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2 <!-- $Revision$ --> |
9675 | 3 <appendix id="bugs"> |
4 <title>Known bugs</title> | |
5 <sect1 id="bugs-special"> | |
6 <title>Special system/CPU-specific bugs/problems</title> | |
7 <itemizedlist> | |
8 <listitem> | |
9 <para>SIGILL (signal 4) on P3 using 2.2.x kernels:</para> | |
10 <para>Problem: kernel 2.2.x doesn't have proper (working) SSE support</para> | |
11 <para>Solution: upgrade kernel to 2.4.x</para> | |
12 <para>Workaround: <command>./configure --disable-sse</command></para> | |
13 </listitem> | |
14 <listitem> | |
15 <para>General SIGILL (signal 4):</para> | |
11540 | 16 <para>Problem: you compiled and run <application>MPlayer</application> on |
17 different machines (for example compiled on P3 and running on Celeron)</para> | |
18 <para>Solution: compile <application>MPlayer</application> on the same machine | |
19 where you will use it!</para> | |
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20 <para>Workaround: You can forget all this by configuring with the |
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21 <option>--enable-runtime-cpudetection</option> option or you can |
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22 disable particular CPU instruction sets with more specific options (like |
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23 <option>--disable-mmx</option>, <option>--disable-3dnow</option>, etc). |
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24 </para> |
9675 | 25 </listitem> |
26 <listitem> | |
11540 | 27 <para>"Internal buffer inconsistency" during <application>MEncoder</application> run:</para> |
9675 | 28 <para>Problem: known problem when lame < 3.90 was compiled with gcc 2.96 or 3.x.</para> |
29 <para>Solution: use lame >=3.90.</para> | |
30 <para>Workaround: compile lame with gcc 2.95.x and remove any already installed | |
31 lame packages, they may have been compiled with gcc 2.96.</para> | |
32 </listitem> | |
33 <listitem> | |
34 <para>Messed up MP2/MP3 sound on PPC:</para> | |
35 <para>Problem: known GCC miscompilation bug on PPC platforms, no fix yet.</para> | |
36 <para>Workaround: use FFmpeg's (slow) MP1/MP2/MP3 decoder (<option>-ac ffmpeg</option>)</para> | |
37 </listitem> | |
38 <listitem> | |
12566 | 39 <para>SIGSEGV (signal 11) in libmpeg2, when scaling+encoding:</para> |
12576 | 40 <para>Problem: known GCC 2.95.2 MMX bug</para> |
12565 | 41 <para>Solution: upgrade to 2.95.3</para> |
9675 | 42 </listitem> |
15782 | 43 <listitem> |
44 <para>Crashes when dumping streams:</para> | |
45 <para>Problem: core dump</para> | |
46 <para>Solution: Don't panic. Make sure you know where your towel is.</para> | |
47 </listitem> | |
9675 | 48 </itemizedlist> |
49 </sect1> | |
50 | |
51 <sect1 id="bugs-audio"> | |
52 <title>Various A-V sync and other audio problems</title> | |
53 | |
54 <sect2 id="bugs-delay-all"> | |
55 <title>General audio delay or jerky sound (exists with all or many files)</title> | |
56 <itemizedlist> | |
57 <listitem><para> | |
58 most common: buggy audio driver! - try to use different drivers, try ALSA 0.9 OSS | |
59 emulation with <option>-ao oss</option>, also try <option>-ao sdl</option>, | |
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60 sometimes it helps. If your file plays fine with <option>-nosound</option>, then you can be sure |
9675 | 61 it's sound card (driver) problem. |
62 </para></listitem> | |
63 </itemizedlist> | |
64 <itemizedlist> | |
65 <listitem> | |
66 <para>audio buffer problems (buffer size badly detected)</para> | |
12578 | 67 <para>Workaround: <application>MPlayer</application>'s <option>-abs</option> option</para> |
9675 | 68 </listitem> |
69 </itemizedlist> | |
70 <itemizedlist> | |
71 <listitem><para> | |
72 samplerate problems - maybe your card doesn't support the samplerate used in your | |
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73 files - try the resampling filter (<option>-af resample=...</option>) |
9675 | 74 </para></listitem> |
75 </itemizedlist> | |
76 <itemizedlist> | |
77 <listitem> | |
78 <para>slow machine (CPU or VGA)</para> | |
79 <para>try with <option>-vo null</option>, if it plays well, then you have slow | |
80 VGA card/driver</para> | |
81 <para>Workaround: buy a faster card or read this documentation about how to | |
82 speed up</para> | |
83 <para>Also try <option>-framedrop</option></para> | |
84 </listitem> | |
85 </itemizedlist> | |
86 </sect2> | |
87 | |
88 <sect2 id="bugs-delay-specific"> | |
89 <title>Audio delay/de-sync specific to one or a few files</title> | |
90 <itemizedlist> | |
91 <listitem> | |
92 <para>bad file</para> | |
93 <para> | |
94 Workaround: | |
95 <itemizedlist> | |
96 <listitem> | |
97 <para><option>-ni</option> or <option>-nobps</option> option (for | |
98 non-interleaved or bad files)</para> | |
99 <para>and/or</para> | |
100 </listitem> | |
101 <listitem> | |
102 <para><option>-mc 0</option>(required for files with badly | |
103 interleaved VBR audio)</para> | |
104 <para>and/or</para> | |
105 </listitem> | |
106 <listitem> | |
107 <para><option>-delay</option> or <keycap>+</keycap>/<keycap>-</keycap> | |
108 keys at runtime to adjust delay</para> | |
109 </listitem> | |
110 </itemizedlist> | |
111 If none of these help, please upload the file, we'll check (and fix). | |
112 </para> | |
113 </listitem> | |
114 <listitem> | |
115 <para>your sound card doesn't support 48kHz playback</para> | |
116 <para>Workaround: buy a better sound card... or try to decrease fps by 10% (use | |
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117 <option>-fps 27</option> for a 30fps movie) or use the resample filter</para> |
9675 | 118 </listitem> |
119 <listitem> | |
120 <para>slow machine(if A-V is not around 0, and the last number in the status | |
121 line increasing)</para> | |
122 <para>Workaround: <option>-framedrop</option></para> | |
123 </listitem> | |
124 </itemizedlist> | |
125 </sect2> | |
126 | |
127 <sect2 id="bugs-nosound"> | |
128 <title>No sound at all</title> | |
129 <itemizedlist> | |
130 <listitem> | |
131 <para>your file uses an unsupported audio codec</para> | |
132 <para>read the documentation and help us adding support for it</para> | |
133 </listitem> | |
134 </itemizedlist> | |
135 </sect2> | |
136 | |
137 <sect2 id="bugs-nopicture"> | |
138 <title>No picture at all (just plain grey/green window)</title> | |
139 <itemizedlist> | |
140 <listitem> | |
141 <para>your file uses an unsupported video codec</para> | |
142 <para>Workaround: read the documentation and help us adding support for it</para> | |
143 </listitem> | |
144 <listitem> | |
145 <para> | |
146 auto-selected codec can't decode the file, try to select another using | |
147 <option>-vc</option> or <option>-vfm</option> options | |
148 </para> | |
149 </listitem> | |
150 <listitem> | |
151 <para> | |
152 you try to play DivX 3.x file with OpenDivX decoder or XviD | |
11758 | 153 (<option>-vc odivx</option>) - install DivX4Linux and recompile player |
9675 | 154 </para> |
155 </listitem> | |
156 </itemizedlist> | |
157 </sect2> | |
158 | |
159 <sect2 id="bugs-video"> | |
160 <title>Video-out problems</title> | |
161 <para> | |
162 First note: options <option>-fs -vm</option> and <option>-zoom</option> are just | |
163 recommendations, not (yet) supported by all drivers. So it isn't a bug if it | |
164 doesn't work. Only a few driver supports scaling/zooming, don't expect this from | |
165 x11 or dga. | |
166 </para> | |
167 | |
168 <formalpara> | |
169 <title>OSD/sub flickering</title> | |
170 <para> | |
171 <itemizedlist> | |
172 <listitem><para>x11 driver: sorry, it can't be fixed now</para></listitem> | |
173 <listitem><para>xv driver: use <option>-double</option> option</para></listitem> | |
174 </itemizedlist> | |
175 </para> | |
176 </formalpara> | |
177 | |
178 <formalpara> | |
179 <title>Green image using mga_vid (<option>-vo mga</option> / <option>-vo xmga</option>)</title> | |
180 <para> | |
181 <itemizedlist> | |
182 <listitem><para>mga_vid misdetected your card's RAM amount, reload it using | |
183 <option>mga_ram_size</option> option | |
184 </para></listitem> | |
185 </itemizedlist> | |
186 </para> | |
187 </formalpara> | |
188 | |
189 </sect2> | |
190 </sect1> | |
191 | |
192 </appendix> |