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13 <H1><A NAME="B">Appendix B - How to report bugs</A></H1>
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15 <P>Good bug reports are a very valuable contribution to the development of any
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16 software project. But just like writing good software, good problem reports
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17 involve some work. Please realize that most developers are extremely busy and
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18 receive obscene amounts of email. So while your feedback is crucial in
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19 improving <B>MPlayer</B> and very much appreciated, please understand that you
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20 have to provide <B>all</B> of the information we request and follow the
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21 instructions in this document closely.</P>
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24 <H2>How to fix bugs</H2>
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26 <P>If you feel have the necessary skills you are invited to have a go at fixing
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27 the bug yourself. Or maybe you already did that? Please read
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28 <A HREF="tech/patches.txt">this short document</A> to find out how to get
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29 your code included in <B>MPlayer</B>. The people on the
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30 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dev-eng">mplayer-dev-eng</A>
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31 mailing list will assist you if you have questions.</P>
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34 <H2>How to report bugs</H2>
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36 <P>First of all please try the latest CVS version of <B>MPlayer</B> as your bug
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37 might already be fixed there. Development moves extremely fast, most problems
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38 in official releases are reported within days or even hours, so please use
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39 <B>only CVS</B> to report bugs. CVS instructions can be found at the bottom of
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40 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/dload.html">this page</A> or in the
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41 README. If this did not help please refer to
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42 <A HREF="documentation.html#known_bugs">the list of known bugs</A> and the
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43 rest of the documentation. If your problem is not known or not solvable by our
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44 instructions, then please report the bug.</P>
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46 <P>Please do not send bug reports privately to individual developers. This is
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47 community work and thus there might be several people interested in it.
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48 Sometimes other users already experienced your troubles and know how to
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49 circumvent a problem even if it is a bug in <B>MPlayer</B> code.</P>
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51 <P>Please describe your problem in as much detail as possible. Do a little
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52 detective work to narrow down the circumstances under which the problem
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53 occurs. Does the bug only show up in certain situations? Is it specific to
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54 certain files or file types? Does it occur with only one codec or is it codec
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55 independent? Can you reproduce it with all output drivers? The more
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56 information you provide the better are our chances at fixing your problem.
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57 Please do not forget to also include the valuable information requested below,
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58 we will be unable to properly diagnose your problem otherwise.</P>
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60 <P>An excellent and well written guide to asking questions in public forums is
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61 <A HREF="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html">How To Ask
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62 Questions The Smart Way</A> by Eric S. Raymond. If you follow these guidelines
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63 you should be safe. But please understand that we all follow the mailing lists
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64 voluntarily in our free time. We are very busy and cannot guarantee that you
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65 will get a solution for your problem or even an answer.</P>
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70 <P>Subscribe to the mplayer-users mailing list:<BR>
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71 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users">http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users</A><BR>
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72 and send your bug report to:<BR>
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73 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="mailto:mplayer-users@mplayerhq.hu">mplayer-users@mplayerhq.hu</A></P>
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75 <P>The language of this list is <B>English</B>. Please follow the standard
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77 <B>do not send HTML mail</B> to any of our mailing lists. You will only get
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79 read this <A HREF="http://expita.com/nomime.html">fine document</A>. It
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81 that we will not individually CC (carbon-copy) people so it is a good idea to
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92 <LI>Red Hat 7.1</LI>
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93 <LI>Slackware 7.0 + devel packs from 7.1 ...</LI>
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96 <LI>kernel version:<BR>
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97 <CODE>uname -a</CODE></LI>
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98 <LI>libc version:<BR>
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107 <LI>If you have problems with fullscreen mode:
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109 <LI>Window manager type and version</LI>
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112 <LI>If only the GUI is buggy:
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126 <LI>CPU info (this works on Linux only):<BR>
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128 <LI>Video card manufacturer and model, e.g.:
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130 <LI>ASUS V3800U chip: nVidia TNT2 Ultra pro 32MB SDRAM</LI>
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131 <LI>Matrox G400 DH 32MB SGRAM</LI>
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138 <LI>Utah-GLX CVS 2001-02-17</LI>
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144 <LI>Creative SBLive! Gold with OSS driver from oss.creative.com</LI>
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149 <LI>If in doubt include <CODE>lspci -vv</CODE> output on Linux systems.</LI>
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158 <LI>configure.log</LI>
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159 <LI>config.h</LI>
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160 <LI>config.mak</LI>
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161 <LI>libvo/config.mak</LI>
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162 </UL>
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163
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165 <H4>For playback problems</H4>
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166
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167 <P>Please include the output of <B>MPlayer</B> at verbosity level 1, but
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168 remember to <B>not truncate the output</B> when you paste it into your mail.
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169 The developers need all of the messages to properly diagnose a problem. You
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170 can direct the output into a file like this:</P>
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172 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mplayer -v [options] [filename] &amp;&gt; mplayer.log</CODE></P>
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174 <P>If your problem is specific to one or more files, then please upload the
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175 offender(s) to:</P>
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176
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177 <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="ftp://mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/">ftp://mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/</A></P>
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178
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179 <P>Also upload a small text file having the same base name as your file
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180 with a .txt extension. Describe the problem you are having with the
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181 particular file there and include your email address as well as the output
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182 of <B>MPlayer</B> at verbosity level 1. Usually the first 1-5 MB of a file are
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183 enough to reproduce the problem, but to be sure we ask you to:</P>
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184
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185 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;dd if=yourfile of=smallfile bs=1024k count=5</CODE></P>
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187 <P>It will take the first five megabytes of <STRONG>'your-file'</STRONG> and
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188 write it to <STRONG>'small-file'</STRONG>. Then try again on this small file
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189 and if the bug still shows up your sample is sufficient for us. Please
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190 <STRONG>do not ever</STRONG> send such files via mail! Upload it, and send
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191 only the path/filename of the file on the FTP-server. If the file is
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192 accessible on the net, then sending the <STRONG>exact</STRONG> URL is
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193 sufficient.</P>
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195
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196 <H4>For crashes</H4>
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197
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198 <P>If you have a core dump of the crash continue reading the next paragraph,
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199 otherwise skip it.</P>
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200
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201
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202 <H4>How to extract meaningful information from a core dump</H4>
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203
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204 <P>Please create the following command file:</P>
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206 <P><CODE>disass $eip-32 $eip+32<BR>
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207 printf "eax=%08lX\n",$eax<BR>
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208 printf "ebx=%08lX\n",$ebx<BR>
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209 printf "ecx=%08lX\n",$ecx<BR>
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210 printf "edx=%08lX\n",$edx<BR>
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211 printf "esp=%08lX\n",$esp<BR>
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212 printf "ebp=%08lX\n",$ebp<BR>
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213 printf "edi=%08lX\n",$edi<BR>
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214 printf "esi=%08lX\n",$esi</CODE></P>
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216 <P>Then simply execute the following on your command line:</P>
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217
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218 <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>gdb mplayer --core=core -batch --command=command_file &gt; mplayer.bug</CODE></P>
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219
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220
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221 <H4>How to conserve information about a reproducible crash</H4>
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222
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223 Recompile <B>MPlayer</B> with debugging code enabled:
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224
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225 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;./configure --enable-debug=3<BR>
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226 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;make</CODE></P>
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227
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228 and then run <B>MPlayer</B> within gdb using:
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229
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230 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;gdb mplayer</CODE></P>
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231
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232 You are now within gdb. Type:
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233
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234 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;run -v [options-to-mplayer] filename</code></P>
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235
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236 and reproduce your crash. As soon as you did it, gdb will
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237 return you to the command line prompt where you have to enter
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238
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239 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;bt<BR>
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240 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;disass $eip-32 $eip+32</CODE></P>
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241
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242 and send the complete output to us.
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243
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245 <H3>General note</H3>
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246
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247 <P>If something is quite big (logs for instance) then it is better to upload
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248 it to the FTP server in a compressed format (gzip and bzip preferred) and
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249 include only the path and filename in your bug report.</P>
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250
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251
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252 <H2>I know what I am doing...</H2>
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253
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254 <P>If you created a proper bug report following the steps above and you are
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255 confident it is a bug in <B>MPlayer</B>, not a compiler problem or broken
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256 file, you have already read the documentation and you could not find a
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257 solution, your sound drivers are OK, then you might want to subscribe to the
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258 mplayer-advusers list and send your bug report there to get a better and
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259 faster answer.<BR><BR>
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260 Please be advised that if you post newbie questions or questions answered
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261 in the manual there, you will be ignored or flamed instead of getting an
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262 appropriate answer.<BR>
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263 So do not flame us and subscribe to -advusers only if you really know
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264 what you are doing and feel like being an advanced <B>MPlayer</B> user or
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265 developer. If you meet these criteria it should not be difficult to find
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266 out how to subscribe...</P>
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267
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268 </BODY>
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269 </HTML>