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9675 | 3 <appendix id="bugs"> |
4 <title>Known bugs</title> | |
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8 <title>Special system/CPU-specific bugs/problems</title> | |
9 <itemizedlist> | |
10 <listitem> | |
11 <para>SIGILL (signal 4) on P3 using 2.2.x kernels:</para> | |
12 <para>Problem: kernel 2.2.x doesn't have proper (working) SSE support</para> | |
13 <para>Solution: upgrade kernel to 2.4.x</para> | |
14 <para>Workaround: <command>./configure --disable-sse</command></para> | |
15 </listitem> | |
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18 <para>General SIGILL (signal 4):</para> | |
11540 | 19 <para>Problem: you compiled and run <application>MPlayer</application> on |
20 different machines (for example compiled on P3 and running on Celeron)</para> | |
21 <para>Solution: compile <application>MPlayer</application> on the same machine | |
22 where you will use it!</para> | |
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23 <para>Workaround: You can forget all this by configuring with the |
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24 <option>--enable-runtime-cpudetection</option> option or you can |
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25 disable particular CPU instruction sets with more specific options (like |
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26 <option>--disable-mmx</option>, <option>--disable-3dnow</option>, etc). |
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27 </para> |
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15782 | 31 <para>Crashes when dumping streams:</para> |
32 <para>Problem: core dump</para> | |
33 <para>Solution: Don't panic. Make sure you know where your towel is.</para> | |
34 </listitem> | |
9675 | 35 </itemizedlist> |
36 </sect1> | |
37 | |
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9675 | 39 <sect1 id="bugs-audio"> |
40 <title>Various A-V sync and other audio problems</title> | |
41 | |
42 <sect2 id="bugs-delay-all"> | |
43 <title>General audio delay or jerky sound (exists with all or many files)</title> | |
44 <itemizedlist> | |
45 <listitem><para> | |
19680 | 46 most common: buggy audio driver! - try to use different drivers, try ALSA OSS |
9675 | 47 emulation with <option>-ao oss</option>, also try <option>-ao sdl</option>, |
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48 sometimes it helps. If your file plays fine with <option>-nosound</option>, then you can be sure |
9675 | 49 it's sound card (driver) problem. |
50 </para></listitem> | |
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53 <para>audio buffer problems (buffer size badly detected)</para> | |
12578 | 54 <para>Workaround: <application>MPlayer</application>'s <option>-abs</option> option</para> |
9675 | 55 </listitem> |
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58 samplerate problems - maybe your card doesn't support the samplerate used in your | |
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59 files - try the resampling filter (<option>-af resample=...</option>) |
9675 | 60 </para></listitem> |
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63 <para>slow machine (CPU or VGA)</para> | |
64 <para>try with <option>-vo null</option>, if it plays well, then you have slow | |
65 VGA card/driver</para> | |
66 <para>Workaround: buy a faster card or read this documentation about how to | |
67 speed up</para> | |
68 <para>Also try <option>-framedrop</option></para> | |
69 </listitem> | |
70 </itemizedlist> | |
71 </sect2> | |
72 | |
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9675 | 74 <sect2 id="bugs-delay-specific"> |
75 <title>Audio delay/de-sync specific to one or a few files</title> | |
76 <itemizedlist> | |
77 <listitem> | |
78 <para>bad file</para> | |
79 <para> | |
80 Workaround: | |
81 <itemizedlist> | |
82 <listitem> | |
83 <para><option>-ni</option> or <option>-nobps</option> option (for | |
84 non-interleaved or bad files)</para> | |
85 <para>and/or</para> | |
86 </listitem> | |
87 <listitem> | |
20076 | 88 <para><option>-mc 0</option> (required for files with badly |
9675 | 89 interleaved VBR audio)</para> |
90 <para>and/or</para> | |
91 </listitem> | |
92 <listitem> | |
93 <para><option>-delay</option> or <keycap>+</keycap>/<keycap>-</keycap> | |
94 keys at runtime to adjust delay</para> | |
95 </listitem> | |
96 </itemizedlist> | |
97 If none of these help, please upload the file, we'll check (and fix). | |
98 </para> | |
99 </listitem> | |
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102 <para>your sound card doesn't support 48kHz playback</para> | |
103 <para>Workaround: buy a better sound card... or try to decrease fps by 10% (use | |
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104 <option>-fps 27</option> for a 30fps movie) or use the resample filter</para> |
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9675 | 107 <listitem> |
20076 | 108 <para>slow machine (if A-V is not around 0, and the last number in the status |
9675 | 109 line increasing)</para> |
110 <para>Workaround: <option>-framedrop</option></para> | |
111 </listitem> | |
112 </itemizedlist> | |
113 </sect2> | |
114 | |
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9675 | 116 <sect2 id="bugs-nosound"> |
117 <title>No sound at all</title> | |
118 <itemizedlist> | |
119 <listitem> | |
120 <para>your file uses an unsupported audio codec</para> | |
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121 <para>Solution: read the documentation and help us adding support for it</para> |
9675 | 122 </listitem> |
123 </itemizedlist> | |
124 </sect2> | |
125 | |
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9675 | 127 <sect2 id="bugs-nopicture"> |
128 <title>No picture at all (just plain grey/green window)</title> | |
129 <itemizedlist> | |
130 <listitem> | |
131 <para>your file uses an unsupported video codec</para> | |
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132 <para>Solution: read the documentation and help us adding support for it</para> |
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136 <para> | |
137 auto-selected codec can't decode the file, try to select another using | |
138 <option>-vc</option> or <option>-vfm</option> options | |
139 </para> | |
140 </listitem> | |
141 </itemizedlist> | |
142 </sect2> | |
143 | |
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9675 | 145 <sect2 id="bugs-video"> |
146 <title>Video-out problems</title> | |
147 <para> | |
19680 | 148 First note that the options <option>-fs</option>, <option>-vm</option> and |
149 <option>-zoom</option> are not supported by all drivers. Plus, not all | |
150 drivers support scaling/zooming in hardware. | |
9675 | 151 </para> |
152 | |
153 <formalpara> | |
154 <title>OSD/sub flickering</title> | |
155 <para> | |
156 <itemizedlist> | |
157 <listitem><para>x11 driver: sorry, it can't be fixed now</para></listitem> | |
158 <listitem><para>xv driver: use <option>-double</option> option</para></listitem> | |
159 </itemizedlist> | |
160 </para> | |
161 </formalpara> | |
162 | |
163 <formalpara> | |
164 <title>Green image using mga_vid (<option>-vo mga</option> / <option>-vo xmga</option>)</title> | |
165 <para> | |
166 <itemizedlist> | |
167 <listitem><para>mga_vid misdetected your card's RAM amount, reload it using | |
168 <option>mga_ram_size</option> option | |
169 </para></listitem> | |
170 </itemizedlist> | |
171 </para> | |
172 </formalpara> | |
173 | |
174 </sect2> | |
175 </sect1> | |
176 | |
177 </appendix> |