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5 <TITLE>Documentation - MPlayer - The Movie Player for Linux</TITLE>
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14 <H2 ALIGN="center">&copy; 2000-2002 Arpad Gereoffy (A'rpi/ESP-team)<BR>
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17 <P ALIGN="center">[ English ]
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18 <A HREF="Hungarian/documentation.html">[ Hungarian ]</A>
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31 <LI><A HREF="#reading">0. How to read this documentation</A></LI>
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32 <LI><A HREF="#introduction">1. Introduction</A>
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34 <LI><A HREF="#history">1.1 History</A></LI>
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35 <LI><A HREF="#installation">1.2 Installation</A></LI>
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37 <LI><A HREF="#subtitles_osd">1.4 Subtitles and OSD</A>
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39 <LI><A HREF="#mpsub">1.4.1 MPlayer's own subtitle format (MPsub)</A></LI>
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40 <LI><A HREF="#install_osd">1.4.2 Installing OSD and subtitles</A></LI>
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46 <LI><A HREF="#features">2. Features</A>
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48 <LI><A HREF="formats.html">2.1 Supported formats</A>
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50 <LI><A HREF="formats.html#video_formats">2.1.1 Video formats</A>
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58 <LI><A HREF="formats.html#real">2.1.1.7 RealMedia (RM) files</A></LI>
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238 <LI><A HREF="faq.html#driver">5.4 Video/audio driver problems (vo/ao)</A></LI>
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252 <LI><A HREF="#openbsd">6.7 OpenBSD</A></LI>
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257 <LI><A HREF="bugreports.html">Appendix B - How to report bugs</A>
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262 <LI><A HREF="#known_bugs">Appendix C - Known bugs</A></LI>
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263 <LI><A HREF="skin-en.html">Appendix D - MPlayer skin format</A></LI>
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266 <LI><A HREF="users_against_developers.html#gcc">GCC 2.96</A></LI>
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267 <LI><A HREF="users_against_developers.html#binary">Binary distribution</A></LI>
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269 <LI><A HREF="users_against_developers.html#barr">Joe Barr</A></LI>
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272 </UL>
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278 <H1><A NAME="reading">0. How to read this documentation</A></H1>
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280 <P>If you are a first-time installer: be sure to read everything from here to
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281 the end of the Installation section, and follow the links you will find. If
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282 you have any other questions, return to the Table of Contents and
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283 search for the topic, read the <A HREF="faq.html">FAQ</A>, or try grepping
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284 through the files.</P>
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286 <P>The main rule of this documentation: if it's not documented, it
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287 <U>does not exist</U>. If I don't say you encode audio from TV tuner, you
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288 can't. A healthy quantity of combining ability is welcomed, though.
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289 Good luck. You'll need it :) And for another good advice, let me quote
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290 Chris Phillips from the
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291 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/">mplayer-users</A>
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292 mailing list:</P>
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293
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294 <BLOCKQUOTE>
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295 I said a while ago that there is such a difference between a newbie and
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296 a dumbass. No matter what you actually know about a system (linux, cars,
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297 girls :D) you should ALWAYS be able to take a step back and be objective,
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298 otherwise, you're just dumb IMHO. A girl i live with assumed the vacuum
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299 cleaner was broken because it didn't suck things up. never thought to change
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300 the bag, becasue she'd never done it before... now that's just stupid, not a
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301 case of simply not knowing what to do... Simply not being that familiar with
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302 your surroundings is no excuse for a) laziness and b) ignorance. So many
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303 people seem to see the word "error" and then stop... few seem to actually
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304 read the words on the OTHER side of the colon.
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305 </BLOCKQUOTE>
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309 <H1><A NAME="introduction">1. Introduction</A></H1>
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310
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311
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312 <P><B>MPlayer</B> is a movie player for LINUX (runs on many other Unices, and
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313 <B>non-x86</B> CPUs, see the <A HREF="#ports">ports section</A>). It plays most
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314 MPEG, VOB, AVI, OGG, VIVO, ASF/WMV, QT/MOV, FLI, RM, NuppelVideo, yuv4mpeg,
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315 FILM, RoQ, PVA files, supported by many native, XAnim, RealPlayer, and
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316 Win32 DLL codecs. You can watch <B>VideoCD</B>, <B>SVCD</B>, <B>DVD</B>,
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317 <B>3ivx</B>, <B>RealMedia</B>, and <B>DivX</B> movies too (and you don't need
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318 the avifile
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319 library at all!). Another big feature of <B>MPlayer</B> is the wide range of
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320 supported output drivers. It works with X11, Xv, DGA, OpenGL, SVGAlib, fbdev,
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321 AAlib, DirectFB, but you can use GGI and SDL (and this way all their drivers)
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322 and some lowlevel card-specific drivers (for Matrox, 3Dfx and Radeon,
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323 Mach64, Permedia3) too! Most
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324 of them supports software or hardware scaling, so you can enjoy movies in
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325 fullscreen. <B>MPlayer</B> supports displaying through some hardware MPEG
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326 decoder boards, such as the <B><A HREF="video.html#dvb">DVB</A></B> and
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327 <B><A HREF="video.html#dxr3">DXR3/Hollywood+</A></B>. And what about the nice big antialiased
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328 shaded subtitles (<B>10 supported types</B>) with European/ISO 8859-1,2
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329 (Hungarian, English, Czech, etc), Cyrillic, Korean fonts, and the onscreen
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330 display (OSD)?</P>
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332 <P><B>MPlayer</B> is under GPL v2 license.</P>
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333
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334 <P>The player is rock solid playing damaged MPEG files (useful for some VCDs),
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335 and it plays bad AVI files which are unplayable with the famous
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336 windows media player. Even AVI files without index chunk are playable, and
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337 you can temporarily rebuild their indexes with the <CODE>-idx</CODE> option, or
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338 permanently with <B>MEncoder</B>, thus enabling seeking!
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339 As you see, stability and quality are the most important things,
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340 but the speed is also amazing.</P>
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342
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343 <H2><A NAME="history">1.1 History</A></H2>
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345 <P>This began a year ago...
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346 I (A'rpi) have tried lots of players under linux (mtv,xmps,dvdview,livid/oms,videolan,
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347 xine,xanim,avifile,xmmp) but they all have some problem. Mostly with special
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348 files or with audio/video sync. Most of them is unable to play both MPEG1,
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349 MPEG2 and AVI (DivX) files. Many players have image quality or speed problems
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350 too. So I've decided to write/modify one...</P>
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352 <UL>
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353 <LI><B>mpg12play v0.1-v0.3:</B> Sep 22-25, 2000<BR>
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354 The first try, hacked together in a half hour!
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355 I've used libmpeg3 from www.heroinewarrior.com up to the version 0.3,
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356 but there were image quality and speed problems with it.</LI>
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357 <LI><B>mpg12play v0.5-v0.87:</B> Sep 28-Oct 20, 2000<BR>
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358 Mpeg codec replaced with DVDview by Dirk Farin, it was a great stuff,
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359 but it was slow and was written in C++ (I hate C++!!!)</LI>
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360 <LI><B>mpg12play v0.9-v0.95pre5:</B> Oct 21-Nov 2, 2000<BR>
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361 Mpeg codec was libmpeg2 (mpeg2dec) by Aaron Holtzman &amp; Michel Lespinasse.
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362 It's great, optimized very fast C code with perfect image quality and
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363 100% MPEG standard conformance.</LI>
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364 <LI><B>MPlayer v0.3-v0.9:</B> Nov 18-Dec 4, 2000<BR>
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365 It was a pack of two programs: mpg12play v0.95pre6 and my new simple AVI
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366 player 'avip' based on avifile's Win32 DLL loader.</LI>
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367 <LI><B>MPlayer v0.10:</B> Jan 1, 2001<BR>
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368 The MPEG and AVI player in a single binary!</LI>
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369 <LI><B>MPlayer v0.11pre series:</B><BR>
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370 Some new developers joined and from 0.11 the mplayer project is a team-work!
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371 Added .ASF file support, and OpenDivX (see www.projectmayo.com) en/decoding.</LI>
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372 <LI><B>MPlayer v0.17a "The IdegCounter"</B> Apr 27, 2001<BR>
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373 The release version of the 0.11pre after 4 months of heavy development!
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374 Try it, and be amazed! Thousands of new features added... and of course
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375 old code was improved too, bugs removed etc.</LI>
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376 <LI><B>MPlayer 0.18 "The BugCounter"</B> Jul 9, 2001<BR>
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377 2 months since 0.17 and here's a new release.. Completed ASF support,
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378 more subtitle formats, introduced libao (similar to libvo but to audio),
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379 even more stable than ever, and so on. It's a MUST!</LI>
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380 <LI><B>MPlayer 0.50 "The Faszom(C)ounter"</B> Oct 8, 2001<BR>
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381 Hmm. Release again. Tons of new features, beta GUI version, bugs fixed,
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382 new vo and ao drivers, ported to many systems, including opensource DivX
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383 codecs and much more. Try it!</LI>
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384 <LI><B>MPlayer 0.60 "The RTFMCounter"</B> Jan 3, 2002<BR>
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385 MOV/VIVO/RM/FLI/NUV fileformats support, native CRAM, Cinepak, ADPCM codecs,
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386 and support for XAnim's binary codecs; DVD subtitles support, first
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387 release of MEncoder, TV grabbing, cache, liba52, countless fixes.</LI>
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388 <LI><B>MPlayer 0.90 "?"</B> Aug? ??, 2002</LI>
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389 </UL>
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391
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392 <H2><A NAME="installation">1.2 Installation</A></H2>
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394 <P>In this chapter I'll try to guide you through the compiling and
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395 configuring process of <B>MPlayer</B>. It's not easy, but it won't necessarily
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396 be hard. If you experience a different behavior than what I explain, please
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397 search through this documentation and you'll find your answers. If you
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398 see links, please follow them and read carefully what they contain. It
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399 will take some time, but it DOES worth it.</P>
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401 <P>You need a fairly recent system. On Linux, 2.4.x kernels are recommended.</P>
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402
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403 <H4>Software requirements:</H4>
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405 <UL>
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406 <LI><B>binutils</B> - suggested version is <B>2.11.x</B> . This program is
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407 responsible for generating MMX/3DNow!/etc instructions, thus very important.</LI>
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408 <LI><B>gcc</B> - suggested versions are: <B>2.95.3</B>, <B>2.95.4</B> and <B>3.1</B>.
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409 <B>NEVER</B> use 2.96 or 3.0.x! They generate faulty code for MPlayer.
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410 If you decide to change gcc from 2.96, then don't decide in favor of 3.0.x
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411 just because it's newer! Early releases of 3.0.x were even more buggy than
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412 2.96. So downgrade to 2.95.x (downgrade libstdc++ too, other programs may
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413 need it) or don't up/downgrade at all (but in this case, be prepared for
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414 runtime problems). If you vote for 3.x.x, try to use the latest version,
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415 early releases had various bugs, so be sure you use at least 3.1, it's
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416 tested and working. For detailed information about gcc 2.96's bugs (that are
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417 still NOT fixed, they have been WORKED AROUND in <B>MPlayer</B>!), see the
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418 <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#gcc">gcc 2.96</A> section and the
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419 <A HREF="faq.html">FAQ</A>.</LI>
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420 <LI><B>XFree86</B> - suggested version is <B>always the newest (4.2.0)</B>.
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421 Normally, everyone wants this, as starting with XFree86 4.0.2, it contains
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422 the <A HREF="video.html#xv">XVideo</A> extension (somewhere referred to
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423 as <B>Xv</B>) which is needed to enable the hardware YUV acceleration (fast
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424 image display) on cards that support it.<BR>
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425 Make sure its <B>development package</B> is installed, too, otherwise
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426 it won't work.<BR>
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427 For some video cards you don't need XFree86. See list below.</LI>
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428 <LI><B>make</B> - suggested version is <B>always the newest</B> (at least 3.79.x). This
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429 usually isn't important.</LI>
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430 <LI><B>SDL</B> - it's not mandatory, but can help in some cases (bad audio,
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431 video cards that lag strangely with the xv driver). Always use the newest
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432 (beginning from 1.2.x).</LI>
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433 <LI><B>libjpeg</B> - optional JPEG decoder, used by -mf and some QT MOV files.
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434 Useful for both <B>MPlayer</B> and <B>MEncoder</B> if you plan to work with jpeg files.</LI>
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435 <LI><B>libpng</B> - recommended and default (M)PNG decoder. Required for GUI.
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436 Useful for both <B>MPlayer</B> and <B>MEncoder</B>.</LI>
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437 <LI><B>lame</B> - recommended, needed for encoding MP3 audio with MEncoder,
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438 suggested version is <B>always the newest</B> (at least 3.90).</LI>
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439 <LI><B>libogg</B> - optional, needed for playing OGG file format.</LI>
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440 <LI><B>libvorbis</B> - optional, needed for playing OGG Vorbis audio.</LI>
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441 </UL>
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442
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443 <H4>Codecs:</H4>
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444
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445 <UL>
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446 <LI><B>libavcodec</B>: This codec package is capable of decoding
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447 H263/MJPEG/RV10/DivX3/DivX4/DivX5/MP41/MP42/WMV1 encoded video streams, on
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448 multiple platforms. It is also known to be the fastest for this task.
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449 See the <A HREF="codecs.html#libavcodec">libavcodec</A> section for details.
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450 Features:<BR>
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451 <UL>
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452 <LI>gain decoding of videos mentioned above, on non-x86 machines</LI>
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453 <LI>encoding with most of the mentioned codecs</LI>
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454 <LI>this codec is the <B>fastest codec available</B> for DivX/3/4/5 and
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455 other MPEG4 types. Recommended!</LI>
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456 </UL>
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457 </LI>
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458 <LI><B>Win32 codecs</B>: If you plan to use <B>MPlayer</B> on x86
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459 architecture, you will possibly need them. Download and unzip w32codecs.zip
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460 to /usr/lib/win32 <B>BEFORE</B> compiling <B>MPlayer</B>, otherwise no Win32
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461 support will be compiled!<BR>
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462 <B>Note:</B> the avifile project has a similar codecs package, but it differs
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463 from ours. If you want to use all supported codecs, then install our package
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464 (do not worry, avifile works with it without problems). Features:<BR>
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465 <UL>
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466 <LI>you need this if you want to play or encode for example movies recorded
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467 with various hardware compressors, like tuner cards, digital cameras
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468 (example: DV, ATI VCR, MJPEG)</LI>
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469 <LI>needed if you want to play <B>WMV8 movies</B>. Not needed for old
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470 ASF's with MP41 or MP42 video (though VoxWare audio is frequent for these
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471 files - it's done by the Win32 codec), or WMV7.</LI>
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472 </UL>
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473 </LI>
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474 <LI><B>DivX4/DivX5</B>: information about this codec is available in the
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475 <A HREF="codecs.html#divx">DivX4/DivX5</A> section. You possibly don't want
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476 this codec as <B>libavcodec</B> (see above) is much faster and has better
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477 quality than this, for both decoding and encoding.<BR>
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478 Features:
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479 <UL>
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480 <LI>1 pass or 2 pass encoding with
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481 <A HREF="encoding.html">MEncoder</A></LI>
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482 <LI>can play old <B>DivX3</B> movies much faster than the Win32 DLL but
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483 slower than <B>libavcodec</B>!</LI>
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484 <LI>it's closed-source, and only an x86 version is available.</LI>
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485 </UL>
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486 </LI>
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487 <LI><B>XviD</B>: Open source encoding alternative to Divx4Linux<BR>
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488 Features:
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489 <UL>
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490 <LI>1 pass or 2 pass encoding with
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491 <A HREF="encoding.html">MEncoder</A></LI>
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492 <LI>it's open-source, so it's multiplatform.</LI>
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493 <LI>it's about 2 times faster than DivX4 when encoding - about the same
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494 quality</LI>
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495 </UL>
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496 </LI>
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497 <LI>The <A HREF="codecs.html#xanim">XAnim codecs</A> are the best (full
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498 screen, hardware YUV zoom) for decoding <B>3ivx</B> and Indeo 3/4/5 movies,
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499 and some old formats. And they are multiplatform, so this is the only way to
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500 play Indeo on non-x86 platforms (well, apart from using XAnim:). But for
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501 example Cinepak movies are best played with <B>MPlayer</B>'s own Cinepak
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502 decoder!</LI>
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503 <LI>For <B>Ogg Vorbis</B> audio decoding you need to install
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504 <CODE>libvorbis</CODE> properly. Use deb/rpm packages if available, or
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505 compile from
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506 <A HREF="http://ogg.org/ogg/vorbis/download/vorbis_nightly_cvs.tgz">source</A>
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507 (this is a nightly updated tarball of Vorbis CVS).</LI>
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508 <LI><B>MPlayer</B> can use the libraries of RealPlayer 8 or RealONE to play
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509 files with <B>RealVideo 2.0 - 4.0</B> video, and Sipro/Cook audio. See
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510 <A HREF="formats.html#real">RealMedia file format</A> section for
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511 installation instructions and more information.</LI>
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512 </UL>
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513
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514 <H4>Video Cards</H4>
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515
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516 <P>There are generally two kind of video cards. One kind (the newer cards) has
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517 <B>hardware scaling and YUV acceleration</B> support, the other cards don't.</P>
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518
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519 <H4>YUV cards</H4>
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520
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521 <P>They can display and scale (zoom) the picture to any size that fits in
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522 their memory, with <B>small CPU usage</B> (even when zooming), thus
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523 fullscreen playing is nice and very fast.</P>
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524
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525 <UL>
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526 <LI><B>Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550 cards</B>: although a
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527 <A HREF="video.html#vidix">Vidix driver</A> is provided, it is recommended
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528 to use the old mga_vid kernel module instead, for it works much better.
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529 Please see the <A HREF="video.html#mga_vid">mga_vid</A> section about its
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530 installation and usage. It is important to do these steps <I>before</I>
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531 compiling <B>MPlayer</B>, otherwise no mga_vid support will be built. Also
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532 check out the <A HREF="video.html#tv-out_matrox">Matrox TV-out</A> section.
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533 <U><B>If you don't use Linux</B></U>, your only possibility is the VIDIX
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534 driver: read the <A HREF="video.html#vidix">VIDIX</A> section.</LI>
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535 <LI><B>3Dfx Voodoo3/Banshee cards</B>: please see the
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536 <A HREF="video.html#tdfxfb">tdfxfb</A> section in order to gain big
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537 speedup. It is important to do these steps <B>before</B> compiling
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538 <B>MPlayer</B>, otherwise no 3Dfx support will be built. Also see the <A
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539 HREF="video.html#tv-out_voodoo">3dfx TV-out section</A>. If you use X, use
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540 <B>at least 4.2.0</B>, as the 3dfx Xv driver was broken in 4.1.0 and earlier
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541 releases.</LI>
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542 <LI><B>ATI cards</B>: <A HREF="video.html#vidix">Vidix driver</A> is
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543 provided for the following cards:
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544 <B>Radeon</B>, <B>Rage128</B>, <B>Mach64</B> (Rage XL/Mobility, Xpert98).
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545 Also see the <A HREF="video.html#tv-out_ati">ATI cards
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546 section</A> of the TV-out documentation, to know if you card's TV-out is
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547 supported under Linux/MPlayer.</LI>
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548 <LI><B>S3 cards</B>: the Savage and Virge/DX chips have hardware acceleration.
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549 Use as new XFree86 version as possible, older drivers are buggy. Savage chips
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550 have problems with YV12 display, see <A HREF="video.html#xv_s3">S3 Xv
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551 section</A> for details. Older, Trio cards have no, or slow hardware
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552 support.</LI>
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553 <LI><B>nVidia cards</B>: very bad choice for video playing (nVidia
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554 <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#nvidia">does not think so</A>).
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555 nVidia's cards have very cheap and bad quality chips. Moreover, <B>the
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556 built-in nVidia driver in XFree86 does not support hardware YUV
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557 acceleration on all nVidia cards.</B> You have to download nVidia's
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558 closed-source drivers from nVidia.com. See the <A
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559 HREF="video.html#xv_nvidia">nVidia Xv driver</A> section for details.</LI>
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560 <LI><B>3DLabs GLINT R3 and Permedia3</B>: a VIDIX driver is provided
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561 (pm3_vid). Please see the <A HREF="video.html#vidix">VIDIX</A> section for
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562 details.</LI>
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563 <LI><B>Other cards</B>: None of the above?
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564 <UL>
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565 <LI>Try if the XFree86 driver (and your card) supports hardware
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566 acceleration. See the <A HREF="video.html#xv">Xv section</A> for
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567 details.</LI>
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568 <LI>If it doesn't, then your card's video features aren't supported under
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569 your operating system :(<BR>
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570 If hardware scaling works under Windows, it doesn't mean it will work
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571 under Linux or other operating systems: it depends on the drivers. Most
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572 manufacturers neither make Linux drivers nor release specifications
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573 for their chips, so you are unlucky using their cards.
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574 See 'Non-YUV cards'.</LI>
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575 </UL>
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576 </LI>
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577 </UL>
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578
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579 <H4>Non-YUV cards</H4>
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580
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581 <P>Fullscreen playing can be achieved by either enabling <B>software scaling</B>
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582 (use the <CODE>-zoom</CODE> or <CODE>-vop scale</CODE>
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583 option, but I warn you: this is slow), or switching to a small resolution
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584 video mode, for example 352x288. If you don't have YUV acceleration, the
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585 latter method is recommended. Video mode switching can be enabled by
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586 using the <CODE>-vm</CODE> option and it works with the following drivers:</P>
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587
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588 <UL>
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589 <LI><B>using</B> XFree86: see the
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590 <A HREF="video.html#dga">DGA driver</A> and
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591 <A HREF="video.html#x11">X11 driver</A> sections for details. DGA is
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592 recommended! Also try DGA via SDL, sometimes it's better.</LI>
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593 <LI><B>not using</B> XFree86: try the drivers in the following order:
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594 <A HREF="video.html#vesa">vesa</A>,
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595 <A HREF="video.html#fbdev">fbdev</A>,
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596 <A HREF="video.html#svgalib">svgalib</A>,
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597 <A HREF="video.html#aalib">aalib</A>.</LI>
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598 </UL>
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599
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600 <H4>Some cards:</H4>
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601
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602 <UL>
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603 <LI><B>Cirrus Logic cards</B>:
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604 <UL>
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605 <LI>GD 7548: present on-board and tested in Compaq Armada 41xx notebook
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606 series.
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607 <UL>
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608 <LI>XFree86 3: works in 8/16bpp modes. However, the driver is
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609 dramatically slow and buggy in 800x600@16bpp.
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610 <B>Recommended: 640x480@16bpp</B></LI>
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611 <LI>XFree86 4: the Xserver freezes soon after start unless
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612 acceleration is disabled, but then the whole thing gets
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613 slower than XFree86 3. No XVideo.</LI>
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614 <LI>FBdev: framebuffer can be turned on with the <CODE>clgenfb</CODE>
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615 driver in the kernel, though for me it worked only in 8bpp, thus
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616 unusable. The clgenfb source had to be extended with the 7548 ID
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617 before compilation.</LI>
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618 <LI>VESA: the card is only VBE 1.2 capable, so VESA output can't be
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619 used. Can't be workarounded with UniVBE.</LI>
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620 <LI>SVGAlib: detects an older Cirrus chip. Usable but slow with
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621 <CODE>-bpp 8</CODE>.</LI>
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622 </UL>
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623 </LI>
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624 </UL>
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625 </LI>
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626 </UL>
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627
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628
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629 <H4>Sound cards:</H4>
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630
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631 <UL>
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632 <LI><B>Soundblaster Live!</B>: with this card you can use 4 or 6 (<B>5.1</B>)
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633 channels AC3 decoding instead of 2. Read the
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634 <A HREF="codecs.html#software_ac3">Software AC3 decoding</A> section.
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635 For hardware AC3 passthrough you <B>must</B> use ALSA 0.9 with OSS emulation!</LI>
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636 <LI><B>C-Media with SP/DIF out</B>: hardware AC3 passthrough is possible
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637 with these cards, see
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638 <A HREF="codecs.html#hardware_ac3">Hardware AC3 decoding</A> section.</LI>
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639 <LI>Features of <B>other cards</B> aren't supported by <B>MPlayer</B>.
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640 <U>It's very recommended to read the <A HREF="sound.html">sound card
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641 section</A>!</U></LI>
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642 </UL>
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643
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644 <H4>Features:</H4>
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645
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646 <UL>
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647 <LI>Decide if you need GUI. If you do, see the <A HREF="#gui">GUI section</A>
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648 before compiling.</LI>
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649 <LI>If you want to install <B>MEncoder</B> (our great all-purpose encoder),
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650 see the <A HREF="encoding.html">MEncoder section</A>.</LI>
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651 <LI>If you have a V4L compatible <B>TV tuner</B> card, and wish to watch/grab
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652 and encode movies with <B>MPlayer</B>, read the <A HREF="#tv">TV input</A>
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653 section.</LI>
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654 </UL>
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655
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656 <P>Then build <B>MPlayer</B>:</P>
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657
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658 <PRE>
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659 ./configure
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660 make
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661 make install
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662 </PRE>
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664 <P>At this point, <B>MPlayer</B> is ready to use. The directory
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665 <CODE>$PREFIX/share/mplayer</CODE> contains the <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>
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666 file, which is used to tell the program all the codecs and their
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667 capabilities. This file should always be kept up to date together with the
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668 main binary.<BR>
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669 Check if you have <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE> in your home directory
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670 (<CODE>~/.mplayer/codecs.conf</CODE>) left from old <B>MPlayer</B> versions, and remove it.</P>
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671
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672 <P><B>Debian users</B> can build a <CODE>.deb</CODE> package for themselves,
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673 it's very simple. Just exec <CODE>fakeroot debian/rules binary</CODE> in
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674 <B>MPlayer</B>'s root directory. See
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675 <A HREF="documentation.html#debian">Debian packaging</A> for detailed
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676 instructions.</P>
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677
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678 <P><B>Always browse the output of <CODE>./configure</CODE></B>, and the
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679 <CODE>configure.log</CODE> file, they contain information about what will be
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680 built, and what will not. You may also want to view <CODE>config.h</CODE> and
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681 <CODE>config.mak</CODE> files.<BR>
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682 If you have some libraries installed, but not detected by
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683 <CODE>./configure</CODE>, then check if you also have the proper header files
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684 (usually the -dev packages) and their version matches. The
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685 <CODE>configure.log</CODE> file usually tells you what is missing.</P>
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686
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687 <P>Though not mandatory, the fonts should be installed in order to gain OSD,
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688 and subtitle functionality. Download <CODE>mp-arial-iso-8859-*.zip</CODE>
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689 and/or optional (if exists) language updates. See the
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690 <A HREF="#subtitles_osd">Subtitles and OSD</A> section for details.</P>
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691
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692 <PRE>
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693 mkdir ~/.mplayer
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694 cd ~/.mplayer
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695 unzip mp-arial-iso-8859-1.zip
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696 ln -s ~/.mplayer/arial-24 font
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697 </PRE>
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699
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700 <H2><A NAME="gui">1.3 What about the GUI?</A></H2>
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701
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702 <P>The GUI needs GTK (it isn't GTK, but the panels are). The skins are stored
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703 in PNG format, so gtk, libpng (and their devel stuff) has to be installed.
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704 You can build it by specifying <CODE>--enable-gui</CODE> during
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705 <CODE>./configure</CODE>. Then, to turn on GUI mode, you either</P>
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706 <UL>
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707 <LI>specify <CODE>gui=yes</CODE> in your config file</LI>
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708 <LI><CODE>ln -s $PREFIX/bin/mplayer $PREFIX/bin/gmplayer</CODE> ,
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709 and call <CODE>gmplayer</CODE> instead.</LI>
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710 </UL>
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711
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712 <P>Currently you can't use the <CODE>-gui</CODE> option on the command line,
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713 due to technical reasons.</P>
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714
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715 <P>As <B>MPlayer</B> doesn't have a skin included, you have to download them if
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716 you want to use the GUI. See the
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717 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/dload.html">download page</A>.
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718 They should be extracted to the usual system-wide directory
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719 (<CODE>$PREFIX/share/mplayer/Skin</CODE>), or to
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720 <CODE>$HOME/.mplayer/Skin</CODE>. <B>MPlayer</B> by default looks in these
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721 directories for a directory named <I>default</I>, but you can use the
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722 <CODE>-skin newskin</CODE> option, or the <CODE>skin=newskin</CODE> config
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723 file directive to use the skin in <CODE>*/Skin/newskin</CODE> directory.</P>
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724
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725
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726 <H2><A NAME="subtitles_osd">1.4 Subtitles and OSD</A></H2>
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727
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728 <P>
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729 <B>MPlayer</B> can display subtitles along with movie files. Currently the following
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730 formats are supported:</P>
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731 <UL>
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732 <LI>VobSub</LI>
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733 <LI>Microdvd</LI>
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734 <LI>SubRip</LI>
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735 <LI>SubViewer</LI>
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736 <LI>Sami</LI>
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737 <LI>VPlayer</LI>
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738 <LI>RT</LI>
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739 <LI>SSA</LI>
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740 <LI>MPsub</LI>
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741 <LI>AQTitle</LI>
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742 </UL>
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743
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744 The command line options differ slightly for the different formats:
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745
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746 <H4>VobSub subtitles</H4>
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747
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748 <P>VobSub subtitles consist of a big (some megabytes) .SUB file, and optional
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749 .IDX and/or .IFO files.<BR>
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750 Usage: if you have files like <CODE>sample.sub</CODE>,
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751 <CODE>sample.ifo</CODE>, <CODE>sample.idx</CODE> - you have to pass the
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752 <CODE>-vobsub sample -vobsubid
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753 &lt;id&gt;</CODE> options (optionally with pathname, of course). The
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754 <CODE>-vobsubid</CODE> option is like <CODE>-sid</CODE> for DVDs, you can
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755 choose between subtitle tracks (languages) with it.</P>
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756
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757 <H4>Other subtitles</H4>
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758
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759 <P>The other formats consist of a single text file containing timing,
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760 placement and text information.<BR>
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761 Usage: if you have a file like <CODE>sample.txt</CODE>, you have to pass the
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762 option <CODE>-sub sample.txt</CODE> (optionally with pathname, of course).</P>
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763
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764 <H4>Adjusting subtitle timing and placement:</H4>
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765
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766 <DL>
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767 <DT><CODE>-subdelay &lt;sec&gt;</CODE></DT>
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768 <DD>Delays subtitles by &lt;sec&gt; seconds. Can be negative.</DD>
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769
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770 <DT><CODE>-subfps &lt;rate&gt;</CODE></DT>
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771 <DD>Specify frame/sec rate of subtitle file (float number)</DD>
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772
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773 <DT><CODE>-subpos &lt;0 - 100&gt;</CODE></DT>
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774 <DD>Specify the position of subtitles.</DD>
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775 </DL>
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776
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777 <P>If you experience a growing delay between the movie and the subtitles when
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778 using a MicroDVD subtitle file, most likely the frame rate of the movie and
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779 the subtitle file are different.<BR> Please note that the MicroDVD subtitle
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780 format uses absolute frame numbers for its timing, and therefore the
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781 <CODE>-subfps</CODE> option cannot be used with this format. As
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782 <B>MPlayer</B> has no way to guess the frame rate of the subtitle file, you
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783 have to manually convert the frame rate. There is a little perl script in the
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784 <CODE>contrib</CODE> directory of the MPlayer FTP site to do this conversion
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785 for you.</P>
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786
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787 <P>About DVD subtitles, read the <A HREF="cd-dvd.html#dvd">DVD section</A>.</P>
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788
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789
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790 <H3><A NAME="mpsub">1.4.1 MPlayer's own subtitle format (MPsub)</A></H3>
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791
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792 <P><B>MPlayer</B> introduces a new subtitle format called <B>MPsub</B>. It was
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793 designed by me (Gabucino). Basically its main feature is being
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794 <I>dynamically</I> time-based (although it has frame-based mode too). Example
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795 (from
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796 <A HREF="tech/mpsub.sub">DOCS/tech/mpsub.sub</A>):</P>
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797
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798 <P><CODE><I># first number : wait this much after previous subtitle disappeared<BR>
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799 # second number : display the current subtitle for this many seconds<BR>
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800 <BR>
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801 15 3<BR>
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802 A long long, time ago...<BR>
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803 <BR>
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804 0 3<BR>
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805 in a galaxy far away...<BR>
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806 <BR>
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807 0 3<BR>
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808 Naboo was under an attack.<BR></I></CODE></P>
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809
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810 <P>So you see, the main goal was to <B>make subtitle
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811 editing/timing/joining/cutting easy</B>. And, if you - say - get an SSA
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812 subtitle but it's badly timed/delayed to your version of the movie, you
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813 simply do a <CODE>mplayer dummy.avi -sub source.ssa -dumpmpsub</CODE>.
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814 A <CODE>dump.mpsub</CODE> file will be created in the current directory,
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815 which will contain the source subtitle's text, but in <B>MPsub</B> format.
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816 Then you can freely add/subtract seconds to/from the subtitle.</P>
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817
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818 <P>Subtitles are displayed with a technique called <B>'OSD', On Screen
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819 Display</B>. OSD is used to display current time, volume bar, seek bar
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820 etc.</P>
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821
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822 <H3><A NAME="install_osd">1.4.2 Installing OSD and subtitles</A></H3>
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823
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824 <P>You need an <B>MPlayer</B> font package to be able to use OSD/SUB feature.
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825 There are many ways to get it:</P>
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826
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827 <UL>
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828 <LI>download ready-to-use font packages from <B>MPlayer</B> site.
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829 Note: currently available fonts are limited for iso 8859-1/2 support,
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830 but there are some other (including Korean, Russian, 8859-8 etc) fonts
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831 at contrib/font section of FTP, made by users.<BR>
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832 <BR>
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833 Font should have appropriate font.desc file which maps unicode font
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834 positions to the actual code page of the subtitles text. Other solution is
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835 to have subtitles encoded in utf8 encoding and use <CODE>-utf8</CODE>
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836 option or just name the subtitles file &lt;video_name&gt;.utf and have it
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837 in the same dir as the video file. Recoding from different codepages to
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838 utf8 could be done by using konwert (Debian) or iconv (Red Hat)
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839 programs.<BR>
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840 Some URLs:
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841 <UL>
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842 <LI><A HREF="ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/">ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/</A> - ISO fonts</LI>
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843 <LI><A HREF="ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/contrib/fonts/">ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/contrib/fonts/</A> - various fonts by users</LI>
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844 <LI><A HREF="http://realtime.ssu.ac.kr/~lethean/mplayer">http://realtime.ssu.ac.kr/~lethean/mplayer</A> - Korean fonts &amp; RAW plugin</LI>
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845 </UL>
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846 </LI>
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847 <LI>use the font generator tool at TOOLS/subfont-c
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848 It's a complete tool to convert from TTF/Type1/etc font to mplayer font pkg.
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849 (read TOOLS/subfont-c/README for details)</LI>
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850 <LI>use the font generator GIMP plugin at TOOLS/subfont-GIMP
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851 (note: you must have HSI RAW plugin too, see URL below)</LI>
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852 </UL>
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853
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854 <P>After that, UNZIP the file you downloaded to <CODE>~/.mplayer</CODE> or
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855 <CODE>$PREFIX/share/mplayer</CODE>. Then rename or symlink one of them to
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856 <CODE>font</CODE> (like: <CODE>ln -s ~/.mplayer/arial-24
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857 ~/.mplayer/font</CODE>). Now you have to see a timer at the upper left corner
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858 of the movie (switch it off with the "o" key).</P>
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859
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860 <P>OSD has 3 states: (switch with 'o')</P>
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861
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862 <UL>
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863 <LI>timer + volume bar + seek bar + subtitles</LI>
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864 <LI>volume bar + seek bar + subtitles (default)</LI>
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865 <LI>subtitles only</LI>
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866 </UL>
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867
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868 <P>You can change default behaviour by setting <CODE>osdlevel=</CODE> variable
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869 in config file.</P>
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870
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871
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872 <H2><A NAME="rtc">1.5 RTC</A></H2>
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873
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874 There are three timing methods in <B>MPlayer</B>.
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875
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876 <UL>
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877 <LI><B>To use the old method</B>, you don't have to do anything. It uses
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878 <CODE>usleep()</CODE> to tune A/V sync, with +/- 10ms accuracy. However
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879 sometimes the sync has to be tuned even finer.</LI>
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880 <LI><B>The new timer</B> code uses PC's RTC (Real Time Clock) for this task,
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881 because it has precise 1ms timers. It is automagically enabled when
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882 available, but requires root privileges, a <I>setuid root</I>
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883 <B>MPlayer</B> binary or a properly set up kernel.
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884 <BR>
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885 If you are running kernel 2.4.19pre8 or later you can adjust the maximum
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886 RTC frequency for normal users through the <CODE>/proc</CODE> filesystem.
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887 Use this command to enable RTC for normal users:
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888 <P>
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889 <CODE>echo 1024 &gt; /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq</CODE>
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890 </P>
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891 If you do not have such a new kernel, you can also change one line in
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892 <CODE>drivers/char/rtc.c</CODE> and recompile your kernel. Find the
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893 section that reads
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894 <PRE>
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895 * We don't really want Joe User enabling more
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896 * than 64Hz of interrupts on a multi-user machine.
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897 */
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898 if ((rtc_freq &gt; 64) &amp;&amp; (!capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE)))
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899 </PRE>
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900 and change the 64 to 1024. You should really know what you are doing, though.
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901 <BR>
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902 You can see the new timer's efficiency in the status line.
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903 <BR>
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904 The power management functions of some notebook BIOSes with speedstep CPUs
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905 interact badly with RTC. Audio and video may get out of sync. Plugging the
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906 external power connector in before you power up your notebook seems to help.
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907 You can always turn off RTC support with the <CODE>-nortc</CODE> switch.
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908 In some hardware combinations (confirmed during usage of non-DMA DVD
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909 drive on an ALi1541 board) usage of the RTC timer causes skippy playback.
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910 It's recommended to use the third method in these cases.</LI>
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911 <LI><B>The third timer code</B> is turned on with the <CODE>-softsleep</CODE>
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912 option. It has the efficiency of the RTC, but it doesn't use RTC. On the other
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913 hand, it requires more CPU.</LI>
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914 </UL>
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915
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916 <B>Note:</B> <B>NEVER install a setuid root MPlayer binary on a multiuser system!</B>
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917 It's a clear way for everyone to become root.
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918
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919
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920
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921 <H1><A NAME="features">2. Features</A></H1>
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922
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923
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924 <H2><A NAME="formats">2.1</A> <A HREF="formats.html">Supported formats</A></H2>
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925
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926
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927 <H2><A NAME="codecs">2.2</A> <A HREF="codecs.html">Supported codecs</A></H2>
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928
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929
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930 <H2><A NAME="output">2.3</A> <A HREF="video.html">Video</A> &amp; <A HREF="sound.html">Audio</A> output devices</H2>
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931
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932
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933 <H2><A NAME="encoding">2.4</A> <A HREF="encoding.html">MEncoder - An All-Purpose Encoder</A></H2>
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934
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935
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936 <H2><A NAME="tv"><B>2.5 TV input</B></A></H2>
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937
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938 <P>This section is about how to enable <B>watching/grabbing from V4L compatible
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939 TV tuner</B>.</P>
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940
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941 <P><B>THIS CODE IS CURRENTLY NOT BEING WORKED ON! Do not expect it to work
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942 without tweaking/experimenting!</B></P>
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943
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944
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945 <H3><A NAME="tv_compilation">2.5.1 Compilation</A></H3>
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946
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947 <OL>
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948 <LI>First, you have to recompile. <CODE>./configure</CODE> will autodetect
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949 kernel headers of v4l stuff and the existence of <CODE>/dev/video*</CODE>
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950 entries. If they exist, TV support will be built (see the output of
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951 <CODE>./configure</CODE>).</LI>
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952 <LI>Make sure your tuner works with another TV software in Linux, for example
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953 xawtv.</LI>
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954 </OL>
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955
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956 <BLOCKQUOTE>
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957 <B>Hint</B><BR>
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958 Are the colors messed up? Then your tuner cannot display
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959 in YV12 colorspace. Try I420 (<CODE>-vc rawi420</CODE>) or YUY2, UYVY, RGB32
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960 (<CODE>-vo sdl</CODE>) colorspaces.
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961 You can specify these with the <CODE>outfmt=YV12</CODE> option, see below.
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962 </BLOCKQUOTE>
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963
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964
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965 <H3><A NAME="tv_options">2.5.2 Available options</A></H3>
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966
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967 <DL>
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968 <DT><CODE>on</CODE></DT>
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969 <DD>Use TV input.</DD>
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970
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971 <DT><CODE>noaudio</CODE></DT>
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972 <DD>No sound, thanks.</DD>
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973
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974 <DT><CODE>driver</CODE></DT>
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975 <DD><B>dummy</B> - NULL TV input :) Used for testing only, generates dummy
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976 input.<BR>
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977 <B>v4l</B> - Captures images from standard V4L interface (default
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978 <CODE>/dev/video0</CODE>).</DD>
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979
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980 <DT><CODE>device</CODE></DT>
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981 <DD>Specify a device other than the default <CODE>/dev/video0</CODE>.</DD>
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982
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983 <DT><CODE>input</CODE></DT>
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984 <DD>Specify from which input of the TV tuner you wish to grab
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985 (e.g. <B>television</B>, <B>s-video</B>, <B>composite</B>, ...)<BR>
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986 Prints the available ones during init.</DD>
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987
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988 <DT><CODE>freq</CODE></DT>
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989 <DD>Specify the frequency to set the tuner to (e.g. <B>511.250</B>).</DD>
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990
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991 <DT><CODE>outfmt</CODE></DT>
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992 <DD>Specify the output format the tuner should use to transport images to us
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993 (<B>rgb32</B>, <B>rgb24</B>, <B>yv12</B>, <B>uyvy</B>, <B>i420</B> (for i420
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994 you have to pass the <CODE>-vc rawi420</CODE> option, because of a fourcc
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995 conflict)).</DD>
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996
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997 <DT><CODE>width</CODE></DT>
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998 <DD>width of the output window in pixels</DD>
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999
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1000 <DT><CODE>height</CODE></DT>
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1001 <DD>height of the output window in pixels</DD>
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1002
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1003 <DT><CODE>norm</CODE></DT>
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1004 <DD>available: PAL, SECAM, NTSC</DD>
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1005
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1006 <DT><CODE>channel</CODE></DT>
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1007 <DD>Set the tuner to the given channel.</DD>
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1008
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1009 <DT><CODE>chanlist</CODE></DT>
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1010 <DD>available: <CODE>us-bcast, us-cable, europe-west, europe-east, etc</CODE></DD>
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1011 </DL>
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1012
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1013
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1014 <H3><A NAME="tv_keyboard">2.5.3 Keyboard control</A></H3>
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1015
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1016 <TABLE BORDER=0>
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parents: 6970
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1017 <TR><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD>h / k</TD><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD>select previous/next channel</TD></TR>
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parents: 6970
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1018 <TR><TD></TD><TD>n</TD><TD></TD><TD>change norm</TD></TR>
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1019 <TR><TD></TD><TD>b</TD><TD></TD><TD>change channel list</TD></TR>
2950
20157c719b2c new features in TV input dox (chan, chanlist, norm, keys)
gabucino
parents: 2930
diff changeset
1020 </TABLE>
20157c719b2c new features in TV input dox (chan, chanlist, norm, keys)
gabucino
parents: 2930
diff changeset
1021
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1022
7699
5d4b0446a557 Cosmetics: Converted 2 spaces to one in section titles, changed some ugly
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parents: 7640
diff changeset
1023 <H3><A NAME="tv_examples">2.5.4 Examples</A></H3>
2864
1a710f130a7f TV input documentation begin (examples, options)
gabucino
parents: 2855
diff changeset
1024
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diff changeset
1025 <P>Dummy output, to AAlib :)<BR>
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1026 <CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mplayer -tv on:driver=dummy:width=640:height=480 -vo aa</CODE><BR>
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diff changeset
1027 <BR>
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1028 Input from standard V4L<BR>
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diff changeset
1029 <CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mplayer -tv on:driver=v4l:width=640:height=480:outfmt=i420 -vc rawi420 -vo xv</CODE><BR></P>
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1030
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1031 <P><B>Note:</B><BR>
6960
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting
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parents: 6950
diff changeset
1032 If you have a TV card with an external audio device and get only a black
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting
gabucino
parents: 6950
diff changeset
1033 screen, although input works with xawtv or similar, then try to use the
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting
gabucino
parents: 6950
diff changeset
1034 <CODE>-noaudio</CODE> option. For the example above this would be:<BR>
6974
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics *only*.
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1035 <CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mplayer -tv on:noaudio:driver=v4l:width=640:height=480:outfmt=i420 -vc rawi420 -vo xv</CODE></P>
6766
f7cd3a7aaa13 Applied patch by Fabian Franz <FabianFranz@gmx.de>, adding a note to the TV
diego
parents: 6732
diff changeset
1036
2864
1a710f130a7f TV input documentation begin (examples, options)
gabucino
parents: 2855
diff changeset
1037
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1038
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4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags.
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parents: 7043
diff changeset
1039 <H1><A NAME="usage">3. Usage</A></H1>
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags.
diego
parents: 7043
diff changeset
1040
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags.
diego
parents: 7043
diff changeset
1041
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags.
diego
parents: 7043
diff changeset
1042 <H2><A NAME="command_line">3.1 Command line</A></H2>
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cab4ac1467e4 many small updates
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parents: 4153
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1043
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3411814cc3e5 a "few" "small" "fixes" ...
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parents: 5096
diff changeset
1044 <P><B>MPlayer</B> utilizes a complex playtree. It consists of global options
4177
cab4ac1467e4 many small updates
gabucino
parents: 4153
diff changeset
1045 written as first (for example <CODE>mplayer -vfm 5</CODE>), and options
cab4ac1467e4 many small updates
gabucino
parents: 4153
diff changeset
1046 written after filenames, that apply only to the given filename/URL/whatever
5105
3411814cc3e5 a "few" "small" "fixes" ...
arpi
parents: 5096
diff changeset
1047 (for example <CODE>mplayer -vfm 5 movie1.avi movie2.avi -vfm 4</CODE>).<BR>
5715
71843ef1a085 video filter layer documentation begun (maybe audio layer should be
gabucino
parents: 5704
diff changeset
1048 You can group filenames/URLs together using { and }. It's useful with
5105
3411814cc3e5 a "few" "small" "fixes" ...
arpi
parents: 5096
diff changeset
1049 option -loop: <CODE>mplayer { 1.avi -loop 2 2.avi } -loop 3</CODE>
3411814cc3e5 a "few" "small" "fixes" ...
arpi
parents: 5096
diff changeset
1050 will play files in this order: 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2<BR>
3411814cc3e5 a "few" "small" "fixes" ...
arpi
parents: 5096
diff changeset
1051 </P>
4177
cab4ac1467e4 many small updates
gabucino
parents: 4153
diff changeset
1052
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parents: 6393
diff changeset
1053 <TABLE BORDER=0>
6974
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1054 <TR><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD>file</TD><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD><CODE>mplayer [options] [path/]filename</CODE></TD></TR>
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1055 <TR><TD></TD><TD>files</TD><TD></TD><TD><CODE>mplayer [default options] [path/]filename1 [options for filename1] filename2 [options for filename2] ...</CODE></TD></TR>
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1056 <TR><TD></TD><TD>VCD</TD><TD></TD><TD><CODE>mplayer [options] -vcd trackno [-cdrom-device /dev/cdrom]</CODE></TD></TR>
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1057 <TR><TD></TD><TD>DVD</TD><TD></TD><TD><CODE>mplayer [options] -dvd titleno [-dvd-device /dev/dvd]</CODE></TD></TR>
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1058 <TR><TD></TD><TD>net</TD><TD></TD><TD><CODE>mplayer [options] http://site.com/file.asf (playlists can be used too)</CODE></TD></TR>
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diego
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diff changeset
1059 </TABLE>
1612
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1060
5105
3411814cc3e5 a "few" "small" "fixes" ...
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parents: 5096
diff changeset
1061 <P>
6974
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1062 Latest versions of MPlayer also accepts VCD and DVD tracks in URL style, just like
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics *only*.
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1063 Xine does: <CODE>mplayer dvd://1</CODE> or <CODE>mplayer vcd://1</CODE></P>
5105
3411814cc3e5 a "few" "small" "fixes" ...
arpi
parents: 5096
diff changeset
1064
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diego
parents: 6393
diff changeset
1065 <PRE>
a2eb6f519855 Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset.
diego
parents: 6393
diff changeset
1066 mplayer -vo x11 /mnt/Films/Contact/contact2.mpg
5105
3411814cc3e5 a "few" "small" "fixes" ...
arpi
parents: 5096
diff changeset
1067 mplayer -vcd 2
1612
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1068 mplayer -afm 3 /mnt/DVDtrailers/alien4.vob
5105
3411814cc3e5 a "few" "small" "fixes" ...
arpi
parents: 5096
diff changeset
1069 mplayer -dvd 1 -dvd-device /dev/hdc
6436
a2eb6f519855 Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset.
diego
parents: 6393
diff changeset
1070 mplayer -abs 65536 -delay -0.4 -nobps ~/movies/test.avi
a2eb6f519855 Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset.
diego
parents: 6393
diff changeset
1071 </PRE>
1612
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1072
6974
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parents: 6970
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1073
7047
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags.
diego
parents: 7043
diff changeset
1074 <H2><A NAME="control">3.2 Control</A></H2>
1612
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1075
6121
a239d68bd0d8 small fixes, updates
gabucino
parents: 6113
diff changeset
1076 <P><B>MPlayer</B> has a fully configurable, command driven, control layer which
6151
d2123c79d275 better wording in albeu's dox
gabucino
parents: 6150
diff changeset
1077 lets you control <B>MPlayer</B> with keyboard, mouse, joystick or remote
d2123c79d275 better wording in albeu's dox
gabucino
parents: 6150
diff changeset
1078 control (using LIRC).</P>
5850
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1079
6974
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics *only*.
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1080
7047
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags.
diego
parents: 7043
diff changeset
1081 <H3><A NAME="default_controls">3.2.1 Default controls</A></H3>
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags.
diego
parents: 7043
diff changeset
1082
7099
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some
diego
parents: 7093
diff changeset
1083 <H4>Keyboard controls from terminal:</H4>
1682
dba45a1aafad *** empty log message ***
gabucino
parents: 1668
diff changeset
1084
6436
a2eb6f519855 Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset.
diego
parents: 6393
diff changeset
1085 <TABLE BORDER=0>
6974
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diff changeset
1086 <TR><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD>&lt;- or -&gt;</TD><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD>seek backward/forward 10 seconds</TD></TR>
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1087 <TR><TD></TD><TD>up or down</TD><TD></TD><TD>seek backward/forward 1 minute</TD></TR>
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1088 <TR><TD></TD><TD>pgup/pgdown</TD><TD></TD><TD>seek backward/forward 10 minutes</TD></TR>
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1089 <TR><TD></TD><TD>&lt; or &gt;</TD><TD></TD><TD>seek backward/forward in playlist</TD></TR>
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1090 <TR><TD></TD><TD>p or SPACE</TD><TD></TD><TD>pause movie (press any key)</TD></TR>
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1091 <TR><TD></TD><TD>q or ESC</TD><TD></TD><TD>stop playing and quit program</TD></TR>
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1092 <TR><TD></TD><TD>+ or -</TD><TD></TD><TD>adjust audio delay by +/- 0.1 second</TD></TR>
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1093 <TR><TD></TD><TD>/ or *</TD><TD></TD><TD>decrease/increase volume</TD></TR>
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1094 <TR><TD></TD><TD>f</TD><TD></TD><TD>toggle fullscreen</TD></TR>
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1095 <TR><TD></TD><TD>o</TD><TD></TD><TD>toggle OSD: none / seek / seek+timer</TD></TR>
7628
d6608342591d This patch adds the functionality to disable/enable subtitles while playing
arpi
parents: 7455
diff changeset
1096 <TR><TD></TD><TD>v</TD><TD></TD><TD>toggle subtitle visibility</TD></TR>
6974
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics *only*.
diego
parents: 6970
diff changeset
1097 <TR><TD></TD><TD>z or x</TD><TD></TD><TD>adjust subtitle delay by +/- 0.1 second</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics *only*.
diego
parents: 6970
diff changeset
1098 <TR><TD></TD><TD>r or t</TD><TD></TD><TD>adjust subtitle position</TD></TR>
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1099 <TR><TD></TD><TD>HOME or END</TD><TD></TD><TD>go to next/previous playtree entry in the parent list</TD></TR>
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1100 <TR><TD></TD><TD>INSERT or DELETE</TD><TD></TD><TD>go to next/previous alternative source (only available in asx playlist)</TD></TR>
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1101 <TR><TD COLSPAN=4><P><I>(the following keys are valid only when using <CODE>-vo xv</CODE>)</I></P></TD></TR>
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1102 <TR><TD></TD><TD>1 or 2</TD><TD></TD><TD>adjust contrast</TD></TR>
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diff changeset
1103 <TR><TD></TD><TD>3 or 4</TD><TD></TD><TD>adjust brightness</TD></TR>
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diff changeset
1104 <TR><TD></TD><TD>5 or 6</TD><TD></TD><TD>adjust hue</TD></TR>
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1105 <TR><TD></TD><TD>7 or 8</TD><TD></TD><TD>adjust saturation</TD></TR>
6436
a2eb6f519855 Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset.
diego
parents: 6393
diff changeset
1106 </TABLE>
1892
70dbd25c128c jo sok ilyen ize.
gabucino
parents: 1879
diff changeset
1107
7099
0b70f3dc34eb Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, with some
diego
parents: 7093
diff changeset
1108 <H4>GUI keyboard controls:</H4>
1624
2eedc348e92a *** empty log message ***
gabucino
parents: 1620
diff changeset
1109
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a2eb6f519855 Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset.
diego
parents: 6393
diff changeset
1110 <TABLE BORDER=0>
6974
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics *only*.
diego
parents: 6970
diff changeset
1111 <TR><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD>, and .</TD><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD>previous / next file</TD></TR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics *only*.
diego
parents: 6970
diff changeset
1112 <TR><TD></TD><TD>gray - or +</TD><TD></TD><TD>decrease / increase volume</TD></TR>
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1113 <TR><TD></TD><TD>enter</TD><TD></TD><TD>start playing</TD></TR>
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diff changeset
1114 <TR><TD></TD><TD>space</TD><TD></TD><TD>pause</TD></TR>
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1115 <TR><TD></TD><TD>s</TD><TD></TD><TD>stop</TD></TR>
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1116 <TR><TD></TD><TD>a</TD><TD></TD><TD>about</TD></TR>
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diff changeset
1117 <TR><TD></TD><TD>l</TD><TD></TD><TD>load file</TD></TR>
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diff changeset
1118 <TR><TD></TD><TD>b</TD><TD></TD><TD>skin browser</TD></TR>
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diff changeset
1119 <TR><TD></TD><TD>e</TD><TD></TD><TD>toggle equalizer</TD></TR>
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1120 <TR><TD></TD><TD>p</TD><TD></TD><TD>toggle playlist</TD></TR>
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1121 <TR><TD></TD><TD>f</TD><TD></TD><TD>toggle fullscreen</TD></TR>
6981
3bc485948088 HTML fixes, no content change.
diego
parents: 6974
diff changeset
1122 <TR><TD></TD><TD>m</TD><TD></TD><TD>toggle mute</TD></TR>
6436
a2eb6f519855 Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset.
diego
parents: 6393
diff changeset
1123 </TABLE>
3423
a01b322bab55 btw, post-happy "santa claus" to all ;)
gabucino
parents: 3383
diff changeset
1124
7099
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diego
parents: 7093
diff changeset
1125 <H4>Keyboard controls for TV input:</H4>
3423
a01b322bab55 btw, post-happy "santa claus" to all ;)
gabucino
parents: 3383
diff changeset
1126
6436
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diego
parents: 6393
diff changeset
1127 <TABLE BORDER=0>
6974
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parents: 6970
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1128 <TR><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD>h or l</TD><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD>select previous/next channel</TD></TR>
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1129 <TR><TD></TD><TD>n</TD><TD></TD><TD>change norm</TD></TR>
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1130 <TR><TD></TD><TD>b</TD><TD></TD><TD>change channel list</TD></TR>
6436
a2eb6f519855 Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset.
diego
parents: 6393
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1131 </TABLE>
2848
33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon)
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parents: 2761
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1132
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1133
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1134 <H3><A NAME="controls_configuration">3.2.2 Controls configuration</A></H3>
5850
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1135
6493
c4109cc97fe0 input dox fixed, cosmetixed
gabucino
parents: 6468
diff changeset
1136 <P><B>MPlayer</B> allows you bind any key/button to any <B>MPlayer</B> command
c4109cc97fe0 input dox fixed, cosmetixed
gabucino
parents: 6468
diff changeset
1137 using a simple config file. The syntax consist of a key name followed by a
c4109cc97fe0 input dox fixed, cosmetixed
gabucino
parents: 6468
diff changeset
1138 command. The default config file location is
6593
a2937bae0651 Expanded RTC section. It now explains how to allow RTC via /proc on newer
diego
parents: 6583
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1139 <CODE>$HOME/.mplayer/input.conf</CODE> but it can be overridden using the
6493
c4109cc97fe0 input dox fixed, cosmetixed
gabucino
parents: 6468
diff changeset
1140 <CODE>-input</CODE> conf switch (relative path are relative to
c4109cc97fe0 input dox fixed, cosmetixed
gabucino
parents: 6468
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1141 <CODE>$HOME/.mplayer</CODE>).
c4109cc97fe0 input dox fixed, cosmetixed
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parents: 6468
diff changeset
1142
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diego
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1143 <P>Example:</P>
6493
c4109cc97fe0 input dox fixed, cosmetixed
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parents: 6468
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1144
5850
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
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1145 <PRE>
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1146 ##
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
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1147 ## MPlayer input control file
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1148 ##
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
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1149
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
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1150 RIGHT seek +10
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
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1151 LEFT seek -10
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1152 - audio_delay 0.100
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1153 + audio_delay -0.100
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1154 q quit
7076
3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly
diego
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diff changeset
1155 &gt; pt_step 1
3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly
diego
parents: 7061
diff changeset
1156 &lt; pt_step -1
5850
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
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1157 ENTER pt_step 1 1
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1158 </PRE>
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1159
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1160
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1161 <H4><A NAME="key_names">3.2.2.1 Key names</A></H4>
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1162
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1163 <P>You can have a full list by running <CODE>mplayer -input keylist</CODE></P>
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1164
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1165 <H4>Keyboard:</H4>
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1166
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1167 <UL>
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1168 <LI>Any printable character</LI>
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1169 <LI>SPACE</LI>
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1170 <LI>ENTER</LI>
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1171 <LI>TAB</LI>
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1172 <LI>CTRL</LI>
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1173 <LI>BS</LI>
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1174 <LI>DEL</LI>
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1175 <LI>INS</LI>
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1176 <LI>HOME</LI>
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1177 <LI>END</LI>
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1178 <LI>PGUP</LI>
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1179 <LI>PGDWN</LI>
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1180 <LI>ESC</LI>
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1181 <LI>RIGHT</LI>
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1182 <LI>LEFT</LI>
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1183 <LI>UP</LI>
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1184 <LI>DOWN</LI>
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1185 </UL>
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1186
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parents: 7093
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1187 <H4>Mouse (only supported under X):</H4>
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1188
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1189 <UL>
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1190 <LI>MOUSE_BTN0 (Left button)</LI>
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1191 <LI>MOUSE_BTN1 (Right button)</LI>
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1192 <LI>MOUSE_BTN2 (Middle button)</LI>
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1193 <LI>MOUSE_BTN3 (Wheel)</LI>
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1194 <LI>MOUSE_BTN4 (Wheel)</LI>
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1195 <LI>...</LI>
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1196 <LI>MOUSE_BTN9</LI>
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1197 </UL>
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1198
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1199 <H4>Joystick (support must be enabled at compile time):</H4>
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1200
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1201 <UL>
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1202 <LI>JOY_RIGHT or JOY_AXIS0_PLUS</LI>
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1203 <LI>JOY_LEFT or JOY_AXIS0_MINUS</LI>
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1204 <LI>JOY_UP or JOY_AXIS1_MINUS</LI>
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1205 <LI>JOY_DOWN or JOY_AXIS1_PLUS</LI>
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1206 <LI>JOY_AXIS2_PLUS</LI>
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1207 <LI>JOY_AXIS2_MINUS</LI>
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parents: 7093
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1208 <LI>...</LI>
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1209 <LI>JOY_AXIS9_PLUS</LI>
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1210 <LI>JOY_AXIS9_MINUS</LI>
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1211 </UL>
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1212
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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parents: 5826
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1213
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1214 <H4><A NAME="commands">3.2.2.2 Commands</A></H4>
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1215
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1216 <P>You can have a full list of known commands by running "mplayer -input cmdlist"</P>
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parents: 5826
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1217
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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parents: 5826
diff changeset
1218 <UL>
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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1219 <LI><B>seek</B> (int) val [(int) type=0]
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1220 <P>Seek to some place in the movie.<BR>
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1221 Type 0 is a relative seek of +/- val seconds.<BR>
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1222 Type 1 seek to val % in the movie.</P></LI>
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diff changeset
1223 <LI><B>audio_delay</B> (float) val
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parents: 6970
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1224 <P>Adjust the audio delay of val seconds</P></LI>
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1225 <LI><B>quit</B>
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1226 <P>Quit <B>MPlayer</B></P></LI>
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parents: 5826
diff changeset
1227 <LI><B>pause</B>
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parents: 6970
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1228 <P>Pause/unpause the playback</P></LI>
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parents: 5826
diff changeset
1229 <LI><B>grap_frames</B>
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1230 <P>Somebody know ?</P></LI>
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diff changeset
1231 <LI><B>pt_step</B> (int) val [(int) force=0]
6974
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1232 <P>Go to next/previous entry in playtree. Val sign tell the direction.<BR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics *only*.
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1233 If no other entry is available in the given direction it won't do anything
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics *only*.
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1234 unless force is non 0.</P></LI>
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parents: 5826
diff changeset
1235 <LI><B>pt_up_step</B> (int) val [(int) force=0]
6974
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics *only*.
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1236 <P>Like pt_step but it jump to next/previous in the parent list. It's useful
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics *only*.
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1237 to break inner loop in the playtree.</P></LI>
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parents: 5826
diff changeset
1238 <LI><B>alt_src_step</B> (int) val
6974
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1239 <P>When more than one source is available it select the next/previous one
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics *only*.
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1240 (only supported by asx playlist).</P></LI>
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diff changeset
1241 <LI><B>sub_delay</B> (float) val [(int) abs=0]
6974
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1242 <P>Adjust the subtitles delay of +/- val seconds or set it to val seconds
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics *only*.
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1243 when abs is non zero.</P></LI>
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1244 <LI><B>osd</B> [(int) level=-1]
7076
3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly
diego
parents: 7061
diff changeset
1245 <P>Toggle osd mode or set it to level when level &gt; 0.</P></LI>
5850
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parents: 5826
diff changeset
1246 <LI><B>volume</B> (int) dir
6974
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1247 <P>Increase/decrease volume</P></LI>
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1248 <LI><B>contrast</B> (int) val [(int) abs=0]</LI>
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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parents: 5826
diff changeset
1249 <LI><B>brightness</B> (int) val [(int) abs=0]</LI>
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1250 <LI><B>hue</B> (int) val [(int) abs=0]</LI>
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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parents: 5826
diff changeset
1251 <LI><B>saturation</B> (int) val [(int) abs=0]
6974
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parents: 6970
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1252 <P>Set/Adjust video parameters. Val range from -100 to 100.</P></LI>
5850
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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parents: 5826
diff changeset
1253 <LI><B>frame_drop</B> [(int) type=-1]
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916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics *only*.
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1254 <P>Toggle/Set frame dropping mode.</P></LI>
7628
d6608342591d This patch adds the functionality to disable/enable subtitles while playing
arpi
parents: 7455
diff changeset
1255 <LI><B>sub_visibility</B>
d6608342591d This patch adds the functionality to disable/enable subtitles while playing
arpi
parents: 7455
diff changeset
1256 <P>Toggle subtitle visibility.</P></LI>
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1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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parents: 5826
diff changeset
1257 <LI><B>sub_pos</B> (int) val
6974
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parents: 6970
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1258 <P>Adjust subtitles position.</P></LI>
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parents: 5826
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1259 <LI><B>vo_fullscreen</B>
6974
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1260 <P>Switch fullscreen mode.</P></LI>
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1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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parents: 5826
diff changeset
1261 <LI><B>tv_step_channel</B> (int) dir
6974
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics *only*.
diego
parents: 6970
diff changeset
1262 <P>Select next/previous tv channel.</P></LI>
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parents: 5826
diff changeset
1263 <LI><B>tv_step_norm</B>
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parents: 6970
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1264 <P>Change TV norm.</P></LI>
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1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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parents: 5826
diff changeset
1265 <LI><B>tv_step_chanlist</B>
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parents: 6970
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1266 <P>Change channel list.</P></LI>
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1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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parents: 5826
diff changeset
1267 <LI><B>gui_loadfile</B></LI>
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1268 <LI><B>gui_loadsubtitle</B></LI>
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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parents: 5826
diff changeset
1269 <LI><B>gui_about</B></LI>
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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parents: 5826
diff changeset
1270 <LI><B>gui_play</B></LI>
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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parents: 5826
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1271 <LI><B>gui_stop</B></LI>
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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parents: 5826
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1272 <LI><B>gui_playlist</B></LI>
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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parents: 5826
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1273 <LI><B>gui_preferences</B></LI>
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1274 <LI><B>gui_skinbrowser</B>
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1275 <P>GUI actions</P></LI>
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parents: 5826
diff changeset
1276 </UL>
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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parents: 5826
diff changeset
1277
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1278
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parents: 7043
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1279 <H3><A NAME="lirc">3.2.3 Control from LIRC</A></H3>
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gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1280
2848
33c32f3d9f1f many small updates, fixes (some/more to be completed soon)
gabucino
parents: 2761
diff changeset
1281 <P>Linux Infrared Remote Control - use an easy to build home-brewn IR-receiver,
6998
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu>
diego
parents: 6981
diff changeset
1282 an (almost) arbitrary remote control and control your Linux box with it!
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1283 More about it at <A HREF="http://www.lirc.org">www.lirc.org</A>.</P>
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parents:
diff changeset
1284
5969
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parents: 5968
diff changeset
1285 <P>If you have installed the lirc-package, configure will autodetect it. If
f9860f0594ae Arpi Is Right(TM)
gabucino
parents: 5968
diff changeset
1286 everything went fine, <B>MPlayer</B> will print a message like "Setting up
f9860f0594ae Arpi Is Right(TM)
gabucino
parents: 5968
diff changeset
1287 lirc support..." on startup. If an error occurs it will tell you. If it
f9860f0594ae Arpi Is Right(TM)
gabucino
parents: 5968
diff changeset
1288 doesn't tell you anything about LIRC there's no support compiled in. That's
f9860f0594ae Arpi Is Right(TM)
gabucino
parents: 5968
diff changeset
1289 it :-)</P>
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gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1290
5826
eb147cb5040e mplayer_lirc->mplayer
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parents: 5811
diff changeset
1291 <P>The application name for <B>MPlayer</B> is - oh wonder - 'mplayer'.
5969
f9860f0594ae Arpi Is Right(TM)
gabucino
parents: 5968
diff changeset
1292 You can use any mplayer commands and even pass more than one command by
f9860f0594ae Arpi Is Right(TM)
gabucino
parents: 5968
diff changeset
1293 separating them with \n. Don't forget to enable the repeat flag in .lircrc
f9860f0594ae Arpi Is Right(TM)
gabucino
parents: 5968
diff changeset
1294 when it make sense (seek, volume, etc). Here's an excerpt from my
f9860f0594ae Arpi Is Right(TM)
gabucino
parents: 5968
diff changeset
1295 .lircrc:</P>
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gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1296
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1297 <PRE>
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1298 begin
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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parents: 5826
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1299 button = VOLUME_PLUS
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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parents: 5826
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1300 prog = mplayer
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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1301 config = volume 1
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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parents: 5826
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1302 repeat = 1
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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1303 end
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1304
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1305 begin
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1306 button = VOLUME_MINUS
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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parents: 5826
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1307 prog = mplayer
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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parents: 5826
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1308 config = volume -1
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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parents: 5826
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1309 repeat = 1
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
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1310 end
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1311
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1312 begin
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1313 button = CD_PLAY
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1314 prog = mplayer
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1315 config = pause
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1316 end
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1317
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1318 begin
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1319 button = CD_STOP
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1320 prog = mplayer
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1321 config = seek 0 1\npause
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1322 end
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1323 </PRE>
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1324
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1325 <P>If you don't like the standard location for the lirc-config file (~/.lircrc)
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1326 use the -lircconf &lt;filename&gt; switch to specify another file.</P>
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1328
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1329 <H3><A NAME="slave">3.2.4 Slave mode</A></H3>
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1330
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1331 <P>The slave mode allow you to build simple frontend to <B>MPlayer</B>. When
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1332 enabled (with the <CODE>-slave</CODE> switch) <B>MPlayer</B> will read
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1333 commands separated by new line (\n) from stdin.</P>
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1334
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1335
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1336 <H2><A NAME="streaming">3.3 Streaming from network or pipes</A></H2>
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1338 <P><B>MPlayer</B> can play files from network, using the HTTP or MMS protocol.</P>
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1340 <P>Playing goes by simply using adding the URL to the command line.
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1341 <B>MPlayer</B> also honors the http_proxy environment variable, and uses
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1342 proxy if available. Proxy usage can also be forced:</P>
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1343
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1344 <P><CODE>mplayer http_proxy://proxy.micorsops.com:3128/http://micorsops.com:80/stream.asf</CODE></P>
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1345
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1346 <P><B>MPlayer</B> can read from stdin (NOT named pipes). This can be for example
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1347 used to play from FTP:</P>
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1348
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1349 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;wget ftp://micorsops.com/something.avi -O - | mplayer -</CODE></P>
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1351 <P>Note: it's also recommended to enable CACHE when playback from network:</P>
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1352
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1353 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;wget ftp://micorsops.com/something.avi -O - | mplayer -cache 8192 -</CODE></P>
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1354
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1355
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1356
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1357 <H1><A NAME="faq">4.</A> <A HREF="faq.html">FAQ section</A></H1>
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1358
3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly
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1359
3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly
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1360
3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly
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1361 <H1><A NAME="cd/dvd">5.</A> <A HREF="cd-dvd.html">CD/DVD section</A></H1>
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1362
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1363
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags.
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1364
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags.
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1365 <H1><A NAME="ports">6. Ports</A></H1>
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1366
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1367
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1368 <H2><A NAME="debian">6.1 Debian packaging</A></H2>
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1369
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1370 <P>To build the package, get the cvs version, or .tgz and uncompress it,
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1371 and cd into programs directory:</P>
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1372
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1373 <PRE>
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1374 cd main
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1375 fakeroot debian/rules binary
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1376 </PRE>
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1377
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1378 <P>(... mplayer detects hardware/software, builds itself and.. )
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1379 dpkg-deb: building package `mplayer' in `../mplayer_0.90-1_i386.deb'.</P>
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1380
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1381 <P>And now just become root, and:</P>
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1382
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1383 <PRE>
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1384 dpkg -i ../mplayer_0.90-1_i386.deb as root.
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1385 </PRE>
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1386
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1387 <P>Here's how it looks like:</P>
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1388
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1389 <PRE>
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1390 eyck@incubus:/src/main$ sudo dpkg -i ../mplayer_0.90-1_i386.deb
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1391 Password:
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1392 (Reading database ... 26946 files and directories currently installed.)
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1393 Preparing to replace mplayer 0.50-1 (using ../mplayer_0.90-1_i386.deb)
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1394 Unpacking replacement mplayer ...
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1395 Setting up mplayer (0.90-1) ...
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1396 </PRE>
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1397
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1398
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1399 <H2><A NAME="freebsd">6.2 FreeBSD</A></H2>
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1400
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1401 <P>To build the package you will need GNU make (gmake, /usr/ports/devel/gmake),
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1402 native BSD make will not work.</P>
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1403
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1404 <P>To run <B>MPlayer</B> you will need to re-compile the kernel with
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1405 "options USER_LDT" (unless you are running -CURRENT, where this is default).
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1406 If you have a CPU with SSE also use "options CPU_ENABLE_SSE" to use it
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1407 (FreeBSD-STABLE required, or use kernel patches).</P>
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1408
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1409 <P>If <B>MPlayer</B> complains about "CD-ROM Device '/dev/cdrom' not found!" make a
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1410 symbolic link: <CODE>ln -s /dev/(your_cdrom_device) /dev/cdrom</CODE></P>
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1411
1987
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1412 <P>There's no DVD support for FreeBSD yet.</P>
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1413
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1414
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1415 <H2><A NAME="solaris">6.3 Solaris</A></H2>
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1416
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1417 <P>MPlayer should work on Solaris 2.6 or newer.</P>
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1418
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1419 <P>AVI file playback works best on Solaris x86, because you have the
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1420 option to use the win32 codecs on the x86 platform, or can use
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1421 MMX/MMX2/3DNow/etc instructions for MP3/DivX/DVD/whatever. On Colaris SPARC,
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1422 you'll find quite a few AVI files with non working video and/or audio
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1423 playback, because the video/audio codecs using the Win32 DLLs are not
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1424 available. However, <B>DivX/OpenDivX</B> movies should work, when using
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1425 libavcodec.</P>
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1426
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1427 <P>On <B>UltraSPARC</B>s, <B>MPlayer</B> takes advantage of their <B>VIS</B>
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1428 extensions (equivalent to MMX), currently only in <I>libmpeg2</I>,
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1429 <I>libvo</I> and <I>libavcodec</I>, but not in mp3lib. You can watch a VOB
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1430 file on a 400MHz CPU. You'll need
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1431 <A HREF="http://www.sun.com/sparc/vis/mediaLib.html">mLib</A> installed.</P>
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1432
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1433 <P>To build the package you will need GNU make (gmake, /opt/sfw/gmake), native
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1434 Solaris make will not work. Typical error you get when building with Solaris'
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1435 make instead of GNU make:</P>
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1436
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1437 <PRE>
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1438 % /usr/ccs/bin/make
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1439 make: Fatal error in reader: Makefile, line 25: Unexpected end of line seen
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1440 </PRE>
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1441
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1442 <P>On Solaris SPARC, you need the GNU C/C++ Compiler; it does not matter
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1443 if GNU C/C++ compiler is configured with or without the GNU assembler.</P>
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1444
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1445 <P>On Solaris x86, you need the GNU assembler and the GNU C/C++ compiler,
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1446 configured to use the GNU assembler! The mplayer code on the x86 platform
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1447 makes heavy use of MMX, SSE and 3DNOW! instructions that cannot be compiled
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1448 using Sun's assembler <CODE>/usr/ccs/bin/as</CODE>.</P>
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1449
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1450 <P>The configure script tries to find out, which assembler program is used by
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1451 your "gcc" command (in case the autodetection fails, use the
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1452 <CODE>--as=/whereever/you/have/installed/gnu-as</CODE> option to tell the
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1453 configure script where it can find GNU "as" on your system).</P>
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1454
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1455 <P>Error message from configure on a Solaris x86 system using GCC
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1456 without GNU assembler:</P>
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1458 <PRE>
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1459 % configure
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1460 ...
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1461 Checking assembler (/usr/ccs/bin/as) ... , failed
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1462 Please upgrade(downgrade) binutils to 2.10.1...
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1463 </PRE>
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1464
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1465 <P>(Solution: Install and use a gcc configured with "--with-as=gas")</P>
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1466
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1467 <P>Typical error you get when building with a GNU C compiler that does
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1468 not use GNU as:</P>
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1469
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1470 <PRE>
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1471 % gmake
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1472 ...
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1473 gcc -c -Iloader -Ilibvo -O4 -march=i686 -mcpu=i686 -pipe -ffast-math
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1474 -fomit-frame-pointer -I/usr/local/include -o mplayer.o mplayer.c
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1475 Assembler: mplayer.c
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1476 "(stdin)", line 3567 : Illegal mnemonic
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1477 "(stdin)", line 3567 : Syntax error
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1478 ... more "Illegal mnemonic" and "Syntax error" errors ...
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1479 </PRE>
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1480
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1481 <P>For DVD support you must have the patched libcss installed. Patch:
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1482 <A HREF="http://www.tools.de/solaris/mplayer/">http://www.tools.de/solaris/mplayer/</A>.</P>
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1483
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1484 <P>Due to two bugs in Solaris 8 x86, you cannot reliably play DVD discs larger
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1485 than 4 GB:</P>
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1486
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1487 <UL>
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1488 <LI>The sd(7D) driver on Solaris 8 x86 driver has bug when accessing a disk
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1489 block &gt;4GB on a device using a logical blocksize != DEV_BSIZE (i.e. CD-ROM
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1490 and DVD media). Due to a 32Bit int overflow, a disk address modulo 4GB is
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1491 accessed.
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1492 (<A HREF="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/22516">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/22516</A>)
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1493 </LI>
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1494 <LI>A similar bug is present in the hsfs(7FS) filesystem code (aka
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1495 ISO9660), hsfs currently does not support partitions/disks larger than 4GB, all data
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1496 is accessed modulo 4GB.
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1497 (<A HREF="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/22592">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/22592</A>)
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1498 </LI>
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1499 </UL>
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1500
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1501 <P>On Solaris with an UltraSPARC CPU, you can get some extra speed by
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1502 using the CPU's VIS instructions for certain time consuming operations.
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1503 VIS acceleration can be used in MPlayer by calling functions in Sun's
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1504 <A HREF="http://www.sun.com/sparc/vis/mediaLib.html">mediaLib</A>.</P>
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1505
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1506 <P>VIS accelerated operations from mediaLib are used for mpeg2 video
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1507 decoding and for color space conversion in the video output drivers.</P>
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1508
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1509
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1510 <H2><A NAME="strongarm">6.4 StrongARM</A></H2>
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1511
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1512 <P><B>MPlayer</B> is reported to compile on StrongARM. Use the following command line:</P>
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1513
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1514 <PRE>
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1515 ./configure --target=arm-linux --disable-css --with-x11libdir=/usr/arm/lib
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1516 --with-x11incdir=/usr/arm/lib --disable-gcc-checking
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1517 </PRE>
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1518
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1519
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1520 <H2><A NAME="sgi">6.5 Silicon Graphics / IRIX</A></H2>
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1521
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1522 <P>Reported working. You'll probably have to use the <I>SGI</I> ao driver.
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1523 Anyone has closer info?</P>
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1524
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1525
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1526 <H2><A NAME="qnx">6.6 QNX</A></H2>
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1527
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1528 <P>Works. You'll need to download SDL for QNX, and install it. Then run
c2be8678fdfb QNX updates
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1529 <B>MPlayer</B> with <CODE>-vo sdl:photon</CODE> and <CODE>-ao sdl:nto</CODE>
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1530 options, and it should be fast.</P>
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1531
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1532 <P>The <CODE>-vo x11</CODE> output will be even slower than on Linux, since
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1533 QNX has only X <I>emulation</I> which is VERY slow. Use SDL.</P>
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1534
7b85ba8c9be5 mostly fixes, some updates
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1535
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1536 <H2><A NAME="openbsd">6.7 OpenBSD</A></H2>
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1537
a04a7dc31ebb openbsd updates by Bj«Órn Sandell <biorn@dce.chalmers.se>
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parents: 5863
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1538 <P>To build the package you will need GNU make (gmake,
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1539 /usr/ports/devel/gmake), native BSD make will not work, and a recent
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1540 binutils (including objcopy).</P>
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1541
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1542 <P>Due to limitations in different versions of gas (relocation vs mmx), you'll
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1543 need to compile in two steps: First make sure that the non-native as is first
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1544 in PATH and do a '<CODE>gmake -k</CODE>', then make sure that the native
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1545 version is used and do '<CODE>gmake</CODE>'.</P>
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parents: 5863
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1546
5882
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1547 <P>To use Win32 DLLs with <B>MPlayer</B> you will need to re-compile the
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1548 kernel with "<CODE>option USER_LDT</CODE>".</P>
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arpi
parents: 5863
diff changeset
1549
a04a7dc31ebb openbsd updates by Bj«Órn Sandell <biorn@dce.chalmers.se>
arpi
parents: 5863
diff changeset
1550 <P>If <B>MPlayer</B> complains about not finding '/dev/cdrom' or
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1551 '/dev/dvd' make a symbolic link, e.g. <CODE>ln -s
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1552 /dev/rcd0c /dev/dvd</CODE></P>
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parents: 5863
diff changeset
1553
6073
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1554 <P>The not so hardcore hackers amongst us might want to use the ports
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1555 version (/usr/ports/x11/mplayer).</P>
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1556
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1557
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1558 <H2><A NAME="cygwin">6.8. Cygwin</A></H2>
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1559
60211818e5b9 Applied Cygwin patch by Sylvain Petreolle <spetreolle@yahoo.fr>, adjusted
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1560 <P>You will have to go to the <B>MPlayer</B> directory, and copy or symlink
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1561 <CODE>etc/cygwin_inttypes.h</CODE> to <CODE>/usr/include/inttypes.h</CODE> to
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1562 make <B>MPlayer</B> compile. Otherwise it will complain about missing
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1563 <CODE>intypes.h</CODE>.</P>
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1564
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1565
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1566
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1567 <H1><A NAME="mailing_lists">Appendix A - Mailing lists</A></H1>
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1568
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1569 <P>There are some public mailing lists on <B>MPlayer</B>. Unless explicitly
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
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parents: 7699
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1570 stated otherwise the language of these lists is <B>English</B>. Please do
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
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1571 not send messages in other languages or HTML mail! Message size limit is 80k.
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
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parents: 7699
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1572 If you have something bigger put it up for download somewhere. Click the
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
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parents: 7699
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1573 links to subscribe.</P>
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1574
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1575 <UL>
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1576 <LI>MPlayer developers list:
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1577 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dev-eng">http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dev-eng</A><BR>
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1578 This list is about <B>MPlayer</B> development! Talking about interface/API
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1579 changes, new libraries, code optimization, configure changes is ontopic
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
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1580 here. Send patches but <B>not</B> bug reports, user questions, feature
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
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1581 requests or flames here to keep the list traffic low.</LI>
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1582 <LI>MPlayer users list:
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1583 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users">http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users</A>
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1584 <UL>
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1585 <LI>Send bug reports here after reading the <A HREF="#known_bugs">Known Bugs</A>
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
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1586 and <A HREF="bugreports.html">bug reporting section</A>).</LI>
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1587 <LI>Send feature requests here (after reading the <B>whole</B>
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
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1588 documentation).</LI>
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1589 <LI>Send user questions here (after reading the <B>whole</B>
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1590 documentation).</LI>
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1591 </UL>
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1592 </LI>
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1593 <LI>MPlayer Hungarian users list:
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1594 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-felhasznalok">http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-felhasznalok</A>
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1595 <UL>
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1596 <LI>Hungarian language list</LI>
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1597 <LI>Topic? We'll see about it... mostly flame and RTFM questions up to now :(</LI>
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1598 </UL>
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1599 </LI>
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1600 <LI>MPlayer &amp; Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550 users:
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
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1601 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-matrox">http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-matrox</A><BR>
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1602 Matrox related questions like
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1603 <UL>
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1604 <LI>things about mga_vid</LI>
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1605 <LI>Matrox's official beta drivers (for X 4.x.x)</LI>
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1606 <LI>matroxfb-TVout stuff</LI>
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1607 </UL>
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1608 </LI>
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1609 <LI>MPlayer &amp; DVB card users:
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1610 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dvb">http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dvb</A><BR>
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1611 Things related to the hardware decoder card called DVB (<B>not</B> DXR3!).
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1612 </LI>
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1613 <LI>MPlayer CVS-log:
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1614 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-cvslog">http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-cvslog</A><BR>
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1615 All changes in <B>MPlayer</B> code are automatically sent to this list. Only
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
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1616 questions about these changes belong here (if you do not understand why a
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1617 change is required or you have a better fix or you have noticed a possible
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1619 <LI>MPlayer Cygwin-porting list:
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1620 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-cygwin">http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-cygwin</A><BR>
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1621 List for discussion about <B>MPlayer</B>'s Cygwin port.</LI>
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1622 </UL>
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1623
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1624 <P><B>Note:</B> You can reach the searchable mailing list archives at
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1625 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/htsearch">http://www.mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/htsearch</A>.
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1626
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1627
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1628
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1629 <H1><A NAME="bug_reports">Appendix B</A> - <A HREF="bugreports.html">How to report bugs</A></H1>
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1632
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1633 <H1><A NAME="known_bugs">Appendix C - Known bugs</A></H1>
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1634
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1635 <P>Special system/CPU-specific bugs/problems:</P>
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1636 <UL>
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1637
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1638 <LI>SIGILL (signal 4) on P3 using 2.2.x kernels:<BR>
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1639 Problem: kernel 2.2.x doesn't have proper (working) SSE support<BR>
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1640 Solution: upgrade kernel to 2.4.x<BR>
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1641 Workaround: <CODE>./configure --disable-sse</CODE></LI>
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1642
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1643 <LI>General SIGILL (signal 4):<BR>
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1644 Problem: you compiled and run mplayer in different machines
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1645 (for example compiled on P3 and running on Celeron)<BR>
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1646 Solution: compile MPlayer on the same machine where you will use it!<BR>
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1647 Workaround: <CODE>./configure --disable-sse</CODE> etc. options</LI>
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1648
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1649 <LI>"Internal buffer inconsistency" during MEncoder run:<BR>
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1650 Problem: known problem when lame &lt; 3.90 was compiled with gcc 2.96 or 3.x.<BR>
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1651 Solution: use lame &gt;=3.90.<BR>
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1652 Workaround: compile lame with gcc 2.95.x and remove any already installed
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1653 lame packages, they may have been compiled with gcc 2.96.</LI>
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1654
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1655 <LI>Messed up MP2/MP3 sound on PPC:<BR>
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1656 Problem: known GCC miscompilation bug on PPC platforms, no fix yet.<BR>
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1657 Workaround: use FFmpeg's (slow) MP1/MP2/MP3 decoder (<CODE>-ac ffmpeg</CODE>)</LI>
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1658
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1659 <LI>sig11 in libmpeg2, when scaling+encoding:<BR>
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1660 Problem: known GCC 2.95.2 MMX bug, upgrade to 2.95.3.</LI>
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1661 </UL>
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1662
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1663 <P>Various A-V sync and other audio problems:</P>
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1664
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1665 General audio delay or jerky sound (exists with all or many files):
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1666 <UL>
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1667 <LI>most common: buggy audio driver! - try to use different drivers, try
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1668 ALSA 0.9 OSS emulation with -ao oss, also try -ao sdl, sometimes it helps.
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1669 If your file plays fine with -nosound, then you can be sure it's sound card
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1670 (driver) problem.</LI>
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1671 <LI>audio buffer problems (buffer size badly detected)<BR>
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1672 Workaround: mplayer -abs option</LI>
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1673 <LI>samplerate problems - maybe your card doesn't support the samplerate
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1674 used in your files - try the resampling plugin (-aop)</LI>
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1675 <LI>slow machine (CPU or VGA)<BR>
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1676 try with -vo null, if it plays well, then you have slow VGA card/driver<BR>
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1677 Workaround: buy a faster card or read this documentation about how to speed up<BR>
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1678 Also try -framedrop</LI>
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1679 </UL>
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1680
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1681 Audio delay/de-sync specific to one or a few files:
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1682 <UL>
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1683 <LI>bad file<BR>
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1684 Workaround:
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1685 <UL>
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1686 <LI>-ni or -nobps option (for non-interleaved or bad files)<BR>
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1687 and/or</LI>
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1688 <LI>-mc 0 (required for files with badly interleaved VBR audio)<BR>
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1689 and/or</LI>
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1690 <LI>-delay option or +/- keys at runtime to adjust delay</LI>
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1691 </UL>
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1692 If none of these help, please upload the file, we'll check (and fix).
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1693 </LI>
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1694 <LI>your sound card doesn't support 48kHz playback<BR>
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1695 Workaround: buy a better sound card... or try to decrease fps by 10% (use
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1696 -fps 27 for a 30fps movie) or use the resampler plugin</LI>
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1697 <LI>slow machine<BR>
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1698 (if A-V is not around 0, and the last number in the status line increasing)<BR>
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1699 Workaround: -framedrop</LI>
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1700 </UL>
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1701
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1702 No sound at all:
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1703 <UL>
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1704 <LI>your file uses an unsupported audio codec<BR>
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1705 Workaround: read the documentation and help us adding support for it</LI>
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1706 </UL>
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1707
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1708 No picture at all (just plain grey/green window):
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1709 <UL>
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1710 <LI>your file uses an unsupported video codec<BR>
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1711 Workaround: read the documentation and help us adding support for it</LI>
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1712 <LI>auto-selected codec can't decode the file, try to select another using -vc
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1713 or -vfm options</LI>
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1714 <LI>you try to play DivX 3.x file with OpenDivX decoder or XviD (-vc odivx)
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1715 - install Divx4Linux and recompile player</LI>
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1716 </UL>
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1717
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1718 <P>Video-out problems:</P>
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1719
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1720 <P>First note: options -fs -vm and -zoom are just recommendations, not (yet)
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1721 supported by all drivers. So it isn't a bug if it doesn't work.
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1722 Only a few driver supports scaling/zooming, don't expect this from x11 or dga.</P>
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1723
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1724 <P>OSD/sub flickering:<BR>
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1725 - x11 driver: sorry, it can't be fixed now<BR>
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1726 - xv driver: use -double option</P>
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1727
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1728 <P>Green image using mga_vid (-vo mga / -vo xmga):<BR>
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1729 - mga_vid misdetected your card's RAM amount, reload it using mga_ram_size option</P>
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1733 <H1><A NAME="skin">Appendix D</A> - <A HREF="skin-en.html">MPlayer skin format</A></H1>
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1735
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1737 <H1><A NAME="flame_wars">Appendix E</A> - <A HREF="users_against_developers.html">Developer Cries</A></H1>
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1739
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1740 </BODY>
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1741 </HTML>