |
280 <para> | |
281 The <option>-vo x11</option> output will be even slower than on Linux, | |
282 since QNX has only X <emphasis>emulation</emphasis> which is VERY slow. Use SDL. | |
283 </para> | |
284 </sect1> | |
285 | |
10561 | 286 <sect1 id="windows"> |
287 <title>Windows</title> | |
288 | |
11540 | 289 <para>Yes, <application>MPlayer</application> runs on Windows under |
290 <ulink url="http://www.cygwin.com/"><application>Cygwin</application></ulink> and | |
291 <ulink url="http://www.mingw.org/"><application>MinGW</application></ulink>. | |
10561 | 292 It does not have a GUI yet, but the command line version is almost completely |
293 functional. <ulink url="../../tech/patches.txt">Patches</ulink> are always welcome. | |
294 You should check out the | |
295 <ulink url="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-cygwin/">mplayer-cygwin</ulink> | |
296 mailing list for help and latest information.</para> | |
297 | |
298 <para>Best results are achieved with the native DirectX video output driver | |
299 (<option>-vo directx</option>) and the native Windows waveout audio driver | |
12014 | 300 (<option>-ao win32</option>). Alternatives are OpenGL and SDL, but OpenGL |
301 performance varies greatly between systems and SDL is known to | |
302 distort sound and video or crash on some systems. If the image is | |
10561 | 303 distorted, try turning off hardware acceleration with |
304 <option>-vo directx:noaccel</option>. Download | |
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13455 | 306 to compile the DirectX video output driver. Furthermore you need to have |
307 DirectX 7 or later installed for the DirectX video output driver to work. | |
308 </para> | |
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311 <option>-vo winvidix</option>, although it is still experimental |
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314 <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/win32-beta/dhahelperwin/withmtrr/dhahelper.sys">dhahelper.sys (with MTRR support)</ulink> |
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11325 | 346 <para>You can use Win32 codecs and Real Win32 codecs (not Real Linux codecs) |
347 if you want to. Put the codecs somewhere in your path or pass | |
11714 | 348 <option>--with-codecsdir=<replaceable>c:/path/to/your/codecs</replaceable></option> (alternatively |
349 <option>--with-codecsdir=<replaceable>/path/to/your/codecs</replaceable></option> only on | |
11540 | 350 <application>Cygwin</application>) to <filename>configure</filename>. We |
351 have had some reports that Real DLLs need to be writable by the user running | |
352 <application>MPlayer</application>, but only on some systems. Try making | |
353 them writable if you have problems. QuickTime DLLs also work, but you will | |
354 have to put them in your Windows system directory | |
11802 | 355 (<filename class="directory"><replaceable>C:\Windows\system\</replaceable></filename> |
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11540 | 370 <para>The <application>Cygwin</application>/<application>MinGW</application> |
371 console is rather slow. Redirecting output or using the | |
372 <option>-quiet</option> option has been reported to improve performance on | |
373 some systems. Direct rendering (<option>-dr</option>) may also help. | |
10645 | 374 You can prevent OSD flicker through double buffering with the |
375 <option>-double</option> option. If playback is jerky, try | |
376 <option>-autosync 100</option>. If some of these options help you, you | |
377 may want to put them in your config file.</para> | |
10561 | 378 |
11531 | 379 <para>Sascha Sommer releases official Windows binaries from time to time, |
380 Joey Parrish makes unofficial Windows packages complete with installer. | |
381 Look for these in the Windows section of | |
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9675 | 383 |
10561 | 384 <sect2 id="cygwin"> |
11540 | 385 <title><application>Cygwin</application></title> |
10561 | 386 |
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10561 | 389 |
390 <para>DirectX header files need to be extracted to <filename class="directory">/usr/include/</filename> or | |
391 <filename class="directory">/usr/local/include/</filename>.</para> | |
392 | |
11540 | 393 <para>Instructions and files for making SDL run under |
394 <application>Cygwin</application> can be found on the | |
10561 | 395 <ulink url="http://www.libsdl.org/extras/win32/cygwin/">libsdl site</ulink>.</para> |
9675 | 396 |
10561 | 397 </sect2> |
398 | |
399 | |
400 <sect2 id="mingw"> | |
11540 | 401 <title><application>MinGW</application></title> |
10561 | 402 |
11540 | 403 <para>Installing a version of <application>MinGW</application> that could |
404 compile <application>MPlayer</application> used to be quite tricky, but it | |
405 works out of the box now. Just install <application>MinGW</application> | |
406 3.1.0 or later and MSYS 1.0.9 or later and tell the MSYS postinstall that | |
407 <application>MinGW</application> is installed.</para> | |
9675 | 408 |
10561 | 409 <para>Extract DirectX header files to <filename class="directory">/mingw/include/</filename>.</para> |
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10561 | 417 </sect2> |
418 | |
419 | |
9675 | 420 </sect1> |
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11348 | 423 <title>Mac OS</title> |
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11348 | 425 Only Mac OS X 10.2 and up is supported by the "raw" |
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426 <application>MPlayer</application> source. Feel free to make support for older |
11348 | 427 Mac OS versions and send patches! |
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11355 | 439 compiled <application>MPlayer</application> binaries for Mac OS X from the |
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11341 | 441 </para> |
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12592 | 444 <sect1 id="hp-ux"> |
445 <title>HP-UX</title> | |
11607 | 446 <para> |
14044 | 447 Joe Page hosts a HP-UX <application>MPlayer</application> |
448 <ulink url="http://users.rcn.com/joepage/mplayer_on_hpux11.htm">HOWTO</ulink> | |
449 by Martin Gansser on his homepage. With these instructions the build should | |
450 work out of the box. | |
11607 | 451 </para> |
452 </sect1> | |
453 | |
454 <sect1 id="amiga"> | |
455 <title>Amiga/MorphOS (GeekGadgets)</title> | |
456 <para> | |
457 Nicholas Det at Genesi has done a big and powerful port of <application>MPlayer | |
458 </application> for MorphOS. Sadly it's based on the 0.90 series. | |
459 </para> | |
460 | |
461 <para> | |
462 Get if from <ulink url="http://www.morphzone.org/">MorphZone</ulink>: | |
11621 | 463 <itemizedlist> |
464 <listitem><para> | |
11614 | 465 <ulink url="http://www.morphzone.org/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=90"> |
466 <application>MPlayer</application> 0.91 binary</ulink> | |
11621 | 467 </para></listitem> |
468 <listitem><para> | |
11614 | 469 <ulink url="http://www.morphzone.org/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=91"> |
470 <application>MPlayer</application> 0.91 source</ulink> | |
11621 | 471 </para></listitem> |
472 <listitem><para> | |
11614 | 473 <ulink url="http://www.morphzone.org/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=912"> |
474 <application>MEncoder</application> 0.91 binary</ulink> | |
11621 | 475 </para></listitem> |
476 </itemizedlist> | |
11607 | 477 </para> |
478 </sect1> | |
479 | |
9675 | 480 </chapter> |