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15 <P><B><A NAME=5>5. FAQ section</A></B></P>
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19 <TR><TD COLSPAN=3><P><B><A NAME=5.1><FONT CLASS="text">5.1 Compilation</A></B></P>
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23 Configure ends with this text, and MPlayer won't compile!<BR>
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24 <CODE>"Your gcc does not support even i386 for '-march' and '-mcpu'."</CODE>
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26 Your gcc isn't installed correctly, check the <CODE>config.log</CODE> file
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31 What does "No such file or directory" mean?
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33 Probably there is no such file or directory.
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36 <TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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37 What's the problem with gcc 2.96?
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39 <B><I>We strongly discourage the use of gcc 2.96!!!</I></B><BR>
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40 Read <A HREF="gcc-2.96-3.0.html">this</A> and <A HREF="users_against_developers.html">this</A>
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41 document for details. If you still really really want to use it, be sure to get
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42 the latest release, but remember that you are on your own. Do <B>not</B> report
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43 bugs or ask for help on the mailing lists. We will <B>not</B> provide any support
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44 in case you run into problems.
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49 Great, I have gcc 3.0.1 from Red Hat/Mandrake, then I'm fine--!
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51 No, since there have been/are issues with these compilers as well.<BR>
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52 Use the 2.95.x series for reliability (not <A HREF="gcc-2.96-3.0.html">2.96</A>).
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53 Use the latest gcc 3.0.x (starting at 3.0.2) if you want to use a 3.0.x version.
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57 I tried to compile MPlayer, but I got this output:
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58 <PRE>
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59 In file included from /usr/include/g++-v3/bits/std_cwchar.h:42,
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72 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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73 Upgrade your glibc to the latest release. On Mandrake, use 2.2.4-8mdk.
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77 ... gcc 2.96 ... (Yes, some people are STILL flaming about their gcc 2.96!!)
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79 Quoted from a <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/2001-October/005351.html">mail</A> A'rpi sent to the mplayer-users list (the word 'ideg' is described below):
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80 <BLOCKQUOTE>
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81 <P>And we have idegs. And our idegcounter overflowed again and again.</P>
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83 <P>Unfortunately MPlayer is out of our control. It's used by lamers, Linux users
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84 who can't even use Windows, and never tried to compile a kernel. They installed
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85 (with default options) Mandrake or Red Hat or SuSE, and without RTFM'ing they
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86 send messages saying 'it doesn't work! help me! please! i'm new to Linux!
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87 help! oh! help me!'. We can't stop them, but at least we try to force them to
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88 RTFM and to read messages of ./configure and MPlayer.</P>
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90 <P>And you clever guys come and flame us with gcc 2.96 and binary packages.
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91 Instead of helping users or making patches to help solve problems.</P>
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93 <P>Half of our spare/free time is spent by answering silly mails here and
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94 making newer tricks and checks to configure to avoid such mails.</P>
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96 <P>And there is a balance. On the one side are you, clever guys, saying we are
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97 very bad because we don't like buggy gcc 2.96, and on the other side there are
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98 the 'new to Linux' guys who are showing us gcc 2.96 is buggy.</P>
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100 <P>Conclusion: We can't be good. Half the people always will say we are bad.</P>
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102 <P>Maybe we should close the project, make it closed source, commercial, and
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103 provide install support for it. then we could leave current work, so
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104 development could go faster, and we could earn lots of money with it and buy a
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105 big house, etc etc. Do you really want it? It seems.</P>
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106 </BLOCKQUOTE>
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111 Where can I find information about gcc 2.96 bugs?
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113 In <A HREF="gcc-2.96-3.0.html">this</A> document. And <A HREF="users_against_developers.html">this</A>
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114 document describes why Red Hat released 2.96 and other interesting things.
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118 SDL output doesn't work or compile. The problem is ...
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120 It was tested to work with SDL 1.2.x and may run on SDL 1.1.7+.
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121 It does <B>not</B> work with any previous version. So if you choose to use such
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122 a version, you are on your own.
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126 I am still having trouble compiling with SDL support. gcc says something
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127 about "undefined reference to `SDL_EnableKeyRepeat'". What now?
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128 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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129 Where did you install the SDL library? If you installed in /usr/local
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130 (the default) then edit the top level config.mak and add
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131 "-L/usr/local/lib" after "X_LIBS=". Now type make. You're done!
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135 It doesn't compile, and it misses uint64_t inttypes.h and similar things ...
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137 Copy etc/inttypes.h to the <B>MPlayer</B> directory (<CODE>cp etc/inttypes.h .</CODE>)
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138 and try again ...
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142 I have Linux running on a Pentium III but <CODE>./configure</CODE> doesn't detect
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143 SSE ...
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144 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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145 Only kernel versions 2.4.x support SSE (or try 2.2.19 or newer, but
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146 be prepared for problems).
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147 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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149 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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150 I have a G200/G400, how do I compile/use the mga_vid driver?
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151 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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152 Read the <A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.7">documentation</A>.
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155 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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156 Are there rpm/deb/... packages of <B>MPlayer</B>?
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157 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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158 You can make a .deb package for yourself, check the <A HREF="documentation.html#6.1">Debian packaging</A> section.
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159 There are RPM packages available on our homepage, don't use other sources!
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160 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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162 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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163 During 'make', MPlayer complains about X11 libraries. I don't understand,
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164 I DO have X installed!?
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165 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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166 ... but you don't have the X development package installed. Or not
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167 correctly. It's called XFree86-devel* under Red Hat, and xlib6g-dev* under
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168 Debian. Also check if the <CODE>/usr/X11</CODE> and <CODE>/usr/include/X11</CODE>
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169 symlinks exist (this can be a problem on Mandrake systems). They can be created
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170 with these commands:<BR>
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171 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6 /usr/X11</CODE><BR>
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172 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</CODE><BR>
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173 Your distribution may differ from the
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174 <A HREF="http://www.pathname.com/fhs/">Filesystem Hierarchy Standard</A>.
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177 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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178 What about the DGA driver? I can't find it!!!
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179 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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180 <CODE>./configure</CODE> autodetects your DGA driver. If <CODE>-vo help</CODE> doesn't show
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181 DGA, then there's a problem with your X installation.
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182 Try <CODE>./configure --enable-dga</CODE> and read the
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183 <A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.3">documentation</A>.
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184 Alternatively, try SDL's DGA driver with the <CODE>-vo sdl:dga</CODE> option.
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185 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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187 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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188 I can't compile SVGAlib. I'm using kernel 2.3/2.4 ...
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190 You have to edit SVGAlib's Makefile.cfg and comment <CODE>BACKGROUND = y</CODE> out.
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193 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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194 I compiled MPlayer with libdvdcss/libdivxdecore support, but when
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195 I try to start it, it says:<BR>
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196 <CODE>&gt; error while loading shared libraries: lib*.so.0: cannot load
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197 shared object file: No such file or directory</CODE><BR>
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198 I checked up on the file and it IS there in <CODE>/usr/local/lib</CODE> ...
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199 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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200 Add <CODE>/usr/local/lib</CODE> to <CODE>/etc/ld.so.conf</CODE> and run <CODE>ldconfig</CODE>.
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201 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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203 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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204 Hmm, strange. When loading the mga_vid.o kernel module, I found this in the logs:<BR>
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205 <CODE>Warning: loading mga_vid.o will taint the kernel: no license</CODE>
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206 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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207 The latest kernel modutils require a flag indicating the license (mainly
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208 to avoid kernel hackers debugging closed source drivers).
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209 Upgrade your kernel, modutils and <B>MPlayer</B>.
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210 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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212 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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213 When compiling <B>MEncoder</B>, it segfaults at linking!!!
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214 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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215 This is a linker problem. Upgrading binutils should help (2.11.92.* or newer
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216 should be good). Since it is not our fault, please do <B>not</B> report!
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217 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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219 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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220 I'd like to compile <B>MPlayer</B> on Minix!
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221 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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222 Me too. :)
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223 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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226 <TD COLSPAN=3><B><A NAME=5.2><FONT CLASS="text">5.2. General questions</A></B>
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229 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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230 What about DVD playing?
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231 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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232 Read the CD/DVD section in <A HREF="cd-dvd.html">this document</A>.
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235 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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236 The <CODE>-xy</CODE> or <CODE>-fs</CODE> option doesn't work with the x11 driver (<CODE>-vo x11</CODE>) ...
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237 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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238 It does, but you have to explicitly specify software scaling (it's SLOW!) with
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239 the <CODE>-zoom</CODE> option. You better use XF86VidMode support:
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240 you must specify the <CODE>-vm</CODE> and the <CODE>-fs</CODE> switch, and
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241 you're done. Make sure you have the right modelines in your XF86Config file, and
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242 try to make the <A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.3">DGA driver</A> and
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243 <A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.4">SDL's DGA driver</A> work for you.
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244 It's much faster. If SDL's DGA works, use that, it'll be EVEN faster!
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247 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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248 What is the meaning of the numbers on the status line?
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249 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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250 Example: <CODE><FONT CLASS="text">A: 2.1 V: 2.2 A-V: -0.167 ct: 0.042 57/57 41% 0% 2.6% 0 4 49%</CODE><BR>
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252 <LI>A: audio position in seconds
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253 <LI>V: video position in seconds
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255 <LI>ct: total A-V sync correction done
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256 <LI>frames played (counting from last seek)
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257 <LI>frames decoded (counting from last seek)
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258 <LI>video codec cpu usage in percent (for slices and DR this includes video_out)
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259 <LI>video_out cpu usage
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260 <LI>audio codec cpu usage in percent
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261 <LI>frames needed to drop to maintain A-V sync
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262 <LI>current level of image postprocessing (when using <CODE>-autoq</CODE>)
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263 <LI>current cache size used (around 50% is normal)
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264 </UL>
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265 Most of them are for debug purposes and will be removed soon.
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266 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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268 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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269 What if I don't want them to appear?
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270 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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271 Use the <CODE>-quiet</CODE> option and read the man page.
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272 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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274 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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275 Why is video_out cpu usage zero (0%) for some files?
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276 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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277 It's not zero, but it's called from the codec and thus cannot be measured
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278 separately. You should try to play the file using <CODE>-vo null</CODE> and then
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279 <CODE>-vo ...</CODE> and check the difference to see the video_out speed.
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282 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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283 There are error messages about file not found <CODE>/usr/lib/win32/</CODE> ...
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284 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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285 Download the <A HREF="ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/w32codec-0.60.tar.bz2">Win32 codecs</A>
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286 from <B>our</B> FTP site (avifile's codec package has a different DLL set) and
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287 install it.
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288 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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290 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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291 Are there any mailing lists on MPlayer?
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292 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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293 Yes! See the bottom of the info page on
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294 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/info.html">our homepage</A> to subscribe!
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295 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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297 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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298 I've found a nasty bug when I tried to play my favorite video!!
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299 Who should I inform?
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300 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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301 Please read the <A HREF="bugreports.html">bug reporting guidelines</A> and follow
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302 the instructions.
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303 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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305 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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306 I have problems playing files with the ... codec. Can I use them?
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307 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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308 Check the <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html">codec status</A>,
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309 if it doesn't contain your codec, read the
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310 <A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.3">codec documentation</A>, especially the
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311 <A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.3">codec importing HOWTO</A> and contact us.
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312 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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314 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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315 Umm, what is "IdegCounter"?
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316 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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317 A combination of a Hungarian and an English word. "Ideg" in Hungarian means
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318 the same as "nerve" in English, and is pronounced as something like "ydaegh".
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319 It was first used to measure the nervousness of A'rpi, after some (umm) "mystic"
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320 disappearance of CVS code ;)
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321 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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323 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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324 And what is "Faszom(C)ounter"?
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325 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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326 "Fasz" is a Hungarian word you don't want to know, the others are connected to
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327 the perverted minds of the MPlayer developers.
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328 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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330 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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331 LIRC doesn't work, because ...
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332 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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333 Are you sure you are using <CODE>mplayer</CODE> instead of <CODE>mplayer_lirc</CODE>?
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334 Note that it was <CODE>mplayer_lirc</CODE> for long time, including the 0.60 release, but recently
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335 changed back to <CODE>mplayer</CODE>.
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336 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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338 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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339 Subtitles are very nice, the most beautiful I've ever seen, but they slow
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340 down playing! I know it's unlikely ...
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341 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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342 After running <CODE>./configure</CODE> , edit <CODE>config.h</CODE> and replace
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343 <CODE>#undef FAST_OSD</CODE> with <CODE>#define FAST_OSD</CODE>. Then recompile.
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344 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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346 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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347 The OSD is flickering!
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348 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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349 You use a vo driver with single buffering (x11,xv). With xv,
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350 use the <CODE>-double</CODE> option. Also try <CODE>-vop expand</CODE>
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351 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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352
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353 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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354 What exactly is this libavcodec thing?
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355 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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356 See the <A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1.2">FFmpeg section</A>.
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357 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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358
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359 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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360 But configure tells me "Checking for libavcodec ... no"!
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361 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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362 You need to get libavcodec from FFmpeg's CVS. Read the instructions in
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363 the <A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1.2">FFmpeg section</A>.
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364 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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365
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366 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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367 The GUI isn't usable with icewm, because a panel is over the movie!!
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368 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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369 Known problem with icewm. It is unsolvable from our side. In detail:
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370 Icewm's taskbar overrides the GUI's window resize queries. If asked for a
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371 resize to 800x600, icewm resizes the window to 800x(600-taskbar_size).
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372 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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374 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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375 I can't access the GUI menu. I press right click, but I can't access any
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376 menu items!
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377 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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378 Are you using FVWM? Try the following:<BR>
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379 Start -&gt; Settings -&gt; Configuration -&gt; Base Configuration<BR>
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380 Set "Use Applications position hints" to "Yes".
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381 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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383 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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384 How can I run MPlayer in the background?
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385 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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386 Use: <CODE>mplayer &lt;options&gt; &lt;filename&gt; &lt; /dev/null &</CODE>
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387 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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388
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389 <TD COLSPAN=3>
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390 <B><A NAME=5.3><FONT CLASS="text">5.3. File playing problems</A></B>
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393 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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394 ... works with avifile/aviplay but doesn't with MPlayer.
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395 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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396 <B>MPlayer</B> != avifile.
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397 The only common thing between these players is the Win32 DLL loader.
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398 The codecs (DLL) set, synchronization, demultiplexing etc is totally
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399 different and shouldn't be compared.
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400 If something works with aviplay it doesn't mean that <B>MPlayer</B> will work
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401 and vice versa.
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404 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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405 Audio goes out of sync playing a .avi file.
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406 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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407 Try the <CODE>-bps</CODE> or <CODE>-nobps</CODE> option. If it does not improve,
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408 read <A HREF="bugreports.html">this</A> and upload the file to FTP.
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411 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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412 MPlayer exits with some error when using l3codeca.acm.
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413 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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414 Check <CODE>ldd /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE> output. If it contains<BR>
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415 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4???????)</CODE><BR>
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416 where "?" is any number then it's OK, the error is not here. If it is:<BR>
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417 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00??????)</CODE><BR>
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418 then there is a problem with your kernel/libc. Maybe you are using some
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419 security patches (for example Solar Designer's OpenWall patch) which
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420 forces loading libraries to very low addresses.
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421 Because l3codeca.acm is a non-relocatable DLL, it must be loaded to
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422 0x00400000, we can't change this. You should use a non-patched kernel,
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423 or use <B>MPlayer</B>'s <CODE>-afm 1</CODE> option to disable using l3codeca.acm.
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427 My computer plays M$ DivX AVIs with resolutions ~ 640x300 and stereo mp3
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428 sound too slow. When I use -nosound switch, everything is OK (but quiet).
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429 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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430 Your machine is too slow or your soundcard driver is broken. Consult the documentation to see if you can improve
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431 performance.
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434 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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435 MPlayer dies with "MPlayer interrupted by signal 4 in module: decode_video".
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436 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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437 Try running <B>MPlayer</B> on the machine you compiled on. Or recompile. Don't
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438 use <B>MPlayer</B> on a CPU different from the one it was compiled on.
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441 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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442 I have problems with [your window manager] and fullscreen xv/xmga/sdl/x11 modes ...
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443 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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444 Use the <CODE>-fsmode</CODE> switch. See example.conf or the man page.
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447 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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448 But it works with avifile!
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449 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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450 So what?
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453 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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454 Then avifile is better!
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455 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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456 Then use avifile, it has a nice GUI and nice C++ code :)
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460 I got this playing mpeg files: Can't find codec for video format 0x10000001!
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461 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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462 You have an old version of codecs.conf at <CODE>~/.mplayer/</CODE>. Upgrade it
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463 from <CODE>/etc/</CODE>.<BR>
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464 <B>OR</B> you have the <CODE>vc=</CODE> option or something similar in your
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465 config file(s).
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468 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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469 After starting MPlayer under KDE(1/2) I just get a black screen and nothing
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470 happens, after about one minute the video starts playing.
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472 The KDE arts sound daemon is blocking the sound device, either wait the time
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473 until video starts or you disable the arts-daemon in kontrol center. If you want
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474 to use arts sound, specify audio output via SDL (<CODE>ao=sdl</CODE>), and
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475 make sure your SDL can handle arts sound. Yet another option is to start
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476 <B>MPlayer</B> with artsdsp.
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479 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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480 I have an AVI that produces a gray screen when played with <CODE>-vc odivx</CODE>
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481 and a green one with <CODE>-vc divx4</CODE>.
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482 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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483 It's not a DivX file, but an M$ MPEG4v3 . Update your codecs.conf.
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486 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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487 When I play this movie I get video-audio desync and/or MPlayer crashes with the following message:<BR>
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488 <CODE>DEMUXER: Too many (945 in 8390980 bytes) video packets in the buffer!</CODE>
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489 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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490 This can have multiple reasons.<BR>
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491 <UL>
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492 <LI>Your CPU <B>and/or</B> video card <B>and/or</B> bus is too SLOW. <B>MPlayer</B>
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493 displays a message if this is the case (and the dropped frames counter goes up fast).</LI>
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494 <LI>If it is an AVI, maybe it has bad interleaving. Try the <CODE>-ni</CODE> option.</LI>
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495 <LI>Your sound driver is buggy, or you use ALSA 0.5 with <CODE>-ao oss</CODE>.
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496 See the <A HREF="sound.html">sound card section</A>.</LI>
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497 <LI>The AVI has a bad header, try the <CODE>-nobps</CODE> option, and/or
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498 <CODE>-mc 0</CODE>.</LI>
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499 </UL>
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502 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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503 I have an MJPEG file which works with other players but displays only a black
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504 image in MPlayer.
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505 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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506 Disable the Windows DLL in <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>, or use the
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507 <CODE>-vc ffmjpeg</CODE> option (compile MPlayer with libavcodec for this to work).
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508 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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509
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510 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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511 When I try to grab from my tuner, it works, but colors are strange. It's OK
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512 with other applications.
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513 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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514 Your card probably misreports its colorspace capacity. Try with YUY2 instead
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515 of default YV12 (see the <A HREF="documentation.html#2.5">TV input documentation</A>).
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518 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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519 When I start playing, I get this message but everything seems fine:<BR>
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520 <CODE>Linux RTC init: ioctl (rtc_pie_on): Permission denied</CODE>
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521 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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522 You need root privileges to use the new timing code. For details see the
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523 <A HREF="documentation.html#1.3">installation section</A> of the documentation.
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526 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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527 I have A/V sync problems. Some of my AVIs play fine, but some play with
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528 double speed!
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529 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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530 You have a buggy sound card/driver. Most likely it's fixed at 44100Hz, and
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531 you try to play a file which has 22050Hz audio. Try the resample audio plugin.
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534 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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535 All the WMV (or other..) files I play create a green/gray window and there is
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536 only sound! MPlayer prints:<BR>
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537 <CODE>Detected video codec: [null] drv:0 (NULL codec (no decoding))</CODE>
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538 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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539 Update your <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>.
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542 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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543 I get very strange percentage values (way too big) while playing files on my notebook.
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544 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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545 It's an effect of the power management / power saving system of your notebook
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546 (BIOS, not kernel). Plug the external power connector in <b>before</b> you power on your
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547 notebook.
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548 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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549
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550 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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551 The audio/video gets totally out of sync when I run MPlayer as root on my notebook.
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552 It works normal when i run it as a user.
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553 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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554 This is again a power management effect (see above). Plug the external power connector
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555 in <b>before</b> you power on your notebook.
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556 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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558 <TD COLSPAN=3>
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559 <B><A NAME=5.4><FONT CLASS="text">5.4. Video/audio driver problems (vo/ao)</A></B>
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563 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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564 OK, <CODE>-vo help</CODE> shows DGA driver, but it complains about permissions!
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565 Help me!
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566 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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567 It works only if running as root! It's a DGA limitation.
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568 You should become root (<CODE>su -</CODE>), and try again.
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569 Another solution is making <B>MPlayer</B> SUID root, but it's <B>NOT RECOMMENDED!</B><BR>
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570 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR>
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571 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR>
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572 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>chmod +s /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR>
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573 <B>!!!! BUT STAY TUNED !!!!</B><BR>
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574 This is a *BIG* security risk! *NEVER* do this on a server or on a computer
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575 that you do not control completely because other users can gain root
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576 privileges through SUID root MPlayer!!!<BR>
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577 <B>!!!! SO YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ... !!!!</B>
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578 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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579
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580 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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581 When using Xvideo, my Voodoo 3/Banshee says:<BR>
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582 <CODE>X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied)<BR>
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583 &nbsp;&nbsp;Major opcode of failed request: 147 (MIT-SHM)<BR>
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584 &nbsp;&nbsp;Minor opcode of failed request: 1 (X_ShmAttach)<BR>
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585 &nbsp;&nbsp;Serial number of failed request: 26<BR>
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586 &nbsp;&nbsp;Current serial number in output stream:27</CODE><BR>
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587 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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588 The "tdfx" driver in XFree86 4.0.2/4.0.3 had this bug. This was solved by
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589 <A HREF="http://www.xfree86.org/cvs/changes_4_1.html">bugfix #621 of the XFree86 4.1.0 CVS log</A>.
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590 So upgrade to XFree86 4.1.0 or later. Alternatively, either download (at least)
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591 DRI version 0.6 from the <A HREF="http://dri.sourceforge.net">DRI homepage</A>,
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592 or use CVS DRI.
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593 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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594
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595 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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596 When using Xvideo, I can't play DivX AVIs with my Voodoo 3/Banshee!
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597 It says:<BR>
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598 ...<BR>
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599 <CODE>Xvideo image format: 0x32315659 (YV12) planar<BR>
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600 Xvideo image format: 0x30323449 (I420) planar<BR></CODE>
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601 ...
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602 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A1:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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603 See the previous answer.
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604 </TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A2:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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605 Since 0.18pre4 we support libavcodec from the FFmpeg package. It contains
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606 a C language DivX and OpenDivX decoder. The DivX decoder uses YV12 format
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607 for output, thus it should work for you. Compile in libavcodec support.
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608 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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609
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610 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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611 OpenGL (<CODE>-vo gl</CODE>) output doesn't work (hang/black window/X11 errors/...).
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612 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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613 Your OpenGL driver doesn't support dynamic texture changes (glTexSubImage).
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614 It's known not to work with nVidia's binary mess.
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615 It's known to work with Utah-GLX/DRI and Matrox G400 cards. Also with
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616 DRI and Radeon cards. It won't work with DRI and other cards.
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617 it will not work with 3DFX cards because of the 256x256 texture size limit.
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618 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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619
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620 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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621 I have an nVidia TNT/TNT2 card, and I have a band with strange colors,
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622 right under the movie! Whose fault is this?
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623 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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624 This is a bug of nVidia's binary X driver. These bugs appear ONLY with the
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625 TNT/TNT2 cards, and we can't do anything about it. To fix the problem, upgrade
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626 to the latest nVidia binary driver version. If still bad, complain to nVidia!
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627 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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628
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629 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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630 I have an nVidia XYZ card, and when I click on the GUI's display window to toggle
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631 displaying the GUI panel, a black square appears where I clicked. I have
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632 the newest driver.
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633 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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634 Yes, nVidia corrected a previous bug (above), and introduced a new one. Let's
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635 congratulate them. UPDATE: According to
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636 <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#nvidia">nVidia</A>, this has already been
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637 fixed.
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638 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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639
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640 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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641 When I use the GUI with SDL video output, a second video window is created.
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642 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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643 Known, don't use SDL for the GUI yet.
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644 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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645
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646 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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647 Oh the world is cruel ...! SDL has only <CODE>x11</CODE> target, but not
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648 <CODE>xv</CODE>!
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649 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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650 Try that <CODE>x11</CODE> target again. Now try <CODE>-vo x11 -fs -zoom</CODE>.
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651 See the difference? No?! OK, here comes the enlightenment: SDL's
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652 <CODE>x11</CODE> target uses xv when available, you don't have to worry about
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653 it ... Note: you can force/disable Xv via SDL using <CODE>-forcexv<CODE> and <CODE>-noxv</CODE>
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654 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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655
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656 <TD COLSPAN=3>
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657 <B><A NAME=5.5><FONT CLASS="text">5.5. Feature requests</A></B>
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658 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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660 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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661 Is there a hint on how to watch RealMedia movies in MPlayer?
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662 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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663 There's no way to do it. Therefore this format deserves to die in flames.
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664 Theoretically you can reverse engineer Real codecs built for Linux (they
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665 are available as .so files), but in practice that's really difficult, even
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666 if you know how the compiler used by Real is making assembler code.
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667 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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668
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669 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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670 I'd like to seek +/- 1 frames instead of 10 seconds.
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671 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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672 This won't be done. It was, but then it messed up A/V sync. Feel free to
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673 implement it, and send a patch. Don't ask for it.
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674 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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675
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676 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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677 Where is the Windows version?
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678 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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679 It's not released, and won't be. Look around the Windows scene (open source
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680 ASF parsers, open source ASF encoders, etc) and you'll know why. We don't
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681 want to go to jail.
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682 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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684
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685 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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686 What card do you suggest me to buy?
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687 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A0:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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688 It's for your information only but our criteria are:
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689 </TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A1:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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690 Speed:<BR>
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691 This parameter can be computed easily:
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692 <OL>
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693 <LI>Which movies do you plan to watch?</LI>
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694 <UL>
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695 <LI><B>MPEG1:</B> 320x200@32=256000<BR>
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696 You need only 256*25fps=6.4MB/sec of bandwidth (This format can be played
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697 in real-time on any PC since the times of Pentium-100 + S3Virge).</LI>
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698 <LI><B>MPEG4:</B> 640x480@32=1228800<BR>
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699 You need a video bandwidth of 1.2*25fps=30MB/sec. To watch such a movie
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700 in real-time you need a PC equivalent to a Celeron-450 and a DIMM based
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701 video card.</LI>
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702 <LI><B>MPEG2 (aka DVD or SDTV):</B> 1024x768@32=3145728<BR>
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703 You need a video bandwidth of 3*30fps=90MB/sec. In extreme cases (if your
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704 video card supports IDCT decoding) the hardware requirements are the same
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705 as for MPEG4.</LI>
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706 <LI><B>HDTV (High Definition TeleVision):</B> 2000x2000@32=16000000<BR>
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707 You need a video bandwidth of 16*30fps=480MB/sec. You also need at least
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708 32MB of video memory to watch this stream: 16MB for the RGB area and 16MB
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709 for the YUV area.</LI>
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710 </UL>
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711 <LI>The bandwidth of PCI slots is: 33MHz*32Bit=133MB/sec. PCI2.1 has
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712 66MHz*32Bit=266MB/sec which is more than enough for playing any movie (except
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713 HDTV streams which really require an AGP bus).</LI>
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714 <LI>What memory type should be installed on the video card:
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715 <UL>
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716 <LI><B>SIMM</B> - Avoid that.</LI>
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717 <LI><B>DIMM</B> - Good if your video card has 128-bit memory access.</LI>
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718 <LI><B>DDR</B> - Is fast enough for all types.</LI>
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719 </UL>
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720 </OL>
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721 Note: DGA comparison shows that there is no visible difference between video
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722 cards which have the same type of video memory installed.<BR>
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723 <B>Conclusion:</B> If you have enough CPU power (Celeron-450 or K6-2-500) it
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724 should be enough to buy any video card which has at least 8MB of DIMM or DDR
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725 memory.
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726 </TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A2:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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727 Quality:<BR>
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728 This question was investigated in depth at:
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729 <br><a href="http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1332&rndr=04132002115140">
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730 AnandTech</a> - Video Card Roundup - DVD Quality, Features &amp; Performance
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731 (October 2000)
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732 </TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A3:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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733 <B>Working</B> features under Linux:<BR>
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734 If you are a Win32 user then probably you have support (from driver and DirectX8
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735 side) for any feature your chip has.<BR>
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736 But for <B>Linux</B> users there are currently only a few vendors which have more
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737 or less advanced driver support:<BR><BR>
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738
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739 <table BORDER=1 COLS=5 WIDTH="100%">
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740 <tr>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
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741 <td>&nbsp;</td>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
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742
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
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743 <td>
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744 <center>Matrox Gxxx</center>
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gabucino
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745 </td>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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746
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
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747 <td>
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748 <center>ATI m64/r128/radeon</center>
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gabucino
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749 </td>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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750
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
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751 <td>
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752 <center>nVidia tnt/geforce</center>
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753 </td>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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754
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
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755 <td>
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756 <center>S3 Virge/Savage</center>
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gabucino
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757 </td>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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758 </tr>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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759
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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760 <tr>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
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761 <td>Driver's provider</td>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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762
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763 <td>OEM and enthusiasts</td>
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gabucino
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764
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765 <td>OEM and enthusiasts</td>
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gabucino
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766
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767 <td>OEM or enthusiasts</td>
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768
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
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769 <td>enthusiasts</td>
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gabucino
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770 </tr>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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771
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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772 <tr>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
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773 <td>Driver's quality</td>
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gabucino
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774
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775 <td>best (X11,kernel)</td>
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776
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777 <td>best (X11,GATOS,kernel)</td>
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gabucino
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778
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779 <td>buggy/unstable (X11 only)</td>
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780
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781 <td>slow (X11 only)</td>
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gabucino
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782 </tr>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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783
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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784 <tr>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
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785 <td>VIDEO OVERLAY</td>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
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786
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
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787 <td></td>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
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788
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
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789 <td></td>
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gabucino
parents:
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790
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
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791 <td></td>
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gabucino
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792
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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793 <td></td>
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gabucino
parents:
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794 </tr>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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795
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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796 <tr>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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797 <td>BES and YV2RGB</td>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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798
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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799 <td>YES</td>
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gabucino
parents:
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800
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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801 <td>YES</td>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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802
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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803 <td>YES</td>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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804
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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805 <td>YES</td>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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806 </tr>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
807
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
808 <tr>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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809 <td>scaling filters</td>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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810
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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811 <td>N/A</td>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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812
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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813 <td>YES</td>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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814
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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815 <td>N/A</td>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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816
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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817 <td>N/A</td>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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818 </tr>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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819
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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820 <tr>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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821 <td>adaptive deinterlace</td>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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822
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823 <td>N/A</td>
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gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
824
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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825 <td>YES</td>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
826
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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827 <td>N/A</td>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
828
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
829 <td>N/A</td>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
830 </tr>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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831
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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832 <tr>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
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833 <td>Video equalizer (hue, contrast, saturation, color correction)</td>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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834
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835 <td>YES</td>
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gabucino
parents:
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836
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837 <td>YES</td>
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gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
838
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839 <td>GeForce only</td>
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gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
840
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
841 <td>N/A</td>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
842 </tr>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
843
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
844 <tr>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
845 <td>Alpha blending, color and video keys</td>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
846
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847 <td>PARTIAL</td>
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gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
848
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849 <td>PARTIAL (under development)</td>
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gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
850
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
851 <td>N/A</td>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
852
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
853 <td>N/A</td>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
854 </tr>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
855
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
856 <tr>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
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857 <td>Video capture</td>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
858
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859 <td>YES (Marvel)</td>
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gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
860
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861 <td>YES (GATOS)</td>
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gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
862
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
863 <td>N/A</td>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
864
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
865 <td>N/A</td>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
866 </tr>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
867
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
868 <tr>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
869 <td>TV-out</td>
dadab20dc2b4 began updated translation by <nell@skrzynka.pl> (work-in-progress)
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
870
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871 <td>G400 only</td>
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gabucino
parents:
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872
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873 <td>YES</td>
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875 <td>N/A</td>
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877 <td>N/A</td>
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878 </tr>
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879 </table>
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880
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881 <P>It's a very rough overview of video cards. We should pay attention to video
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882 card models. If for example Matrox G400 drivers support TV-out then G450 and
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883 G550 do not necessarily have this feature.<BR>
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884 Another example: Adaptive deinterlacing exists only for the Rage128 chip and
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885 isn't present on Mach64+ ones. The same goes for 3D features. They are different
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886 from Mach64 to the Radeon 8500 with TRUFORM technology.</P>
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887
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888 <P><B>ANYWAY - THE MPLAYER TEAM DOESN'T ACCEPT ANY CLAIMS IF AFTER READING THIS
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889 MATERIAL YOU BUY A CARD WHICH IS UNSATISFACTORY FOR YOU!!! THIS IS ONLY OUR
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890 POINT OF VIEW.</B></P>
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891
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892 <P><B>Q:</B> If a PCI slot is fast enough for most types of movies then why is
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893 the S3 Virge too slow for them?<BR>
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894 <B>A:</B> Due to its SIMM memory.</P>
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895
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896 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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898 <TD COLSPAN=3>
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899 <B><A NAME=5.6><FONT CLASS="text">5.6. Encoding</A></B>
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900 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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901
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902 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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903 How can I encode?
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904 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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905 Read the <B>MEncoder</B> <A HREF="encoding.html">documentation</A>.
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906 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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907
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908 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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909 My tuner works, I can hear the sound and watch the video with MPlayer, but
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910 MEncoder doesn't encode audio!
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911 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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912 TV audio encoding for Linux is currently unimplemented, we're working on it.
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913 At the moment it works only on BSD.
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914 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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916 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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917 I can't encode DVD subtitles into the AVI!
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918 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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919 You have to specify the <CODE>-sid</CODE> option correctly!
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920 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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921
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922 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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923 MEncoder segfaults on startup!
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924 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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925 Upgrade DivX4Linux.
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926 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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928 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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929 How can I encode only selected chapters from a DVD?
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930 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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931 Use the <CODE>-chapter</CODE> option correctly, like: <CODE>-chapter 5-7</CODE>
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932 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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933
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934 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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935 I'm trying to work with 2GB+ files on a VFAT file system. Does it work?
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936 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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937 No, VFAT doesn't support 2GB+ files.
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938 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD>
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939
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940 </TABLE>
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941
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942 </BODY>
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943 </HTML>