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15 <LI><A HREF="#5.1">5.1 Compilation</A></LI>
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16 <LI><A HREF="#5.2">5.2 General questions</A></LI>
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17 <LI><A HREF="#5.3">5.3 File playing problems</A></LI>
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18 <LI><A HREF="#5.4">5.4 Video/audio driver problems (vo/ao)</A></LI>
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20 <LI><A HREF="#5.6">5.6 Feature requests</A></LI>
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31 <PRE>
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35 Please submit a full bug report,
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37 See http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/ for instructions.
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40 As the error message clearly states, this is a compiler problem. Upgrade your
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41 compiler and report the problem to your vendor or the compiler authors.
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45 Configure ends with this text, and MPlayer won't compile!<BR>
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48 Your gcc isn't installed correctly, check the <CODE>config.log</CODE> file
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59 What's the problem with gcc 2.96?
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61 <B>We strongly discourage the use of gcc 2.96!!!</B><BR>
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62 Read <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#gcc">this</A>
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63 document for details. If you still really really want to use it, be sure to get
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64 the latest release, but remember that you are on your own. Do <B>not</B> report
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65 bugs or ask for help on the mailing lists. We will <B>not</B> provide any support
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66 in case you run into problems.
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71 Great, I have gcc 3.0.1 from Red Hat/Mandrake, then I'm fine--!
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73 No, since there have been/are issues with these compilers as well.<BR>
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74 Use the 2.95.x series for reliability (not <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#gcc">2.96</A>).
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75 Use the latest gcc 3.x (starting at 3.0.4) if you want to use a 3.x version.
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79 I tried to compile MPlayer, but I got this output:
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80 <PRE>
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81 In file included from /usr/include/g++-v3/bits/std_cwchar.h:42,
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90 wchar_t**, int)':
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93 </PRE>
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94 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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95 Upgrade your glibc to the latest release. On Mandrake, use 2.2.4-8mdk.
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99 ... gcc 2.96 ... (Yes, some people are STILL flaming about their gcc 2.96!!)
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101 Quoted from a
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102 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/2001-October/005351.html">mail</A>
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103 A'rpi sent to the
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104 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/">mplayer-users</A>
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105 list (the word 'ideg' is described below):
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106 <BLOCKQUOTE>
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107 <P>And we have idegs. And our idegcounter overflowed again and again.</P>
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109 <P>Unfortunately MPlayer is out of our control. It's used by lamers, Linux users
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110 who can't even use Windows, and never tried to compile a kernel. They installed
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111 (with default options) Mandrake or Red Hat or SuSE, and without RTFM'ing they
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112 send messages saying 'it doesn't work! help me! please! i'm new to Linux!
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113 help! oh! help me!'. We can't stop them, but at least we try to force them to
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114 RTFM and to read the messages of ./configure and MPlayer.</P>
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116 <P>And you clever guys come and flame us with gcc 2.96 and binary packages.
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117 Instead of helping users or making patches to help solve problems.</P>
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118
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119 <P>Half of our spare/free time is spent by answering silly mails here and
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120 making newer tricks and checks to configure to avoid such mails.</P>
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121
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122 <P>And there is a balance. On the one side are you, clever guys, saying we are
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123 very bad because we don't like buggy gcc 2.96, and on the other side there are
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124 the 'new to Linux' guys who are showing us gcc 2.96 is buggy.</P>
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125
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126 <P>Conclusion: We can't be good. Half the people always will say we are bad.</P>
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127
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128 <P>Maybe we should close the project, make it closed source, commercial, and
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129 provide install support for it. then we could leave current work, so
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130 development could go faster, and we could earn lots of money with it and buy a
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131 big house, etc etc. Do you really want it? It seems.</P>
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132 </BLOCKQUOTE>
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137 Where can I find information about gcc 2.96 bugs?
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138 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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139 <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#gcc">This</A>
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140 document describes why Red Hat released 2.96 and other interesting things.
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144 SDL output doesn't work or compile. The problem is ...
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146 It was tested to work with SDL 1.2.x and may run on SDL 1.1.7+.
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147 It does <B>not</B> work with any previous version. So if you choose to use such
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148 a version, you are on your own.
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152 I am still having trouble compiling with SDL support. gcc says something
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155 Where did you install the SDL library? If you installed in /usr/local
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156 (the default) then edit the top level config.mak and add
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157 "-L/usr/local/lib" after "X_LIBS=". Now type make. You're done!
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161 It doesn't compile, and it misses uint64_t inttypes.h and similar things ...
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163 Copy etc/inttypes.h to the <B>MPlayer</B> directory (<CODE>cp etc/inttypes.h .</CODE>)
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164 and try again ...
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168 I have Linux running on a Pentium III but <CODE>./configure</CODE> doesn't detect
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169 SSE ...
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171 Only kernel versions 2.4.x support SSE (or try 2.2.19 or newer, but
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172 be prepared for problems).
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176 I have a G200/G400, how do I compile/use the mga_vid driver?
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178 Read the <A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.7">mga_vid documentation</A>.
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182 Are there rpm/deb/... packages of <B>MPlayer</B>?
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184 You can make a .deb package for yourself, check the <A HREF="documentation.html#6.1">Debian packaging</A> section.
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185 There are RPM packages available on our homepage, don't use other sources!
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189 During 'make', MPlayer complains about X11 libraries. I don't understand,
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190 I DO have X installed!?
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191 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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192 ... but you don't have the X development package installed. Or not
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193 correctly. It's called XFree86-devel* under Red Hat, and xlib6g-dev* under
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194 Debian. Also check if the <CODE>/usr/X11</CODE> and <CODE>/usr/include/X11</CODE>
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195 symlinks exist (this can be a problem on Mandrake systems). They can be created
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196 with these commands:<BR>
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197 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6 /usr/X11</CODE><BR>
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199 Your distribution may differ from the
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200 <A HREF="http://www.pathname.com/fhs/">Filesystem Hierarchy Standard</A>.
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204 I can't compile SVGAlib. I'm using kernel 2.3/2.4 ...
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205 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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206 You have to edit SVGAlib's Makefile.cfg and comment <CODE>BACKGROUND = y</CODE> out.
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210 I compiled MPlayer with libdvdcss/libdivxdecore support, but when
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212 <CODE>&gt; error while loading shared libraries: lib*.so.0: cannot load
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216 Add <CODE>/usr/local/lib</CODE> to <CODE>/etc/ld.so.conf</CODE> and run <CODE>ldconfig</CODE>.
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219 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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220 Hmm, strange. When loading the mga_vid.o kernel module, I found this in the logs:<BR>
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221 <CODE>Warning: loading mga_vid.o will taint the kernel: no license</CODE>
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223 The latest kernel modutils require a flag indicating the license (mainly
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224 to avoid kernel hackers debugging closed source drivers).
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225 Upgrade your kernel, modutils and <B>MPlayer</B>.
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229 When compiling <B>MEncoder</B>, it segfaults at linking!!!
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231 This is a linker problem. Upgrading binutils should help (2.11.92.* or newer
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232 should be good). Since it is not our fault, please do <B>not</B> report!
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236 I'd like to compile <B>MPlayer</B> on Minix!
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237 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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238 Me too. :)
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239 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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242 <TD COLSPAN=3><B><A NAME="5.2"><FONT CLASS="text">5.2 General questions</A></B>
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246 The <CODE>-xy</CODE> or <CODE>-fs</CODE> option doesn't work with the x11 driver (<CODE>-vo x11</CODE>) ...
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247 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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248 It does, but you have to explicitly specify software scaling (it's SLOW!) with
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249 the <CODE>-zoom</CODE> option. You better use XF86VidMode support:
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250 you must specify the <CODE>-vm</CODE> and the <CODE>-fs</CODE> switch, and
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251 you're done. Make sure you have the right modelines in your XF86Config file, and
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252 try to make the <A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.3">DGA driver</A> and
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253 <A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.4">SDL's DGA driver</A> work for you.
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254 It's much faster. If SDL's DGA works, use that, it'll be EVEN faster!
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258 What is the meaning of the numbers on the status line?
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259 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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260 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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261 <UL>
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262 <LI>A: audio position in seconds
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263 <LI>V: video position in seconds
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265 <LI>ct: total A-V sync correction done
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266 <LI>frames played (counting from last seek)
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268 <LI>video codec cpu usage in percent (for slices and DR this includes video_out)
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271 <LI>frames needed to drop to maintain A-V sync
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272 <LI>current level of image postprocessing (when using <CODE>-autoq</CODE>)
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273 <LI>current cache size used (around 50% is normal)
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274 </UL>
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278 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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279 What if I don't want them to appear?
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280 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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281 Use the <CODE>-quiet</CODE> option and read the man page.
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284 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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285 Why is video_out cpu usage zero (0%) for some files?
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286 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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287 It's not zero, but it's called from the codec and thus cannot be measured
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288 separately. You should try to play the file using <CODE>-vo null</CODE> and then
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289 <CODE>-vo ...</CODE> and check the difference to see the video_out speed.
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292 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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293 There are error messages about file not found <CODE>/usr/lib/win32/</CODE> ...
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294 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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295 Download the <A HREF="ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/w32codec-0.90.tar.bz2">Win32 codecs</A>
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296 from <B>our</B> FTP site (avifile's codec package has a different DLL set) and
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297 install it.
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298 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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300 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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301 Are there any mailing lists on MPlayer?
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302 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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303 Yes! See the bottom of the info page on
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304 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/info.html">our homepage</A> to subscribe!
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305 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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307 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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308 I've found a nasty bug when I tried to play my favorite video!!
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309 Who should I inform?
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310 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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311 Please read the <A HREF="bugreports.html">bug reporting guidelines</A> and follow
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312 the instructions.
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313 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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315 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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316 I have problems playing files with the ... codec. Can I use them?
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317 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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318 Check the <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html">codec status</A>,
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319 if it doesn't contain your codec, read the
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320 <A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.3">codec documentation</A>, especially the
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321 <A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.3">codec importing HOWTO</A> and contact us.
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323
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324 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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325 Umm, what is "IdegCounter"?
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326 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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327 A combination of a Hungarian and an English word. "Ideg" in Hungarian means
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328 the same as "nerve" in English, and is pronounced as something like "ydaegh".
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329 It was first used to measure the nervousness of A'rpi, after some (umm) "mystic"
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330 disappearance of CVS code ;)
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331 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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332
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333 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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334 And what is "Faszom(C)ounter"?
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335 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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336 "Fasz" is a Hungarian word you don't want to know, the others are connected to
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337 the perverted minds of the MPlayer developers.
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339
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340 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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341 LIRC doesn't work, because ...
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342 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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343 Are you sure you are using <CODE>mplayer</CODE> instead of <CODE>mplayer_lirc</CODE>?
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344 Note that it was <CODE>mplayer_lirc</CODE> for long time, including the 0.60 release, but recently
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345 changed back to <CODE>mplayer</CODE>.
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346 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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348 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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349 Subtitles are very nice, the most beautiful I've ever seen, but they slow
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350 down playing! I know it's unlikely ...
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351 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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352 After running <CODE>./configure</CODE> , edit <CODE>config.h</CODE> and replace
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353 <CODE>#undef FAST_OSD</CODE> with <CODE>#define FAST_OSD</CODE>. Then recompile.
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354 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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356 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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357 The OSD is flickering!
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358 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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359 You use a vo driver with single buffering (x11,xv). With xv,
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360 use the <CODE>-double</CODE> option. Also try <CODE>-vop expand</CODE>
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361 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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363 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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364 What exactly is this libavcodec thing?
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365 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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366 See the <A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1.2">FFmpeg section</A>.
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368
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369 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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370 But configure tells me "Checking for libavcodec ... no"!
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371 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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372 You need to get libavcodec from FFmpeg's CVS. Read the instructions in
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373 the <A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1.2">FFmpeg section</A>.
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374 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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376 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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377 Icewm's taskbar keeps covering the movie in fullscreen mode!
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378 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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379 This shouldn't happen anymore, if it still does use the <CODE>-icelayer</CODE>
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380 option and report it to the
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381 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/">mplayer-users</A>
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382 mailing list.
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385 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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386 I can't access the GUI menu. I press right click, but I can't access any
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387 menu items!
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388 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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389 Are you using FVWM? Try the following:<BR>
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390 Start -&gt; Settings -&gt; Configuration -&gt; Base Configuration<BR>
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391 Set "Use Applications position hints" to "Yes".
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394 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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395 How can I run MPlayer in the background?
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396 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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397 Use: <CODE>mplayer &lt;options&gt; &lt;filename&gt; &lt; /dev/null &</CODE>
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399
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400 <TD COLSPAN=3>
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401 <B><A NAME="5.3"><FONT CLASS="text">5.3 File playing problems</A></B>
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404 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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405 ... works with avifile/aviplay but doesn't with MPlayer.
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406 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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407 <B>MPlayer</B> != avifile.
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409 The codecs (DLL) set, synchronization, demultiplexing etc is totally
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410 different and shouldn't be compared.
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411 If something works with aviplay it doesn't mean that <B>MPlayer</B> will work
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412 and vice versa.
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413 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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414
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415 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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416 Audio goes out of sync playing a .avi file.
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417 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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418 Try the <CODE>-bps</CODE> or <CODE>-nobps</CODE> option. If it does not improve,
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419 read <A HREF="bugreports.html">this</A> and upload the file to FTP.
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420 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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423 MPlayer exits with some error when using l3codeca.acm.
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424 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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425 Check <CODE>ldd /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE> output. If it contains<BR>
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426 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4???????)</CODE><BR>
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427 where "?" is any number then it's OK, the error is not here. If it is:<BR>
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428 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00??????)</CODE><BR>
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429 then there is a problem with your kernel/libc. Maybe you are using some
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430 security patches (for example Solar Designer's OpenWall patch) which
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431 forces loading libraries to very low addresses.
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432 Because l3codeca.acm is a non-relocatable DLL, it must be loaded to
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433 0x00400000, we can't change this. You should use a non-patched kernel,
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434 or use <B>MPlayer</B>'s <CODE>-afm 1</CODE> option to disable using l3codeca.acm.
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435 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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437 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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438 My computer plays M$ DivX AVIs with resolutions ~ 640x300 and stereo mp3
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439 sound too slow. When I use -nosound switch, everything is OK (but quiet).
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440 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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441 Your machine is too slow or your soundcard driver is broken. Consult the documentation to see if you can improve
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442 performance.
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443 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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445 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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446 MPlayer dies with "MPlayer interrupted by signal 4 in module: decode_video".
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447 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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448 Try running <B>MPlayer</B> on the machine you compiled on. Or recompile. Don't
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449 use <B>MPlayer</B> on a CPU different from the one it was compiled on.
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450 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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452 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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453 I have problems with [your window manager] and fullscreen xv/xmga/sdl/x11 modes ...
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454 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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455 Read the <A HREF="bugreports.html">bug reporting guidelines</A> and send us a
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456 proper bug report.
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457 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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458
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459 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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460 But it works with avifile!
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461 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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462 So what?
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463 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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465 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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466 Then avifile is better!
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467 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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468 Then use avifile, it has a nice GUI and nice C++ code :)
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469 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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470
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471 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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472 I got this playing mpeg files: Can't find codec for video format 0x10000001!
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473 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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474 You have an old version of codecs.conf at <CODE>~/.mplayer/</CODE>. Upgrade it
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475 from <CODE>/etc/</CODE>.<BR>
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476 <B>OR</B> you have the <CODE>vc=</CODE> option or something similar in your
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477 config file(s).
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478 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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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 When starting MPlayer under KDE I just get a black screen and nothing happens.
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482 After about one minute the video starts playing.
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483 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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484 The KDE arts sound daemon is blocking the sound device. Either wait until the
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485 video starts or disable the arts-daemon in kontrol center. If you want
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486 to use arts sound, specify audio output via our native arts audio driver
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487 (<CODE>-ao arts</CODE>). If it fails or isn't compiled in, try SDL
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488 (<CODE>-ao sdl</CODE>) and make sure your SDL can handle arts sound. Yet
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489 another option is to start <B>MPlayer</B> with artsdsp.
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490 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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491
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492 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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493 I have an AVI that produces a gray screen when played with <CODE>-vc odivx</CODE>
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494 and a green one with <CODE>-vc divx4</CODE>.
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495 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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496 It's not a DivX file, but an M$ MPEG4v3 . Update your codecs.conf.
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497 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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498
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499 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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500 When I play this movie I get video-audio desync and/or MPlayer crashes with the following message:<BR>
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501 <CODE>DEMUXER: Too many (945 in 8390980 bytes) video packets in the buffer!</CODE>
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502 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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503 This can have multiple reasons.<BR>
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504 <UL>
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505 <LI>Your CPU <B>and/or</B> video card <B>and/or</B> bus is too SLOW. <B>MPlayer</B>
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506 displays a message if this is the case (and the dropped frames counter goes up fast).</LI>
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507 <LI>If it is an AVI, maybe it has bad interleaving. Try the <CODE>-ni</CODE> option.</LI>
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508 <LI>Your sound driver is buggy, or you use ALSA 0.5 with <CODE>-ao oss</CODE>.
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509 See the <A HREF="sound.html">sound card section</A>.</LI>
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510 <LI>The AVI has a bad header, try the <CODE>-nobps</CODE> option, and/or
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511 <CODE>-mc 0</CODE>.</LI>
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512 </UL>
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513 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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514
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515 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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516 I have an MJPEG file which works with other players but displays only a black
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517 image in MPlayer.
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518 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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519 Disable the Windows DLL in <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>, or use the
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520 <CODE>-vc ffmjpeg</CODE> option (compile MPlayer with libavcodec for this to work).
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521 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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522
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523 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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524 When I try to grab from my tuner, it works, but colors are strange. It's OK
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525 with other applications.
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526 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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527 Your card probably misreports its colorspace capacity. Try with YUY2 instead
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528 of default YV12 (see the <A HREF="documentation.html#2.5">TV input documentation</A>).
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529 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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530
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531 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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532 When I start playing, I get this message but everything seems fine:<BR>
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533 <CODE>Linux RTC init: ioctl (rtc_pie_on): Permission denied</CODE>
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534 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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535 You need root privileges to use the new timing code. For details see the
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536 <A HREF="documentation.html#1.3">installation section</A> of the documentation.
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537 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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538
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539 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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540 I have A/V sync problems. Some of my AVIs play fine, but some play with
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541 double speed!
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542 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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543 You have a buggy sound card/driver. Most likely it's fixed at 44100Hz, and
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544 you try to play a file which has 22050Hz audio. Try the resample audio plugin.
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545 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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546
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547 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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548 All the WMV (or other..) files I play create a green/gray window and there is
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549 only sound! MPlayer prints:<BR>
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550 <CODE>Detected video codec: [null] drv:0 (NULL codec (no decoding))</CODE>
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551 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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552 Update your <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>.
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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><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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556 I get very strange percentage values (way too big) while playing files on my notebook.
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557 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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558 It's an effect of the power management / power saving system of your notebook
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559 (BIOS, not kernel). Plug the external power connector in <B>before</B> you power on your
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560 notebook.
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561 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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562
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563 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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564 The audio/video gets totally out of sync when I run MPlayer as root on my notebook.
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565 It works normal when i run it as a user.
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566 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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567 This is again a power management effect (see above). Plug the external power
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568 connector in <B>before</B> you power on your notebook or use the
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569 <CODE>-nortc</CODE> switch.
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570 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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571
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572 <TD COLSPAN=3>
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573 <B><A NAME="5.4"><FONT CLASS="text">5.4 Video/audio driver problems (vo/ao)</A></B>
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574 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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577 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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578 What about the DGA driver? I can't find it!!!
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579 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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580 <CODE>./configure</CODE> autodetects your DGA driver. If <CODE>-vo help</CODE> doesn't show
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581 DGA, then there's a problem with your X installation.
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582 Try <CODE>./configure --enable-dga</CODE> and read the
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583 <A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.3">documentation</A>.
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584 Alternatively, try SDL's DGA driver with the <CODE>-vo sdl:dga</CODE> option.
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585 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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586
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587 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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588 OK, <CODE>-vo help</CODE> shows DGA driver, but it complains about permissions!
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589 Help me!
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590 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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591 It works only if running as root! It's a DGA limitation.
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592 You should become root (<CODE>su -</CODE>), and try again.
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593 Another solution is making <B>MPlayer</B> SUID root, but it's <B>NOT RECOMMENDED!</B><BR>
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594 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR>
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595 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR>
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596 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>chmod +s /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR>
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597 <B>!!!! BUT STAY TUNED !!!!</B><BR>
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598 This is a *BIG* security risk! *NEVER* do this on a server or on a computer
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599 that you do not control completely because other users can gain root
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600 privileges through SUID root MPlayer!!!<BR>
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601 <B>!!!! SO YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ... !!!!</B>
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602 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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603
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604 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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605 When using Xvideo, my Voodoo 3/Banshee says:<BR>
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606 <CODE>X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied)<BR>
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607 &nbsp;&nbsp;Major opcode of failed request: 147 (MIT-SHM)<BR>
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608 &nbsp;&nbsp;Minor opcode of failed request: 1 (X_ShmAttach)<BR>
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609 &nbsp;&nbsp;Serial number of failed request: 26<BR>
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610 &nbsp;&nbsp;Current serial number in output stream:27</CODE><BR>
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611 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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612 The "tdfx" driver in XFree86 4.0.2/4.0.3 had this bug. This was solved by
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613 <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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614 So upgrade to XFree86 4.1.0 or later. Alternatively, either download (at least)
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615 DRI version 0.6 from the <A HREF="http://dri.sourceforge.net">DRI homepage</A>,
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616 or use CVS DRI.
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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><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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620 OpenGL (<CODE>-vo gl</CODE>) output doesn't work (hang/black window/X11 errors/...).
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621 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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622 Your OpenGL driver doesn't support dynamic texture changes (glTexSubImage).
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623 It's known not to work with nVidia's binary mess.
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624 It's known to work with Utah-GLX/DRI and Matrox G400 cards. Also with
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625 DRI and Radeon cards. It won't work with DRI and other cards.
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626 it will not work with 3DFX cards because of the 256x256 texture size limit.
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627 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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629 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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630 I have an nVidia TNT/TNT2 card, and I have a band with strange colors,
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631 right under the movie! Whose fault is this?
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632 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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633 This is a bug of nVidia's binary X driver. These bugs appear ONLY with the
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634 TNT/TNT2 cards, and we can't do anything about it. To fix the problem, upgrade
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635 to the latest nVidia binary driver version. If still bad, complain to nVidia!
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636 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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638 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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639 I have an nVidia XYZ card, and when I click on the GUI's display window to toggle
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640 displaying the GUI panel, a black square appears where I clicked. I have
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641 the newest driver.
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642 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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643 Yes, nVidia corrected a previous bug (above), and introduced a new one. Let's
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644 congratulate them. UPDATE: According to
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645 <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#nvidia">nVidia</A>, this has already been
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646 fixed.
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647 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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648
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649 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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650 When I use the GUI with SDL video output, a second video window is created.
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651 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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652 Known, don't use SDL for the GUI yet.
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653 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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654
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655 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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656 Oh the world is cruel ...! SDL has only <CODE>x11</CODE> target, but not
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657 <CODE>xv</CODE>!
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658 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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659 Try that <CODE>x11</CODE> target again. Now try <CODE>-vo x11 -fs -zoom</CODE>.
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660 See the difference? No?! OK, here comes the enlightenment: SDL's
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661 <CODE>x11</CODE> target uses xv when available, you don't have to worry about
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662 it ... Note: you can force/disable Xv via SDL using <CODE>-forcexv<CODE> and <CODE>-noxv</CODE>
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663 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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664
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665 <TD COLSPAN="3">
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666 <B><A NAME="5.5"><FONT CLASS="text">5.5 DVD playback</A></B>
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667 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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668
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669 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>
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670 <FONT CLASS="text">While playing a DVD, I encountered this error:<BR>
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671 <CODE>mplayer: ifo_read.c:1143: ifoRead_C_ADT_internal: Assertion nfo_length /
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672 sizeof(cell_adr_t) >= c_adt->nr_of_vobs' failed.</CODE>
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673 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD>
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674 <FONT CLASS="text">This is a known libdvdread 0.9.1/0.9.2 bug.
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675 Use libmpdvdkit.
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676 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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677
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678 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>
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679 <FONT CLASS="text">Can I compile libdvdread and libdvdcss on my sweet SPARC under Solaris?
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680 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD>
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681 <FONT CLASS="text">Who knows ... It's said to work, so please test it and send feedback. Refer to
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682 the documentation of libdvdread and its homepage as well. We're not the authors
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683 of libdvdread.
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684 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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685
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686 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>
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687 <FONT CLASS="text">What about subtitles? Can MPlayer display them?
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688 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD>
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689 <FONT CLASS="text">Yes! See the <A HREF="cd-dvd.html">DVD chapter</A> of the documentation.
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690 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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691
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692 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>
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693 <FONT CLASS="text">How can I set the region code of my DVD-drive? I don't have Windows!
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694 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD>
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695 <FONT CLASS="text">Use the
54283d7bc90a DVD FAQ moved to faq.html, small TOC added. all this by Diego Biurrun
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696 <A HREF="http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvd/dvd_disc_20000215.tar.gz">regionset tool</A>.
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697 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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698
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699 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>
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700 <FONT CLASS="text">Do I need to be (setuid) root/setuid fibmap_mplayer to be able to play a DVD?
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701 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD>
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702 <FONT CLASS="text">No, only for old-style DVD support. However you must have
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703 the proper rights on the DVD device entry (in <CODE>/dev/</CODE>).
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704 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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705
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706 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>
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707 <FONT CLASS="text">Where can I get libdvdread and libdvdcss packages?
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708 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD>
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709 <FONT CLASS="text">From the
54283d7bc90a DVD FAQ moved to faq.html, small TOC added. all this by Diego Biurrun
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710 <A HREF="http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd">Ogle site</A>.
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711 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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712
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713 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>
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714 <FONT CLASS="text">Is it possible to play/encode only selected chapters?
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715 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD>
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716 <FONT CLASS="text">Yes, try the <CODE>-chapter</CODE> option.
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717 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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718
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719 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>
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720 <FONT CLASS="text">My DVD playback is sluggish!
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721 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD>
6386
039065ac8625 Added FAQ compilation entry, moved DGA entry to video section, fixed the
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722 <FONT CLASS="text">Use the <CODE>-cache</CODE> option (described in the man page)
6352
99f941806029 arts and DMA setting clarified
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723 and try enabling DMA for the DVD drive with the hdparm tool (described in the
6297
b659e476559e Some more "teamwork", changed references to -users into links, clarified some
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724 <A HREF="cd-dvd.html">DVD chapter</A> of the documentation).
6252
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725 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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726
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727 <TD COLSPAN=3>
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728 <B><A NAME="5.6"><FONT CLASS="text">5.6 Feature requests</A></B>
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729 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox
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731 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
5699
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732 I'd like to seek +/- 1 frames instead of 10 seconds.
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733 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
3857
94568d035e75 defucking again
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734 This won't be done. It was, but then it messed up A/V sync. Feel free to
2859
9508f2a11335 Q/A about fucky +- 1frame seeking feature req
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735 implement it, and send a patch. Don't ask for it.
9508f2a11335 Q/A about fucky +- 1frame seeking feature req
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736 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
9508f2a11335 Q/A about fucky +- 1frame seeking feature req
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737
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738 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
5699
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739 Where is the Windows version?
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740 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
5699
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741 It's not released, and won't be. Look around the Windows scene (open source
1dde9686d33b Good evening ladies and gentleman and welcome to the latest
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742 ASF parsers, open source ASF encoders, etc) and you'll know why. We don't
3053
153fc4f5464f ehh too much
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743 want to go to jail.
153fc4f5464f ehh too much
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744 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
153fc4f5464f ehh too much
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745
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746
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747 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
5699
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748 What card do you suggest me to buy?
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749 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A0:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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750 It's for your information only but our criteria are:
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751 </TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A1:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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752 Speed:<BR>
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753 This parameter can be computed easily:
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754 <OL>
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755 <LI>Which movies do you plan to watch?
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756 <UL>
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757 <LI><B>MPEG1:</B> 320x200@32=256000<BR>
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758 You need only 256*25fps=6.4MB/sec of bandwidth (This format can be played
1dde9686d33b Good evening ladies and gentleman and welcome to the latest
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759 in real-time on any PC since the times of Pentium-100 + S3Virge).</LI>
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760 <LI><B>MPEG4:</B> 640x480@32=1228800<BR>
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761 You need a video bandwidth of 1.2*25fps=30MB/sec. To watch such a movie
1dde9686d33b Good evening ladies and gentleman and welcome to the latest
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762 in real-time you need a PC equivalent to a Celeron-450 and a DIMM based
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763 video card.</LI>
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764 <LI><B>MPEG2 (aka DVD or SDTV):</B> 1024x768@32=3145728<BR>
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765 You need a video bandwidth of 3*30fps=90MB/sec. In extreme cases (if your
1dde9686d33b Good evening ladies and gentleman and welcome to the latest
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766 video card supports IDCT decoding) the hardware requirements are the same
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767 as for MPEG4.</LI>
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768 <LI><B>HDTV (High Definition TeleVision):</B> 2000x2000@32=16000000<BR>
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769 You need a video bandwidth of 16*30fps=480MB/sec. You also need at least
1dde9686d33b Good evening ladies and gentleman and welcome to the latest
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770 32MB of video memory to watch this stream: 16MB for the RGB area and 16MB
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771 for the YUV area.</LI>
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772 </UL>
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773 </LI>
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774 <LI>The bandwidth of PCI slots is: 33MHz*32Bit=133MB/sec. PCI2.1 has
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775 66MHz*32Bit=266MB/sec which is more than enough for playing any movie (except
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776 HDTV streams which really require an AGP bus).</LI>
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777 <LI>What memory type should be installed on the video card:
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778 <UL>
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779 <LI><B>SIMM</B> - Avoid that.</LI>
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780 <LI><B>DIMM</B> - Good if your video card has 128-bit memory access.</LI>
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781 <LI><B>DDR</B> - Is fast enough for all types.</LI>
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782 </UL>
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783 </LI>
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784 </OL>
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785 Note: DGA comparison shows that there is no visible difference between video
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786 cards which have the same type of video memory installed.<BR>
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787 <B>Conclusion:</B> If you have enough CPU power (Celeron-450 or K6-2-500) it
1dde9686d33b Good evening ladies and gentleman and welcome to the latest
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788 should be enough to buy any video card which has at least 8MB of DIMM or DDR
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789 memory.
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790 </TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A2:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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791 Quality:<BR>
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792 This question was investigated in depth at:
1dde9686d33b Good evening ladies and gentleman and welcome to the latest
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793 <br><a href="http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1332&rndr=04132002115140">
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794 AnandTech</a> - Video Card Roundup - DVD Quality, Features &amp; Performance
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795 (October 2000)
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796 </TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A3:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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797 <B>Working</B> features under Linux:<BR>
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798 If you are a Win32 user then probably you have support (from driver and DirectX8
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799 side) for any feature your chip has.<BR>
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800 But for <B>Linux</B> users there are currently only a few vendors which have more
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801 or less advanced driver support:<BR><BR>
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802
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803 <table BORDER=1 COLS=5 WIDTH="100%">
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804 <tr>
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805 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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806
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807 <td>
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808 <center>Matrox Gxxx</center>
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809 </td>
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810
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811 <td>
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812 <center>ATI m64/r128/radeon</center>
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813 </td>
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814
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815 <td>
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816 <center>nVidia tnt/geforce</center>
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817 </td>
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818
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819 <td>
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820 <center>S3 Virge/Savage</center>
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821 </td>
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822 </tr>
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823
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824 <tr>
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825 <td>Driver's provider</td>
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826
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827 <td>OEM and enthusiasts</td>
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828
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829 <td>OEM and enthusiasts</td>
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830
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831 <td>OEM or enthusiasts</td>
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832
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833 <td>enthusiasts</td>
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834 </tr>
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835
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836 <tr>
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837 <td>Driver's quality</td>
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838
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839 <td>best (X11,kernel)</td>
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840
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841 <td>best (X11,GATOS,kernel)</td>
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842
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843 <td>buggy/unstable (X11 only)</td>
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844
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845 <td>slow (X11 only)</td>
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846 </tr>
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847
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848 <tr>
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849 <td>VIDEO OVERLAY</td>
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850
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851 <td></td>
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852
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853 <td></td>
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854
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855 <td></td>
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856
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857 <td></td>
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858 </tr>
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859
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860 <tr>
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861 <td>BES and YV2RGB</td>
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862
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863 <td>YES</td>
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864
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865 <td>YES</td>
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866
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867 <td>YES</td>
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868
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869 <td>YES</td>
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870 </tr>
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871
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872 <tr>
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873 <td>scaling filters</td>
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874
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875 <td>N/A</td>
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876
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877 <td>YES</td>
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878
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879 <td>N/A</td>
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880
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881 <td>N/A</td>
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882 </tr>
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883
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884 <tr>
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885 <td>adaptive deinterlace</td>
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886
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887 <td>N/A</td>
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888
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889 <td>YES</td>
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890
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891 <td>N/A</td>
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892
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893 <td>N/A</td>
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894 </tr>
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895
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896 <tr>
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897 <td>Video equalizer (hue, contrast, saturation, color correction)</td>
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898
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899 <td>YES</td>
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900
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901 <td>YES</td>
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902
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903 <td>GeForce only</td>
3489
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904
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905 <td>N/A</td>
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906 </tr>
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907
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908 <tr>
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909 <td>Alpha blending, color and video keys</td>
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910
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911 <td>PARTIAL</td>
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912
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913 <td>PARTIAL (under development)</td>
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914
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915 <td>N/A</td>
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916
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917 <td>N/A</td>
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918 </tr>
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919
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920 <tr>
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921 <td>Video capture</td>
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922
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923 <td>YES (Marvel)</td>
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924
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925 <td>YES (GATOS)</td>
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926
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927 <td>N/A</td>
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928
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929 <td>N/A</td>
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930 </tr>
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931
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932 <tr>
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933 <td>TV-out</td>
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934
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935 <td>G400 only</td>
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936
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937 <td>YES</td>
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938
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939 <td>N/A</td>
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940
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941 <td>N/A</td>
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942 </tr>
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943 </table>
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944
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945 <P>It's a very rough overview of video cards. We should pay attention to video
1dde9686d33b Good evening ladies and gentleman and welcome to the latest
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946 card models. If for example Matrox G400 drivers support TV-out then G450 and
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947 G550 do not necessarily have this feature.<BR>
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948 Another example: Adaptive deinterlacing exists only for the Rage128 chip and
1dde9686d33b Good evening ladies and gentleman and welcome to the latest
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949 isn't present on Mach64+ ones. The same goes for 3D features. They are different
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950 from Mach64 to the Radeon 8500 with TRUFORM technology.</P>
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951
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952 <P><B>ANYWAY - THE MPLAYER TEAM DOESN'T ACCEPT ANY CLAIMS IF AFTER READING THIS
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953 MATERIAL YOU BUY A CARD WHICH IS UNSATISFACTORY FOR YOU!!! THIS IS ONLY OUR
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954 POINT OF VIEW.</B></P>
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955
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956 <P><B>Q:</B> If a PCI slot is fast enough for most types of movies then why is
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957 the S3 Virge too slow for them?<BR>
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958 <B>A:</B> Due to its SIMM memory.</P>
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959
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960 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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961
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962 <TD COLSPAN=3>
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963 <B><A NAME="5.7"><FONT CLASS="text">5.7 Encoding</A></B>
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964 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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965
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966 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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967 How can I encode?
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968 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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969 Read the <B>MEncoder</B> <A HREF="encoding.html">documentation</A>.
3192
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970 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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971
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972 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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973 My tuner works, I can hear the sound and watch the video with MPlayer, but
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974 MEncoder doesn't encode audio!
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975 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
5227
ec38c17b5f74 some small updates
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976 TV audio encoding for Linux is currently unimplemented, we're working on it.
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977 At the moment it works only on BSD.
3966
6185a66a63cf *** empty log message ***
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978 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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979
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980 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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981 I can't encode DVD subtitles into the AVI!
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982 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
4398
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983 You have to specify the <CODE>-sid</CODE> option correctly!
3966
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984 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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985
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986 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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987 MEncoder segfaults on startup!
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988 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
4116
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989 Upgrade DivX4Linux.
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990 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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991
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992 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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993 How can I encode only selected chapters from a DVD?
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994 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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995 Use the <CODE>-chapter</CODE> option correctly, like: <CODE>-chapter 5-7</CODE>
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996 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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997
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998 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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999 I'm trying to work with 2GB+ files on a VFAT file system. Does it work?
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1000 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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1001 No, VFAT doesn't support 2GB+ files.
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1002 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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1004 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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1005 Why is the recommended bitrate printed by MEncoder negative?
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1006 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
65ceb2d07a71 Q/A about mencoder printing negative recommended bitrate
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1007 Because the bitrate you encoded the audio with is too large to fit the
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1008 movie on any CD. Check if you have libmp3lame installed properly.
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1009 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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1010
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1011 </TABLE>
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1013 </BODY>
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1014 </HTML>