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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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25 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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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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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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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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48 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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49 Great, I have gcc 3.0.1 from Red Hat/Mandrake, then I'm fine--! |
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50 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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51 No, since there have been/are issues with these compilers as well.<BR> |
6055 | 52 Use the 2.95.x series for reliability (not <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#gcc">2.96</A>). |
2954 | 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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56 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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57 I tried to compile MPlayer, but I got this output: |
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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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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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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. | |
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 | |
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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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 | |
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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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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1682 | 129 Where did you install the SDL library? If you installed in /usr/local |
130 (the default) then edit the top level config.mak and add | |
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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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142 I have Linux running on a Pentium III but <CODE>./configure</CODE> doesn't detect |
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150 I have a G200/G400, how do I compile/use the mga_vid driver? |
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1682 | 156 Are there rpm/deb/... packages of <B>MPlayer</B>? |
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5979 | 159 There are RPM packages available on our homepage, don't use other sources! |
1682 | 160 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
1612 | 161 |
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1682 | 163 During 'make', MPlayer complains about X11 libraries. I don't understand, |
164 I DO have X installed!? | |
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170 with these commands:<BR> |
1682 | 171 <CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6 /usr/X11</CODE><BR> |
172 <CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</CODE><BR> | |
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180 <CODE>./configure</CODE> autodetects your DGA driver. If <CODE>-vo help</CODE> doesn't show |
1682 | 181 DGA, then there's a problem with your X installation. |
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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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187 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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190 You have to edit SVGAlib's Makefile.cfg and comment <CODE>BACKGROUND = y</CODE> out. |
1682 | 191 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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193 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
2001 | 194 I compiled MPlayer with libdvdcss/libdivxdecore support, but when |
1682 | 195 I try to start it, it says:<BR> |
2001 | 196 <CODE>> error while loading shared libraries: lib*.so.0: cannot load |
1682 | 197 shared object file: No such file or directory</CODE><BR> |
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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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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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220 I'd like to compile <B>MPlayer</B> on Minix! |
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3774 | 222 Me too. :) |
3053 | 223 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
224 | |
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226 <TD COLSPAN=3><B><A NAME=5.2><FONT CLASS="text">5.2. General questions</A></B> |
1682 | 227 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
1612 | 228 |
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230 What about DVD playing? |
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1682 | 233 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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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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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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249 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
5700 | 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 |
1682 | 253 <LI>V: video position in seconds |
254 <LI>A-V: audio-video difference in seconds (delay) | |
255 <LI>ct: total A-V sync correction done | |
256 <LI>frames played (counting from last seek) | |
5700 | 257 <LI>frames decoded (counting from last seek) |
258 <LI>video codec cpu usage in percent (for slices and DR this includes video_out) | |
259 <LI>video_out cpu usage | |
1682 | 260 <LI>audio codec cpu usage in percent |
261 <LI>frames needed to drop to maintain A-V sync | |
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1864 | 269 What if I don't want them to appear? |
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271 Use the <CODE>-quiet</CODE> option and read the man page. |
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5700 | 275 Why is video_out cpu usage zero (0%) for some files? |
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279 <CODE>-vo ...</CODE> and check the difference to see the video_out speed. |
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294 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/info.html">our homepage</A> to subscribe! |
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1682 | 299 Who should I inform? |
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311 <A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.3">codec importing HOWTO</A> and contact us. |
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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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332 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
5700 | 333 Are you sure you are using <CODE>mplayer</CODE> instead of <CODE>mplayer_lirc</CODE>? |
334 Note that it was <CODE>mplayer_lirc</CODE> for long time, including the 0.60 release, but recently | |
335 changed back to <CODE>mplayer</CODE>. | |
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1682 | 339 Subtitles are very nice, the most beautiful I've ever seen, but they slow |
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343 <CODE>#undef FAST_OSD</CODE> with <CODE>#define FAST_OSD</CODE>. Then recompile. |
1682 | 344 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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1682 | 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"> |
1682 | 349 You use a vo driver with single buffering (x11,xv). With xv, |
5700 | 350 use the <CODE>-double</CODE> option. Also try <CODE>-vop expand</CODE> |
1682 | 351 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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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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359 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
1682 | 360 But configure tells me "Checking for libavcodec ... no"! |
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1682 | 362 You need to get libavcodec from FFmpeg's CVS. Read the instructions in |
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1682 | 364 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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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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2972 | 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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378 Are you using FVWM? Try the following:<BR> |
2972 | 379 Start -> Settings -> Configuration -> Base Configuration<BR> |
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380 Set "Use Applications position hints" to "Yes". |
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384 How can I run MPlayer in the background? |
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386 Use: <CODE>mplayer <options> <filename> < /dev/null &</CODE> |
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388 | |
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394 ... works with avifile/aviplay but doesn't with MPlayer. |
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396 <B>MPlayer</B> != avifile. |
1682 | 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 |
1682 | 399 different and shouldn't be compared. |
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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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414 Check <CODE>ldd /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE> output. If it contains<BR> |
1682 | 415 <CODE>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4???????)</CODE><BR> |
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1682 | 417 <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 |
1682 | 419 security patches (for example Solar Designer's OpenWall patch) which |
420 forces loading libraries to very low addresses. | |
421 Because l3codeca.acm is a non-relocatable DLL, it must be loaded to | |
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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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1682 | 427 My computer plays M$ DivX AVIs with resolutions ~ 640x300 and stereo mp3 |
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1682 | 435 MPlayer dies with "MPlayer interrupted by signal 4 in module: decode_video". |
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1682 | 437 Try running <B>MPlayer</B> on the machine you compiled on. Or recompile. Don't |
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6055 | 444 Read the <A HREF="bugreports.html">bug reporting guidelines</A> and send us a |
445 proper bug report. | |
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447 | |
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1682 | 449 But it works with avifile! |
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450 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
1682 | 451 So what? |
452 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
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1682 | 455 Then avifile is better! |
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456 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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457 Then use avifile, it has a nice GUI and nice C++ code :) |
1682 | 458 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
459 | |
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460 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
1682 | 461 I got this playing mpeg files: Can't find codec for video format 0x10000001! |
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462 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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463 You have an old version of codecs.conf at <CODE>~/.mplayer/</CODE>. Upgrade it |
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464 from <CODE>/etc/</CODE>.<BR> |
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465 <B>OR</B> you have the <CODE>vc=</CODE> option or something similar in your |
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466 config file(s). |
1682 | 467 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
468 | |
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469 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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470 After starting MPlayer under KDE(1/2) I just get a black screen and nothing |
1682 | 471 happens, after about one minute the video starts playing. |
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472 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
1682 | 473 The KDE arts sound daemon is blocking the sound device, either wait the time |
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474 until video starts or you disable the arts-daemon in kontrol center. If you want |
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475 to use arts sound, specify audio output via SDL (<CODE>ao=sdl</CODE>), and |
1682 | 476 make sure your SDL can handle arts sound. Yet another option is to start |
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477 <B>MPlayer</B> with artsdsp. |
1682 | 478 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
479 | |
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480 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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481 I have an AVI that produces a gray screen when played with <CODE>-vc odivx</CODE> |
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482 and a green one with <CODE>-vc divx4</CODE>. |
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483 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
1682 | 484 It's not a DivX file, but an M$ MPEG4v3 . Update your codecs.conf. |
485 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
486 | |
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487 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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488 When I play this movie I get video-audio desync and/or MPlayer crashes with the following message:<BR> |
1892 | 489 <CODE>DEMUXER: Too many (945 in 8390980 bytes) video packets in the buffer!</CODE> |
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490 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
1892 | 491 This can have multiple reasons.<BR> |
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492 <UL> |
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494 displays a message if this is the case (and the dropped frames counter goes up fast).</LI> |
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495 <LI>If it is an AVI, maybe it has bad interleaving. Try the <CODE>-ni</CODE> option.</LI> |
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496 <LI>Your sound driver is buggy, or you use ALSA 0.5 with <CODE>-ao oss</CODE>. |
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497 See the <A HREF="sound.html">sound card section</A>.</LI> |
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498 <LI>The AVI has a bad header, try the <CODE>-nobps</CODE> option, and/or |
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499 <CODE>-mc 0</CODE>.</LI> |
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500 </UL> |
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503 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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504 I have an MJPEG file which works with other players but displays only a black |
2606 | 505 image in MPlayer. |
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506 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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507 Disable the Windows DLL in <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>, or use the |
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508 <CODE>-vc ffmjpeg</CODE> option (compile MPlayer with libavcodec for this to work). |
2606 | 509 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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511 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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512 When I try to grab from my tuner, it works, but colors are strange. It's OK |
3030 | 513 with other applications. |
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514 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
3030 | 515 Your card probably misreports its colorspace capacity. Try with YUY2 instead |
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516 of default YV12 (see the <A HREF="documentation.html#2.5">TV input documentation</A>). |
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519 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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520 When I start playing, I get this message but everything seems fine:<BR> |
3053 | 521 <CODE>Linux RTC init: ioctl (rtc_pie_on): Permission denied</CODE> |
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522 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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523 You need root privileges to use the new timing code. For details see the |
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524 <A HREF="documentation.html#1.3">installation section</A> of the documentation. |
3053 | 525 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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527 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
3162 | 528 I have A/V sync problems. Some of my AVIs play fine, but some play with |
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529 double speed! |
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530 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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531 You have a buggy sound card/driver. Most likely it's fixed at 44100Hz, and |
5700 | 532 you try to play a file which has 22050Hz audio. Try the resample audio plugin. |
3162 | 533 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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535 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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536 All the WMV (or other..) files I play create a green/gray window and there is |
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537 only sound! MPlayer prints:<BR> |
3192 | 538 <CODE>Detected video codec: [null] drv:0 (NULL codec (no decoding))</CODE> |
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539 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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540 Update your <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>. |
3192 | 541 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
542 | |
5016 | 543 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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544 I get very strange percentage values (way too big) while playing files on my notebook. |
5016 | 545 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
546 It's an effect of the power management / power saving system of your notebook | |
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547 (BIOS, not kernel). Plug the external power connector in <b>before</b> you power on your |
5016 | 548 notebook. |
549 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
550 | |
551 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> | |
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552 The audio/video gets totally out of sync when I run MPlayer as root on my notebook. |
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553 It works normal when i run it as a user. |
5016 | 554 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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555 This is again a power management effect (see above). Plug the external power connector |
5016 | 556 in <b>before</b> you power on your notebook. |
557 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
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560 <B><A NAME=5.4><FONT CLASS="text">5.4. Video/audio driver problems (vo/ao)</A></B> |
1682 | 561 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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564 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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565 OK, <CODE>-vo help</CODE> shows DGA driver, but it complains about permissions! |
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567 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
1682 | 568 It works only if running as root! It's a DGA limitation. |
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569 You should become root (<CODE>su -</CODE>), and try again. |
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570 Another solution is making <B>MPlayer</B> SUID root, but it's <B>NOT RECOMMENDED!</B><BR> |
1682 | 571 <CODE>chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR> |
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572 <CODE>chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR> |
1682 | 573 <CODE>chmod +s /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR> |
574 <B>!!!! BUT STAY TUNED !!!!</B><BR> | |
575 This is a *BIG* security risk! *NEVER* do this on a server or on a computer | |
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576 that you do not control completely because other users can gain root |
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577 privileges through SUID root MPlayer!!!<BR> |
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578 <B>!!!! SO YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ... !!!!</B> |
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581 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
1682 | 582 When using Xvideo, my Voodoo 3/Banshee says:<BR> |
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583 <CODE>X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied)<BR> |
1682 | 584 Major opcode of failed request: 147 (MIT-SHM)<BR> |
585 Minor opcode of failed request: 1 (X_ShmAttach)<BR> | |
586 Serial number of failed request: 26<BR> | |
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589 The "tdfx" driver in XFree86 4.0.2/4.0.3 had this bug. This was solved by |
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592 DRI version 0.6 from the <A HREF="http://dri.sourceforge.net">DRI homepage</A>, |
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1682 | 594 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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597 When using Xvideo, I can't play DivX AVIs with my Voodoo 3/Banshee! |
1682 | 598 It says:<BR> |
599 ...<BR> | |
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606 Since 0.18pre4 we support libavcodec from the FFmpeg package. It contains |
1682 | 607 a C language DivX and OpenDivX decoder. The DivX decoder uses YV12 format |
608 for output, thus it should work for you. Compile in libavcodec support. | |
609 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
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614 Your OpenGL driver doesn't support dynamic texture changes (glTexSubImage). |
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618 it will not work with 3DFX cards because of the 256x256 texture size limit. |
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1682 | 623 right under the movie! Whose fault is this? |
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626 TNT/TNT2 cards, and we can't do anything about it. To fix the problem, upgrade |
5700 | 627 to the latest nVidia binary driver version. If still bad, complain to nVidia! |
1682 | 628 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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2065 | 632 displaying the GUI panel, a black square appears where I clicked. I have |
633 the newest driver. | |
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3343 | 642 When I use the GUI with SDL video output, a second video window is created. |
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644 Known, don't use SDL for the GUI yet. |
3343 | 645 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
646 | |
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648 Oh the world is cruel ...! SDL has only <CODE>x11</CODE> target, but not |
5498 | 649 <CODE>xv</CODE>! |
650 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> | |
651 Try that <CODE>x11</CODE> target again. Now try <CODE>-vo x11 -fs -zoom</CODE>. | |
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652 See the difference? No?! OK, here comes the enlightenment: SDL's |
5498 | 653 <CODE>x11</CODE> target uses xv when available, you don't have to worry about |
5700 | 654 it ... Note: you can force/disable Xv via SDL using <CODE>-forcexv<CODE> and <CODE>-noxv</CODE> |
5498 | 655 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
656 | |
1682 | 657 <TD COLSPAN=3> |
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1682 | 659 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
1612 | 660 |
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2153 | 662 Is there a hint on how to watch RealMedia movies in MPlayer? |
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663 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
2153 | 664 There's no way to do it. Therefore this format deserves to die in flames. |
1682 | 665 Theoretically you can reverse engineer Real codecs built for Linux (they |
666 are available as .so files), but in practice that's really difficult, even | |
667 if you know how the compiler used by Real is making assembler code. | |
668 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
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672 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
3857 | 673 This won't be done. It was, but then it messed up A/V sync. Feel free to |
2859 | 674 implement it, and send a patch. Don't ask for it. |
675 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
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678 Where is the Windows version? |
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681 ASF parsers, open source ASF encoders, etc) and you'll know why. We don't |
3053 | 682 want to go to jail. |
683 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
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687 What card do you suggest me to buy? |
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691 Speed:<BR> |
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692 This parameter can be computed easily: |
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693 <OL> |
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696 <LI><B>MPEG1:</B> 320x200@32=256000<BR> |
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698 in real-time on any PC since the times of Pentium-100 + S3Virge).</LI> |
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699 <LI><B>MPEG4:</B> 640x480@32=1228800<BR> |
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706 as for MPEG4.</LI> |
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710 for the YUV area.</LI> |
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718 <LI><B>SIMM</B> - Avoid that.</LI> |
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720 <LI><B>DDR</B> - Is fast enough for all types.</LI> |
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721 </UL> |
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725 cards which have the same type of video memory installed.<BR> |
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3489 | 743 <tr> |
744 <td> </td> | |
745 | |
746 <td> | |
5700 | 747 <center>Matrox Gxxx</center> |
3489 | 748 </td> |
749 | |
750 <td> | |
5700 | 751 <center>ATI m64/r128/radeon</center> |
3489 | 752 </td> |
753 | |
754 <td> | |
5700 | 755 <center>nVidia tnt/geforce</center> |
3489 | 756 </td> |
757 | |
758 <td> | |
5700 | 759 <center>S3 Virge/Savage</center> |
3489 | 760 </td> |
761 </tr> | |
762 | |
763 <tr> | |
764 <td>Driver's provider</td> | |
765 | |
5700 | 766 <td>OEM and enthusiasts</td> |
3489 | 767 |
5700 | 768 <td>OEM and enthusiasts</td> |
3489 | 769 |
5700 | 770 <td>OEM or enthusiasts</td> |
3489 | 771 |
772 <td>enthusiasts</td> | |
773 </tr> | |
774 | |
775 <tr> | |
776 <td>Driver's quality</td> | |
777 | |
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5700 | 782 <td>buggy/unstable (X11 only)</td> |
3489 | 783 |
5700 | 784 <td>slow (X11 only)</td> |
3489 | 785 </tr> |
786 | |
787 <tr> | |
788 <td>VIDEO OVERLAY</td> | |
789 | |
790 <td></td> | |
791 | |
792 <td></td> | |
793 | |
794 <td></td> | |
795 | |
796 <td></td> | |
797 </tr> | |
798 | |
799 <tr> | |
800 <td>BES and YV2RGB</td> | |
801 | |
802 <td>YES</td> | |
803 | |
804 <td>YES</td> | |
805 | |
806 <td>YES</td> | |
807 | |
808 <td>YES</td> | |
809 </tr> | |
810 | |
811 <tr> | |
812 <td>scaling filters</td> | |
813 | |
814 <td>N/A</td> | |
815 | |
816 <td>YES</td> | |
817 | |
818 <td>N/A</td> | |
819 | |
820 <td>N/A</td> | |
821 </tr> | |
822 | |
823 <tr> | |
824 <td>adaptive deinterlace</td> | |
825 | |
5700 | 826 <td>N/A</td> |
3489 | 827 |
828 <td>YES</td> | |
829 | |
830 <td>N/A</td> | |
831 | |
832 <td>N/A</td> | |
833 </tr> | |
834 | |
835 <tr> | |
836 <td>Video equalizer (hue, contrast, saturation, color correction)</td> | |
837 | |
5700 | 838 <td>YES</td> |
3489 | 839 |
5700 | 840 <td>YES</td> |
3489 | 841 |
5700 | 842 <td>GeForce only</td> |
3489 | 843 |
844 <td>N/A</td> | |
845 </tr> | |
846 | |
847 <tr> | |
848 <td>Alpha blending, color and video keys</td> | |
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3489 | 853 |
854 <td>N/A</td> | |
855 | |
856 <td>N/A</td> | |
857 </tr> | |
858 | |
859 <tr> | |
860 <td>Video capture</td> | |
861 | |
5700 | 862 <td>YES (Marvel)</td> |
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866 <td>N/A</td> | |
867 | |
868 <td>N/A</td> | |
869 </tr> | |
870 | |
871 <tr> | |
872 <td>TV-out</td> | |
873 | |
5700 | 874 <td>G400 only</td> |
3489 | 875 |
876 <td>YES</td> | |
877 | |
878 <td>N/A</td> | |
879 | |
880 <td>N/A</td> | |
881 </tr> | |
882 </table> | |
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886 G550 do not necessarily have this feature.<BR> |
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891 <P><B>ANYWAY - THE MPLAYER TEAM DOESN'T ACCEPT ANY CLAIMS IF AFTER READING THIS |
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893 POINT OF VIEW.</B></P> |
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895 <P><B>Q:</B> If a PCI slot is fast enough for most types of movies then why is |
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896 the S3 Virge too slow for them?<BR> |
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897 <B>A:</B> Due to its SIMM memory.</P> |
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3489 | 899 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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906 How can I encode? |
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907 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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914 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
5227 | 915 TV audio encoding for Linux is currently unimplemented, we're working on it. |
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921 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
4398 | 922 You have to specify the <CODE>-sid</CODE> option correctly! |
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926 MEncoder segfaults on startup! |
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927 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
4116 | 928 Upgrade DivX4Linux. |
929 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
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932 How can I encode only selected chapters from a DVD? |
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941 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD> |
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1682 | 943 </TABLE> |
1612 | 944 |
945 </BODY> | |
946 </HTML> |