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6393 | 26 <TR><TD COLSPAN=3><P><B><A NAME=5.1>5.1 Compilation</A></B></P> |
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29 <TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Compilation stops with an error message similar to this one: |
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30 <PRE> |
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39 <A HREF="users_against_developers.html">here</A>. |
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42 <TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Configure ends with this text, and MPlayer won't compile!<BR> |
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6393 | 44 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Your gcc isn't installed correctly, check the <CODE>config.log</CODE> file |
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6393 | 49 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Probably there is no such file or directory. |
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52 <TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>What's the problem with gcc 2.96? |
6393 | 53 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><B>We strongly discourage the use of gcc 2.96!!!</B><BR> |
6055 | 54 Read <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#gcc">this</A> |
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57 bugs or ask for help on the mailing lists. We will <B>not</B> provide any support |
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58 in case you run into problems. |
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6393 | 63 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>No, since there have been/are issues with these compilers as well.<BR> |
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88 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/2001-October/005351.html">mail</A> |
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93 <P>And we have idegs. And our idegcounter overflowed again and again.</P> |
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102 <P>And you clever guys come and flame us with gcc 2.96 and binary packages. | |
103 Instead of helping users or making patches to help solve problems.</P> | |
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105 <P>Half of our spare/free time is spent by answering silly mails here and | |
106 making newer tricks and checks to configure to avoid such mails.</P> | |
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112 <P>Conclusion: We can't be good. Half the people always will say we are bad.</P> |
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114 <P>Maybe we should close the project, make it closed source, commercial, and | |
115 provide install support for it. then we could leave current work, so | |
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6393 | 123 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><A HREF="users_against_developers.html#gcc">This</A> |
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6393 | 128 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>It was tested to work with SDL 1.2.x and may run on SDL 1.1.7+. |
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6393 | 135 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Where did you install the SDL library? If you installed in /usr/local |
1682 | 136 (the default) then edit the top level config.mak and add |
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6393 | 141 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Copy etc/inttypes.h to the <B>MPlayer</B> directory (<CODE>cp etc/inttypes.h .</CODE>) |
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6393 | 152 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Read the <A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.7">mga_vid documentation</A>. |
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6393 | 156 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You can make a .deb package for yourself, check the <A HREF="documentation.html#6.1">Debian packaging</A> section. |
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1682 | 159 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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161 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>During 'make', MPlayer complains about X11 libraries. I don't understand, |
1682 | 162 I DO have X installed!? |
6393 | 163 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>... but you don't have the X development package installed. Or not |
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1682 | 168 <CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6 /usr/X11</CODE><BR> |
169 <CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</CODE><BR> | |
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1682 | 172 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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174 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I can't compile SVGAlib. I'm using kernel 2.3/2.4 ... |
6393 | 175 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You have to edit SVGAlib's Makefile.cfg and comment <CODE>BACKGROUND = y</CODE> out. |
1682 | 176 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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1682 | 179 I try to start it, it says:<BR> |
2001 | 180 <CODE>> error while loading shared libraries: lib*.so.0: cannot load |
1682 | 181 shared object file: No such file or directory</CODE><BR> |
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6393 | 183 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Add <CODE>/usr/local/lib</CODE> to <CODE>/etc/ld.so.conf</CODE> and run <CODE>ldconfig</CODE>. |
1682 | 184 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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6393 | 188 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>The latest kernel modutils require a flag indicating the license (mainly |
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190 Upgrade your kernel, modutils and <B>MPlayer</B>. |
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193 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>When compiling <B>MEncoder</B>, it segfaults at linking!!! |
6393 | 194 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This is a linker problem. Upgrading binutils should help (2.11.92.* or newer |
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2772 | 196 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
197 | |
6639 | 198 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>MPlayer dies with segmentation fault upon pthread check! |
199 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>chmod 644 /usr/lib/libc.so | |
200 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
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202 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I'd like to compile <B>MPlayer</B> on Minix! |
6393 | 203 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Me too. :) |
3053 | 204 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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6393 | 207 <TD COLSPAN=3><B><A NAME="5.2">5.2 General questions</A></B> |
1682 | 208 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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6393 | 211 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>It does, but you have to explicitly specify software scaling (it's SLOW!) with |
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214 you're done. Make sure you have the right modelines in your XF86Config file, and |
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216 <A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.4">SDL's DGA driver</A> work for you. |
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217 It's much faster. If SDL's DGA works, use that, it'll be EVEN faster! |
1682 | 218 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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220 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>What is the meaning of the numbers on the status line? |
6393 | 221 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Example: <CODE>A: 2.1 V: 2.2 A-V: -0.167 ct: 0.042 57/57 41% 0% 2.6% 0 4 49%</CODE><BR> |
1682 | 222 <UL> |
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223 <LI>A: audio position in seconds |
1682 | 224 <LI>V: video position in seconds |
225 <LI>A-V: audio-video difference in seconds (delay) | |
226 <LI>ct: total A-V sync correction done | |
227 <LI>frames played (counting from last seek) | |
5700 | 228 <LI>frames decoded (counting from last seek) |
229 <LI>video codec cpu usage in percent (for slices and DR this includes video_out) | |
230 <LI>video_out cpu usage | |
1682 | 231 <LI>audio codec cpu usage in percent |
232 <LI>frames needed to drop to maintain A-V sync | |
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1682 | 237 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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239 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>What if I don't want them to appear? |
6393 | 240 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Use the <CODE>-quiet</CODE> option and read the man page. |
1864 | 241 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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243 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Why is video_out cpu usage zero (0%) for some files? |
6583 | 244 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A1:</TD><TD>It's not zero, but it's called from the codec and thus cannot be measured |
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245 separately. You should try to play the file using <CODE>-vo null</CODE> and then |
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246 <CODE>-vo ...</CODE> and check the difference to see the video_out speed. |
6583 | 247 </TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A2:</TD><TD>You are using Direct Rendering, |
248 where the codec renders to the video memory itself. In this case, the | |
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252 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>There are error messages about file not found <CODE>/usr/lib/win32/</CODE> ... |
6393 | 253 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Download the <A HREF="ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/w32codec-0.90.tar.bz2">Win32 codecs</A> |
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255 install it. |
1682 | 256 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
1612 | 257 |
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258 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Are there any mailing lists on MPlayer? |
6393 | 259 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Yes! See the bottom of the info page on |
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260 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/info.html">our homepage</A> to subscribe! |
1682 | 261 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
262 | |
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263 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I've found a nasty bug when I tried to play my favorite video!! |
1682 | 264 Who should I inform? |
6393 | 265 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Please read the <A HREF="bugreports.html">bug reporting guidelines</A> and follow |
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269 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I have problems playing files with the ... codec. Can I use them? |
6393 | 270 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Check the <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html">codec status</A>, |
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273 <A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.3">codec importing HOWTO</A> and contact us. |
1682 | 274 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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6393 | 277 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>A combination of a Hungarian and an English word. "Ideg" in Hungarian means |
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6393 | 284 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>"Fasz" is a Hungarian word you don't want to know, the others are connected to |
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288 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>LIRC doesn't work, because ... |
6393 | 289 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Are you sure you are using <CODE>mplayer</CODE> instead of <CODE>mplayer_lirc</CODE>? |
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1682 | 292 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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295 down playing! I know it's unlikely ... |
6393 | 296 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>After running <CODE>./configure</CODE> , edit <CODE>config.h</CODE> and replace |
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297 <CODE>#undef FAST_OSD</CODE> with <CODE>#define FAST_OSD</CODE>. Then recompile. |
1682 | 298 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
1612 | 299 |
6573 | 300 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>The onscreen display (OSD) is flickering! |
6393 | 301 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You use a vo driver with single buffering (x11,xv). With xv, |
5700 | 302 use the <CODE>-double</CODE> option. Also try <CODE>-vop expand</CODE> |
1682 | 303 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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6393 | 306 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>See the <A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1.2">FFmpeg section</A>. |
1682 | 307 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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6393 | 310 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You need to get libavcodec from FFmpeg's CVS. Read the instructions in |
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311 the <A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1.2">FFmpeg section</A>. |
1682 | 312 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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6393 | 315 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This shouldn't happen anymore, if it still does use the <CODE>-icelayer</CODE> |
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322 menu items! |
6393 | 323 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Are you using FVWM? Try the following:<BR> |
2972 | 324 Start -> Settings -> Configuration -> Base Configuration<BR> |
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2972 | 326 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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328 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>How can I run MPlayer in the background? |
6393 | 329 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Use: <CODE>mplayer <options> <filename> < /dev/null &</CODE> |
4680 | 330 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
331 | |
1682 | 332 <TD COLSPAN=3> |
6393 | 333 <B><A NAME="5.3">5.3 File playing problems</A></B> |
1682 | 334 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
335 | |
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6393 | 337 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><B>MPlayer</B> != avifile. |
1682 | 338 The only common thing between these players is the Win32 DLL loader. |
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339 The codecs (DLL) set, synchronization, demultiplexing etc is totally |
1682 | 340 different and shouldn't be compared. |
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342 and vice versa. |
1682 | 343 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
344 | |
6583 | 345 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Audio goes out of sync playing an AVI file. |
6393 | 346 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Try the <CODE>-bps</CODE> or <CODE>-nobps</CODE> option. If it does not improve, |
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347 read <A HREF="bugreports.html">this</A> and upload the file to FTP. |
1682 | 348 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
1612 | 349 |
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350 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>MPlayer exits with some error when using l3codeca.acm. |
6393 | 351 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Check <CODE>ldd /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE> output. If it contains<BR> |
1682 | 352 <CODE>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4???????)</CODE><BR> |
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353 where "?" is any number then it's OK, the error is not here. If it is:<BR> |
1682 | 354 <CODE>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00??????)</CODE><BR> |
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355 then there is a problem with your kernel/libc. Maybe you are using some |
1682 | 356 security patches (for example Solar Designer's OpenWall patch) which |
357 forces loading libraries to very low addresses. | |
358 Because l3codeca.acm is a non-relocatable DLL, it must be loaded to | |
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360 or use <B>MPlayer</B>'s <CODE>-afm 1</CODE> option to disable using l3codeca.acm. |
1682 | 361 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
1612 | 362 |
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363 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>My computer plays M$ DivX AVIs with resolutions ~ 640x300 and stereo mp3 |
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364 sound too slow. When I use -nosound switch, everything is OK (but quiet). |
6393 | 365 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Your machine is too slow or your soundcard driver is broken. Consult the documentation to see if you can improve |
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1682 | 367 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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369 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>MPlayer dies with "MPlayer interrupted by signal 4 in module: decode_video". |
6583 | 370 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Try running <B>MPlayer</B> on the machine you compiled on. Or recompile |
371 with runtime CPU detection | |
372 (<CODE>./configure --enable-runtime-cpudetection</CODE>). Don't | |
373 use <B>MPlayer</B> on a CPU different from the one it was compiled on, | |
374 without using the feature mentioned just now. | |
1682 | 375 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
1612 | 376 |
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377 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I have problems with [your window manager] and fullscreen xv/xmga/sdl/x11 modes ... |
6393 | 378 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Read the <A HREF="bugreports.html">bug reporting guidelines</A> and send us a |
6055 | 379 proper bug report. |
1682 | 380 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
381 | |
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382 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>But it works with avifile! |
6393 | 383 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>So what? |
1682 | 384 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
1612 | 385 |
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386 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Then avifile is better! |
6393 | 387 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Then use avifile, it has a nice GUI and nice C++ code :) |
1682 | 388 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
389 | |
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390 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I got this playing mpeg files: Can't find codec for video format 0x10000001! |
6393 | 391 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You have an old version of codecs.conf at <CODE>~/.mplayer/</CODE>. Upgrade it |
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392 from <CODE>/etc/</CODE>.<BR> |
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1682 | 395 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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397 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>When starting MPlayer under KDE I just get a black screen and nothing happens. |
6352 | 398 After about one minute the video starts playing. |
6393 | 399 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>The KDE arts sound daemon is blocking the sound device. Either wait until the |
6352 | 400 video starts or disable the arts-daemon in kontrol center. If you want |
6329 | 401 to use arts sound, specify audio output via our native arts audio driver |
6352 | 402 (<CODE>-ao arts</CODE>). If it fails or isn't compiled in, try SDL |
403 (<CODE>-ao sdl</CODE>) and make sure your SDL can handle arts sound. Yet | |
6329 | 404 another option is to start <B>MPlayer</B> with artsdsp. |
1682 | 405 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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407 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I have an AVI that produces a gray screen when played with <CODE>-vc odivx</CODE> |
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408 and a green one with <CODE>-vc divx4</CODE>. |
6393 | 409 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>It's not a DivX file, but an M$ MPEG4v3 . Update your codecs.conf. |
1682 | 410 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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412 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>When I play this movie I get video-audio desync and/or MPlayer crashes with the following message:<BR> |
1892 | 413 <CODE>DEMUXER: Too many (945 in 8390980 bytes) video packets in the buffer!</CODE> |
6393 | 414 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This can have multiple reasons.<BR> |
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416 <LI>Your CPU <B>and/or</B> video card <B>and/or</B> bus is too SLOW. <B>MPlayer</B> |
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418 <LI>If it is an AVI, maybe it has bad interleaving. Try the <CODE>-ni</CODE> option.</LI> |
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419 <LI>Your sound driver is buggy, or you use ALSA 0.5 with <CODE>-ao oss</CODE>. |
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420 See the <A HREF="sound.html">sound card section</A>.</LI> |
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422 <CODE>-mc 0</CODE>.</LI> |
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423 </UL> |
1892 | 424 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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426 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I have an MJPEG file which works with other players but displays only a black |
2606 | 427 image in MPlayer. |
6393 | 428 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Disable the Windows DLL in <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>, or use the |
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429 <CODE>-vc ffmjpeg</CODE> option (compile MPlayer with libavcodec for this to work). |
2606 | 430 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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432 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>When I try to grab from my tuner, it works, but colors are strange. It's OK |
3030 | 433 with other applications. |
6393 | 434 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Your card probably misreports its colorspace capacity. Try with YUY2 instead |
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435 of default YV12 (see the <A HREF="documentation.html#2.5">TV input documentation</A>). |
3030 | 436 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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438 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>When I start playing, I get this message but everything seems fine:<BR> |
3053 | 439 <CODE>Linux RTC init: ioctl (rtc_pie_on): Permission denied</CODE> |
6617 | 440 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You need root privileges or a |
441 specially set up kernel to use the new timing code. For details see the | |
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442 <A HREF="documentation.html#1.3">installation section</A> of the documentation. |
3053 | 443 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
444 | |
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446 double speed! |
6393 | 447 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You have a buggy sound card/driver. Most likely it's fixed at 44100Hz, and |
5700 | 448 you try to play a file which has 22050Hz audio. Try the resample audio plugin. |
3162 | 449 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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452 only sound! MPlayer prints:<BR> |
3192 | 453 <CODE>Detected video codec: [null] drv:0 (NULL codec (no decoding))</CODE> |
6393 | 454 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Update your <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>. |
3192 | 455 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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457 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I get very strange percentage values (way too big) while playing files on my notebook. |
6393 | 458 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>It's an effect of the power management / power saving system of your notebook |
6282 | 459 (BIOS, not kernel). Plug the external power connector in <B>before</B> you power on your |
5016 | 460 notebook. |
461 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
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6393 | 465 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This is again a power management effect (see above). Plug the external power |
6282 | 466 connector in <B>before</B> you power on your notebook or use the |
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5016 | 468 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
3053 | 469 |
1682 | 470 <TD COLSPAN=3> |
6393 | 471 <B><A NAME="5.4">5.4 Video/audio driver problems (vo/ao)</A></B> |
1682 | 472 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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475 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>What about the DGA driver? I can't find it!!! |
6393 | 476 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><CODE>./configure</CODE> autodetects your DGA driver. If <CODE>-vo help</CODE> doesn't show |
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479 <A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.3">documentation</A>. |
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1682 | 484 Help me! |
6393 | 485 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>It works only if running as root! It's a DGA limitation. |
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486 You should become root (<CODE>su -</CODE>), and try again. |
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487 Another solution is making <B>MPlayer</B> SUID root, but it's <B>NOT RECOMMENDED!</B><BR> |
1682 | 488 <CODE>chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR> |
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489 <CODE>chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR> |
1682 | 490 <CODE>chmod +s /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR> |
491 <B>!!!! BUT STAY TUNED !!!!</B><BR> | |
492 This is a *BIG* security risk! *NEVER* do this on a server or on a computer | |
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1682 | 496 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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1682 | 500 Major opcode of failed request: 147 (MIT-SHM)<BR> |
501 Minor opcode of failed request: 1 (X_ShmAttach)<BR> | |
502 Serial number of failed request: 26<BR> | |
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6393 | 504 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>The "tdfx" driver in XFree86 4.0.2/4.0.3 had this bug. This was solved by |
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507 DRI version 0.6 from the <A HREF="http://dri.sourceforge.net">DRI homepage</A>, |
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508 or use CVS DRI. |
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511 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>OpenGL (<CODE>-vo gl</CODE>) output doesn't work (hang/black window/X11 errors/...). |
6393 | 512 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Your OpenGL driver doesn't support dynamic texture changes (glTexSubImage). |
3858 | 513 It's known not to work with nVidia's binary mess. |
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514 It's known to work with Utah-GLX/DRI and Matrox G400 cards. Also with |
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515 DRI and Radeon cards. It won't work with DRI and other cards. |
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516 it will not work with 3DFX cards because of the 256x256 texture size limit. |
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519 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I have an nVidia TNT/TNT2 card, and I have a band with strange colors, |
1682 | 520 right under the movie! Whose fault is this? |
6393 | 521 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This is a bug of nVidia's binary X driver. These bugs appear ONLY with the |
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522 TNT/TNT2 cards, and we can't do anything about it. To fix the problem, upgrade |
5700 | 523 to the latest nVidia binary driver version. If still bad, complain to nVidia! |
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526 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I have an nVidia XYZ card, and when I click on the GUI's display window to toggle |
2065 | 527 displaying the GUI panel, a black square appears where I clicked. I have |
528 the newest driver. | |
6393 | 529 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Yes, nVidia corrected a previous bug (above), and introduced a new one. Let's |
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531 <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#nvidia">nVidia</A>, this has already been |
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2065 | 533 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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535 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>When I use the GUI with SDL video output, a second video window is created. |
6393 | 536 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Known, don't use SDL for the GUI yet. |
3343 | 537 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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539 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Oh the world is cruel ...! SDL has only <CODE>x11</CODE> target, but not |
5498 | 540 <CODE>xv</CODE>! |
6393 | 541 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Try that <CODE>x11</CODE> target again. Now try <CODE>-vo x11 -fs -zoom</CODE>. |
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542 See the difference? No?! OK, here comes the enlightenment: SDL's |
5498 | 543 <CODE>x11</CODE> target uses xv when available, you don't have to worry about |
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544 it ... Note: you can force/disable Xv via SDL using <CODE>-forcexv</CODE> and <CODE>-noxv</CODE> |
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6393 | 548 <B><A NAME="5.5">5.5 DVD playback</A></B> |
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6393 | 551 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B> |
552 While playing a DVD, I encountered this error:<BR> | |
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554 sizeof(cell_adr_t) >= c_adt->nr_of_vobs' failed.</CODE> |
6393 | 555 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD> |
556 This is a known libdvdread 0.9.1/0.9.2 bug. | |
6583 | 557 Use <B>libmpdvdkit</B>, which is present in MPlayer source, and used by |
558 default. | |
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6393 | 561 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B> |
562 Can I compile libdvdread and libdvdcss on my sweet SPARC under Solaris? | |
563 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD> | |
564 Who knows ... It's said to work, so please test it and send feedback. Refer to | |
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6583 | 566 of libdvdread. Use <B>libmpdvdkit</B>, which is present in MPlayer source, and used by |
567 default. | |
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6393 | 570 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B> |
571 What about subtitles? Can MPlayer display them? | |
572 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD> | |
573 Yes! See the <A HREF="cd-dvd.html">DVD chapter</A> of the documentation. | |
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6393 | 576 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B> |
577 How can I set the region code of my DVD-drive? I don't have Windows! | |
578 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD> | |
579 Use the | |
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580 <A HREF="http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvd/dvd_disc_20000215.tar.gz">regionset tool</A>. |
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6393 | 583 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B> |
584 Do I need to be (setuid) root/setuid fibmap_mplayer to be able to play a DVD? | |
585 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD> | |
586 No, only for old-style DVD support. However you must have | |
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587 the proper rights on the DVD device entry (in <CODE>/dev/</CODE>). |
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6393 | 590 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B> |
591 Where can I get libdvdread and libdvdcss packages? | |
592 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD> | |
6583 | 593 You don't need to. Use <B>libmpdvdkit</B>, which is present in MPlayer source, and used by |
594 default. | |
595 Anyway, the packages mentioned can be get from the | |
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596 <A HREF="http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd">Ogle site</A>. |
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6393 | 599 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B> |
600 Is it possible to play/encode only selected chapters? | |
601 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD> | |
602 Yes, try the <CODE>-chapter</CODE> option. | |
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6393 | 605 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B> |
606 My DVD playback is sluggish! | |
607 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD> | |
608 Use the <CODE>-cache</CODE> option (described in the man page) | |
6352 | 609 and try enabling DMA for the DVD drive with the hdparm tool (described in the |
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1682 | 613 <TD COLSPAN=3> |
6393 | 614 <B><A NAME="5.6">5.6 Feature requests</A></B> |
1682 | 615 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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6393 | 618 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This won't be done. It was, but then it messed up A/V sync. Feel free to |
2859 | 619 implement it, and send a patch. Don't ask for it. |
620 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
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6393 | 623 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD> It's not released, and won't be. Look around the Windows scene (open source |
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624 ASF parsers, open source ASF encoders, etc) and you'll know why. We don't |
6583 | 625 want to go to jail. BTW you can compile it yourself, under |
626 <A HREF="documentation.html#6.8">Cygwin</A>. | |
3489 | 627 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
628 | |
3192 | 629 <TD COLSPAN=3> |
6393 | 630 <B><A NAME="5.7">5.7 Encoding</A></B> |
3192 | 631 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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633 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>How can I encode? |
6393 | 634 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Read the <B>MEncoder</B> <A HREF="encoding.html">documentation</A>. |
3192 | 635 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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638 MEncoder doesn't encode audio! |
6393 | 639 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>TV audio encoding for Linux is currently unimplemented, we're working on it. |
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640 At the moment it works only on BSD. |
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643 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I can't encode DVD subtitles into the AVI! |
6393 | 644 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You have to specify the <CODE>-sid</CODE> option correctly! |
3966 | 645 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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647 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>MEncoder segfaults on startup! |
6393 | 648 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Upgrade DivX4Linux. |
4116 | 649 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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6393 | 652 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Use the <CODE>-chapter</CODE> option correctly, like: <CODE>-chapter 5-7</CODE> |
4398 | 653 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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655 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I'm trying to work with 2GB+ files on a VFAT file system. Does it work? |
6393 | 656 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>No, VFAT doesn't support 2GB+ files. |
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6393 | 660 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Because the bitrate you encoded the audio with is too large to fit the |
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