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1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
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2 <appendix id="bugs">
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3 <title>Known bugs</title>
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4 <sect1 id="bugs-special">
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5 <title>Special system/CPU-specific bugs/problems</title>
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6 <itemizedlist>
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7 <listitem>
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8 <para>SIGILL (signal 4) on P3 using 2.2.x kernels:</para>
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9 <para>Problem: kernel 2.2.x doesn't have proper (working) SSE support</para>
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10 <para>Solution: upgrade kernel to 2.4.x</para>
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11 <para>Workaround: <command>./configure --disable-sse</command></para>
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12 </listitem>
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13 <listitem>
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14 <para>General SIGILL (signal 4):</para>
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15 <para>Problem: you compiled and run mplayer in different machines
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16 (for example compiled on P3 and running on Celeron)</para>
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17 <para>Solution: compile MPlayer on the same machine where you will use it!</para>
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18 <para>Workaround: <command>./configure --disable-sse</command> etc. options</para>
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19 </listitem>
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20 <listitem>
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21 <para>"Internal buffer inconsistency" during MEncoder run:</para>
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22 <para>Problem: known problem when lame < 3.90 was compiled with gcc 2.96 or 3.x.</para>
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23 <para>Solution: use lame >=3.90.</para>
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24 <para>Workaround: compile lame with gcc 2.95.x and remove any already installed
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25 lame packages, they may have been compiled with gcc 2.96.</para>
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26 </listitem>
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27 <listitem>
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28 <para>Messed up MP2/MP3 sound on PPC:</para>
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29 <para>Problem: known GCC miscompilation bug on PPC platforms, no fix yet.</para>
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30 <para>Workaround: use FFmpeg's (slow) MP1/MP2/MP3 decoder (<option>-ac ffmpeg</option>)</para>
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31 </listitem>
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32 <listitem>
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33 <para>sig11 in libmpeg2, when scaling+encoding:</para>
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34 <para>Problem: known GCC 2.95.2 MMX bug, upgrade to 2.95.3.</para>
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35 </listitem>
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36 </itemizedlist>
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37 </sect1>
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38
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39 <sect1 id="bugs-audio">
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40 <title>Various A-V sync and other audio problems</title>
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41
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42 <sect2 id="bugs-delay-all">
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43 <title>General audio delay or jerky sound (exists with all or many files)</title>
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44 <itemizedlist>
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45 <listitem><para>
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46 most common: buggy audio driver! - try to use different drivers, try ALSA 0.9 OSS
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47 emulation with <option>-ao oss</option>, also try <option>-ao sdl</option>,
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48 sometimes it helps. If your file plays fine with -nosound, then you can be sure
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49 it's sound card (driver) problem.
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50 </para></listitem>
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51 </itemizedlist>
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52 <itemizedlist>
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53 <listitem>
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54 <para>audio buffer problems (buffer size badly detected)</para>
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55 <para>Workaround: mplayer <option>-abs</option> option</para>
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56 </listitem>
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57 </itemizedlist>
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58 <itemizedlist>
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59 <listitem><para>
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60 samplerate problems - maybe your card doesn't support the samplerate used in your
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61 files - try the resampling plugin (<option>-aop</option>)
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62 </para></listitem>
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63 </itemizedlist>
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64 <itemizedlist>
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65 <listitem>
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66 <para>slow machine (CPU or VGA)</para>
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67 <para>try with <option>-vo null</option>, if it plays well, then you have slow
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68 VGA card/driver</para>
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69 <para>Workaround: buy a faster card or read this documentation about how to
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70 speed up</para>
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71 <para>Also try <option>-framedrop</option></para>
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72 </listitem>
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73 </itemizedlist>
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74 </sect2>
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75
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76 <sect2 id="bugs-delay-specific">
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77 <title>Audio delay/de-sync specific to one or a few files</title>
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78 <itemizedlist>
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79 <listitem>
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80 <para>bad file</para>
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81 <para>
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82 Workaround:
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83 <itemizedlist>
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84 <listitem>
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85 <para><option>-ni</option> or <option>-nobps</option> option (for
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86 non-interleaved or bad files)</para>
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87 <para>and/or</para>
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88 </listitem>
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89 <listitem>
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90 <para><option>-mc 0</option>(required for files with badly
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91 interleaved VBR audio)</para>
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92 <para>and/or</para>
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93 </listitem>
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94 <listitem>
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95 <para><option>-delay</option> or <keycap>+</keycap>/<keycap>-</keycap>
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96 keys at runtime to adjust delay</para>
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97 </listitem>
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98 </itemizedlist>
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99 If none of these help, please upload the file, we'll check (and fix).
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100 </para>
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101 </listitem>
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102 <listitem>
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103 <para>your sound card doesn't support 48kHz playback</para>
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104 <para>Workaround: buy a better sound card... or try to decrease fps by 10% (use
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105 <option>-fps 27</option> for a 30fps movie) or use the resampler plugin</para>
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106 </listitem>
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107 <listitem>
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108 <para>slow machine(if A-V is not around 0, and the last number in the status
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109 line increasing)</para>
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110 <para>Workaround: <option>-framedrop</option></para>
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111 </listitem>
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112 </itemizedlist>
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113 </sect2>
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114
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115 <sect2 id="bugs-nosound">
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116 <title>No sound at all</title>
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117 <itemizedlist>
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118 <listitem>
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119 <para>your file uses an unsupported audio codec</para>
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120 <para>read the documentation and help us adding support for it</para>
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121 </listitem>
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122 </itemizedlist>
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123 </sect2>
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124
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125 <sect2 id="bugs-nopicture">
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126 <title>No picture at all (just plain grey/green window)</title>
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127 <itemizedlist>
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128 <listitem>
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129 <para>your file uses an unsupported video codec</para>
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130 <para>Workaround: read the documentation and help us adding support for it</para>
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131 </listitem>
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132 <listitem>
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133 <para>
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134 auto-selected codec can't decode the file, try to select another using
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135 <option>-vc</option> or <option>-vfm</option> options
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136 </para>
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137 </listitem>
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138 <listitem>
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139 <para>
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140 you try to play DivX 3.x file with OpenDivX decoder or XviD
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141 (<option>-vc odivx</option>) - install Divx4Linux and recompile player
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142 </para>
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143 </listitem>
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144 </itemizedlist>
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145 </sect2>
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146
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147 <sect2 id="bugs-video">
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148 <title>Video-out problems</title>
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149 <para>
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150 First note: options <option>-fs -vm</option> and <option>-zoom</option> are just
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151 recommendations, not (yet) supported by all drivers. So it isn't a bug if it
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152 doesn't work. Only a few driver supports scaling/zooming, don't expect this from
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153 x11 or dga.
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154 </para>
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155
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156 <formalpara>
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157 <title>OSD/sub flickering</title>
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158 <para>
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159 <itemizedlist>
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160 <listitem><para>x11 driver: sorry, it can't be fixed now</para></listitem>
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161 <listitem><para>xv driver: use <option>-double</option> option</para></listitem>
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162 </itemizedlist>
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163 </para>
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164 </formalpara>
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165
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166 <formalpara>
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167 <title>Green image using mga_vid (<option>-vo mga</option> / <option>-vo xmga</option>)</title>
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168 <para>
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169 <itemizedlist>
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170 <listitem><para>mga_vid misdetected your card's RAM amount, reload it using
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171 <option>mga_ram_size</option> option
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172 </para></listitem>
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173 </itemizedlist>
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174 </para>
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175 </formalpara>
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176
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177 </sect2>
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178 </sect1>
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179
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180 </appendix>
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