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13 <P><B><A NAME="faq">5. FAQ section</A></B></P>
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15 <UL>
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16 <LI><A HREF="#compilation">5.1 Compilation</A></LI>
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17 <LI><A HREF="#general">5.2 General questions</A></LI>
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18 <LI><A HREF="#playback">5.3 playback problems</A></LI>
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19 <LI><A HREF="#driver">5.4 Video/audio driver problems (vo/ao)</A></LI>
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20 <LI><A HREF="#dvd">5.5 DVD playback</A></LI>
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21 <LI><A HREF="#features">5.6 Feature requests</A></LI>
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22 <LI><A HREF="#encoding">5.7 Encoding</A></LI>
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27 <TR><TD COLSPAN=3><P><B><A NAME="compilation">5.1 Compilation</A></B></P>
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30 <TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Compilation stops with an error message similar to this one:
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31 <PRE>
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34 mw.h:209: Internal compiler error in print_rtl_and_abort, at flow.c:6458
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35 Please submit a full bug report,
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36 with preprocessed source if appropriate.
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37 </PRE>
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38 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This is a known problem of gcc
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39 3.0.4, upgrade to 3.1 to solve the problem. How to install gcc is described
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40 <A HREF="users_against_developers.html">here</A>.
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50 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Probably there is no such file or directory.
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54 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><B>We strongly discourage the use of gcc 2.96!!!</B><BR>
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55 Read <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#gcc">this</A> document for details
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56 about why Red Hat released gcc 2.96 and what the problems are all about. If you
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57 still really really want to use it, be sure to get the latest release and give
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58 the <CODE>--disable-gcc-checking</CODE> option to configure. Remember that you
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59 are on your own from this point. Do <B>not</B> report bugs, do <B>not</B> ask
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60 for help on the mailing lists. We will <B>not</B> provide any support in case
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61 you run into problems.
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64 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Great, I have gcc 3.0.1 from Red Hat/Mandrake, then I'm fine--!
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65 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>No, since there have been/are issues with these compilers as well.<BR>
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66 To check the status of current compilers' MPlayer support, see the
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67 <A HREF="documentation.html#installation">Installation</A> section.
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70 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I tried to compile MPlayer, but I got this output:
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71 <PRE>
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72 In file included from /usr/include/g++-v3/bits/std_cwchar.h:42,
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81 wchar_t**, int)':
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82 /usr/include/wchar.h:514: cannot convert `const wchar_t* __restrict' to
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84 </PRE>
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85 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Upgrade your glibc to the latest release. On Mandrake, use 2.2.4-8mdk.
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88 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>... gcc 2.96 ... (Yes, some people are STILL flaming about their gcc 2.96!!)
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89 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Quoted from a
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90 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/2001-October/005351.html">mail</A>
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92 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/">mplayer-users</A>
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93 list (the word 'ideg' is described below):
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94 <BLOCKQUOTE>
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95 <P>And we have idegs. And our idegcounter overflowed again and again.</P>
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97 <P>Unfortunately MPlayer is out of our control. It's used by lamers, Linux users
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98 who can't even use Windows, and never tried to compile a kernel. They installed
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99 (with default options) Mandrake or Red Hat or SuSE, and without RTFM'ing they
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100 send messages saying 'it doesn't work! help me! please! i'm new to Linux!
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101 help! oh! help me!'. We can't stop them, but at least we try to force them to
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102 RTFM and to read the messages of ./configure and MPlayer.</P>
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104 <P>And you clever guys come and flame us with gcc 2.96 and binary packages.
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105 Instead of helping users or making patches to help solve problems.</P>
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107 <P>Half of our spare/free time is spent by answering silly mails here and
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108 making newer tricks and checks to configure to avoid such mails.</P>
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110 <P>And there is a balance. On the one side are you, clever guys, saying we are
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111 very bad because we don't like buggy gcc 2.96, and on the other side there are
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112 the 'new to Linux' guys who are showing us gcc 2.96 is buggy.</P>
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114 <P>Conclusion: We can't be good. Half the people always will say we are bad.</P>
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116 <P>Maybe we should close the project, make it closed source, commercial, and
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117 provide install support for it. then we could leave current work, so
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118 development could go faster, and we could earn lots of money with it and buy a
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119 big house, etc etc. Do you really want it? It seems.</P>
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120 </BLOCKQUOTE>
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124 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>SDL output doesn't work or compile. The problem is ...
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125 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>It was tested to work with SDL 1.2.x and may run on SDL 1.1.7+.
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126 It does <B>not</B> work with any previous version. So if you choose to use such
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127 a version, you are on your own.
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130 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I am still having trouble compiling with SDL support. gcc says something
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131 about "undefined reference to `SDL_EnableKeyRepeat'". What now?
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132 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Where did you install the SDL library? If you installed in /usr/local
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133 (the default) then edit the top level config.mak and add
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134 "-L/usr/local/lib" after "X_LIBS=". Now type make. You're done!
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139 and try again ...
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140 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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142 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>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>A:</TD><TD>Only kernel versions 2.4.x support SSE (or try 2.2.19 or newer, but
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145 be prepared for problems).
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146 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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148 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I have a G200/G400, how do I compile/use the mga_vid driver?
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149 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Read the <A HREF="video.html#mga_vid">mga_vid documentation</A>.
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152 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Are there rpm/deb/... packages of <B>MPlayer</B>?
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154 There are links to official Red Hat RPM packages available on our
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155 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/dload.html">download page</A>.
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156 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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158 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>During 'make', MPlayer complains about X11 libraries. I don't understand,
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159 I DO have X installed!?
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160 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>... but you don't have the X development package installed. Or not
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161 correctly. It's called XFree86-devel* under Red Hat, and xlibs-dev under
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162 Debian. Also check if the <CODE>/usr/X11</CODE> and <CODE>/usr/include/X11</CODE>
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163 symlinks exist (this can be a problem on Mandrake systems). They can be created
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164 with these commands:<BR>
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165 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6 /usr/X11</CODE><BR>
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166 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</CODE><BR>
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167 Your distribution may differ from the
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168 <A HREF="http://www.pathname.com/fhs/">Filesystem Hierarchy Standard</A>.
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169 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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171 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I can't compile SVGAlib. I'm using kernel 2.3/2.4 ...
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172 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You have to edit SVGAlib's Makefile.cfg and comment <CODE>BACKGROUND = y</CODE> out.
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173 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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175 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I compiled MPlayer with libdvdcss/libdivxdecore support, but when
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176 I try to start it, it says:<BR>
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177 <CODE>&gt; error while loading shared libraries: lib*.so.0: cannot load
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178 shared object file: No such file or directory</CODE><BR>
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180 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Add <CODE>/usr/local/lib</CODE> to <CODE>/etc/ld.so.conf</CODE> and run <CODE>ldconfig</CODE>.
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181 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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183 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Hmm, strange. When loading the mga_vid.o kernel module, I found this in the logs:<BR>
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184 <CODE>Warning: loading mga_vid.o will taint the kernel: no license</CODE>
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185 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>The latest kernel modutils require a flag indicating the license (mainly
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186 to avoid kernel hackers debugging closed source drivers).
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187 Upgrade your kernel, modutils and <B>MPlayer</B>.
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188 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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190 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>When compiling <B>MEncoder</B>, it segfaults at linking!!!
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191 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This is a linker problem. Upgrading binutils should help (2.11.92.* or newer
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192 should be good). Since it is not our fault, please do <B>not</B> report!
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195 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>MPlayer dies with segmentation fault upon pthread check!
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196 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>chmod 644 /usr/lib/libc.so
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197 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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199 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I'd like to compile <B>MPlayer</B> on Minix!
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200 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Me too. :)
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201 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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204 <TD COLSPAN=3><B><A NAME="general">5.2 General questions</A></B>
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205 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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207 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>There is a timer in the upper
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208 left corner. How can I get rid of it?
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209 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Press <CODE>o</CODE> and try the
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210 <CODE>-osdlevel</CODE> option.
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211 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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212
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213 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>The <CODE>-xy</CODE> or <CODE>-fs</CODE> option doesn't work with the x11 driver (<CODE>-vo x11</CODE>) ...
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214 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>It does, but you have to explicitly specify software scaling (it's SLOW!) with
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215 the <CODE>-zoom</CODE> option. You better use XF86VidMode support:
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216 you must specify the <CODE>-vm</CODE> and the <CODE>-fs</CODE> switch, and
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217 you're done. Make sure you have the right modelines in your XF86Config file, and
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218 try to make the <A HREF="video.html#dga">DGA driver</A> and
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219 <A HREF="video.html#sdl">SDL's DGA driver</A> work for you.
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220 It's much faster. If SDL's DGA works, use that, it'll be EVEN faster!
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221 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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223 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>What is the meaning of the numbers on the status line?
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224 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Example: <CODE>A: 2.1 V: 2.2 A-V: -0.167 ct: 0.042 57/57 41% 0% 2.6% 0 4 49%</CODE><BR>
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225 <UL>
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226 <LI>A: audio position in seconds
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227 <LI>V: video position in seconds
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228 <LI>A-V: audio-video difference in seconds (delay)
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229 <LI>ct: total A-V sync correction done
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230 <LI>frames played (counting from last seek)
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231 <LI>frames decoded (counting from last seek)
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232 <LI>video codec cpu usage in percent (for slices and DR this includes video_out)
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233 <LI>video_out cpu usage
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234 <LI>audio codec cpu usage in percent
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235 <LI>frames needed to drop to maintain A-V sync
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236 <LI>current level of image postprocessing (when using <CODE>-autoq</CODE>)
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237 <LI>current cache size used (around 50% is normal)
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238 </UL>
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239 Most of them are for debug purposes and will be removed soon.
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240 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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242 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>What if I don't want them to appear?
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243 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Use the <CODE>-quiet</CODE> option and read the man page.
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244 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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246 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Why is video_out cpu usage zero (0%) for some files?
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247 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A1:</TD><TD>It's not zero, but it's called from the codec and thus cannot be measured
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248 separately. You should try to play the file using <CODE>-vo null</CODE> and then
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249 <CODE>-vo ...</CODE> and check the difference to see the video_out speed.
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250 </TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A2:</TD><TD>You are using Direct Rendering,
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251 where the codec renders to the video memory itself. In this case, the
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252 decoding percentage contains the display percentage, too.
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253 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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255 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>There are error messages about file not found <CODE>/usr/lib/win32/</CODE> ...
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256 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Download the <A HREF="ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/w32codec-0.90.tar.bz2">Win32 codecs</A>
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257 from <B>our</B> FTP site (avifile's codec package has a different DLL set) and
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258 install it.
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259 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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261 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Are there any mailing lists on MPlayer?
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262 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Yes! See the bottom of the info page on
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263 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/info.html">our homepage</A> to subscribe!
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264 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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266 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I've found a nasty bug when I tried to play my favorite video!!
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267 Who should I inform?
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269 the instructions.
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272 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I have problems playing files with the ... codec. Can I use them?
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273 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Check the <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html">codec status</A>,
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274 if it doesn't contain your codec, read the
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275 <A HREF="codecs.html">codec documentation</A>, especially the
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276 <A HREF="codecs.html#importing">codec importing HOWTO</A> and contact us.
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277 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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279 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Umm, what is "IdegCounter"?
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280 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>A combination of a Hungarian and an English word. "Ideg" in Hungarian means
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281 the same as "nerve" in English, and is pronounced as something like "ydaegh".
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282 It was first used to measure the nervousness of A'rpi, after some (umm) "mystic"
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283 disappearance of CVS code ;)
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284 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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286 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>And what is "Faszom(C)ounter"?
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287 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>"Fasz" is a Hungarian word you don't want to know, the others are connected to
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288 the perverted minds of the MPlayer developers.
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291 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>LIRC doesn't work, because ...
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292 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Are you sure you are using <CODE>mplayer</CODE> instead of <CODE>mplayer_lirc</CODE>?
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294 release, but it was recently changed back to <CODE>mplayer</CODE>.
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295 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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297 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Subtitles are very nice, the most beautiful I've ever seen, but they slow
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298 down playing! I know it's unlikely ...
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299 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>After running <CODE>./configure</CODE> , edit <CODE>config.h</CODE> and replace
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300 <CODE>#undef FAST_OSD</CODE> with <CODE>#define FAST_OSD</CODE>. Then recompile.
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301 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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303 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>The onscreen display (OSD) is flickering!
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304 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You use a vo driver with single buffering (x11,xv). With xv,
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305 use the <CODE>-double</CODE> option. Also try <CODE>-vop expand</CODE>
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306 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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308 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>What exactly is this libavcodec thing?
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309 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>See the <A HREF="codecs.html#libavcodec">libavcodec section</A>.
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312 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>But configure tells me "Checking for libavcodec ... no"!
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313 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You need to get libavcodec from FFmpeg's CVS. Read the instructions in
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314 the <A HREF="codecs.html#libavcodec">libavcodec section</A>.
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315 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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317 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Icewm's taskbar keeps covering the movie in fullscreen mode!
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318 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This shouldn't happen anymore, if it still does use the <CODE>-icelayer</CODE>
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319 option and report it to the
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320 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/">mplayer-users</A>
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321 mailing list.
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324 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I can't access the GUI menu. I press right click, but I can't access any
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325 menu items!
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326 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Are you using FVWM? Try the following:<BR>
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327 Start -&gt; Settings -&gt; Configuration -&gt; Base Configuration<BR>
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328 Set "Use Applications position hints" to "Yes".
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329 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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331 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>How can I run MPlayer in the background?
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332 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Use: <CODE>mplayer &lt;options&gt; &lt;filename&gt; &lt; /dev/null &</CODE>
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333 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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335 <TD COLSPAN=3>
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336 <B><A NAME="playback">5.3 playback problems</A></B>
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337 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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339 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I can play certain AVIs but I
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340 get no sound and this kind of error:
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341 <PRE>
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342 Detected audio codec: [divx] afm:4 (DivX audio (WMA))
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343 Requested audio codec family [divx] (afm=4) not available (enable it at
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344 compile time!)
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345 </PRE>
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346 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Probably the audio uses a codec
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347 not natively supported by <B>MPlayer</B>. Install the Win32 codec package as
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348 described in the README or <A HREF="documentation.html#installation">here</A>.
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349 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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351 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>... works with avifile/aviplay but doesn't with MPlayer.
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352 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><B>MPlayer</B> != avifile.
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353 The only common thing between these players is the Win32 DLL loader.
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354 The codecs (DLL) set, synchronization, demultiplexing etc is totally
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355 different and shouldn't be compared.
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356 If something works with aviplay it doesn't mean that <B>MPlayer</B> will work
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357 and vice versa.
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358 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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360 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Audio goes out of sync playing an AVI file.
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361 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Try the <CODE>-bps</CODE> or <CODE>-nobps</CODE> option. If it does not improve,
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362 read <A HREF="bugreports.html">this</A> and upload the file to FTP.
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363 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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365 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>MPlayer exits with some error when using l3codeca.acm.
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366 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Check <CODE>ldd /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE> output. If it contains<BR>
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367 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4???????)</CODE><BR>
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368 where "?" is any number then it's OK, the error is not here. If it is:<BR>
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369 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00??????)</CODE><BR>
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370 then there is a problem with your kernel/libc. Maybe you are using some
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371 security patches (for example Solar Designer's OpenWall patch) which
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372 forces loading libraries to very low addresses.
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373 Because l3codeca.acm is a non-relocatable DLL, it must be loaded to
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374 0x00400000, we can't change this. You should use a non-patched kernel,
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375 or use <B>MPlayer</B>'s <CODE>-afm 1</CODE> option to disable using l3codeca.acm.
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376 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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378 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>My computer plays M$ DivX AVIs with resolutions ~ 640x300 and stereo mp3
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379 sound too slow. When I use -nosound switch, everything is OK (but quiet).
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380 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Your machine is too slow or your soundcard driver is broken. Consult the documentation to see if you can improve
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381 performance.
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382 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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384 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>MPlayer dies with "MPlayer interrupted by signal 4 in module: decode_video".
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385 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Try running <B>MPlayer</B> on the machine you compiled on. Or recompile
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387 (<CODE>./configure --enable-runtime-cpudetection</CODE>). Don't
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388 use <B>MPlayer</B> on a CPU different from the one it was compiled on,
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389 without using the feature mentioned just now.
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392 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I have problems with [your window manager] and fullscreen xv/xmga/sdl/x11 modes ...
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393 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Read the <A HREF="bugreports.html">bug reporting guidelines</A> and send us a
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394 proper bug report.
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397 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I got this playing MPEG files: Can't find codec for video format 0x10000001!
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398 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You have an old version of codecs.conf at <CODE>~/.mplayer/</CODE>. Upgrade it
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399 from <CODE>/etc/</CODE>.<BR>
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400 <B>OR</B> you have the <CODE>vc=</CODE> option or something similar in your
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401 config file(s).
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402 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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403
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404 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>When starting MPlayer under KDE I just get a black screen and nothing happens.
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405 After about one minute the video starts playing.
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406 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>The KDE arts sound daemon is blocking the sound device. Either wait until the
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407 video starts or disable the arts-daemon in kontrol center. If you want
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408 to use arts sound, specify audio output via our native arts audio driver
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409 (<CODE>-ao arts</CODE>). If it fails or isn't compiled in, try SDL
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410 (<CODE>-ao sdl</CODE>) and make sure your SDL can handle arts sound. Yet
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411 another option is to start <B>MPlayer</B> with artsdsp.
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412 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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413
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414 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I have an AVI that produces a gray screen when played with <CODE>-vc odivx</CODE>
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415 and a green one with <CODE>-vc divx4</CODE>.
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416 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>It's not a DivX file, but an M$ MPEG4v3 . Update your codecs.conf.
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417 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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418
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419 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>When I play this movie I get video-audio desync and/or MPlayer crashes with the following message:<BR>
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420 <CODE>DEMUXER: Too many (945 in 8390980 bytes) video packets in the buffer!</CODE>
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421 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This can have multiple reasons.<BR>
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422 <UL>
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423 <LI>Your CPU <B>and/or</B> video card <B>and/or</B> bus is too SLOW. <B>MPlayer</B>
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424 displays a message if this is the case (and the dropped frames counter goes up fast).</LI>
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425 <LI>If it is an AVI, maybe it has bad interleaving. Try the <CODE>-ni</CODE> option.</LI>
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426 <LI>Your sound driver is buggy, or you use ALSA 0.5 with <CODE>-ao oss</CODE>.
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427 See the <A HREF="sound.html">sound card section</A>.</LI>
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428 <LI>The AVI has a bad header, try the <CODE>-nobps</CODE> option, and/or
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429 <CODE>-mc 0</CODE>.</LI>
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430 </UL>
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431 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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432
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433 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I have an MJPEG file which works with other players but displays only a black
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434 image in MPlayer.
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435 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Disable the Windows DLL in <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>, or use the
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436 <CODE>-vc ffmjpeg</CODE> option (compile MPlayer with libavcodec for this to work).
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437 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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438
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439 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>When I try to grab from my tuner, it works, but colors are strange. It's OK
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440 with other applications.
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441 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Your card probably misreports its colorspace capacity. Try with YUY2 instead
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442 of default YV12 (see the <A HREF="documentation.html#tv">TV input documentation</A>).
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443 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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444
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445 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>When I start playing, I get this message but everything seems fine:<BR>
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446 <CODE>Linux RTC init: ioctl (rtc_pie_on): Permission denied</CODE>
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447 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You need root privileges or a
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448 specially set up kernel to use the new timing code. For details see the
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449 <A HREF="documentation.html#installation">installation section</A> of the documentation.
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450 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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451
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452 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I have A/V sync problems. Some of my AVIs play fine, but some play with
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453 double speed!
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454 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You have a buggy sound card/driver. Most likely it's fixed at 44100Hz, and
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455 you try to play a file which has 22050Hz audio. Try the resample audio plugin.
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456 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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457
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458 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>All the WMV (or other..) files I play create a green/gray window and there is
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459 only sound! MPlayer prints:<BR>
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460 <CODE>Detected video codec: [null] drv:0 (NULL codec (no decoding))</CODE>
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461 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Update your <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>.
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462 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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463
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464 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I get very strange percentage values (way too big) while playing files on my notebook.
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465 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>It's an effect of the power management / power saving system of your notebook
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466 (BIOS, not kernel). Plug the external power connector in <B>before</B> you power on your
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467 notebook.
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468 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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469
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470 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>The audio/video gets totally out of sync when I run MPlayer as root on my notebook.
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471 It works normal when i run it as a user.
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472 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This is again a power management effect (see above). Plug the external power
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473 connector in <B>before</B> you power on your notebook or use the
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474 <CODE>-nortc</CODE> switch.
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475 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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476
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477 <TD COLSPAN=3>
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478 <B><A NAME="driver">5.4 Video/audio driver problems (vo/ao)</A></B>
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479 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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480
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481 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I have no sound when playing a
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482 video and get error messages similar to this one:
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483 <PRE>
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484 AO: [oss] 44100Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian)
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485 audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy
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486 couldn't open/init audio device -> NOSOUND
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487 Audio: no sound!!!
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488 Start playing...
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489 </PRE>
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490 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Are you running KDE or GNOME with
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491 the arts or esd sound daemon? Try disabling the sound daemon, or use the
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492 <CODE>-ao arts</CODE> switch to make <B>MPlayer</B> use arts.
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493 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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495 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>What about the DGA driver? I can't find it!!!
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496 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><CODE>./configure</CODE> autodetects your DGA driver. If <CODE>-vo help</CODE> doesn't show
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497 DGA, then there's a problem with your X installation.
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498 Try <CODE>./configure --enable-dga</CODE> and read the
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499 <A HREF="video.html#dga">documentation</A>.
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500 Alternatively, try SDL's DGA driver with the <CODE>-vo sdl:dga</CODE> option.
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501 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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502
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503 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>OK, <CODE>-vo help</CODE> shows DGA driver, but it complains about permissions!
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504 Help me!
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505 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>It works only if running as root! It's a DGA limitation.
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506 You should become root (<CODE>su -</CODE>), and try again.
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507 Another solution is making <B>MPlayer</B> SUID root, but it's <B>NOT RECOMMENDED!</B><BR>
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508 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR>
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509 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR>
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510 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>chmod +s /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR>
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511 <B>!!!! BUT STAY TUNED !!!!</B><BR>
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512 This is a *BIG* security risk! *NEVER* do this on a server or on a computer
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513 that you do not control completely because other users can gain root
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514 privileges through SUID root MPlayer!!!<BR>
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515 <B>!!!! SO YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ... !!!!</B>
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516 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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517
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518 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>When using Xvideo, my Voodoo 3/Banshee says:<BR>
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519 <CODE>X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied)<BR>
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520 &nbsp;&nbsp;Major opcode of failed request: 147 (MIT-SHM)<BR>
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521 &nbsp;&nbsp;Minor opcode of failed request: 1 (X_ShmAttach)<BR>
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522 &nbsp;&nbsp;Serial number of failed request: 26<BR>
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523 &nbsp;&nbsp;Current serial number in output stream:27</CODE><BR>
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524 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>The "tdfx" driver in XFree86 4.0.2/4.0.3 had this bug. This was solved by
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525 <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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526 So upgrade to XFree86 4.1.0 or later. Alternatively, either download (at least)
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527 DRI version 0.6 from the <A HREF="http://dri.sourceforge.net">DRI homepage</A>,
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528 or use CVS DRI.
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529 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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531 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>OpenGL (<CODE>-vo gl</CODE>) output doesn't work (hang/black window/X11 errors/...).
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532 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Your OpenGL driver doesn't support dynamic texture changes (glTexSubImage).
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533 It's known not to work with nVidia's binary mess.
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534 It's known to work with Utah-GLX/DRI and Matrox G400 cards. Also with
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535 DRI and Radeon cards. It won't work with DRI and other cards.
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536 it will not work with 3DFX cards because of the 256x256 texture size limit.
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537 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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539 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I have an nVidia TNT/TNT2 card, and I have a band with strange colors,
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540 right under the movie! Whose fault is this?
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541 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This is a bug of nVidia's binary X driver. These bugs appear ONLY with the
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542 TNT/TNT2 cards, and we can't do anything about it. To fix the problem, upgrade
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543 to the latest nVidia binary driver version. If still bad, complain to nVidia!
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544 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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546 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I have an nVidia XYZ card, and when I click on the GUI's display window to toggle
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547 displaying the GUI panel, a black square appears where I clicked. I have
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548 the newest driver.
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549 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Yes, nVidia corrected a previous bug (above), and introduced a new one. Let's
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550 congratulate them. UPDATE: According to
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551 <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#nvidia">nVidia</A>, this has already been
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552 fixed.
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553 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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554
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555 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>When I use the GUI with SDL video output, a second video window is created.
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556 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Known, don't use SDL for the GUI yet.
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557 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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558
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559 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Oh the world is cruel ...! SDL has only <CODE>x11</CODE> target, but not
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560 <CODE>xv</CODE>!
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561 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Try that <CODE>x11</CODE> target again. Now try <CODE>-vo x11 -fs -zoom</CODE>.
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562 See the difference? No?! OK, here comes the enlightenment: SDL's
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563 <CODE>x11</CODE> target uses xv when available, you don't have to worry about
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564 it ... Note: you can force/disable Xv via SDL using <CODE>-forcexv</CODE> and <CODE>-noxv</CODE>
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565 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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566
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567 <TD COLSPAN="3">
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568 <B><A NAME="dvd">5.5 DVD playback</A></B>
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569 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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570
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571 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>
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572 While playing a DVD, I encountered this error:<BR>
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573 <CODE>mplayer: ifo_read.c:1143: ifoRead_C_ADT_internal: Assertion nfo_length /
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574 sizeof(cell_adr_t) >= c_adt->nr_of_vobs' failed.</CODE>
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575 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>
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576 This is a known libdvdread 0.9.1/0.9.2 bug.
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577 Use <B>libmpdvdkit</B>, which is present in MPlayer source, and used by
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578 default.
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579 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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580
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581 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>
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582 Can I compile libdvdread and libdvdcss on my sweet SPARC under Solaris?
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583 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>
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584 Who knows ... It's said to work, so please test it and send feedback. Refer to
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585 the documentation of libdvdread and its homepage as well. We're not the authors
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586 of libdvdread. Use <B>libmpdvdkit</B>, which is present in MPlayer source, and used by
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587 default.
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588 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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589
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590 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>
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591 What about subtitles? Can MPlayer display them?
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592 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>
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593 Yes! See the <A HREF="cd-dvd.html#dvd">DVD chapter</A> of the documentation.
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594 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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595
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596 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>
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597 How can I set the region code of my DVD-drive? I don't have Windows!
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598 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>
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599 Use the
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600 <A HREF="http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvd/dvd_disc_20000215.tar.gz">regionset tool</A>.
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601 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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602
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603 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>
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604 Do I need to be (setuid) root/setuid fibmap_mplayer to be able to play a DVD?
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605 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>
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606 No, only for old-style DVD support. However you must have
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607 the proper rights on the DVD device entry (in <CODE>/dev/</CODE>).
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608 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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610 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>
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611 Where can I get libdvdread and libdvdcss packages?
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612 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>
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613 You don't need to. Use <B>libmpdvdkit</B>, which is present in MPlayer source, and used by
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614 default.
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615 Anyway, the packages mentioned can be get from the
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616 <A HREF="http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd">Ogle site</A>.
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617 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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618
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619 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>
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620 Is it possible to play/encode only selected chapters?
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621 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>
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622 Yes, try the <CODE>-chapter</CODE> option.
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623 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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624
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625 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>
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626 My DVD playback is sluggish!
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627 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>
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628 Use the <CODE>-cache</CODE> option (described in the man page)
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629 and try enabling DMA for the DVD drive with the hdparm tool (described in the
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630 <A HREF="cd-dvd.html#cd">CD chapter</A> of the documentation).
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631 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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632
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633 <TD COLSPAN=3>
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634 <B><A NAME="features">5.6 Feature requests</A></B>
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635 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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637 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>If <B>MPlayer</B> is paused
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638 and I try to seek or press any key at all, <B>MPlayer</B> ceases to be paused.
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639 I would like to be able to seek in the paused movie.
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640 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This is very tricky to implement
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641 without losing A/V synchronization. All attempts have failed so far, but patches
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642 are welcome.
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643 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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644
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645 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I'd like to seek +/- 1 frames instead of 10 seconds.
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646 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This won't be done. It was, but then it messed up A/V sync. Feel free to
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647 implement it, and send a patch. Don't ask for it.
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648 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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649
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650 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B> Where is the Windows version?
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651 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD> It's not released, and won't be. Look around the Windows scene (open source
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652 ASF parsers, open source ASF encoders, etc) and you'll know why. We don't
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653 want to go to jail. BTW you can compile it yourself, under
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654 <A HREF="documentation.html#cygwin">Cygwin</A>.
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655 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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657 <TD COLSPAN=3>
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658 <B><A NAME="encoding">5.7 Encoding</A></B>
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659 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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661 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>How can I encode?
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662 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Read the <B>MEncoder</B> <A HREF="encoding.html">documentation</A>.
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663 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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665 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>How can I create VCDs?
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666 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Try the <CODE>mencvcd</CODE>
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667 script from the <CODE>TOOLS</CODE> subdirectory. With it you can encode DVDs or
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668 other movies to VCD or SVCD format and even burn them directly to CD.</A>.
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669 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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671 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>My tuner works, I can hear the sound and watch the video with MPlayer, but
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672 MEncoder doesn't encode audio!
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673 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>TV audio encoding for Linux is currently unimplemented, we're working on it.
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674 At the moment it works only on BSD.
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675 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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677 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I can't encode DVD subtitles into the AVI!
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678 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You have to specify the <CODE>-sid</CODE> option correctly!
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679 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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681 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>MEncoder segfaults on startup!
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682 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Upgrade DivX4Linux.
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683 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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685 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>How can I encode only selected chapters from a DVD?
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686 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Use the <CODE>-chapter</CODE> option correctly, like: <CODE>-chapter 5-7</CODE>
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687 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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689 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I'm trying to work with 2GB+ files on a VFAT file system. Does it work?
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690 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>No, VFAT doesn't support 2GB+ files.
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691 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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693 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Why is the recommended bitrate printed by MEncoder negative?
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694 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Because the bitrate you encoded the audio with is too large to fit the
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695 movie on any CD. Check if you have libmp3lame installed properly.
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696 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD>
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698 </TABLE>
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700 </BODY>
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701 </HTML>