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6393 | 49 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Probably there is no such file or directory. |
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6393 | 53 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><B>We strongly discourage the use of gcc 2.96!!!</B><BR> |
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6393 | 64 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>No, since there have been/are issues with these compilers as well.<BR> |
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103 <P>And you clever guys come and flame us with gcc 2.96 and binary packages. | |
104 Instead of helping users or making patches to help solve problems.</P> | |
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106 <P>Half of our spare/free time is spent by answering silly mails here and | |
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115 <P>Maybe we should close the project, make it closed source, commercial, and | |
116 provide install support for it. then we could leave current work, so | |
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6393 | 148 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Read the <A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.7">mga_vid documentation</A>. |
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6393 | 152 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You can make a .deb package for yourself, check the <A HREF="documentation.html#6.1">Debian packaging</A> section. |
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1682 | 155 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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157 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>During 'make', MPlayer complains about X11 libraries. I don't understand, |
1682 | 158 I DO have X installed!? |
6393 | 159 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>... but you don't have the X development package installed. Or not |
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1682 | 164 <CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6 /usr/X11</CODE><BR> |
165 <CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</CODE><BR> | |
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1682 | 168 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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6393 | 171 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You have to edit SVGAlib's Makefile.cfg and comment <CODE>BACKGROUND = y</CODE> out. |
1682 | 172 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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1682 | 175 I try to start it, it says:<BR> |
2001 | 176 <CODE>> error while loading shared libraries: lib*.so.0: cannot load |
1682 | 177 shared object file: No such file or directory</CODE><BR> |
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6393 | 179 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Add <CODE>/usr/local/lib</CODE> to <CODE>/etc/ld.so.conf</CODE> and run <CODE>ldconfig</CODE>. |
1682 | 180 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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6393 | 184 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>The latest kernel modutils require a flag indicating the license (mainly |
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6393 | 190 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This is a linker problem. Upgrading binutils should help (2.11.92.* or newer |
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2772 | 192 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
193 | |
6639 | 194 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>MPlayer dies with segmentation fault upon pthread check! |
195 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>chmod 644 /usr/lib/libc.so | |
196 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
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198 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I'd like to compile <B>MPlayer</B> on Minix! |
6393 | 199 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Me too. :) |
3053 | 200 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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6393 | 203 <TD COLSPAN=3><B><A NAME="5.2">5.2 General questions</A></B> |
1682 | 204 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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6393 | 213 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>It does, but you have to explicitly specify software scaling (it's SLOW!) with |
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216 you're done. Make sure you have the right modelines in your XF86Config file, and |
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217 try to make the <A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.3">DGA driver</A> and |
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218 <A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.4">SDL's DGA driver</A> work for you. |
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219 It's much faster. If SDL's DGA works, use that, it'll be EVEN faster! |
1682 | 220 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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6393 | 223 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Example: <CODE>A: 2.1 V: 2.2 A-V: -0.167 ct: 0.042 57/57 41% 0% 2.6% 0 4 49%</CODE><BR> |
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225 <LI>A: audio position in seconds |
1682 | 226 <LI>V: video position in seconds |
227 <LI>A-V: audio-video difference in seconds (delay) | |
228 <LI>ct: total A-V sync correction done | |
229 <LI>frames played (counting from last seek) | |
5700 | 230 <LI>frames decoded (counting from last seek) |
231 <LI>video codec cpu usage in percent (for slices and DR this includes video_out) | |
232 <LI>video_out cpu usage | |
1682 | 233 <LI>audio codec cpu usage in percent |
234 <LI>frames needed to drop to maintain A-V sync | |
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1682 | 237 </UL> |
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1682 | 239 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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241 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>What if I don't want them to appear? |
6393 | 242 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Use the <CODE>-quiet</CODE> option and read the man page. |
1864 | 243 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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245 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Why is video_out cpu usage zero (0%) for some files? |
6583 | 246 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A1:</TD><TD>It's not zero, but it's called from the codec and thus cannot be measured |
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247 separately. You should try to play the file using <CODE>-vo null</CODE> and then |
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248 <CODE>-vo ...</CODE> and check the difference to see the video_out speed. |
6583 | 249 </TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A2:</TD><TD>You are using Direct Rendering, |
250 where the codec renders to the video memory itself. In this case, the | |
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254 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>There are error messages about file not found <CODE>/usr/lib/win32/</CODE> ... |
6393 | 255 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Download the <A HREF="ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/w32codec-0.90.tar.bz2">Win32 codecs</A> |
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257 install it. |
1682 | 258 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
1612 | 259 |
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260 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Are there any mailing lists on MPlayer? |
6393 | 261 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Yes! See the bottom of the info page on |
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262 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/info.html">our homepage</A> to subscribe! |
1682 | 263 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
264 | |
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265 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I've found a nasty bug when I tried to play my favorite video!! |
1682 | 266 Who should I inform? |
6393 | 267 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Please read the <A HREF="bugreports.html">bug reporting guidelines</A> and follow |
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271 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I have problems playing files with the ... codec. Can I use them? |
6393 | 272 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Check the <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html">codec status</A>, |
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275 <A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.3">codec importing HOWTO</A> and contact us. |
1682 | 276 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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6393 | 279 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>A combination of a Hungarian and an English word. "Ideg" in Hungarian means |
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1682 | 283 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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6393 | 286 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>"Fasz" is a Hungarian word you don't want to know, the others are connected to |
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6393 | 291 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Are you sure you are using <CODE>mplayer</CODE> instead of <CODE>mplayer_lirc</CODE>? |
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297 down playing! I know it's unlikely ... |
6393 | 298 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>After running <CODE>./configure</CODE> , edit <CODE>config.h</CODE> and replace |
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299 <CODE>#undef FAST_OSD</CODE> with <CODE>#define FAST_OSD</CODE>. Then recompile. |
1682 | 300 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
1612 | 301 |
6573 | 302 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>The onscreen display (OSD) is flickering! |
6393 | 303 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You use a vo driver with single buffering (x11,xv). With xv, |
5700 | 304 use the <CODE>-double</CODE> option. Also try <CODE>-vop expand</CODE> |
1682 | 305 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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6393 | 308 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>See the <A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1.2">FFmpeg section</A>. |
1682 | 309 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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6393 | 312 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You need to get libavcodec from FFmpeg's CVS. Read the instructions in |
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1682 | 314 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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6393 | 317 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This shouldn't happen anymore, if it still does use the <CODE>-icelayer</CODE> |
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6393 | 325 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Are you using FVWM? Try the following:<BR> |
2972 | 326 Start -> Settings -> Configuration -> Base Configuration<BR> |
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6393 | 331 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Use: <CODE>mplayer <options> <filename> < /dev/null &</CODE> |
4680 | 332 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
333 | |
1682 | 334 <TD COLSPAN=3> |
6393 | 335 <B><A NAME="5.3">5.3 File playing problems</A></B> |
1682 | 336 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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6393 | 351 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><B>MPlayer</B> != avifile. |
1682 | 352 The only common thing between these players is the Win32 DLL loader. |
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1682 | 354 different and shouldn't be compared. |
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1682 | 357 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
358 | |
6583 | 359 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Audio goes out of sync playing an AVI file. |
6393 | 360 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Try the <CODE>-bps</CODE> or <CODE>-nobps</CODE> option. If it does not improve, |
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1682 | 362 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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6393 | 365 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Check <CODE>ldd /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE> output. If it contains<BR> |
1682 | 366 <CODE>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4???????)</CODE><BR> |
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1682 | 368 <CODE>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00??????)</CODE><BR> |
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369 then there is a problem with your kernel/libc. Maybe you are using some |
1682 | 370 security patches (for example Solar Designer's OpenWall patch) which |
371 forces loading libraries to very low addresses. | |
372 Because l3codeca.acm is a non-relocatable DLL, it must be loaded to | |
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374 or use <B>MPlayer</B>'s <CODE>-afm 1</CODE> option to disable using l3codeca.acm. |
1682 | 375 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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6393 | 379 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Your machine is too slow or your soundcard driver is broken. Consult the documentation to see if you can improve |
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6583 | 384 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Try running <B>MPlayer</B> on the machine you compiled on. Or recompile |
385 with runtime CPU detection | |
386 (<CODE>./configure --enable-runtime-cpudetection</CODE>). Don't | |
387 use <B>MPlayer</B> on a CPU different from the one it was compiled on, | |
388 without using the feature mentioned just now. | |
1682 | 389 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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6393 | 392 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Read the <A HREF="bugreports.html">bug reporting guidelines</A> and send us a |
6055 | 393 proper bug report. |
1682 | 394 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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6393 | 397 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You have an old version of codecs.conf at <CODE>~/.mplayer/</CODE>. Upgrade it |
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6352 | 404 After about one minute the video starts playing. |
6393 | 405 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>The KDE arts sound daemon is blocking the sound device. Either wait until the |
6352 | 406 video starts or disable the arts-daemon in kontrol center. If you want |
6329 | 407 to use arts sound, specify audio output via our native arts audio driver |
6352 | 408 (<CODE>-ao arts</CODE>). If it fails or isn't compiled in, try SDL |
409 (<CODE>-ao sdl</CODE>) and make sure your SDL can handle arts sound. Yet | |
6329 | 410 another option is to start <B>MPlayer</B> with artsdsp. |
1682 | 411 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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414 and a green one with <CODE>-vc divx4</CODE>. |
6393 | 415 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>It's not a DivX file, but an M$ MPEG4v3 . Update your codecs.conf. |
1682 | 416 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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1892 | 419 <CODE>DEMUXER: Too many (945 in 8390980 bytes) video packets in the buffer!</CODE> |
6393 | 420 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This can have multiple reasons.<BR> |
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428 <CODE>-mc 0</CODE>.</LI> |
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2606 | 433 image in MPlayer. |
6393 | 434 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Disable the Windows DLL in <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>, or use the |
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2606 | 436 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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3030 | 439 with other applications. |
6393 | 440 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Your card probably misreports its colorspace capacity. Try with YUY2 instead |
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3053 | 445 <CODE>Linux RTC init: ioctl (rtc_pie_on): Permission denied</CODE> |
6617 | 446 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You need root privileges or a |
447 specially set up kernel to use the new timing code. For details see the | |
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3053 | 449 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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6393 | 453 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You have a buggy sound card/driver. Most likely it's fixed at 44100Hz, and |
5700 | 454 you try to play a file which has 22050Hz audio. Try the resample audio plugin. |
3162 | 455 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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3192 | 459 <CODE>Detected video codec: [null] drv:0 (NULL codec (no decoding))</CODE> |
6393 | 460 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Update your <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>. |
3192 | 461 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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6393 | 464 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>It's an effect of the power management / power saving system of your notebook |
6282 | 465 (BIOS, not kernel). Plug the external power connector in <B>before</B> you power on your |
5016 | 466 notebook. |
467 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
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6393 | 471 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This is again a power management effect (see above). Plug the external power |
6282 | 472 connector in <B>before</B> you power on your notebook or use the |
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5016 | 474 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
3053 | 475 |
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6393 | 477 <B><A NAME="5.4">5.4 Video/audio driver problems (vo/ao)</A></B> |
1682 | 478 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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490 the arts or esd sound daemon? Try disabling the sound daemon, or use the |
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494 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>What about the DGA driver? I can't find it!!! |
6393 | 495 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><CODE>./configure</CODE> autodetects your DGA driver. If <CODE>-vo help</CODE> doesn't show |
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497 Try <CODE>./configure --enable-dga</CODE> and read the |
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498 <A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.3">documentation</A>. |
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499 Alternatively, try SDL's DGA driver with the <CODE>-vo sdl:dga</CODE> option. |
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502 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>OK, <CODE>-vo help</CODE> shows DGA driver, but it complains about permissions! |
1682 | 503 Help me! |
6393 | 504 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>It works only if running as root! It's a DGA limitation. |
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505 You should become root (<CODE>su -</CODE>), and try again. |
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506 Another solution is making <B>MPlayer</B> SUID root, but it's <B>NOT RECOMMENDED!</B><BR> |
1682 | 507 <CODE>chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR> |
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508 <CODE>chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR> |
1682 | 509 <CODE>chmod +s /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR> |
510 <B>!!!! BUT STAY TUNED !!!!</B><BR> | |
511 This is a *BIG* security risk! *NEVER* do this on a server or on a computer | |
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513 privileges through SUID root MPlayer!!!<BR> |
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1682 | 515 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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1682 | 519 Major opcode of failed request: 147 (MIT-SHM)<BR> |
520 Minor opcode of failed request: 1 (X_ShmAttach)<BR> | |
521 Serial number of failed request: 26<BR> | |
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6393 | 523 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>The "tdfx" driver in XFree86 4.0.2/4.0.3 had this bug. This was solved by |
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526 DRI version 0.6 from the <A HREF="http://dri.sourceforge.net">DRI homepage</A>, |
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527 or use CVS DRI. |
1682 | 528 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
1612 | 529 |
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530 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>OpenGL (<CODE>-vo gl</CODE>) output doesn't work (hang/black window/X11 errors/...). |
6393 | 531 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Your OpenGL driver doesn't support dynamic texture changes (glTexSubImage). |
3858 | 532 It's known not to work with nVidia's binary mess. |
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533 It's known to work with Utah-GLX/DRI and Matrox G400 cards. Also with |
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534 DRI and Radeon cards. It won't work with DRI and other cards. |
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535 it will not work with 3DFX cards because of the 256x256 texture size limit. |
1682 | 536 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
1612 | 537 |
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538 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I have an nVidia TNT/TNT2 card, and I have a band with strange colors, |
1682 | 539 right under the movie! Whose fault is this? |
6393 | 540 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This is a bug of nVidia's binary X driver. These bugs appear ONLY with the |
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541 TNT/TNT2 cards, and we can't do anything about it. To fix the problem, upgrade |
5700 | 542 to the latest nVidia binary driver version. If still bad, complain to nVidia! |
1682 | 543 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
1612 | 544 |
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545 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I have an nVidia XYZ card, and when I click on the GUI's display window to toggle |
2065 | 546 displaying the GUI panel, a black square appears where I clicked. I have |
547 the newest driver. | |
6393 | 548 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Yes, nVidia corrected a previous bug (above), and introduced a new one. Let's |
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550 <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#nvidia">nVidia</A>, this has already been |
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2065 | 552 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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554 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>When I use the GUI with SDL video output, a second video window is created. |
6393 | 555 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Known, don't use SDL for the GUI yet. |
3343 | 556 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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558 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Oh the world is cruel ...! SDL has only <CODE>x11</CODE> target, but not |
5498 | 559 <CODE>xv</CODE>! |
6393 | 560 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Try that <CODE>x11</CODE> target again. Now try <CODE>-vo x11 -fs -zoom</CODE>. |
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561 See the difference? No?! OK, here comes the enlightenment: SDL's |
5498 | 562 <CODE>x11</CODE> target uses xv when available, you don't have to worry about |
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563 it ... Note: you can force/disable Xv via SDL using <CODE>-forcexv</CODE> and <CODE>-noxv</CODE> |
5498 | 564 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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6393 | 567 <B><A NAME="5.5">5.5 DVD playback</A></B> |
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6393 | 570 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B> |
571 While playing a DVD, I encountered this error:<BR> | |
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573 sizeof(cell_adr_t) >= c_adt->nr_of_vobs' failed.</CODE> |
6393 | 574 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD> |
575 This is a known libdvdread 0.9.1/0.9.2 bug. | |
6583 | 576 Use <B>libmpdvdkit</B>, which is present in MPlayer source, and used by |
577 default. | |
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6393 | 580 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B> |
581 Can I compile libdvdread and libdvdcss on my sweet SPARC under Solaris? | |
582 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD> | |
583 Who knows ... It's said to work, so please test it and send feedback. Refer to | |
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6583 | 585 of libdvdread. Use <B>libmpdvdkit</B>, which is present in MPlayer source, and used by |
586 default. | |
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6393 | 589 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B> |
590 What about subtitles? Can MPlayer display them? | |
591 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD> | |
592 Yes! See the <A HREF="cd-dvd.html">DVD chapter</A> of the documentation. | |
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6393 | 595 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B> |
596 How can I set the region code of my DVD-drive? I don't have Windows! | |
597 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD> | |
598 Use the | |
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599 <A HREF="http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvd/dvd_disc_20000215.tar.gz">regionset tool</A>. |
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6393 | 602 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B> |
603 Do I need to be (setuid) root/setuid fibmap_mplayer to be able to play a DVD? | |
604 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD> | |
605 No, only for old-style DVD support. However you must have | |
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606 the proper rights on the DVD device entry (in <CODE>/dev/</CODE>). |
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6393 | 609 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B> |
610 Where can I get libdvdread and libdvdcss packages? | |
611 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD> | |
6583 | 612 You don't need to. Use <B>libmpdvdkit</B>, which is present in MPlayer source, and used by |
613 default. | |
614 Anyway, the packages mentioned can be get from the | |
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615 <A HREF="http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd">Ogle site</A>. |
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6393 | 618 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B> |
619 Is it possible to play/encode only selected chapters? | |
620 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD> | |
621 Yes, try the <CODE>-chapter</CODE> option. | |
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6393 | 624 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B> |
625 My DVD playback is sluggish! | |
626 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD> | |
627 Use the <CODE>-cache</CODE> option (described in the man page) | |
6352 | 628 and try enabling DMA for the DVD drive with the hdparm tool (described in the |
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6393 | 633 <B><A NAME="5.6">5.6 Feature requests</A></B> |
1682 | 634 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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644 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I'd like to seek +/- 1 frames instead of 10 seconds. |
6393 | 645 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This won't be done. It was, but then it messed up A/V sync. Feel free to |
2859 | 646 implement it, and send a patch. Don't ask for it. |
647 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
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6393 | 650 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD> It's not released, and won't be. Look around the Windows scene (open source |
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651 ASF parsers, open source ASF encoders, etc) and you'll know why. We don't |
6583 | 652 want to go to jail. BTW you can compile it yourself, under |
653 <A HREF="documentation.html#6.8">Cygwin</A>. | |
3489 | 654 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
655 | |
3192 | 656 <TD COLSPAN=3> |
6393 | 657 <B><A NAME="5.7">5.7 Encoding</A></B> |
3192 | 658 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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6393 | 661 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Read the <B>MEncoder</B> <A HREF="encoding.html">documentation</A>. |
3192 | 662 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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665 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Try the <CODE>mencvcd</CODE> |
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671 MEncoder doesn't encode audio! |
6393 | 672 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>TV audio encoding for Linux is currently unimplemented, we're working on it. |
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3966 | 674 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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676 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I can't encode DVD subtitles into the AVI! |
6393 | 677 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You have to specify the <CODE>-sid</CODE> option correctly! |
3966 | 678 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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680 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>MEncoder segfaults on startup! |
6393 | 681 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Upgrade DivX4Linux. |
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684 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>How can I encode only selected chapters from a DVD? |
6393 | 685 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Use the <CODE>-chapter</CODE> option correctly, like: <CODE>-chapter 5-7</CODE> |
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688 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I'm trying to work with 2GB+ files on a VFAT file system. Does it work? |
6393 | 689 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>No, VFAT doesn't support 2GB+ files. |
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692 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Why is the recommended bitrate printed by MEncoder negative? |
6393 | 693 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Because the bitrate you encoded the audio with is too large to fit the |
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699 </BODY> | |
700 </HTML> |