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5 <TITLE>Documentation - MPlayer - The Movie Player for Linux</TITLE>
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12 <H1 ALIGN="center">MPlayer - The Movie Player for LINUX</H1>
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14 <H2 ALIGN="center">&copy; 2000-2002 Arpad Gereoffy (A'rpi/ESP-team)<BR>
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17 <P ALIGN="center">[ English ]
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18 <A HREF="Hungarian/documentation.html">[ Hungarian ]</A>
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31 <UL>
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32 <LI><A HREF="#reading">0. How to read this documentation</A></LI>
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33 <LI><A HREF="#introduction">1. Introduction</A>
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35 <LI><A HREF="#history">1.1 History</A></LI>
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36 <LI><A HREF="#installation">1.2 Installation</A></LI>
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37 <LI><A HREF="#gui">1.3 What about the GUI?</A></LI>
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38 <LI><A HREF="#subtitles_osd">1.4 Subtitles and OSD</A>
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40 <LI><A HREF="#mpsub">1.4.1 MPlayer's own subtitle format (MPsub)</A></LI>
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41 <LI><A HREF="#install_osd">1.4.2 Installing OSD and subtitles</A></LI>
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42 <LI><A HREF="#menu">1.4.3 OSD Menu</A></LI>
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48 <LI><A HREF="#features">2. Features</A>
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49 <UL>
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50 <LI><A HREF="formats.html">2.1 Supported formats</A>
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56 <LI><A HREF="formats.html#asf">2.1.1.3 ASF/WMV files</A></LI>
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57 <LI><A HREF="formats.html#mov">2.1.1.4 QuickTime/MOV files</A></LI>
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58 <LI><A HREF="formats.html#vivo">2.1.1.5 VIVO files</A></LI>
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59 <LI><A HREF="formats.html#fli">2.1.1.6 FLI files</A></LI>
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60 <LI><A HREF="formats.html#real">2.1.1.7 RealMedia (RM) files</A></LI>
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61 <LI><A HREF="formats.html#nuppelvideo">2.1.1.8 NuppelVideo files</A></LI>
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62 <LI><A HREF="formats.html#yuv4mpeg">2.1.1.9 yuv4mpeg files</A></LI>
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63 <LI><A HREF="formats.html#film">2.1.1.10 FILM files</A></LI>
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65 <LI><A HREF="formats.html#ogg">2.1.1.12 OGG/OGM files</A></LI>
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67 <LI><A HREF="formats.html#pva">2.1.1.14 PVA files</A></LI>
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70 <LI><A HREF="formats.html#audio_formats">2.1.2 Audio formats</A>
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73 <LI><A HREF="formats.html#wav">2.1.2.2 WAV files</A></LI>
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77 <LI><A HREF="formats.html#cdda">2.1.2.6 CD audio</A></LI>
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82 <LI><A HREF="codecs.html">2.2 Supported codecs</A>
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84 <LI><A HREF="codecs.html#video_codecs">2.2.1 Video codecs</A>
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87 <LI><A HREF="codecs.html#libavcodec">2.2.1.2 FFmpeg DivX/libavcodec</A></LI>
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88 <LI><A HREF="codecs.html#xanim">2.2.1.3 XAnim codecs</A></LI>
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89 <LI><A HREF="codecs.html#vivo_video">2.2.1.4 VIVO video</A></LI>
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90 <LI><A HREF="codecs.html#mpeg">2.2.1.5 MPEG 1/2 video</A></LI>
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91 <LI><A HREF="codecs.html#ms_video1">2.2.1.6 MS Video1</A></LI>
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92 <LI><A HREF="codecs.html#cinepak">2.2.1.7 Cinepak CVID</A></LI>
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93 <LI><A HREF="codecs.html#realvideo">2.2.1.8 RealVideo</A></LI>
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95 <LI><A HREF="codecs.html#sorenson">2.2.1.10 Sorenson</A></LI>
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102 <LI><A HREF="codecs.html#libmad">2.2.2.3 libmad support</A></LI>
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103 <LI><A HREF="codecs.html#vivo_audio">2.2.2.4 VIVO audio</A></LI>
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104 <LI><A HREF="codecs.html#realaudio">2.2.2.5 RealAudio</A></LI>
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107 <LI><A HREF="codecs.html#importing">2.2.3 Win32 codec importing HOWTO</A>
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110 <LI><A HREF="codecs.html#importing_directshow">2.2.3.2 DirectShow codecs</A></LI>
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115 <LI><A HREF="#output">2.3 Output devices</A>
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119 <LI><A HREF="video.html#mtrr">2.3.1.1 Setting up MTRR</A></LI>
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120 <LI><A HREF="video.html#normal">2.3.1.2 Video outputs for traditional video cards</A></LI>
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125 <LI><A HREF="video.html#xv_s3">2.3.1.2.1.2 S3 cards</A></LI>
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126 <LI><A HREF="video.html#xv_nvidia">2.3.1.2.1.3 nVidia cards</A></LI>
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128 <LI><A HREF="video.html#xv_neomagic">2.3.1.2.1.5 NeoMagic cards</A></LI>
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129 <LI><A HREF="video.html#xv_trident">2.3.1.2.1.6 Trident cards</A></LI>
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130 </UL>
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132 <LI><A HREF="video.html#dga">2.3.1.2.2 DGA</A>
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133 <UL>
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134 <LI><A HREF="video.html#dga_summary">2.3.1.2.2.1 Summary</A></LI>
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135 <LI><A HREF="video.html#dga_whatis">2.3.1.2.2.2 What is DGA</A></LI>
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139 <LI><A HREF="video.html#dga_features">2.3.1.2.2.6 Features of the DGA driver</A></LI>
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142 <LI><A HREF="video.html#dga_future">2.3.1.2.2.9 Future work</A></LI>
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143 <LI><A HREF="video.html#dga_modelines">2.3.1.2.2.A Some modelines</A></LI>
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144 <LI><A HREF="video.html#dga_bug_reports">2.3.1.2.2.B Bug Reports</A></LI>
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145 </UL>
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146 </LI>
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147 <LI><A HREF="video.html#sdl">2.3.1.2.3 SDL</A></LI>
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148 <LI><A HREF="video.html#svgalib">2.3.1.2.4 SVGAlib</A></LI>
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149 <LI><A HREF="video.html#fbdev">2.3.1.2.5 Framebuffer output (FBdev)</A></LI>
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150 <LI><A HREF="video.html#mga_vid">2.3.1.2.6 Matrox framebuffer (mga_vid)</A></LI>
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151 <LI><A HREF="video.html#tdfxfb">2.3.1.2.7 3dfx YUV support (tdfxfb)</A></LI>
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152 <LI><A HREF="video.html#opengl">2.3.1.2.8 OpenGL output</A></LI>
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153 <LI><A HREF="video.html#aalib">2.3.1.2.9 AAlib - text mode displaying</A></LI>
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154 <LI><A HREF="video.html#vesa">2.3.1.2.10 VESA - output to VESA BIOS</A></LI>
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155 <LI><A HREF="video.html#x11">2.3.1.2.11 X11</A></LI>
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156 <LI><A HREF="video.html#vidix">2.3.1.2.12 VIDIX</A></LI>
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157 <LI><A HREF="video.html#directfb">2.3.1.2.13 DirectFB</A></LI>
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158 <LI><A HREF="video.html#dfbmga">2.3.1.2.14 DirectFB/Matrox (dfbmga)</A></LI>
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159 </UL>
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160 <LI><A HREF="video.html#mpegdec">2.3.1.3 MPEG decoders</A></LI>
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161 <UL>
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162 <LI><A HREF="video.html#dvb">2.3.1.3.1 DVB</A></LI>
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163 <LI><A HREF="video.html#dxr2">2.3.1.3.2 DXR2</A></LI>
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164 <LI><A HREF="video.html#dxr3">2.3.1.3.3 DXR3/Hollywood+</A></LI>
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165 </UL>
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166 <LI><A HREF="video.html#other">2.3.1.4 Other visualization hardware</A></LI>
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167 <UL>
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168 <LI><A HREF="video.html#zr">2.3.1.4.1 Zoran JPEG decoders</A></LI>
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169 <LI><A HREF="video.html#blinken">2.3.1.4.2 Blinkenlights</A></LI>
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170 </UL>
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171 <LI><A HREF="video.html#tv-out">2.3.1.5 TV-out support</A>
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174 <LI><A HREF="video.html#tv-out_matrox_g450">2.3.1.5.2 Matrox G450/G550 cards</A></LI>
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175 <LI><A HREF="video.html#tv-out_ati">2.3.1.5.3 ATI cards</A></LI>
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176 <LI><A HREF="video.html#tv-out_voodoo">2.3.1.5.4 Voodoo 3</A></LI>
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177 <LI><A HREF="video.html#tv-out_nvidia">2.3.1.5.5 nVidia</A></LI>
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179 </LI>
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181 <LI><A HREF="sound.html">2.3.2 Audio output devices</A>
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183 <LI><A HREF="sound.html#sync">2.3.2.1 Description of MPlayer's A/V sync method</A></LI>
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184 <LI><A HREF="sound.html#experiences">2.3.2.2 Sound card experiences, recommendations</A></LI>
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185 <LI><A HREF="sound.html#plugins">2.3.2.3 Audio plugins</A>
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187 <LI><A HREF="sound.html#resample">2.3.2.3.1 Up/Downsampling</A></LI>
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188 <LI><A HREF="sound.html#surround_decoding">2.3.2.3.2 Surround Sound decoding</A></LI>
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189 <LI><A HREF="sound.html#format">2.3.2.3.3 Sample format converter</A></LI>
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190 <LI><A HREF="sound.html#delay">2.3.2.3.4 Delay</A></LI>
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191 <LI><A HREF="sound.html#volume">2.3.2.3.5 Software volume control</A></LI>
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192 <LI><A HREF="sound.html#extrastereo">2.3.2.3.6 Extrastereo</A></LI>
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193 <LI><A HREF="sound.html#normalizer">2.3.2.3.7 Volume Normalizer</A></LI>
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196 </UL>
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197 </LI>
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198 </UL>
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200 <LI><A HREF="encoding.html">2.4 Encoding with MEncoder</A>
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202 <LI><A HREF="encoding.html#2pass">2.4.1 Encoding 2 or 3-pass DivX4</A></LI>
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203 <LI><A HREF="encoding.html#rescaling">2.4.2 Rescaling movies</A></LI>
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204 <LI><A HREF="encoding.html#copying">2.4.3 Stream copying</A></LI>
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205 <LI><A HREF="encoding.html#fixing">2.4.4 Fixing AVIs with broken index</A></LI>
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206 <LI><A HREF="encoding.html#libavcodec">2.4.5 Encoding with the libavcodec codec family</A></LI>
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207 <LI><A HREF="encoding.html#image_files">2.4.6 Encoding from multiple input image files (JPEGs or PNGs)</A></LI>
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208 <LI><A HREF="encoding.html#vobsub">2.4.7 Extracting DVD subtitles to a Vobsub file</A></LI>
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209 <LI><A HREF="encoding.html#aspect">2.4.8 Preserving aspect ratio</A></LI>
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211 </LI>
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212 <LI><A HREF="#tv">2.5 TV input</A>
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215 <LI><A HREF="#tv_tips">2.5.2 Usage tips</A></LI>
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216 <LI><A HREF="#tv_examples">2.5.3 Examples</A></LI>
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219 </UL>
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221 <LI><A HREF="#usage">3. Usage</A>
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223 <LI><A HREF="#command_line">3.1 Command line</A></LI>
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224 <LI><A HREF="#control">3.2 Control</A>
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226 <LI><A HREF="#controls_configuration">3.2.1 Controls configuration</A>
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227 <UL>
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229 <LI><A HREF="#commands">3.2.1.2 Commands</A></LI>
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231 </LI>
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232 <LI><A HREF="#lirc">3.2.2 Control from LIRC</A></LI>
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233 <LI><A HREF="#slave">3.2.3 Slave mode</A></LI>
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234 </UL>
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236 <LI><A HREF="#streaming">3.3 Streaming from network or pipes</A></LI>
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237 </UL>
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239 <LI><A HREF="cd-dvd.html">4. CD/DVD section</A>
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240 <UL>
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241 <LI><A HREF="cd-dvd.html#drives">4.1 CD/DVD drives</A></LI>
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242 <LI><A HREF="cd-dvd.html#dvd">4.2 DVD playback</A></LI>
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243 <LI><A HREF="cd-dvd.html#vcd">4.3 VCD playback</A></LI>
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244 </UL>
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246 <LI><A HREF="faq.html">5. FAQ section</A>
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249 <LI><A HREF="faq.html#general">5.2 General questions</A></LI>
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250 <LI><A HREF="faq.html#playback">5.3 playback problems</A></LI>
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251 <LI><A HREF="faq.html#driver">5.4 Video/audio driver problems (vo/ao)</A></LI>
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252 <LI><A HREF="faq.html#dvd">5.5 DVD playback</A></LI>
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253 <LI><A HREF="faq.html#features">5.6 Feature requests</A></LI>
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254 <LI><A HREF="faq.html#encoding">5.7 Encoding</A></LI>
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257 <LI><A HREF="#ports">6. Ports</A>
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263 <LI><A HREF="#openbsd">6.2.2 OpenBSD</A></LI>
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266 <LI><A HREF="#strongarm">6.4 StrongARM</A></LI>
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267 <LI><A HREF="#sgi">6.5 Silicon Graphics / Irix</A></LI>
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268 <LI><A HREF="#qnx">6.6 QNX</A></LI>
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269 <LI><A HREF="#cygwin">6.7 Cygwin</A></LI>
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272 <LI><A HREF="#mailing_lists">Appendix A - Mailing lists</A></LI>
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274 <UL>
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275 <LI><A HREF="tech/patches.txt">Appendix B2 - How to send patches</A></LI>
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276 </UL>
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277 </LI>
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278 <LI><A HREF="#known_bugs">Appendix C - Known bugs</A></LI>
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279 <LI><A HREF="skin-en.html">Appendix D - MPlayer skin format</A></LI>
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280 <LI><A HREF="users_against_developers.html">Appendix E - Developer Cries</A>
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281 <UL>
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282 <LI><A HREF="users_against_developers.html#gcc">GCC 2.96</A></LI>
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283 <LI><A HREF="users_against_developers.html#binary">Binary distribution</A></LI>
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284 <LI><A HREF="users_against_developers.html#nvidia">nVidia</A></LI>
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285 <LI><A HREF="users_against_developers.html#barr">Joe Barr</A></LI>
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286 </UL>
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287 </LI>
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288 </UL>
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290 <HR>
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294 <H1><A NAME="reading">0. How to read this documentation</A></H1>
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295
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296 <P>If you are a first-time installer: be sure to read everything from here to
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297 the end of the Installation section, and follow the links you will find. If
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298 you have any other questions, return to the Table of Contents and
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299 search for the topic, read the <A HREF="faq.html">FAQ</A>, or try grepping
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300 through the files.</P>
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301
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302 <P>The main rule of this documentation: if it's not documented, it
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303 <U>does not exist</U>. If I don't say you encode audio from TV tuner, you
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304 can't. A healthy quantity of combining ability is welcomed, though.
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305 Good luck. You'll need it :) And for another good advice, let me quote
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306 Chris Phillips from the
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307 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/">mplayer-users</A>
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308 mailing list:</P>
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309
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310 <BLOCKQUOTE>
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311 I said a while ago that there is such a difference between a newbie and
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312 a dumbass. No matter what you actually know about a system (linux, cars,
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313 girls :D) you should ALWAYS be able to take a step back and be objective,
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314 otherwise, you're just dumb IMHO. A girl i live with assumed the vacuum
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315 cleaner was broken because it didn't suck things up. never thought to change
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316 the bag, becasue she'd never done it before... now that's just stupid, not a
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317 case of simply not knowing what to do... Simply not being that familiar with
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318 your surroundings is no excuse for a) laziness and b) ignorance. So many
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319 people seem to see the word "error" and then stop... few seem to actually
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320 read the words on the OTHER side of the colon.
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321 </BLOCKQUOTE>
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323
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325 <H1><A NAME="introduction">1. Introduction</A></H1>
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326
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327
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328 <P>MPlayer is a movie player for LINUX (runs on many other Unices, and
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329 <B>non-x86</B> CPUs, see the <A HREF="#ports">ports section</A>). It plays most
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330 MPEG, VOB, AVI, OGG/OGM, VIVO, ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4, FLI, RM, NuppelVideo, yuv4mpeg,
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331 FILM, RoQ, PVA files, supported by many native, XAnim, RealPlayer, and
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332 Win32 DLL codecs. You can watch <B>VideoCD</B>, <B>SVCD</B>, <B>DVD</B>,
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333 <B>3ivx</B>, <B>RealMedia</B>, and <B>DivX</B> movies too (and you don't need
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334 the avifile
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335 library at all!). Another big feature of MPlayer is the wide range of
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336 supported output drivers. It works with X11, Xv, DGA, OpenGL, SVGAlib, fbdev,
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337 AAlib, DirectFB, but you can also use GGI and SDL (and this way all their
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338 drivers) and some lowlevel card-specific drivers (for Matrox, 3Dfx and Radeon,
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339 Mach64, Permedia3) too! Most
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340 of them supports software or hardware scaling, so you can enjoy movies in
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341 fullscreen. MPlayer supports displaying through some hardware MPEG
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342 decoder boards, such as the <B><A HREF="video.html#dvb">DVB</A></B> and
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343 <B><A HREF="video.html#dxr3">DXR3/Hollywood+</A></B>. And what about the nice big antialiased
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344 shaded subtitles (<B>10 supported types</B>) with European/ISO 8859-1,2
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345 (Hungarian, English, Czech, etc), Cyrillic, Korean fonts, and the onscreen
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346 display (OSD)?</P>
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347
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348 <P>The player is rock solid playing damaged MPEG files (useful for some VCDs),
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349 and it plays bad AVI files which are unplayable with the famous
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350 windows media player. Even AVI files without index chunk are playable, and
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351 you can temporarily rebuild their indexes with the <CODE>-idx</CODE> option, or
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352 permanently with MEncoder, thus enabling seeking!
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353 As you see, stability and quality are the most important things,
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354 but the speed is also amazing.</P>
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356 <P>MEncoder (MPlayer's Movie Encoder) is a simple movie encoder,
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357 designed to encode MPlayer-playable movies
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358 (<B>AVI/ASF/OGG/DVD/VCD/VOB/MPG/MOV/VIV/FLI/RM/NUV/NET/PVA</B>) to other
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359 MPlayer-playable formats (see below). It can encode with various codecs, like
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360 <B>DivX4</B> (1 or 2 passes), libavcodec,
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361 <B>PCM</B>/<B>MP3</B>/<B>VBR MP3</B> audio. Also has powerful plugin system
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362 for video manipulation.</P>
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363
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364 <H4>MEncoder features</H4>
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366 <UL>
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367 <LI>encoding from the wide range of fileformats and decoders of MPlayer</LI>
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368 <LI>encoding to all the codecs of ffmpeg's
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369 <A HREF="codecs.html#libavcodec">libavcodec</A></LI>
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370 <LI>video encoding from <B>V4L compatible TV tuners</B></LI>
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371 <LI>encoding/multiplexing to interleaved AVI files with proper index</LI>
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372 <LI>creating files from external audio stream</LI>
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373 <LI>1, 2 or 3 pass encoding</LI>
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374 <LI><B>VBR</B> MP3 audio - <B>IMPORTANT NOTE:</B> VBR MP3 audio doesn't
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375 always play nicely on Windows players! On the other hand, currently
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376 MEncoder's CBR encoding is totally broken on Win32 players :)</LI>
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377 <LI>PCM audio</LI>
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378 <LI>stream copying</LI>
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379 <LI>input A/V synchronizing (PTS-based, can be disabled with -mc 0 option)</LI>
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380 <LI>FPS correction with <CODE>-ofps</CODE> option (useful when encoding
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381 29.97fps VOB to 24fps AVI)</LI>
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382 <LI>using our very powerful plugin system (crop, expand, flip, postprocess,
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383 rotate, scale, rgb/yuv conversion)</LI>
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384 <LI>can encode DVD/VOBsub <B>AND</B> text subtitles into the output file</LI>
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385 <LI>can rip DVD subtitles to Vobsub format</LI>
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386 </UL>
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387
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388 <H4>Planned features</H4>
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389
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390 <UL>
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391 <LI>even wider variety of available en/decoding formats/codecs
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392 (creating VOB files with DivX4/Indeo5/VIVO streams :)</LI>
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393 <LI>audio encoding from v4l (DONE for FreeBSD ?)</LI>
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394 </UL>
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395
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396 <P>MPlayer and MEncoder can be distributed under the terms of the GNU General
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397 Public License Version 2.</P>
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398
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399
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400 <H2><A NAME="history">1.1 History</A></H2>
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402 <P>This began a year ago...
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403 I (A'rpi) have tried lots of players under linux (mtv,xmps,dvdview,livid/oms,videolan,
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404 xine,xanim,avifile,xmmp) but they all have some problem. Mostly with special
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405 files or with audio/video sync. Most of them is unable to play both MPEG1,
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406 MPEG2 and AVI (DivX) files. Many players have image quality or speed problems
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407 too. So I've decided to write/modify one...</P>
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409 <UL>
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410 <LI><B>mpg12play v0.1-v0.3:</B> Sep 22-25, 2000<BR>
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411 The first try, hacked together in a half hour!
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413 but there were image quality and speed problems with it.</LI>
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414 <LI><B>mpg12play v0.5-v0.87:</B> Sep 28-Oct 20, 2000<BR>
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415 Mpeg codec replaced with DVDview by Dirk Farin, it was a great stuff,
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416 but it was slow and was written in C++ (I hate C++!!!)</LI>
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417 <LI><B>mpg12play v0.9-v0.95pre5:</B> Oct 21-Nov 2, 2000<BR>
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418 Mpeg codec was libmpeg2 (mpeg2dec) by Aaron Holtzman &amp; Michel Lespinasse.
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419 It's great, optimized very fast C code with perfect image quality and
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420 100% MPEG standard conformance.</LI>
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421 <LI><B>MPlayer v0.01:</B> Nov 11, 2000<BR>
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422 TODO: A'rpi, would you say some words here? :)</LI>
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423 <LI><B>MPlayer v0.3-v0.9:</B> Nov 18-Dec 4, 2000<BR>
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424 It was a pack of two programs: mpg12play v0.95pre6 and my new simple AVI
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425 player 'avip' based on avifile's Win32 DLL loader.</LI>
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426 <LI><B>MPlayer v0.10:</B> Jan 1, 2001<BR>
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427 The MPEG and AVI player in a single binary!</LI>
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428 <LI><B>MPlayer v0.11pre series:</B><BR>
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429 Some new developers joined and from 0.11 the mplayer project is a team-work!
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430 Added .ASF file support, and OpenDivX (see www.projectmayo.com) en/decoding.</LI>
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431 <LI><B>MPlayer v0.17a "The IdegCounter"</B> Apr 27, 2001<BR>
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432 The release version of the 0.11pre after 4 months of heavy development!
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433 Try it, and be amazed! Thousands of new features added... and of course
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434 old code was improved too, bugs removed etc.</LI>
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435 <LI><B>MPlayer 0.18 "The BugCounter"</B> Jul 9, 2001<BR>
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436 2 months since 0.17 and here's a new release.. Completed ASF support,
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437 more subtitle formats, introduced libao (similar to libvo but to audio),
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438 even more stable than ever, and so on. It's a MUST!</LI>
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439 <LI><B>MPlayer 0.50 "The Faszom(C)ounter"</B> Oct 8, 2001<BR>
2002
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440 Hmm. Release again. Tons of new features, beta GUI version, bugs fixed,
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441 new vo and ao drivers, ported to many systems, including opensource DivX
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442 codecs and much more. Try it!</LI>
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443 <LI><B>MPlayer 0.60 "The RTFMCounter"</B> Jan 3, 2002<BR>
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444 MOV/VIVO/RM/FLI/NUV fileformats support, native CRAM, Cinepak, ADPCM codecs,
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445 and support for XAnim's binary codecs; DVD subtitles support, first
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446 release of MEncoder, TV grabbing, cache, liba52, countless fixes.</LI>
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447 <LI><B>MPlayer 0.90pre10 "The BirthdayCounter"</B> Nov 11, 2002<BR>
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448 Although this is not a release, I am going to mention it because it
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449 came out 2 years after MPlayer v0.01. Happy birthday, MPlayer!</LI>
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450 <LI><B>MPlayer 0.90 "?"</B> Date yet unknown</LI>
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451 </UL>
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452
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453
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454 <H2><A NAME="installation">1.2 Installation</A></H2>
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455
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456 <P>In this chapter I'll try to guide you through the compiling and
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457 configuring process of MPlayer. It's not easy, but it won't necessarily
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458 be hard. If you experience a different behavior than what I explain, please
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459 search through this documentation and you'll find your answers. If you
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460 see links, please follow them and read carefully what they contain. It
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461 will take some time, but it DOES worth it.</P>
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462
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463 <P>You need a fairly recent system. On Linux, 2.4.x kernels are recommended.</P>
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464
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465 <H4>Software requirements:</H4>
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466
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467 <UL>
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468 <LI><B>binutils</B> - suggested version is <B>2.11.x</B> . This program is
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469 responsible for generating MMX/3DNow!/etc instructions, thus very important.</LI>
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470 <LI><B>gcc</B> - suggested versions are: <B>2.95.3</B>, <B>2.95.4</B> and <B>3.1</B>.
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471 <B>NEVER</B> use 2.96 or 3.0.x! They generate faulty code for MPlayer.
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472 If you decide to change gcc from 2.96, then don't decide in favor of 3.0.x
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473 just because it's newer! Early releases of 3.0.x were even more buggy than
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474 2.96. So downgrade to 2.95.x (downgrade libstdc++ too, other programs may
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475 need it) or don't up/downgrade at all (but in this case, be prepared for
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476 runtime problems). If you vote for 3.x.x, try to use the latest version,
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477 early releases had various bugs, so be sure you use at least 3.1, it's
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478 tested and working. For detailed information about gcc 2.96's bugs (that are
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479 still NOT fixed, they have been WORKED AROUND in MPlayer!), see the
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480 <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#gcc">gcc 2.96</A> section and the
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481 <A HREF="faq.html">FAQ</A>.</LI>
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482 <LI><B>XFree86</B> - suggested version is <B>always the newest (4.2.1)</B>.
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483 Normally, everyone wants this, as starting with XFree86 4.0.2, it contains
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484 the <A HREF="video.html#xv">XVideo</A> extension (somewhere referred to
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485 as <B>Xv</B>) which is needed to enable the hardware YUV acceleration (fast
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486 image display) on cards that support it.<BR>
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487 Make sure its <B>development package</B> is installed, too, otherwise
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488 it won't work.<BR>
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489 For some video cards you don't need XFree86. See list below.</LI>
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490 <LI><B>make</B> - suggested version is <B>always the newest</B> (at least 3.79.x). This
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491 usually isn't important.</LI>
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492 <LI><B>SDL</B> - it's not mandatory, but can help in some cases (bad audio,
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493 video cards that lag strangely with the xv driver). Always use the newest
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494 (beginning from 1.2.x).</LI>
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495 <LI><B>libjpeg</B> - optional JPEG decoder, used by -mf and some QT MOV files.
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496 Useful for both MPlayer and MEncoder if you plan to work with jpeg files.</LI>
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497 <LI><B>libpng</B> - recommended and default (M)PNG decoder. Required for GUI.
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498 Useful for both MPlayer and MEncoder.</LI>
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499 <LI><B>lame</B> - recommended, needed for encoding MP3 audio with MEncoder,
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500 suggested version is <B>always the newest</B> (at least 3.90).</LI>
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501 <LI><B>libogg</B> - optional, needed for playing OGG file format.</LI>
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502 <LI><B>libvorbis</B> - optional, needed for playing OGG Vorbis audio.</LI>
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503 <LI><B><A HREF="http://www.live.com/mplayer/">LIVE.COM Streaming Media</A></B>
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504 - optional, needed for playing RTSP/RTP streams.</LI>
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505 <LI><B>directfb</B> - optional, from
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506 <A HREF="http://www.directfb.org">http://www.directfb.org</A></LI>
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507 <LI><B>cdparanoia</B> - optional, for CDDA support</LI>
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508 <LI><B>libfreetype</B> - optional, for TTF fonts support. At least 2.0.9 is
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509 required.</LI>
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510 </UL>
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511
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512 <H4>Codecs:</H4>
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513
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514 <UL>
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515 <LI><B>libavcodec</B>: This codec package is capable of decoding
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516 H263/MJPEG/RV10/DivX3/DivX4/DivX5/MP41/MP42/WMV1 encoded video streams and
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517 WMA (Windows Media Audio) v1/v2 audio streams, on
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518 multiple platforms. It is also known to be the fastest for this task.
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519 See the <A HREF="codecs.html#libavcodec">libavcodec</A> section for details.
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520 Features:<BR>
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521 <UL>
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522 <LI>gain decoding of videos mentioned above, on non-x86 machines</LI>
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523 <LI>encoding with most of the mentioned codecs</LI>
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524 <LI>this codec is the <B>fastest codec available</B> for DivX/3/4/5 and
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525 other MPEG4 types. Recommended!</LI>
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526 </UL>
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527 </LI>
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528 <LI><B>Win32 codecs</B>: If you plan to use MPlayer on x86
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529 architecture, you will possibly need them. Download and unzip w32codecs.zip
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530 to /usr/lib/win32 <B>BEFORE</B> compiling MPlayer, otherwise no Win32
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531 support will be compiled!<BR>
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532 <B>Note:</B> the avifile project has a similar codecs package, but it differs
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533 from ours. If you want to use all supported codecs, then install our package
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534 (do not worry, avifile works with it without problems). Features:<BR>
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535 <UL>
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536 <LI>you need this if you want to play or encode for example movies recorded
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537 with various hardware compressors, like tuner cards, digital cameras
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538 (example: DV, ATI VCR, MJPEG)</LI>
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539 <LI>needed if you want to play <B>WMV8 movies</B>. Not needed for old
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540 ASF's with MP41 or MP42 video (though VoxWare audio is frequent for these
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541 files - it's done by the Win32 codec), or WMV7. Also not needed
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542 for WMA (Windows Media Audio), libavcodec has opensource decoder
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543 for that.</LI>
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544 </UL>
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545 </LI>
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546 <LI><B>DivX4/DivX5</B>: information about this codec is available in the
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547 <A HREF="codecs.html#divx">DivX4/DivX5</A> section. You possibly don't want
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548 this codec as <B>libavcodec</B> (see above) is much faster and has better
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549 quality than this, for both decoding and encoding.<BR>
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550 Features:
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551 <UL>
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552 <LI>1 pass or 2 pass encoding with
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553 <A HREF="encoding.html">MEncoder</A></LI>
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554 <LI>can play old <B>DivX3</B> movies much faster than the Win32 DLL but
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555 slower than <B>libavcodec</B>!</LI>
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556 <LI>it's closed-source, and only an x86 version is available.</LI>
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557 </UL>
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558 </LI>
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559 <LI><B>XviD</B>: Open source encoding alternative to Divx4Linux<BR>
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560 Features:
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561 <UL>
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562 <LI>1 pass or 2 pass encoding with
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563 <A HREF="encoding.html">MEncoder</A></LI>
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564 <LI>it's open-source, so it's multiplatform.</LI>
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565 <LI>it's about 2 times faster than DivX4 when encoding - about the same
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566 quality</LI>
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567 </UL>
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568 </LI>
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569 <LI>The <A HREF="codecs.html#xanim">XAnim codecs</A> are the best (full
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570 screen, hardware YUV zoom) for decoding <B>3ivx</B> and Indeo 3/4/5 movies,
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571 and some old formats. And they are multiplatform, so this is the only way to
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572 play Indeo on non-x86 platforms (well, apart from using XAnim:). But for
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573 example Cinepak movies are best played with MPlayer's own Cinepak
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574 decoder!</LI>
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575 <LI>For <B>Ogg Vorbis</B> audio decoding you need to install
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576 <CODE>libvorbis</CODE> properly. Use deb/rpm packages if available, or
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577 compile from
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578 <A HREF="http://ogg.org/ogg/vorbis/download/vorbis_nightly_cvs.tgz">source</A>
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579 (this is a nightly updated tarball of Vorbis CVS).</LI>
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580 <LI>MPlayer can use the libraries of RealPlayer 8 or RealONE to play
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581 files with <B>RealVideo 2.0 - 4.0</B> video, and Sipro/Cook audio. See
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582 <A HREF="formats.html#real">RealMedia file format</A> section for
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583 installation instructions and more information.</LI>
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584 </UL>
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585
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586 <H4>Video Cards</H4>
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587
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588 <P>There are generally two kind of video cards. One kind (the newer cards) has
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589 <B>hardware scaling and YUV acceleration</B> support, the other cards don't.</P>
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590
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591 <H4>YUV cards</H4>
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592
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593 <P>They can display and scale (zoom) the picture to any size that fits in
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594 their memory, with <B>small CPU usage</B> (even when zooming), thus
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595 fullscreen playing is nice and very fast.</P>
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596
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597 <UL>
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598 <LI><B>Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550 cards</B>: although a
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599 <A HREF="video.html#vidix">Vidix driver</A> is provided, it is recommended
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600 to use the mga_vid kernel module instead, for it works much better.
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601 Please see the <A HREF="video.html#mga_vid">mga_vid</A> section about its
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602 installation and usage. It is important to do these steps <I>before</I>
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603 compiling MPlayer, otherwise no mga_vid support will be built. Also
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604 check out the <A HREF="video.html#tv-out_matrox">Matrox TV-out</A> section.
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605 <U><B>If you don't use Linux</B></U>, your only possibility is the VIDIX
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606 driver: read the <A HREF="video.html#vidix">VIDIX</A> section.</LI>
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607 <LI><B>3Dfx Voodoo3/Banshee cards</B>: please see the
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608 <A HREF="video.html#tdfxfb">tdfxfb</A> section in order to gain big
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609 speedup. It is important to do these steps <B>before</B> compiling
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610 MPlayer, otherwise no 3Dfx support will be built. Also see the <A
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611 HREF="video.html#tv-out_voodoo">3dfx TV-out section</A>. If you use X, use
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612 <B>at least 4.2.0</B>, as the 3dfx Xv driver was broken in 4.1.0 and earlier
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613 releases.</LI>
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614 <LI><B>ATI cards</B>: <A HREF="video.html#vidix">Vidix driver</A> is
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615 provided for the following cards:
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616 <B>Radeon</B>, <B>Rage128</B>, <B>Mach64</B> (Rage XL/Mobility, Xpert98).
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617 Also see the <A HREF="video.html#tv-out_ati">ATI cards
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618 section</A> of the TV-out documentation, to know if you card's TV-out is
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619 supported under Linux/MPlayer.</LI>
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620 <LI><B>S3 cards</B>: the Savage and Virge/DX chips have hardware acceleration.
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621 Use as new XFree86 version as possible, older drivers are buggy. Savage chips
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622 have problems with YV12 display, see <A HREF="video.html#xv_s3">S3 Xv
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623 section</A> for details. Older, Trio cards have no, or slow hardware
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624 support.</LI>
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625 <LI><B>nVidia cards</B>: may or may not be good choice for video playing.
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626 If you do not have a GeForce2 (or newer) card, it's not likely to work
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627 without bugs.
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628 <B>The built-in nVidia driver in XFree86 does not support hardware YUV
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629 acceleration on all nVidia cards.</B> You have to download nVidia's
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630 closed-source drivers from nVidia.com. See the
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631 <A HREF="video.html#xv_nvidia">nVidia Xv driver</A> section for
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632 details. Please also check the <A HREF="video.html#tv-out_nvidia">nVidia
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633 TV-out section</A> if you wish to use a TV.</LI>
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634 <LI><B>3DLabs GLINT R3 and Permedia3</B>: a VIDIX driver is provided
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635 (pm3_vid). Please see the <A HREF="video.html#vidix">VIDIX</A> section for
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636 details.</LI>
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637 <LI><B>Other cards</B>: None of the above?
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638 <UL>
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639 <LI>Try if the XFree86 driver (and your card) supports hardware
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640 acceleration. See the <A HREF="video.html#xv">Xv section</A> for
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641 details.</LI>
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642 <LI>If it doesn't, then your card's video features aren't supported under
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643 your operating system :(<BR>
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644 If hardware scaling works under Windows, it doesn't mean it will work
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645 under Linux or other operating systems: it depends on the drivers. Most
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646 manufacturers neither make Linux drivers nor release specifications
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647 for their chips, so you are unlucky using their cards.
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648 See 'Non-YUV cards'.</LI>
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649 </UL>
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650 </LI>
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651 </UL>
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652
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653 <H4>Non-YUV cards</H4>
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654
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655 <P>Fullscreen playing can be achieved by either enabling <B>software scaling</B>
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656 (use the <CODE>-zoom</CODE> or <CODE>-vop scale</CODE>
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657 option, but I warn you: this is slow), or switching to a small resolution
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658 video mode, for example 352x288. If you don't have YUV acceleration, the
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659 latter method is recommended. Video mode switching can be enabled by
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660 using the <CODE>-vm</CODE> option and it works with the following drivers:</P>
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661
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662 <UL>
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663 <LI><B>using</B> XFree86: see the
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664 <A HREF="video.html#dga">DGA driver</A> and
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665 <A HREF="video.html#x11">X11 driver</A> sections for details. DGA is
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666 recommended! Also try DGA via SDL, sometimes it's better.</LI>
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667 <LI><B>not using</B> XFree86: try the drivers in the following order:
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668 <A HREF="video.html#vesa">vesa</A>,
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669 <A HREF="video.html#fbdev">fbdev</A>,
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670 <A HREF="video.html#svgalib">svgalib</A>,
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671 <A HREF="video.html#aalib">aalib</A>.</LI>
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672 </UL>
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673
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674 <H4>Some cards:</H4>
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675
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676 <UL>
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677 <LI><B>Cirrus Logic cards</B>:
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678 <UL>
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679 <LI>GD 7548: present on-board and tested in Compaq Armada 41xx notebook
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680 series.
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681 <UL>
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682 <LI>XFree86 3: works in 8/16bpp modes. However, the driver is
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683 dramatically slow and buggy in 800x600@16bpp.
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684 <B>Recommended: 640x480@16bpp</B></LI>
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685 <LI>XFree86 4: the Xserver freezes soon after start unless
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686 acceleration is disabled, but then the whole thing gets
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687 slower than XFree86 3. No XVideo.</LI>
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688 <LI>FBdev: framebuffer can be turned on with the <CODE>clgenfb</CODE>
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689 driver in the kernel, though for me it worked only in 8bpp, thus
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690 unusable. The clgenfb source had to be extended with the 7548 ID
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691 before compilation.</LI>
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692 <LI>VESA: the card is only VBE 1.2 capable, so VESA output can't be
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693 used. Can't be workarounded with UniVBE.</LI>
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694 <LI>SVGAlib: detects an older Cirrus chip. Usable but slow with
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695 <CODE>-bpp 8</CODE>.</LI>
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696 </UL>
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697 </LI>
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698 </UL>
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699 </LI>
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700 </UL>
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701
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702
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703 <H4>Sound cards:</H4>
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705 <UL>
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706 <LI><B>Soundblaster Live!</B>: with this card you can use 4 or 6 (<B>5.1</B>)
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707 channels AC3 decoding instead of 2. Read the
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708 <A HREF="codecs.html#software_ac3">Software AC3 decoding</A> section.
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709 For hardware AC3 passthrough you <B>must</B> use ALSA 0.9 with OSS emulation!</LI>
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710 <LI><B>C-Media with SP/DIF out</B>: hardware AC3 passthrough is possible
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711 with these cards, see
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712 <A HREF="codecs.html#hardware_ac3">Hardware AC3 decoding</A> section.</LI>
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713 <LI>Features of <B>other cards</B> aren't supported by MPlayer.
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714 <U>It's very recommended to read the <A HREF="sound.html">sound card
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715 section</A>!</U></LI>
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716 </UL>
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717
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718 <H4>Features:</H4>
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719
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720 <UL>
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721 <LI>Decide if you need GUI. If you do, see the <A HREF="#gui">GUI section</A>
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722 before compiling.</LI>
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723 <LI>If you want to install MEncoder (our great all-purpose encoder),
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724 see the <A HREF="encoding.html">MEncoder section</A>.</LI>
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725 <LI>If you have a V4L compatible <B>TV tuner</B> card, and wish to watch/grab
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726 and encode movies with MPlayer, read the <A HREF="#tv">TV input</A>
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727 section.</LI>
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728 <LI>There is a neat <B>OSD Menu</B> support ready to be used. Check the
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729 <A HREF="#menu">OSD Menu</A> section.</LI>
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730 </UL>
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731
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732 <P>Then build MPlayer:</P>
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733
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734 <PRE>
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735 ./configure
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736 make
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737 make install
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738 </PRE>
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739
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740 <P>At this point, MPlayer is ready to use. The directory
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741 <CODE>$PREFIX/share/mplayer</CODE> contains the <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>
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742 file, which is used to tell the program all the codecs and their
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743 capabilities. This file should always be kept up to date together with the
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744 main binary.<BR>
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745 Check if you have <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE> in your home directory
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746 (<CODE>~/.mplayer/codecs.conf</CODE>) left from old MPlayer versions, and remove it.</P>
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747
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748 <P><B>Debian users</B> can build a <CODE>.deb</CODE> package for themselves,
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749 it's very simple. Just exec <CODE>fakeroot debian/rules binary</CODE> in
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750 MPlayer's root directory. See
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751 <A HREF="documentation.html#debian">Debian packaging</A> for detailed
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752 instructions.</P>
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753
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754 <P><B>Always browse the output of <CODE>./configure</CODE></B>, and the
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755 <CODE>configure.log</CODE> file, they contain information about what will be
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756 built, and what will not. You may also want to view <CODE>config.h</CODE> and
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757 <CODE>config.mak</CODE> files.<BR>
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758 If you have some libraries installed, but not detected by
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759 <CODE>./configure</CODE>, then check if you also have the proper header files
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760 (usually the -dev packages) and their version matches. The
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761 <CODE>configure.log</CODE> file usually tells you what is missing.</P>
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762
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763 <P>Though not mandatory, the fonts should be installed in order to gain OSD,
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764 and subtitle functionality. Download <CODE>mp-arial-iso-8859-*.zip</CODE>
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765 and/or optional (if exists) language updates. See the
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766 <A HREF="#subtitles_osd">Subtitles and OSD</A> section for details.</P>
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767
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768 <PRE>
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769 mkdir ~/.mplayer
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770 cd ~/.mplayer
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771 unzip mp-arial-iso-8859-1.zip
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772 ln -s ~/.mplayer/iso-8859-1/arial-24 font
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773 </PRE>
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774
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775
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776 <H2><A NAME="gui">1.3 What about the GUI?</A></H2>
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777
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778 <P>The GUI needs GTK (it isn't GTK, but the panels are). The skins are stored
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779 in PNG format, so gtk, libpng (and their devel stuff) has to be installed.
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780 You can build it by specifying <CODE>--enable-gui</CODE> during
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781 <CODE>./configure</CODE>. Then, to turn on GUI mode, you either</P>
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782 <UL>
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783 <LI>specify <CODE>gui=yes</CODE> in your config file</LI>
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784 <LI><CODE>ln -s $PREFIX/bin/mplayer $PREFIX/bin/gmplayer</CODE> ,
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785 and call <CODE>gmplayer</CODE> instead.</LI>
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786 </UL>
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787
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788 <P>Currently you can't use the <CODE>-gui</CODE> option on the command line,
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789 due to technical reasons.</P>
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790
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791 <P>As MPlayer doesn't have a skin included, you have to download them if
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792 you want to use the GUI. See the
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793 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/dload.html">download page</A>.
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794 They should be extracted to the usual system-wide directory
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795 (<CODE>$PREFIX/share/mplayer/Skin</CODE>), or to
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796 <CODE>$HOME/.mplayer/Skin</CODE>. MPlayer by default looks in these
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797 directories for a directory named <I>default</I>, but you can use the
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798 <CODE>-skin newskin</CODE> option, or the <CODE>skin=newskin</CODE> config
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799 file directive to use the skin in <CODE>*/Skin/newskin</CODE> directory.</P>
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800
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801
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802 <H2><A NAME="subtitles_osd">1.4 Subtitles and OSD</A></H2>
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803
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804 <P>
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805 MPlayer can display subtitles along with movie files. Currently the following
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806 formats are supported:</P>
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807 <UL>
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808 <LI>VobSub</LI>
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809 <LI>Microdvd</LI>
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810 <LI>SubRip</LI>
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811 <LI>SubViewer</LI>
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812 <LI>Sami</LI>
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813 <LI>VPlayer</LI>
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814 <LI>RT</LI>
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815 <LI>SSA</LI>
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816 <LI>MPsub</LI>
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817 <LI>AQTitle</LI>
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818 </UL>
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819
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820 <P>MPlayer can dump the previously listed subtitle formats into the following
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821 destination formats, with the given options:</P>
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822
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823 <UL>
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824 <LI>MPsub: <CODE>-dumpmpsub</CODE></LI>
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825 <LI>SubRip: <CODE>-dumpsrtsub</CODE></LI>
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826 <LI>Microdvd: <CODE>-dumpmicrodvdsub</CODE></LI>
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827 </UL>
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828
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829 <P>The command line options differ slightly for the different formats:</P>
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830
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831 <H4>VobSub subtitles</H4>
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832
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833 <P>VobSub subtitles consist of a big (some megabytes) .SUB file, and optional
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834 .IDX and/or .IFO files.<BR>
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835 Usage: if you have files like <CODE>sample.sub</CODE>,
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836 <CODE>sample.ifo</CODE>, <CODE>sample.idx</CODE> - you have to pass the
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837 <CODE>-vobsub sample -vobsubid
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838 &lt;id&gt;</CODE> options (optionally with pathname, of course). The
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839 <CODE>-vobsubid</CODE> option is like <CODE>-sid</CODE> for DVDs, you can
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840 choose between subtitle tracks (languages) with it.</P>
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841
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842 <H4>Other subtitles</H4>
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843
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844 <P>The other formats consist of a single text file containing timing,
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845 placement and text information.<BR>
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846 Usage: if you have a file like <CODE>sample.txt</CODE>, you have to pass the
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847 option <CODE>-sub sample.txt</CODE> (optionally with pathname, of course).</P>
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848
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849 <H4>Adjusting subtitle timing and placement:</H4>
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850
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851 <DL>
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852 <DT><CODE>-subdelay &lt;sec&gt;</CODE></DT>
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853 <DD>Delays subtitles by &lt;sec&gt; seconds. Can be negative.</DD>
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854
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855 <DT><CODE>-subfps &lt;rate&gt;</CODE></DT>
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856 <DD>Specify frame/sec rate of subtitle file (float number)</DD>
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857
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858 <DT><CODE>-subpos &lt;0 - 100&gt;</CODE></DT>
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859 <DD>Specify the position of subtitles.</DD>
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860 </DL>
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861
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862 <P>If you experience a growing delay between the movie and the subtitles when
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863 using a MicroDVD subtitle file, most likely the frame rate of the movie and
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864 the subtitle file are different.<BR> Please note that the MicroDVD subtitle
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865 format uses absolute frame numbers for its timing, and therefore the
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866 <CODE>-subfps</CODE> option cannot be used with this format. As
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867 MPlayer has no way to guess the frame rate of the subtitle file, you
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868 have to manually convert the frame rate. There is a little perl script in the
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869 <CODE>contrib</CODE> directory of the MPlayer FTP site to do this conversion
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870 for you.</P>
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871
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872 <P>About DVD subtitles, read the <A HREF="cd-dvd.html#dvd">DVD section</A>.</P>
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873
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875 <H3><A NAME="mpsub">1.4.1 MPlayer's own subtitle format (MPsub)</A></H3>
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876
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877 <P>MPlayer introduces a new subtitle format called <B>MPsub</B>. It was
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878 designed by me (Gabucino). Basically its main feature is being
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879 <I>dynamically</I> time-based (although it has frame-based mode too). Example
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880 (from
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881 <A HREF="tech/mpsub.sub">DOCS/tech/mpsub.sub</A>):</P>
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882
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883 <P><CODE><I># first number : wait this much after previous subtitle disappeared<BR>
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884 # second number : display the current subtitle for this many seconds<BR>
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885 <BR>
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886 15 3<BR>
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887 A long long, time ago...<BR>
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888 <BR>
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889 0 3<BR>
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890 in a galaxy far away...<BR>
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891 <BR>
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892 0 3<BR>
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893 Naboo was under an attack.<BR></I></CODE></P>
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894
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895 <P>So you see, the main goal was to <B>make subtitle
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896 editing/timing/joining/cutting easy</B>. And, if you - say - get an SSA
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897 subtitle but it's badly timed/delayed to your version of the movie, you
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898 simply do a <CODE>mplayer dummy.avi -sub source.ssa -dumpmpsub</CODE>.
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899 A <CODE>dump.mpsub</CODE> file will be created in the current directory,
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900 which will contain the source subtitle's text, but in <B>MPsub</B> format.
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901 Then you can freely add/subtract seconds to/from the subtitle.</P>
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902
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903 <P>Subtitles are displayed with a technique called <B>'OSD', On Screen
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904 Display</B>. OSD is used to display current time, volume bar, seek bar
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905 etc.</P>
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906
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907 <H3><A NAME="install_osd">1.4.2 Installing OSD and subtitles</A></H3>
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908
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909 <P>You need an MPlayer font package to be able to use OSD/SUB feature.
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910 There are many ways to get it:</P>
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911
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912 <UL>
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913 <LI>download ready-to-use font packages from MPlayer site.
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914 Note: currently available fonts are limited for iso 8859-1/2 support,
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915 but there are some other (including Korean, Russian, 8859-8 etc) fonts
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916 at contrib/font section of FTP, made by users.<BR>
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917 <BR>
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918 Font should have appropriate font.desc file which maps unicode font
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919 positions to the actual code page of the subtitles text. Other solution is
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920 to have subtitles encoded in utf8 encoding and use <CODE>-utf8</CODE>
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921 option or just name the subtitles file &lt;video_name&gt;.utf and have it
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922 in the same dir as the video file. Recoding from different codepages to
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923 utf8 could be done by using konwert (Debian) or iconv (Red Hat)
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924 programs.<BR>
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925 Some URLs:
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926 <UL>
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927 <LI><A HREF="ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/">ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/</A> - ISO fonts</LI>
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928 <LI><A HREF="ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/contrib/fonts/">ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/contrib/fonts/</A> - various fonts by users</LI>
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929 <LI><A HREF="http://realtime.ssu.ac.kr/~lethean/mplayer/">http://realtime.ssu.ac.kr/~lethean/mplayer/</A> - Korean fonts &amp; RAW plugin</LI>
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930 </UL>
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931 </LI>
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932 <LI>use the font generator tool at TOOLS/subfont-c
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933 It's a complete tool to convert from TTF/Type1/etc font to mplayer font pkg.
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934 (read TOOLS/subfont-c/README for details)</LI>
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935 <LI>use the font generator GIMP plugin at TOOLS/subfont-GIMP
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936 (note: you must have HSI RAW plugin too, see URL below)</LI>
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937 <LI>using a TrueType (TTF) font, by the means of the <B>freetype</B>
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938 library. Version 2.0.9 or greater is mandatory! TODO: complete this</LI>
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939 </UL>
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940
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941 <P>After that, UNZIP the file you downloaded to <CODE>~/.mplayer</CODE> or
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942 <CODE>$PREFIX/share/mplayer</CODE>. Then rename or symlink one of them to
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943 <CODE>font</CODE> (like: <CODE>ln -s ~/.mplayer/arial-24
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944 ~/.mplayer/font</CODE>). Now you have to see a timer at the upper left corner
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945 of the movie (switch it off with the "o" key).</P>
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946
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947 <P>OSD has 3 states: (switch with 'o')</P>
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948
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949 <UL>
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950 <LI>timer + volume bar + seek bar + subtitles</LI>
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951 <LI>volume bar + seek bar + subtitles (default)</LI>
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952 <LI>subtitles only</LI>
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953 </UL>
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954
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955 <P>You can change default behaviour by setting <CODE>osdlevel=</CODE> variable
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956 in config file.</P>
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957
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958
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959 <H3><A NAME="menu">1.4.3 OSD menu</A></H3>
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960
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961 <P>MPlayer has a completely user definiable OSD Menu interface.</P>
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962
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963 <H4>Installation</H4>
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964
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965 <OL>
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966 <LI>compile MPlayer by passing the <CODE>--enable-new-conf
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967 --enable-menu</CODE> parameters to <CODE>./configure</CODE></LI>
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968 <LI>make sure you have an OSD font installed</LI>
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969 <LI>copy <CODE>etc/menu.conf</CODE> to your <CODE>.mplayer</CODE>
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970 directory</LI>
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971 <LI>copy <CODE>etc/input.conf</CODE> to your <CODE>.mplayer</CODE>
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972 directory, or to the system-wide MPlayer config dir (default:
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973 <CODE>/usr/local/etc/mplayer</CODE>)</LI>
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974 <LI>check and edit <CODE>input.conf</CODE> to enable menu movement
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975 keys (it is described there).</LI>
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976 <LI>start MPlayer by the following example:<BR>
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977 <CODE>$ mplayer -menu file.avi</CODE></LI>
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978 <LI>push any menu key you defined</LI>
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979 </OL>
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980
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981 <P>
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982
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983
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984 <H2><A NAME="rtc">1.5 RTC</A></H2>
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985
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986 There are three timing methods in MPlayer.
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987
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988 <UL>
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989 <LI><B>To use the old method</B>, you don't have to do anything. It uses
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990 <CODE>usleep()</CODE> to tune A/V sync, with +/- 10ms accuracy. However
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991 sometimes the sync has to be tuned even finer.</LI>
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992 <LI><B>The new timer</B> code uses PC's RTC (Real Time Clock) for this task,
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993 because it has precise 1ms timers. It is automagically enabled when
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994 available, but requires root privileges, a <I>setuid root</I>
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995 MPlayer binary or a properly set up kernel.
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996 <BR>
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997 If you are running kernel 2.4.19pre8 or later you can adjust the maximum
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998 RTC frequency for normal users through the <CODE>/proc</CODE> filesystem.
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999 Use this command to enable RTC for normal users:
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1000 <P>
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1001 <CODE>echo 1024 &gt; /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq</CODE>
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1002 </P>
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1003 If you do not have such a new kernel, you can also change one line in
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1004 <CODE>drivers/char/rtc.c</CODE> and recompile your kernel. Find the
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1005 section that reads
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1006 <PRE>
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1007 * We don't really want Joe User enabling more
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1008 * than 64Hz of interrupts on a multi-user machine.
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1009 */
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1010 if ((rtc_freq &gt; 64) &amp;&amp; (!capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE)))
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1011 </PRE>
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1012 and change the 64 to 1024. You should really know what you are doing, though.
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1013 <BR>
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1014 You can see the new timer's efficiency in the status line.
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1015 <BR>
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1016 The power management functions of some notebook BIOSes with speedstep CPUs
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1017 interact badly with RTC. Audio and video may get out of sync. Plugging the
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1018 external power connector in before you power up your notebook seems to help.
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1019 You can always turn off RTC support with the <CODE>-nortc</CODE> switch.
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1020 In some hardware combinations (confirmed during usage of non-DMA DVD
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1021 drive on an ALi1541 board) usage of the RTC timer causes skippy playback.
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1022 It's recommended to use the third method in these cases.</LI>
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1023 <LI><B>The third timer code</B> is turned on with the <CODE>-softsleep</CODE>
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1024 option. It has the efficiency of the RTC, but it doesn't use RTC. On the other
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1025 hand, it requires more CPU.</LI>
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1026 </UL>
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1027
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1028 <B>Note:</B> <B>NEVER install a setuid root MPlayer binary on a multiuser system!</B>
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1029 It's a clear way for everyone to become root.
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1030
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1031
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1032
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1033 <H1><A NAME="features">2. Features</A></H1>
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1034
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1035
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1036 <H2><A NAME="formats">2.1</A> <A HREF="formats.html">Supported formats</A></H2>
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1037
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1038
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1039 <H2><A NAME="codecs">2.2</A> <A HREF="codecs.html">Supported codecs</A></H2>
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1040
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1041
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1042 <H2><A NAME="output">2.3</A> <A HREF="video.html">Video</A> &amp; <A HREF="sound.html">Audio</A> output devices</H2>
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1043
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1044
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1045 <H2><A NAME="encoding">2.4</A> <A HREF="encoding.html">MEncoder - An All-Purpose Encoder</A></H2>
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1046
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1047
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1048 <H2><A NAME="tv"><B>2.5 TV input</B></A></H2>
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1049
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1050 <P>This section is about how to enable <B>watching/grabbing from V4L compatible
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1051 TV tuner</B>. See the man page for a description of TV options and keyboard
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1052 controls.</P>
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1053
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1054 <H3><A NAME="tv_compilation">2.5.1 Compilation</A></H3>
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1055
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1056 <OL>
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1057 <LI>First, you have to recompile. <CODE>./configure</CODE> will autodetect
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1058 kernel headers of v4l stuff and the existence of <CODE>/dev/video*</CODE>
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1059 entries. If they exist, TV support will be built (see the output of
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1060 <CODE>./configure</CODE>).</LI>
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1061 <LI>Make sure your tuner works with another TV software in Linux, for example
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1062 xawtv.</LI>
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1063 </OL>
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1064
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1065 <H3><A NAME="tv_tips">2.5.2 Usage tips</A></H3>
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1066
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1067 The full listing of the options is available on the manual page. Here
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1068 are just a few tips:
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1069
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1070 <UL>
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1071 <LI>Choose some sane image dimensions. The dimensions of the resulting image
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1072 should be divisible by 16.</LI>
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1073 <LI>If you capture the video with the vertical resolution higher than half of
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1074 the full resolution (i.e. 288 for PAL or 240 for NTSC), make sure you
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1075 turned deinterlacing on. Otherwise you'll get a movie which is distorted
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1076 during fast-motion scenes and the bitrate controller will be probably even
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1077 unable to retain the specified bitrate as the interlacing artifacts produce
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1078 high amount of detail and thus consume lot of bandwidth. You can enable
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1079 deinterlacing with <CODE>-vop pp=DEINT_TYPE</CODE>. Usually
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1080 <CODE>pp=lb</CODE> does a good job, but it can be matter of personal
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1081 preference. See other deinterlacing algorithms in the manual and give it a
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1082 try.</LI>
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1083 <LI>Crop out the dead space. When you capture the video, the areas at the
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1084 edges are usually black or contain some noise. These again consume lots of
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1085 unnecessary bandwidth. More precisely it's not the black areas themselves
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1086 but the sharp transitions between the black and the brighter video image
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1087 which do but that's not important for now. Before you start capturing,
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1088 adjust the arguments of the <CODE>crop</CODE> option so that all the crap
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1089 at the margins is cropped out. Again, don't forget to keep the resulting
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1090 dimensions sane.</LI>
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1091 <LI>Watch out for CPU load. It shouldn't cross the 90% boundary for most of
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1092 the time. If you have a large capture buffer, MEncoder can survive an
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1093 overload for few seconds but nothing more. It's better to turn off the 3D
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1094 OpenGL screensavers and similar stuff.</LI>
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1095 <LI>Don't mess with the system clock. MEncoder uses the system clock for
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1096 doing A/V sync. If you adjust the system clock (especially backwards in
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1097 time), MEncoder gets confused and you will lose frames. This is an
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1098 important issue if you are hooked to a network and run some time
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1099 synchronization software like NTP. You have to turn NTP off during the
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1100 capture process if you want to capture reliably.</LI>
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1101 <LI>Don't change the <CODE>outfmt</CODE> unless you know what you are doing
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1102 or your card/driver really doesn't support the default (YV12 colorspace).
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1103 In the older versions of MPlayer/MEncoder it was necessary to specify the
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1104 output format. This issue should be fixed in the current releases and
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1105 <CODE>outfmt</CODE> isn't required anymore, and the default suits the most
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1106 purposes. For example, if you are capturing into DivX using libavcodec and
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1107 specify <CODE>outfmt=RGB24</CODE> in order to increase the quality of the
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1108 captured images, the captured image will be actually later converted back
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1109 into YV12 so the only thing you achieve is a massive waste of CPU power.
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1110 </LI>
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1111 <LI>To specify the I420 colorspace (<CODE>outfmt=i420</CODE>), you have to
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1112 add an option <CODE>-vc rawi420</CODE> due to a fourcc conflict with an
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1113 Intel Indeo video codec.</LI>
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1114 <LI>There are several ways of capturing audio. You can grab the sound either
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1115 using your soundcard via an external cable connection between video card
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1116 and line-in, or using the built-in ADC in the bt878 chip. In the latter
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1117 case, you have to load the <b>btaudio</b> driver. Read the
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1118 <CODE>linux/Documentation/sound/btaudio</CODE> file (in the kernel tree,
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1119 not MPlayer's) for some instructions on using this driver.</LI>
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1120 <LI>If MEncoder cannot open the audio device, make sure that it is really
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1121 available. There can be some trouble with the sound servers like arts
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1122 (KDE) or esd (GNOME). If you have a full duplex soundcard (almost any
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1123 decent card supports it today), and you are using KDE, try to check the
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1124 "full duplex" option in the sound server preference menu.</LI>
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1125 </UL>
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1126
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1127 <H3><A NAME="tv_examples">2.5.3 Examples</A></H3>
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1128
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1129 <P>Dummy output, to AAlib :)<BR>
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1130 <CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mplayer -tv on:driver=dummy:width=640:height=480 -vo aa</CODE><BR>
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1131 <BR>
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1132 Input from standard V4L<BR>
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1133 <CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mplayer -tv
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1134 on:driver=v4l:width=640:height=480 -vo xv</CODE><BR>
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1135 <BR>
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1136
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1137 A more sophisticated example. This makes MEncoder capture the full
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1138 PAL image, crop the margins, and deinterlace the picture using
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1139 a linear blend algorithm. Audio is compressed with a constant
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1140 bitrate of 64kbps, using LAME codec. This setup is suitable for
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1141 capturing movies.<BR> <CODE> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mencoder -tv
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1142 on:driver=v4l:width=768:height=576 \<BR>
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1143 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-ovc lavc -lavcopts
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1144 vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=900 \<BR> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-oac
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1145 mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=64 \<BR> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-vop
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1146 pp=lb,crop=720:540:24:18 -o output.avi </CODE><BR>
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1147
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1148 <BR>
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1149 This will additionally rescale the image to 384x288 and compresses
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1150 the video with the bitrate of 350kbps in high quality mode. The
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1151 vqmax option looses the quantizer and allows the video compressor to
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1152 actualy reach so low bitrate even at the expense of the
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1153 quality. This can be used for capturing long TV series, where the
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1154 video quality isn't so important.<BR>
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1155 <CODE>
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1156 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mencoder -tv on:driver=v4l:width=768:height=576 \<BR>
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1157 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=350:vhq:vqmax=31:keyint=300 \<BR>
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1158 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=48 \<BR>
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1159 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-vop scale=384:288,pp=tn/lb,crop=720:540:24:18 -sws 1 -o output.avi
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1160 </CODE><BR>
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1161
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1162 It's also possible to specify smaller image dimensions in the
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1163 <CODE>-tv</CODE> option and omit the software scaling but this
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1164 approach uses the maximum available information and is a little more
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1165 resistant to noise. The bt8x8 chips can do the pixel averaging only
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1166 in the horizontal direction due to a hardware limitation.</P>
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1167
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1168
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1169
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1170 <H1><A NAME="usage">3. Usage</A></H1>
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1171
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1172
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1173 <H2><A NAME="command_line">3.1 Command line</A></H2>
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1174
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1175 <P>MPlayer utilizes a complex playtree. It consists of global options
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1176 written as first (for example <CODE>mplayer -vfm 5</CODE>), and options
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1177 written after filenames, that apply only to the given filename/URL/whatever
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1178 (for example <CODE>mplayer -vfm 5 movie1.avi movie2.avi -vfm 4</CODE>).<BR>
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1179 You can group filenames/URLs together using { and }. It's useful with
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1180 option -loop: <CODE>mplayer { 1.avi -loop 2 2.avi } -loop 3</CODE>
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1181 will play files in this order: 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2<BR>
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1182 </P>
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1183
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1184 <TABLE BORDER=0>
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1185 <TR><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD>file</TD><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD><CODE>mplayer [options] [path/]filename</CODE></TD></TR>
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1186 <TR><TD></TD><TD>files</TD><TD></TD><TD><CODE>mplayer [default options] [path/]filename1 [options for filename1] filename2 [options for filename2] ...</CODE></TD></TR>
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1187 <TR><TD></TD><TD>VCD</TD><TD></TD><TD><CODE>mplayer [options] -vcd trackno [-cdrom-device /dev/cdrom]</CODE></TD></TR>
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1188 <TR><TD></TD><TD>DVD</TD><TD></TD><TD><CODE>mplayer [options] -dvd titleno [-dvd-device /dev/dvd]</CODE></TD></TR>
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1189 <TR><TD></TD><TD>WWW</TD><TD></TD><TD><CODE>mplayer [options] http://site.com/file.asf (playlists can be used, too)</CODE></TD></TR>
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1190 <TR><TD></TD><TD>RTSP</TD><TD></TD><TD><CODE>mplayer [options] rtsp://server.example.com/streamName</CODE></TD></TR>
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1191 </TABLE>
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1192
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1193 <P>
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1194 Latest versions of MPlayer also accept VCD and DVD tracks in URL style, just like
76940a39405a RTSP/RTP documentation, patch by Ross Finlayson <finlayson@live.com>.
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1195 xine does: <CODE>mplayer dvd://1</CODE> or <CODE>mplayer vcd://1</CODE></P>
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1196
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1197 <PRE>
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1198 mplayer -vo x11 /mnt/Films/Contact/contact2.mpg
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1199 mplayer -vcd 2
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1200 mplayer -afm 3 /mnt/DVDtrailers/alien4.vob
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1201 mplayer -dvd 1 -dvd-device /dev/hdc
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1202 mplayer -abs 65536 -delay -0.4 -nobps ~/movies/test.avi
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1203 </PRE>
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1204
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1205
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1206 <H2><A NAME="control">3.2 Control</A></H2>
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1207
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1208 <P>MPlayer has a fully configurable, command driven, control layer which
988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer
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1209 lets you control MPlayer with keyboard, mouse, joystick or remote
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1210 control (using LIRC). See the man page for the complete list of keyboard
a1465b7f3221 Keyboard controls and options are described in the man page, removed the
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1211 controls.</P>
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1212
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1213
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1214 <H3><A NAME="controls_configuration">3.2.1 Controls configuration</A></H3>
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1215
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1216 <P>MPlayer allows you bind any key/button to any MPlayer command
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1217 using a simple config file. The syntax consist of a key name followed by a
c4109cc97fe0 input dox fixed, cosmetixed
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1218 command. The default config file location is
6593
a2937bae0651 Expanded RTC section. It now explains how to allow RTC via /proc on newer
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diff changeset
1219 <CODE>$HOME/.mplayer/input.conf</CODE> but it can be overridden using the
6493
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parents: 6468
diff changeset
1220 <CODE>-input</CODE> conf switch (relative path are relative to
c4109cc97fe0 input dox fixed, cosmetixed
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parents: 6468
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1221 <CODE>$HOME/.mplayer</CODE>).
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diff changeset
1222
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1223 <P>Example:</P>
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1224
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1225 <PRE>
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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parents: 5826
diff changeset
1226 ##
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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1227 ## MPlayer input control file
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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1228 ##
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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1229
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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diff changeset
1230 RIGHT seek +10
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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1231 LEFT seek -10
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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diff changeset
1232 - audio_delay 0.100
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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1233 + audio_delay -0.100
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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1234 q quit
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1235 &gt; pt_step 1
3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly
diego
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diff changeset
1236 &lt; pt_step -1
5850
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diff changeset
1237 ENTER pt_step 1 1
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1238 </PRE>
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1239
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1240
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1241 <H4><A NAME="key_names">3.2.1.1 Key names</A></H4>
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1242
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1243 <P>You can have a full list by running <CODE>mplayer -input keylist</CODE></P>
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arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1244
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diego
parents: 7093
diff changeset
1245 <H4>Keyboard:</H4>
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diff changeset
1246
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1247 <UL>
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1248 <LI>Any printable character</LI>
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1249 <LI>SPACE</LI>
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1250 <LI>ENTER</LI>
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1251 <LI>TAB</LI>
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1252 <LI>CTRL</LI>
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1253 <LI>BS</LI>
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1254 <LI>DEL</LI>
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1255 <LI>INS</LI>
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1256 <LI>HOME</LI>
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1257 <LI>END</LI>
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1258 <LI>PGUP</LI>
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1259 <LI>PGDWN</LI>
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1260 <LI>ESC</LI>
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1261 <LI>RIGHT</LI>
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1262 <LI>LEFT</LI>
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1263 <LI>UP</LI>
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1264 <LI>DOWN</LI>
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1265 </UL>
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diff changeset
1266
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diego
parents: 7093
diff changeset
1267 <H4>Mouse (only supported under X):</H4>
5850
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diff changeset
1268
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1269 <UL>
6974
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1270 <LI>MOUSE_BTN0 (Left button)</LI>
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1271 <LI>MOUSE_BTN1 (Right button)</LI>
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1272 <LI>MOUSE_BTN2 (Middle button)</LI>
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1273 <LI>MOUSE_BTN3 (Wheel)</LI>
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1274 <LI>MOUSE_BTN4 (Wheel)</LI>
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1275 <LI>...</LI>
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1276 <LI>MOUSE_BTN9</LI>
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1277 </UL>
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diff changeset
1278
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diego
parents: 7093
diff changeset
1279 <H4>Joystick (support must be enabled at compile time):</H4>
5850
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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parents: 5826
diff changeset
1280
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diff changeset
1281 <UL>
6974
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1282 <LI>JOY_RIGHT or JOY_AXIS0_PLUS</LI>
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1283 <LI>JOY_LEFT or JOY_AXIS0_MINUS</LI>
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1284 <LI>JOY_UP or JOY_AXIS1_MINUS</LI>
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1285 <LI>JOY_DOWN or JOY_AXIS1_PLUS</LI>
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1286 <LI>JOY_AXIS2_PLUS</LI>
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1287 <LI>JOY_AXIS2_MINUS</LI>
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diego
parents: 7093
diff changeset
1288 <LI>...</LI>
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1289 <LI>JOY_AXIS9_PLUS</LI>
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1290 <LI>JOY_AXIS9_MINUS</LI>
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1291 </UL>
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1292
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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diff changeset
1293
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parents: 7787
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1294 <H4><A NAME="commands">3.2.1.2 Commands</A></H4>
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1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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diff changeset
1295
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gabucino
parents: 6468
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1296 <P>You can have a full list of known commands by running "mplayer -input cmdlist"</P>
5850
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1297
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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parents: 5826
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1298 <UL>
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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1299 <LI><B>seek</B> (int) val [(int) type=0]
6974
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1300 <P>Seek to some place in the movie.<BR>
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1301 Type 0 is a relative seek of +/- val seconds.<BR>
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1302 Type 1 seek to val % in the movie.</P></LI>
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1303 <LI><B>audio_delay</B> (float) val
6974
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1304 <P>Adjust the audio delay of val seconds</P></LI>
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1305 <LI><B>quit</B>
7814
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diego
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1306 <P>Quit MPlayer</P></LI>
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1307 <LI><B>pause</B>
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1308 <P>Pause/unpause the playback</P></LI>
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1309 <LI><B>grap_frames</B>
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1310 <P>Somebody know ?</P></LI>
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1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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1311 <LI><B>pt_step</B> (int) val [(int) force=0]
6974
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1312 <P>Go to next/previous entry in playtree. Val sign tell the direction.<BR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics *only*.
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diff changeset
1313 If no other entry is available in the given direction it won't do anything
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics *only*.
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1314 unless force is non 0.</P></LI>
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1315 <LI><B>pt_up_step</B> (int) val [(int) force=0]
6974
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1316 <P>Like pt_step but it jump to next/previous in the parent list. It's useful
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics *only*.
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1317 to break inner loop in the playtree.</P></LI>
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1318 <LI><B>alt_src_step</B> (int) val
6974
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1319 <P>When more than one source is available it select the next/previous one
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1320 (only supported by asx playlist).</P></LI>
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1321 <LI><B>sub_delay</B> (float) val [(int) abs=0]
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1322 <P>Adjust the subtitles delay of +/- val seconds or set it to val seconds
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1323 when abs is non zero.</P></LI>
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1324 <LI><B>osd</B> [(int) level=-1]
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diego
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diff changeset
1325 <P>Toggle osd mode or set it to level when level &gt; 0.</P></LI>
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1326 <LI><B>volume</B> (int) dir
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1327 <P>Increase/decrease volume</P></LI>
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1328 <LI><B>contrast</B> (int) val [(int) abs=0]</LI>
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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1329 <LI><B>brightness</B> (int) val [(int) abs=0]</LI>
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1330 <LI><B>hue</B> (int) val [(int) abs=0]</LI>
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1331 <LI><B>saturation</B> (int) val [(int) abs=0]
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1332 <P>Set/Adjust video parameters. Val range from -100 to 100.</P></LI>
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1333 <LI><B>frame_drop</B> [(int) type=-1]
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1334 <P>Toggle/Set frame dropping mode.</P></LI>
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1335 <LI><B>sub_visibility</B>
d6608342591d This patch adds the functionality to disable/enable subtitles while playing
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1336 <P>Toggle subtitle visibility.</P></LI>
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1337 <LI><B>sub_pos</B> (int) val
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1338 <P>Adjust subtitles position.</P></LI>
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1339 <LI><B>vo_fullscreen</B>
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1340 <P>Switch fullscreen mode.</P></LI>
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1341 <LI><B>tv_step_channel</B> (int) dir
6974
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1342 <P>Select next/previous tv channel.</P></LI>
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1343 <LI><B>tv_step_norm</B>
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1344 <P>Change TV norm.</P></LI>
5850
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1345 <LI><B>tv_step_chanlist</B>
6974
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics *only*.
diego
parents: 6970
diff changeset
1346 <P>Change channel list.</P></LI>
5850
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1347 <LI><B>gui_loadfile</B></LI>
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1348 <LI><B>gui_loadsubtitle</B></LI>
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1349 <LI><B>gui_about</B></LI>
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1350 <LI><B>gui_play</B></LI>
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1351 <LI><B>gui_stop</B></LI>
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1352 <LI><B>gui_playlist</B></LI>
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1353 <LI><B>gui_preferences</B></LI>
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a2eb6f519855 Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset.
diego
parents: 6393
diff changeset
1354 <LI><B>gui_skinbrowser</B>
6974
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics *only*.
diego
parents: 6970
diff changeset
1355 <P>GUI actions</P></LI>
5850
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1356 </UL>
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1357
6974
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics *only*.
diego
parents: 6970
diff changeset
1358
7792
a1465b7f3221 Keyboard controls and options are described in the man page, removed the
diego
parents: 7787
diff changeset
1359 <H3><A NAME="lirc">3.2.2 Control from LIRC</A></H3>
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gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1360
2848
33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon)
gabucino
parents: 2761
diff changeset
1361 <P>Linux Infrared Remote Control - use an easy to build home-brewn IR-receiver,
6998
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu>
diego
parents: 6981
diff changeset
1362 an (almost) arbitrary remote control and control your Linux box with it!
6974
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics *only*.
diego
parents: 6970
diff changeset
1363 More about it at <A HREF="http://www.lirc.org">www.lirc.org</A>.</P>
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gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1364
5969
f9860f0594ae Arpi Is Right(TM)
gabucino
parents: 5968
diff changeset
1365 <P>If you have installed the lirc-package, configure will autodetect it. If
7814
988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer
diego
parents: 7813
diff changeset
1366 everything went fine, MPlayer will print a message like "Setting up
5969
f9860f0594ae Arpi Is Right(TM)
gabucino
parents: 5968
diff changeset
1367 lirc support..." on startup. If an error occurs it will tell you. If it
f9860f0594ae Arpi Is Right(TM)
gabucino
parents: 5968
diff changeset
1368 doesn't tell you anything about LIRC there's no support compiled in. That's
f9860f0594ae Arpi Is Right(TM)
gabucino
parents: 5968
diff changeset
1369 it :-)</P>
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1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1370
7942
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1371 <P>The application name for MPlayer is - oh wonder - <CODE>mplayer</CODE>.
5969
f9860f0594ae Arpi Is Right(TM)
gabucino
parents: 5968
diff changeset
1372 You can use any mplayer commands and even pass more than one command by
f9860f0594ae Arpi Is Right(TM)
gabucino
parents: 5968
diff changeset
1373 separating them with \n. Don't forget to enable the repeat flag in .lircrc
f9860f0594ae Arpi Is Right(TM)
gabucino
parents: 5968
diff changeset
1374 when it make sense (seek, volume, etc). Here's an excerpt from my
f9860f0594ae Arpi Is Right(TM)
gabucino
parents: 5968
diff changeset
1375 .lircrc:</P>
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gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1376
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a2eb6f519855 Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset.
diego
parents: 6393
diff changeset
1377 <PRE>
5850
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1378 begin
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1379 button = VOLUME_PLUS
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1380 prog = mplayer
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1381 config = volume 1
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1382 repeat = 1
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1383 end
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gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1384
5850
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1385 begin
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1386 button = VOLUME_MINUS
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1387 prog = mplayer
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1388 config = volume -1
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1389 repeat = 1
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1390 end
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1391
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1392 begin
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1393 button = CD_PLAY
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1394 prog = mplayer
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1395 config = pause
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1396 end
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1397
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1398 begin
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1399 button = CD_STOP
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1400 prog = mplayer
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1401 config = seek 0 1\npause
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1402 end
6436
a2eb6f519855 Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset.
diego
parents: 6393
diff changeset
1403 </PRE>
1612
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1404
2848
33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon)
gabucino
parents: 2761
diff changeset
1405 <P>If you don't like the standard location for the lirc-config file (~/.lircrc)
6960
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting
gabucino
parents: 6950
diff changeset
1406 use the -lircconf &lt;filename&gt; switch to specify another file.</P>
1612
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1407
6493
c4109cc97fe0 input dox fixed, cosmetixed
gabucino
parents: 6468
diff changeset
1408
7792
a1465b7f3221 Keyboard controls and options are described in the man page, removed the
diego
parents: 7787
diff changeset
1409 <H3><A NAME="slave">3.2.3 Slave mode</A></H3>
5850
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1410
7814
988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer
diego
parents: 7813
diff changeset
1411 <P>The slave mode allow you to build simple frontend to MPlayer. When
988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer
diego
parents: 7813
diff changeset
1412 enabled (with the <CODE>-slave</CODE> switch) MPlayer will read
6593
a2937bae0651 Expanded RTC section. It now explains how to allow RTC via /proc on newer
diego
parents: 6583
diff changeset
1413 commands separated by new line (\n) from stdin.</P>
6493
c4109cc97fe0 input dox fixed, cosmetixed
gabucino
parents: 6468
diff changeset
1414
5850
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1415
7047
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags.
diego
parents: 7043
diff changeset
1416 <H2><A NAME="streaming">3.3 Streaming from network or pipes</A></H2>
1612
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1417
7814
988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer
diego
parents: 7813
diff changeset
1418 <P>MPlayer can play files from network, using the HTTP, MMS or RTSP/RTP
7813
76940a39405a RTSP/RTP documentation, patch by Ross Finlayson <finlayson@live.com>.
diego
parents: 7792
diff changeset
1419 protocol.</P>
1612
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1420
6960
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting
gabucino
parents: 6950
diff changeset
1421 <P>Playing goes by simply using adding the URL to the command line.
7814
988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer
diego
parents: 7813
diff changeset
1422 MPlayer also honors the http_proxy environment variable, and uses
6960
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting
gabucino
parents: 6950
diff changeset
1423 proxy if available. Proxy usage can also be forced:</P>
4153
2bb77282b2a6 streaming with proxy
gabucino
parents: 4135
diff changeset
1424
5105
3411814cc3e5 a "few" "small" "fixes" ...
arpi
parents: 5096
diff changeset
1425 <P><CODE>mplayer http_proxy://proxy.micorsops.com:3128/http://micorsops.com:80/stream.asf</CODE></P>
2001
05189dbfb847 more fixes
gabucino
parents: 1994
diff changeset
1426
7814
988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer
diego
parents: 7813
diff changeset
1427 <P>MPlayer can read from stdin (NOT named pipes). This can be for example
6960
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting
gabucino
parents: 6950
diff changeset
1428 used to play from FTP:</P>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting
gabucino
parents: 6950
diff changeset
1429
6583
4b7d097a9c69 big update
gabucino
parents: 6574
diff changeset
1430 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;wget ftp://micorsops.com/something.avi -O - | mplayer -</CODE></P>
1612
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1431
6960
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting
gabucino
parents: 6950
diff changeset
1432 <P>Note: it's also recommended to enable CACHE when playback from network:</P>
6868
f6e17d2b448e The rectangle of the rectangle plugin is not necessarily white.
diego
parents: 6849
diff changeset
1433
6583
4b7d097a9c69 big update
gabucino
parents: 6574
diff changeset
1434 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;wget ftp://micorsops.com/something.avi -O - | mplayer -cache 8192 -</CODE></P>
1612
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1435
6496
9c4fb5264e43 more fix
gabucino
parents: 6493
diff changeset
1436
6974
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics *only*.
diego
parents: 6970
diff changeset
1437
7076
3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly
diego
parents: 7061
diff changeset
1438 <H1><A NAME="faq">4.</A> <A HREF="faq.html">FAQ section</A></H1>
3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly
diego
parents: 7061
diff changeset
1439
3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly
diego
parents: 7061
diff changeset
1440
3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly
diego
parents: 7061
diff changeset
1441
3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly
diego
parents: 7061
diff changeset
1442 <H1><A NAME="cd/dvd">5.</A> <A HREF="cd-dvd.html">CD/DVD section</A></H1>
7047
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags.
diego
parents: 7043
diff changeset
1443
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags.
diego
parents: 7043
diff changeset
1444
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags.
diego
parents: 7043
diff changeset
1445
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags.
diego
parents: 7043
diff changeset
1446 <H1><A NAME="ports">6. Ports</A></H1>
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags.
diego
parents: 7043
diff changeset
1447
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags.
diego
parents: 7043
diff changeset
1448
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags.
diego
parents: 7043
diff changeset
1449 <H2><A NAME="debian">6.1 Debian packaging</A></H2>
1612
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1450
1682
dba45a1aafad *** empty log message ***
gabucino
parents: 1668
diff changeset
1451 <P>To build the package, get the cvs version, or .tgz and uncompress it,
6960
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting
gabucino
parents: 6950
diff changeset
1452 and cd into programs directory:</P>
1612
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1453
6436
a2eb6f519855 Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset.
diego
parents: 6393
diff changeset
1454 <PRE>
a2eb6f519855 Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset.
diego
parents: 6393
diff changeset
1455 cd main
a2eb6f519855 Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset.
diego
parents: 6393
diff changeset
1456 fakeroot debian/rules binary
a2eb6f519855 Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset.
diego
parents: 6393
diff changeset
1457 </PRE>
1612
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1458
1682
dba45a1aafad *** empty log message ***
gabucino
parents: 1668
diff changeset
1459 <P>(... mplayer detects hardware/software, builds itself and.. )
6960
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting
gabucino
parents: 6950
diff changeset
1460 dpkg-deb: building package `mplayer' in `../mplayer_0.90-1_i386.deb'.</P>
1612
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1461
1682
dba45a1aafad *** empty log message ***
gabucino
parents: 1668
diff changeset
1462 <P>And now just become root, and:</P>
1612
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1463
6436
a2eb6f519855 Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset.
diego
parents: 6393
diff changeset
1464 <PRE>
6583
4b7d097a9c69 big update
gabucino
parents: 6574
diff changeset
1465 dpkg -i ../mplayer_0.90-1_i386.deb as root.
6436
a2eb6f519855 Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset.
diego
parents: 6393
diff changeset
1466 </PRE>
1612
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1467
1682
dba45a1aafad *** empty log message ***
gabucino
parents: 1668
diff changeset
1468 <P>Here's how it looks like:</P>
1612
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1469
6436
a2eb6f519855 Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset.
diego
parents: 6393
diff changeset
1470 <PRE>
6583
4b7d097a9c69 big update
gabucino
parents: 6574
diff changeset
1471 eyck@incubus:/src/main$ sudo dpkg -i ../mplayer_0.90-1_i386.deb
1612
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1472 Password:
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1473 (Reading database ... 26946 files and directories currently installed.)
6583
4b7d097a9c69 big update
gabucino
parents: 6574
diff changeset
1474 Preparing to replace mplayer 0.50-1 (using ../mplayer_0.90-1_i386.deb)
1612
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1475 Unpacking replacement mplayer ...
6583
4b7d097a9c69 big update
gabucino
parents: 6574
diff changeset
1476 Setting up mplayer (0.90-1) ...
6436
a2eb6f519855 Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset.
diego
parents: 6393
diff changeset
1477 </PRE>
1612
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1478
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1479
7942
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1480 <H2><A NAME="bsd">6.2 *BSD</A></H2>
1612
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1481
8079
714d18011757 Link to Chinese documentation, ports etc mentioned in *BSD section.
diego
parents: 8070
diff changeset
1482 <P>MPlayer runs on FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, BSD/OS and Darwin. There are
714d18011757 Link to Chinese documentation, ports etc mentioned in *BSD section.
diego
parents: 8070
diff changeset
1483 ports/pkgsrc/fink/etc versions of MPlayer available that are probably easier
714d18011757 Link to Chinese documentation, ports etc mentioned in *BSD section.
diego
parents: 8070
diff changeset
1484 to use than our raw sources.</P>
714d18011757 Link to Chinese documentation, ports etc mentioned in *BSD section.
diego
parents: 8070
diff changeset
1485
714d18011757 Link to Chinese documentation, ports etc mentioned in *BSD section.
diego
parents: 8070
diff changeset
1486 <P>To build MPlayer you will need GNU make (gmake - native BSD make will not
714d18011757 Link to Chinese documentation, ports etc mentioned in *BSD section.
diego
parents: 8070
diff changeset
1487 work) and a recent version of binutils.</P>
7942
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1488
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1489 <P>If MPlayer complains about not finding <CODE>/dev/cdrom</CODE> or
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1490 <CODE>/dev/dvd</CODE>, create an appropiate symbolic link:<BR>
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1491 <CODE>ln -s /dev/(your_cdrom_device) /dev/cdrom</CODE>.</P>
1612
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1492
7942
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1493 <P>To use Win32 DLLs with MPlayer you will need to re-compile the kernel with
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1494 "<CODE>option USER_LDT</CODE>" (unless you run FreeBSD -CURRENT, where this
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1495 is the default).</P>
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1496
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1497 <H3><A NAME="freebsd">6.2.1 FreeBSD</A></H3>
1612
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1498
7942
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1499 <P>If your CPU has SSE, recompile your kernel with "options CPU_ENABLE_SSE" to
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1500 use it (FreeBSD-STABLE or kernel patches required).</P>
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1501
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1502 <H3><A NAME="openbsd">6.2.2 OpenBSD</A></H3>
1612
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1503
7942
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1504 <P>Due to limitations in different versions of gas (relocation vs MMX), you will
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1505 need to compile in two steps: First make sure that the non-native as is first
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1506 in your <CODE>$PATH</CODE> and do a <CODE>gmake -k</CODE>, then make sure that
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1507 the native version is used and do <CODE>gmake</CODE>.</P>
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1508
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1509
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1510 <H2><A NAME="solaris">6.3 Solaris</A></H2>
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1511
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1512 <P>MPlayer should work on Solaris 2.6 or newer.</P>
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1513
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1514 <P>On <B>UltraSPARC</B>s, MPlayer takes advantage of their <B>VIS</B>
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1515 extensions (equivalent to MMX), currently only in <I>libmpeg2</I>,
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1516 <I>libvo</I> and <I>libavcodec</I>, but not in mp3lib. You can watch a VOB
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1517 file on a 400MHz CPU. You'll need
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1518 <A HREF="http://www.sun.com/sparc/vis/mediaLib.html">mLib</A> installed.</P>
1731
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1519
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1520 <P>To build the package you will need GNU make (gmake, /opt/sfw/gmake), native
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1521 Solaris make will not work. Typical error you get when building with Solaris'
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1522 make instead of GNU make:</P>
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1523
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1524 <PRE>
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1525 % /usr/ccs/bin/make
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1526 make: Fatal error in reader: Makefile, line 25: Unexpected end of line seen
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1527 </PRE>
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1528
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1529 <P>On Solaris SPARC, you need the GNU C/C++ Compiler; it does not matter
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1530 if GNU C/C++ compiler is configured with or without the GNU assembler.</P>
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1531
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1532 <P>On Solaris x86, you need the GNU assembler and the GNU C/C++ compiler,
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1533 configured to use the GNU assembler! The mplayer code on the x86 platform
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1534 makes heavy use of MMX, SSE and 3DNOW! instructions that cannot be compiled
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1535 using Sun's assembler <CODE>/usr/ccs/bin/as</CODE>.</P>
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1536
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1537 <P>The configure script tries to find out, which assembler program is used by
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1538 your "gcc" command (in case the autodetection fails, use the
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1539 <CODE>--as=/whereever/you/have/installed/gnu-as</CODE> option to tell the
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1540 configure script where it can find GNU "as" on your system).</P>
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1541
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1542 <P>Error message from configure on a Solaris x86 system using GCC
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1543 without GNU assembler:</P>
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1544
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1545 <PRE>
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1546 % configure
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1547 ...
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1548 Checking assembler (/usr/ccs/bin/as) ... , failed
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1549 Please upgrade(downgrade) binutils to 2.10.1...
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1550 </PRE>
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1551
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1552 <P>(Solution: Install and use a gcc configured with "--with-as=gas")</P>
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1553
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1554 <P>Typical error you get when building with a GNU C compiler that does
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1555 not use GNU as:</P>
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1556
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1557 <PRE>
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1558 % gmake
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1559 ...
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1560 gcc -c -Iloader -Ilibvo -O4 -march=i686 -mcpu=i686 -pipe -ffast-math
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1561 -fomit-frame-pointer -I/usr/local/include -o mplayer.o mplayer.c
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1562 Assembler: mplayer.c
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1563 "(stdin)", line 3567 : Illegal mnemonic
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1564 "(stdin)", line 3567 : Syntax error
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1565 ... more "Illegal mnemonic" and "Syntax error" errors ...
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1566 </PRE>
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1567
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1568 <P>For DVD support you must have the patched libcss installed. Patch:
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1569 <A HREF="http://www.tools.de/solaris/mplayer/">http://www.tools.de/solaris/mplayer/</A>.</P>
1682
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1570
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parents: 6981
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1571 <P>Due to two bugs in Solaris 8 x86, you cannot reliably play DVD discs larger
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu>
diego
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1572 than 4 GB:</P>
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1573
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1574 <UL>
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1575 <LI>The sd(7D) driver on Solaris 8 x86 driver has bug when accessing a disk
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3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly
diego
parents: 7061
diff changeset
1576 block &gt;4GB on a device using a logical blocksize != DEV_BSIZE (i.e. CD-ROM
6998
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu>
diego
parents: 6981
diff changeset
1577 and DVD media). Due to a 32Bit int overflow, a disk address modulo 4GB is
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1578 accessed.
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1579 (<A HREF="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/22516">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/22516</A>)
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1580 </LI>
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diego
parents: 6981
diff changeset
1581 <LI>A similar bug is present in the hsfs(7FS) filesystem code (aka
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu>
diego
parents: 6981
diff changeset
1582 ISO9660), hsfs currently does not support partitions/disks larger than 4GB, all data
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu>
diego
parents: 6981
diff changeset
1583 is accessed modulo 4GB.
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1584 (<A HREF="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/22592">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/22592</A>)
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1585 </LI>
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1586 </UL>
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1587
1688
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1588 <P>On Solaris with an UltraSPARC CPU, you can get some extra speed by
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1589 using the CPU's VIS instructions for certain time consuming operations.
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1590 VIS acceleration can be used in MPlayer by calling functions in Sun's
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1591 <A HREF="http://www.sun.com/sparc/vis/mediaLib.html">mediaLib</A>.</P>
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1592
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1593 <P>VIS accelerated operations from mediaLib are used for mpeg2 video
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1594 decoding and for color space conversion in the video output drivers.</P>
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1595
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1596
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1597 <H2><A NAME="strongarm">6.4 StrongARM</A></H2>
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1598
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1599 <P>MPlayer is reported to compile on StrongARM. Use the following command line:</P>
1682
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1600
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1601 <PRE>
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1602 ./configure --target=arm-linux --disable-css --with-x11libdir=/usr/arm/lib
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1603 --with-x11incdir=/usr/arm/lib --disable-gcc-checking
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1604 </PRE>
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1605
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1606
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1607 <H2><A NAME="sgi">6.5 Silicon Graphics / IRIX</A></H2>
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1608
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1609 <P>Reported working. You'll probably have to use the <I>SGI</I> ao driver.
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1610 Anyone has closer info?</P>
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1611
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1612
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1613 <H2><A NAME="qnx">6.6 QNX</A></H2>
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1614
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1615 <P>Works. You'll need to download SDL for QNX, and install it. Then run
7814
988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer
diego
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1616 MPlayer with <CODE>-vo sdl:photon</CODE> and <CODE>-ao sdl:nto</CODE>
4500
c2be8678fdfb QNX updates
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1617 options, and it should be fast.</P>
c2be8678fdfb QNX updates
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1618
c2be8678fdfb QNX updates
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1619 <P>The <CODE>-vo x11</CODE> output will be even slower than on Linux, since
4680
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1620 QNX has only X <I>emulation</I> which is VERY slow. Use SDL.</P>
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1621
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1622
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1623 <H2><A NAME="cygwin">6.7 Cygwin</A></H2>
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parents: 5863
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1624
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1625 <P>The Cygwin port is still in its infancy and could use some love,
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
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1626 <A HREF="tech/patches.txt">patches</A> are always welcome. You should also
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
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1627 check out the
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
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1628 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-cygwin/">mplayer-cygwin</A>
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1629 mailing list for help and latest information.</P>
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arpi
parents: 5863
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1630
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1631 <P>To get native DirectX video (<CODE>-vo directx</CODE>), install
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
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1632 <A HREF="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/dx7headers.tgz">DirectX 7 header files</A>
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diego
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1633 and recompile. This, together with <CODE>-ao win32</CODE> should give you best
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1634 results.</P>
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1635
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1636 <P>You will have to go to the MPlayer directory, and copy or symlink
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1637 <CODE>etc/cygwin_inttypes.h</CODE> to <CODE>/usr/include/inttypes.h</CODE> to
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1638 make MPlayer compile. Otherwise it will complain about missing
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1639 <CODE>intypes.h</CODE>.</P>
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1640
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1641 <P>Since there is no support for Win32 DLLs under Cygwin and OpenGL and mpdvdkit
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diego
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1642 do not work/compile, you should disable them in configure with
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
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1643 <CODE>./configure --disable-win32 --disable-gl --disable-mpdvdkit</CODE>.</P>
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1644
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1645 <P>Instructions and files for making SDL run under Cygwin can be found on the
4d948b753e9d SDL + Cygwin link added.
diego
parents: 8177
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1646 <A HREF="http://www.libsdl.org/extras/win32/cygwin/">libsdl site</A>.</P>
4d948b753e9d SDL + Cygwin link added.
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parents: 8177
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1647
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1648
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics *only*.
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1649
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1650 <H1><A NAME="mailing_lists">Appendix A - Mailing lists</A></H1>
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1651
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1652 <P>There are some public mailing lists on MPlayer. Unless explicitly
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1653 stated otherwise the language of these lists is <B>English</B>. Please do
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
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1654 not send messages in other languages or HTML mail! Message size limit is 80k.
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
diego
parents: 7699
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1655 If you have something bigger put it up for download somewhere. Click the
7787
05e518badc1b doc fixes part 1 (more will come when i find the time to read the rest)
attila
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1656 links to subscribe. On the mailing lists, the same rules about writing
7792
a1465b7f3221 Keyboard controls and options are described in the man page, removed the
diego
parents: 7787
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1657 and quoting apply as on usenet. Please follow them, it makes the life of
a1465b7f3221 Keyboard controls and options are described in the man page, removed the
diego
parents: 7787
diff changeset
1658 those who read your mails a lot easier. If you do not know them please
7787
05e518badc1b doc fixes part 1 (more will come when i find the time to read the rest)
attila
parents: 7700
diff changeset
1659 read <A HREF="http://learn.to/edit_messages">HOWTO edit messages</A> or
05e518badc1b doc fixes part 1 (more will come when i find the time to read the rest)
attila
parents: 7700
diff changeset
1660 (if you are in a hurry)
05e518badc1b doc fixes part 1 (more will come when i find the time to read the rest)
attila
parents: 7700
diff changeset
1661 <A HREF="http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanb/documents/quotingguide.html">
05e518badc1b doc fixes part 1 (more will come when i find the time to read the rest)
attila
parents: 7700
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1662 Quoting HOWTO</A>.</P>
1682
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parents: 1668
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1663
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1664 <UL>
6974
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parents: 6970
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1665 <LI>MPlayer developers list:
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parents: 6970
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1666 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dev-eng">http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dev-eng</A><BR>
7814
988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer
diego
parents: 7813
diff changeset
1667 This list is about MPlayer development! Talking about interface/API
7700
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
diego
parents: 7699
diff changeset
1668 changes, new libraries, code optimization, configure changes is ontopic
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
diego
parents: 7699
diff changeset
1669 here. Send patches but <B>not</B> bug reports, user questions, feature
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
diego
parents: 7699
diff changeset
1670 requests or flames here to keep the list traffic low.</LI>
6974
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1671 <LI>MPlayer users list:
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parents: 6970
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1672 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users">http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users</A>
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parents: 6970
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1673 <UL>
7700
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
diego
parents: 7699
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1674 <LI>Send bug reports here after reading the <A HREF="#known_bugs">Known Bugs</A>
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
diego
parents: 7699
diff changeset
1675 and <A HREF="bugreports.html">bug reporting section</A>).</LI>
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
diego
parents: 7699
diff changeset
1676 <LI>Send feature requests here (after reading the <B>whole</B>
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
diego
parents: 7699
diff changeset
1677 documentation).</LI>
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
diego
parents: 7699
diff changeset
1678 <LI>Send user questions here (after reading the <B>whole</B>
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
diego
parents: 7699
diff changeset
1679 documentation).</LI>
6974
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1680 </UL>
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1681 </LI>
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parents: 6970
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1682 <LI>MPlayer Hungarian users list:
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1683 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-felhasznalok">http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-felhasznalok</A>
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parents: 6970
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1684 <UL>
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parents: 6970
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1685 <LI>Hungarian language list</LI>
7700
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
diego
parents: 7699
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1686 <LI>Topic? We'll see about it... mostly flame and RTFM questions up to now :(</LI>
6974
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1687 </UL>
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1688 </LI>
7700
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
diego
parents: 7699
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1689 <LI>MPlayer &amp; Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550 users:
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
diego
parents: 7699
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1690 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-matrox">http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-matrox</A><BR>
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
diego
parents: 7699
diff changeset
1691 Matrox related questions like
6974
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parents: 6970
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1692 <UL>
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1693 <LI>things about mga_vid</LI>
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parents: 6970
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1694 <LI>Matrox's official beta drivers (for X 4.x.x)</LI>
7700
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
diego
parents: 7699
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1695 <LI>matroxfb-TVout stuff</LI>
6974
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parents: 6970
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1696 </UL>
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1697 </LI>
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1698 <LI>MPlayer &amp; DVB card users:
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diego
parents: 6970
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1699 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dvb">http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dvb</A><BR>
7700
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
diego
parents: 7699
diff changeset
1700 Things related to the hardware decoder card called DVB (<B>not</B> DXR3!).
6974
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parents: 6970
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1701 </LI>
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parents: 6970
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1702 <LI>MPlayer CVS-log:
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diff changeset
1703 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-cvslog">http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-cvslog</A><BR>
7814
988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer
diego
parents: 7813
diff changeset
1704 All changes in MPlayer code are automatically sent to this list. Only
7700
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
diego
parents: 7699
diff changeset
1705 questions about these changes belong here (if you do not understand why a
6974
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1706 change is required or you have a better fix or you have noticed a possible
7700
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
diego
parents: 7699
diff changeset
1707 bug/problem in the commit).</LI>
7043
ba9c212ed577 begun removing "Available options" and "Examples" sections, which
gabucino
parents: 7015
diff changeset
1708 <LI>MPlayer Cygwin-porting list:
ba9c212ed577 begun removing "Available options" and "Examples" sections, which
gabucino
parents: 7015
diff changeset
1709 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-cygwin">http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-cygwin</A><BR>
7814
988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer
diego
parents: 7813
diff changeset
1710 List for discussion about MPlayer's Cygwin port.</LI>
6436
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diego
parents: 6393
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1711 </UL>
1682
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1712
7076
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diego
parents: 7061
diff changeset
1713 <P><B>Note:</B> You can reach the searchable mailing list archives at
3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly
diego
parents: 7061
diff changeset
1714 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/htsearch">http://www.mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/htsearch</A>.
3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly
diego
parents: 7061
diff changeset
1715
3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly
diego
parents: 7061
diff changeset
1716
3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly
diego
parents: 7061
diff changeset
1717
7365
822923446b66 Removed authors and maintainers section, now in txt format.
diego
parents: 7363
diff changeset
1718 <H1><A NAME="bug_reports">Appendix B</A> - <A HREF="bugreports.html">How to report bugs</A></H1>
7047
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags.
diego
parents: 7043
diff changeset
1719
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags.
diego
parents: 7043
diff changeset
1720
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags.
diego
parents: 7043
diff changeset
1721
7365
822923446b66 Removed authors and maintainers section, now in txt format.
diego
parents: 7363
diff changeset
1722 <H1><A NAME="known_bugs">Appendix C - Known bugs</A></H1>
1748
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parents: 1731
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1723
6593
a2937bae0651 Expanded RTC section. It now explains how to allow RTC via /proc on newer
diego
parents: 6583
diff changeset
1724 <P>Special system/CPU-specific bugs/problems:</P>
1748
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parents: 1731
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1725 <UL>
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parents: 1731
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1726
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parents: 1731
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1727 <LI>SIGILL (signal 4) on P3 using 2.2.x kernels:<BR>
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gabucino
parents: 1731
diff changeset
1728 Problem: kernel 2.2.x doesn't have proper (working) SSE support<BR>
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gabucino
parents: 1731
diff changeset
1729 Solution: upgrade kernel to 2.4.x<BR>
6732
8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate.
diego
parents: 6731
diff changeset
1730 Workaround: <CODE>./configure --disable-sse</CODE></LI>
1748
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gabucino
parents: 1731
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1731
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gabucino
parents: 1731
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1732 <LI>General SIGILL (signal 4):<BR>
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gabucino
parents: 1731
diff changeset
1733 Problem: you compiled and run mplayer in different machines
6593
a2937bae0651 Expanded RTC section. It now explains how to allow RTC via /proc on newer
diego
parents: 6583
diff changeset
1734 (for example compiled on P3 and running on Celeron)<BR>
1748
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gabucino
parents: 1731
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1735 Solution: compile MPlayer on the same machine where you will use it!<BR>
6732
8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate.
diego
parents: 6731
diff changeset
1736 Workaround: <CODE>./configure --disable-sse</CODE> etc. options</LI>
3669
5ef5df143cbf added "Internal buffer inconsistency" lame bug as Known problem
gabucino
parents: 3668
diff changeset
1737
5ef5df143cbf added "Internal buffer inconsistency" lame bug as Known problem
gabucino
parents: 3668
diff changeset
1738 <LI>"Internal buffer inconsistency" during MEncoder run:<BR>
6574
22def385928d GCC 3.0.4-RH update
diego
parents: 6573
diff changeset
1739 Problem: known problem when lame &lt; 3.90 was compiled with gcc 2.96 or 3.x.<BR>
22def385928d GCC 3.0.4-RH update
diego
parents: 6573
diff changeset
1740 Solution: use lame &gt;=3.90.<BR>
22def385928d GCC 3.0.4-RH update
diego
parents: 6573
diff changeset
1741 Workaround: compile lame with gcc 2.95.x and remove any already installed
22def385928d GCC 3.0.4-RH update
diego
parents: 6573
diff changeset
1742 lame packages, they may have been compiled with gcc 2.96.</LI>
4908
9b2b09d3ff8b strike period over, commiting stuff. next commit will be rewrite. (?)
gabucino
parents: 4819
diff changeset
1743
9b2b09d3ff8b strike period over, commiting stuff. next commit will be rewrite. (?)
gabucino
parents: 4819
diff changeset
1744 <LI>Messed up MP2/MP3 sound on PPC:<BR>
9b2b09d3ff8b strike period over, commiting stuff. next commit will be rewrite. (?)
gabucino
parents: 4819
diff changeset
1745 Problem: known GCC miscompilation bug on PPC platforms, no fix yet.<BR>
9b2b09d3ff8b strike period over, commiting stuff. next commit will be rewrite. (?)
gabucino
parents: 4819
diff changeset
1746 Workaround: use FFmpeg's (slow) MP1/MP2/MP3 decoder (<CODE>-ac ffmpeg</CODE>)</LI>
9b2b09d3ff8b strike period over, commiting stuff. next commit will be rewrite. (?)
gabucino
parents: 4819
diff changeset
1747
9b2b09d3ff8b strike period over, commiting stuff. next commit will be rewrite. (?)
gabucino
parents: 4819
diff changeset
1748 <LI>sig11 in libmpeg2, when scaling+encoding:<BR>
9b2b09d3ff8b strike period over, commiting stuff. next commit will be rewrite. (?)
gabucino
parents: 4819
diff changeset
1749 Problem: known GCC 2.95.2 MMX bug, upgrade to 2.95.3.</LI>
1748
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1750 </UL>
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parents: 1731
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1751
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1752 <P>Various A-V sync and other audio problems:</P>
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parents: 1731
diff changeset
1753
6436
a2eb6f519855 Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset.
diego
parents: 6393
diff changeset
1754 General audio delay or jerky sound (exists with all or many files):
1748
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gabucino
parents: 1731
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1755 <UL>
6974
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parents: 6970
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1756 <LI>most common: buggy audio driver! - try to use different drivers, try
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics *only*.
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1757 ALSA 0.9 OSS emulation with -ao oss, also try -ao sdl, sometimes it helps.
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1758 If your file plays fine with -nosound, then you can be sure it's sound card
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1759 (driver) problem.</LI>
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parents: 6970
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1760 <LI>audio buffer problems (buffer size badly detected)<BR>
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1761 Workaround: mplayer -abs option</LI>
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parents: 6970
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1762 <LI>samplerate problems - maybe your card doesn't support the samplerate
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1763 used in your files - try the resampling plugin (-aop)</LI>
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parents: 6970
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1764 <LI>slow machine (CPU or VGA)<BR>
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1765 try with -vo null, if it plays well, then you have slow VGA card/driver<BR>
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1766 Workaround: buy a faster card or read this documentation about how to speed up<BR>
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parents: 6970
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1767 Also try -framedrop</LI>
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parents: 6970
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1768 </UL>
1748
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parents: 1731
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1769
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diego
parents: 6393
diff changeset
1770 Audio delay/de-sync specific to one or a few files:
1748
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gabucino
parents: 1731
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1771 <UL>
6974
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parents: 6970
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1772 <LI>bad file<BR>
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parents: 6970
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1773 Workaround:
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parents: 6970
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1774 <UL>
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parents: 6970
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1775 <LI>-ni or -nobps option (for non-interleaved or bad files)<BR>
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parents: 6970
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1776 and/or</LI>
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parents: 6970
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1777 <LI>-mc 0 (required for files with badly interleaved VBR audio)<BR>
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parents: 6970
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1778 and/or</LI>
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1779 <LI>-delay option or +/- keys at runtime to adjust delay</LI>
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parents: 6970
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1780 </UL>
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parents: 6970
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1781 If none of these help, please upload the file, we'll check (and fix).
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parents: 6970
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1782 </LI>
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1783 <LI>your sound card doesn't support 48kHz playback<BR>
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diego
parents: 6970
diff changeset
1784 Workaround: buy a better sound card... or try to decrease fps by 10% (use
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics *only*.
diego
parents: 6970
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1785 -fps 27 for a 30fps movie) or use the resampler plugin</LI>
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parents: 6970
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1786 <LI>slow machine<BR>
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parents: 6970
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1787 (if A-V is not around 0, and the last number in the status line increasing)<BR>
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diego
parents: 6970
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1788 Workaround: -framedrop</LI>
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a2eb6f519855 Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset.
diego
parents: 6393
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1789 </UL>
a2eb6f519855 Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset.
diego
parents: 6393
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1790
a2eb6f519855 Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset.
diego
parents: 6393
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1791 No sound at all:
1748
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parents: 1731
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1792 <UL>
6974
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1793 <LI>your file uses an unsupported audio codec<BR>
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diego
parents: 6970
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1794 Workaround: read the documentation and help us adding support for it</LI>
1748
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gabucino
parents: 1731
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1795 </UL>
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parents: 1731
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1796
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a2eb6f519855 Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset.
diego
parents: 6393
diff changeset
1797 No picture at all (just plain grey/green window):
5105
3411814cc3e5 a "few" "small" "fixes" ...
arpi
parents: 5096
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1798 <UL>
6974
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diego
parents: 6970
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1799 <LI>your file uses an unsupported video codec<BR>
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1800 Workaround: read the documentation and help us adding support for it</LI>
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parents: 6970
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1801 <LI>auto-selected codec can't decode the file, try to select another using -vc
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1802 or -vfm options</LI>
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1803 <LI>you try to play DivX 3.x file with OpenDivX decoder or XviD (-vc odivx)
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1804 - install Divx4Linux and recompile player</LI>
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1805 </UL>
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1807 <P>Video-out problems:</P>
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1808
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1809 <P>First note: options -fs -vm and -zoom are just recommendations, not (yet)
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1810 supported by all drivers. So it isn't a bug if it doesn't work.
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1811 Only a few driver supports scaling/zooming, don't expect this from x11 or dga.</P>
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1813 <P>OSD/sub flickering:<BR>
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1814 - x11 driver: sorry, it can't be fixed now<BR>
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1815 - xv driver: use -double option</P>
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1816
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1817 <P>Green image using mga_vid (-vo mga / -vo xmga):<BR>
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1818 - mga_vid misdetected your card's RAM amount, reload it using mga_ram_size option</P>
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1822 <H1><A NAME="skin">Appendix D</A> - <A HREF="skin-en.html">MPlayer skin format</A></H1>
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1826 <H1><A NAME="flame_wars">Appendix E</A> - <A HREF="users_against_developers.html">Developer Cries</A></H1>
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1828
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1829 </BODY>
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1830 </HTML>