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1704 | 2 <BODY BGCOLOR=white> |
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4 <FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
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1682 | 6 <P><B><A NAME=5>5. FAQ section</A></B></P> |
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8 <TABLE BORDER=0 WIDTH=100% ALIGN=left> | |
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1987 | 10 <TD COLSPAN=3><P><B><A NAME=5.1><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>5.1 Compilation</A></B></P> |
1682 | 11 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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1987 | 13 <TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
3290 | 14 configure ends with this text, and MPlayer won't compile !<BR> |
15 <CODE>Your gcc does not support even i386 for '-march' and '-mcpu'.</CODE> | |
16 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> | |
17 Your gcc isn't installed correctly, check <CODE>config.log</CODE> file | |
18 for details. | |
19 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
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21 <TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> | |
2117 | 22 What does "No such file or directory" means ? |
23 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> | |
24 Probably there is no such file or directory. | |
25 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
26 | |
27 <TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> | |
1682 | 28 What's the problem with gcc 2.96 ? |
1987 | 29 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
2954 | 30 To be short: <B><I>DO NOT USE gcc 2.96 !!!</I></B><BR> |
3053 | 31 Check <A HREF="gcc-2.96-3.0.html">this</A> and <A HREF="users_against_developers.html">this</A> texts! |
2954 | 32 If you still really really want to do so, be sure to use the latest release. |
33 <BR> | |
1682 | 34 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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1987 | 36 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 37 Great, I have gcc 3.0.1 from RedHat/Mandrake, then I'm fine--! |
1987 | 38 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
2954 | 39 No, since there have been/are issues with those compilers.<BR> |
40 Use 2.95.x series for reliability (not <A HREF="gcc-2.96-3.0.html">2.96</A>). | |
41 Use the latest gcc 3.0.x (starting at 3.0.2) if you want to use a 3.0.x version. | |
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44 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
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45 I tried to compile MPlayer, but I got this output:<BR> |
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46 <PRE> |
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47 In file included from /usr/include/g++-v3/bits/std_cwchar.h:42, |
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58 `const |
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59 </PRE> |
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60 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
2097 | 61 Upgrade your glibc to the newest. On Mandrake, use 2.2.4-8mdk . |
1682 | 62 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
1612 | 63 |
1987 | 64 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
2137 | 65 ...gcc 2.96... (yes, some people are STILL flaming about their gcc 2.96!!) |
66 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> | |
67 <P>But we has idegs (the word 'ideg' is described further in the FAQ). And our | |
68 idegcounters overflow again and again.</P> | |
69 | |
70 <P>Unfortunately MPlayer is out of our control. It's used by lamers, Linux users | |
71 who can't even use windows, and never tried to compile a kernel. They installed | |
72 (with default options) Mandrake or RedHat or Suse, and without RTFM'ing they | |
73 send messages saying 'it doesn't work! help me! please! i'm new to the linux! | |
74 help! oh! help me!'. We can't stop them, but at least we try to force them RTFM | |
3857 | 75 and to read messages of ./configure and mplayer.</P> |
2137 | 76 |
77 <P>And you clever guys come and flame us with gcc 2.96 and binary packages. | |
78 Instead of helping users or making patches to help solve problems.</P> | |
79 | |
80 <P>Half of our spare/free time is spent by answering silly mails here and | |
81 making newer tricks and checks to configure to avoid such mails.</P> | |
82 | |
83 <P>And there is a balance. On one hand are you, clever guys, saying we are very | |
84 bad because we don't like buggy gcc 2.96, and at the other hand there are the | |
85 'new to linux' guys who are showing us gcc 2.96 is buggy.</P> | |
86 | |
2954 | 87 <P>Conclusion: we can't be good. Half of people always will say we are bad.</P> |
2137 | 88 |
89 <P>Maybe we should close the project, make it closed source, commercial, and | |
90 provide install support for it. then we could leave current work, so | |
91 development could go faster, and we earn lots of money with it and buy a big | |
92 house, etc etc. Do you really want it? It seems.</P> | |
93 | |
94 <P ALIGN=RIGHT>Arpi (a mail on the mplayer-users list)</P> | |
95 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
96 | |
97 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> | |
2488 | 98 Where can I find information about gcc 2.96 bugs ? |
99 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> | |
3053 | 100 In <A HREF="gcc-2.96-3.0.html">this</A> documentation. And <A HREF="users_against_developers.html">this</A> |
101 documentation describes why RedHat released 2.96 and other interesting things. | |
2488 | 102 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
103 | |
104 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> | |
1682 | 105 SDL output doesn't work or compile. Problem is .... |
1987 | 106 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 107 It is tested with newest SDL (probably runs on 1.1.7+). |
2954 | 108 It does NOT work with any previous version, so don't ask. |
1682 | 109 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
1612 | 110 |
1987 | 111 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 112 I am still having trouble compiling with SDL support. gcc says something |
113 about "undefined reference to `SDL_EnableKeyRepeat'" What's now? | |
1987 | 114 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 115 Where did you install the SDL library? If you installed in /usr/local |
116 (the default) then edit the top level config.mak and add | |
117 "-L/usr/local/lib " after "X_LIBS=" Now type make. You're done! | |
118 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
119 | |
1987 | 120 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 121 It doesn't compile, and it misses uint64_t inttypes.h and similar things... |
1987 | 122 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 123 copy etc/inttypes.h to <B>MPlayer</B> directory (cp etc/inttypes.h .) |
1774 | 124 try again... |
1682 | 125 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
1612 | 126 |
1987 | 127 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 128 I have Pentium III but ./configure doesn't detect SSE |
1987 | 129 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 130 Only kernel versions 2.4.x supports SSE (or try latest 2.2.19 or newer, but |
131 be prepared for problems) | |
132 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
133 | |
1987 | 134 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 135 I have G200/G400, how to compile/use mga_vid driver? |
1987 | 136 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 137 Read all this documentation. |
138 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
139 | |
1987 | 140 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 141 Are there rpm/deb/... packages of <B>MPlayer</B>? |
1987 | 142 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 143 You can make a .deb package for yourself, check section <A HREF="documentation.html#6.1">6.1</A>. |
144 It's _STRONGLY_ discouraged to use precompiled packages | |
145 of <B>MPlayer</B>, since it (currently) _highly_ depends on compile-time | |
146 options and optimizations! | |
147 Precompiled packages are COMPLETELY unsupported by the <B>MPlayer</B> team! | |
148 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
1612 | 149 |
1987 | 150 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 151 During 'make', MPlayer complains about X11 libraries. I don't understand, |
152 I DO have X installed!? | |
1987 | 153 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 154 ...but you don't have the X development package installed. Or not |
155 correctly. It's called XFree86-devel* under RedHat, and xlib6g-dev* under | |
156 Debian. Also check if the /usr/X11 symlink exists (this can be a problem on | |
157 Mandrake systems). It can be created with the<BR> | |
158 <CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6 /usr/X11</CODE><BR> | |
159 command. Also check the /usr/include/X11 link :<BR> | |
160 <CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</CODE><BR> | |
161 Your distribution may differ from the Linux Filesystem Standard. | |
162 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
163 | |
1987 | 164 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 165 What about DGA driver? I can't find it!!! |
1987 | 166 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 167 ./configure autodetects your DGA driver. If -vo help doesn't show |
168 DGA, then there's a problem with your X installation. | |
1785 | 169 Try ./configure --enable-dga (and RTFM) |
1682 | 170 Alternatively, try SDL's DGA driver with '-vo sdl:dga' options. |
171 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
1612 | 172 |
1987 | 173 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 174 I can't compile SVGAlib.. I'm using 2.3/2.4 kernel. |
1987 | 175 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 176 You have to edit SVGAlib's Makefile.cfg and comment "BACKGROUND = y" out. |
177 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
178 | |
1987 | 179 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
2001 | 180 I compiled MPlayer with libdvdcss/libdivxdecore support, but when |
1682 | 181 I try to start it, it says:<BR> |
2001 | 182 <CODE>> error while loading shared libraries: lib*.so.0: cannot load |
1682 | 183 shared object file: No such file or directory</CODE><BR> |
184 I checked up on the file and it IS there in /usr/local/lib. | |
1987 | 185 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
3668 | 186 Add /usr/local/lib to <B>/etc/ld.so.conf</B> and run <B>ldconfig</B> . |
1682 | 187 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
188 | |
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190 MPlayer doesn't seem to find my libcss. What am I doing wrong ? |
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191 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
2954 | 192 It's normal. <B>MPlayer</B> no longer depends on libcss to play a DVD. You |
2955 | 193 have to install <B>libdvdread</B> and <B>libdvdcss</B>. Check for DVD Playback |
2954 | 194 part <A HREF="cd-dvd.html">here</A>. libcss is to be used for example when you |
195 want to play encrypted VOB files from hard disk (not for general users). | |
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199 Hmm, strange. When loading the mga_vid.o kernel module, I found this in the logs:<BR> |
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200 <CODE>Warning: loading mga_vid.o will taint the kernel: no license</CODE> |
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201 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
2954 | 202 The latest kernels modules needs require a flag indicating its license (mainly |
203 to avoid kernel hackers' debugging closed sources drivers). | |
204 Upgrade your kernel and your modutils and <B>MPlayer</B>. | |
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205 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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2772 | 207 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
208 When compiling <B>MEncoder</B>, it segfaults at linking !!! | |
209 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> | |
3438 | 210 Dunno, upgrading binutils should help (2.11.92.* or newer should be good). Not our fault, do NOT report! |
2772 | 211 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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3053 | 213 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
214 I'd like to compile <B>MPlayer</B> on Minix ! | |
215 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> | |
3774 | 216 Me too. :) |
3053 | 217 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
218 | |
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1987 | 220 <TD COLSPAN=3><B><A NAME=5.2><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>5.2. General questions</A></B> |
1682 | 221 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
1612 | 222 |
1987 | 223 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1785 | 224 What about DVD playing ? |
1987 | 225 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
2954 | 226 Read the CD/DVD section in <A HREF="cd-dvd.html">this page</A>. |
1682 | 227 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
228 | |
1987 | 229 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
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1987 | 231 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
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234 you must specify the -vm and the -fs switch, and you're done. |
1682 | 235 Make sure you have the right Modelines in your XF86Config file, and |
236 try if the DGA driver (and SDL's DGA driver, see RTFM) works for you. | |
237 It's much faster. If SDL's DGA works too, use that, it'll be EVEN faster! | |
238 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
1612 | 239 |
1987 | 240 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 241 What is the meaning of numbers in the status line? |
1987 | 242 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
243 See: <CODE><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A: 2.1 V: 2.2 A-V: -0.167 ct: 0.042 57 41% 0% 2.6% 0 4</CODE><BR> | |
1682 | 244 <UL> |
1987 | 245 <LI><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A: audio position in seconds |
1682 | 246 <LI>V: video position in seconds |
247 <LI>A-V: audio-video difference in seconds (delay) | |
248 <LI>ct: total A-V sync correction done | |
249 <LI>frames played (counting from last seek) | |
250 <LI>video codec cpu usage in percent (for mpeg it includes video_out too!) | |
251 <LI>video_out cpu usage for avi, 0 for mpg (see above) | |
252 <LI>audio codec cpu usage in percent | |
253 <LI>frames needed to drop to maintain A-V sync | |
1864 | 254 <LI>current level of image postprocessing (when using -autoq) |
1682 | 255 </UL> |
256 <I>Most of them are for debug purposes, and will be removed soon.</I> | |
257 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
1612 | 258 |
1987 | 259 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1864 | 260 What if I don't want them to appear? |
1987 | 261 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1864 | 262 Then you use the -quiet option, and read the manpage. |
263 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
264 | |
1987 | 265 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 266 Why is video_out cpu usage zero (0%) for mpeg files? |
1987 | 267 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 268 It's not zero, but it's built in into codec, so can't be measured separated. |
269 You should try to play the file using -vo null and then -vo ... and check | |
270 the difference to see video_out speed... | |
271 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
272 | |
1987 | 273 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 274 What's XMMP? (is it XMMS or XMPS but mispelled?) |
1987 | 275 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 276 It's a new project, see http://frozenproductions.com for details |
277 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
278 | |
1987 | 279 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 280 There are error messages about file not found /usr/lib/win32/.... |
1987 | 281 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
2954 | 282 Download <A HREF="ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/w32codec.zip">w32codec.zip</A> |
283 from *our* FTP (avifile's codec package has different DLL set). | |
284 Install it. | |
1682 | 285 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
1612 | 286 |
1987 | 287 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 288 Are there any mailing lists on MPlayer? |
1987 | 289 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 290 Yes! See RTFM on how to subscribe them! |
291 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
292 | |
1987 | 293 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 294 I've found a nasty bug when I tried to play my favourite video!! |
295 Who should I inform? | |
1987 | 296 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 297 See Appendix <A HREF="bugreports.html">C</A>. |
298 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
299 | |
1987 | 300 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 301 I have problems playing files with ... codec. Can I use'em? |
1987 | 302 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1731 | 303 Check <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html">http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html</A>, |
1682 | 304 if it doesn't contain your codec, read |
2561 | 305 <A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.3">section 2.1.3</A>, and contact us. |
1682 | 306 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
307 | |
1987 | 308 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 309 Umm, what is "IdegCounter"? |
1987 | 310 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 311 A mixture of a hungarian and an english word. In english, "Ideg" means |
312 "nerve", and is pronounced as something like "ydaegh" . It was first used | |
313 to measure the nervousness of A'rpi, after some (umm) "mystic" disappearance | |
314 of CVS code ;) | |
315 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
316 | |
1987 | 317 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
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319 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
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320 "Fasz" is a hungarian word you don't want to know, the others are in |
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321 connection with the pervert minds of the MPlayer developers. |
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324 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 325 LIRC doesn't work, because ... |
1987 | 326 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 327 Are you sure you use "mplayer_lirc" instead of "mplayer"? |
328 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
329 | |
1987 | 330 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 331 Subtitles are very nice, the most beautiful I've ever seen, but they slow |
332 down the playing! I know it's unlikely... | |
1987 | 333 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
2248 | 334 After running ./configure , edit config.h and replace <CODE>#undef FAST_OSD</CODE> with |
1682 | 335 <CODE>#define FAST_OSD</CODE>. Then recompile. |
336 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
1612 | 337 |
1987 | 338 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 339 The OSD is flickering! |
1987 | 340 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 341 You use a vo driver with single buffering (x11,xv). With xv, |
342 use -double option. | |
343 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
344 | |
1987 | 345 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 346 What exactly is this libavcodec? |
1987 | 347 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
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1682 | 349 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
350 | |
1987 | 351 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 352 But configure tells me "Checking for libavcodec ... no"! |
1987 | 353 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 354 You need to get libavcodec from FFmpeg's CVS. Read the instructions in |
355 the <A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.2.2">ffmpeg section</A>. | |
356 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
357 | |
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359 The GUI isn't usable with icewm, because some panel are over the movie!! |
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360 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
3857 | 361 Known, icewm is dictatoric. Unsolvable. In detail: |
362 its taskbar overrides GUI's window resize queries. If it asks for | |
2061 | 363 resize to 800x600, then it resizes window to 800x(600-taskbar_size). It's bad. |
3857 | 364 Very bad. |
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2972 | 367 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
368 I can't access the GUI menu. I press right click, but I can't access any | |
369 menu items ! | |
370 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> | |
371 Are you using FVWM ? Try the following :<BR> | |
372 Start -> Settings -> Configuration -> Base Configuration<BR> | |
373 <BR> | |
374 Set "Use Applications position hints" to Yes. | |
375 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
376 | |
1682 | 377 <TD COLSPAN=3> |
1987 | 378 <B><A NAME=5.3><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>5.3. File playing problems</A></B> |
1682 | 379 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
380 | |
1987 | 381 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 382 ...... works with avifile/aviplay while doesn't with MPlayer. |
1987 | 383 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 384 <B>MPlayer</B> != avifile |
385 The only common thing between these players is the Win32 DLL loader. | |
386 The codecs (dll) sets, syncronization, demultiplexing etc is totaly | |
387 different and shouldn't be compared. | |
388 If something works with aviplay it doesn't mean that <B>MPlayer</B> should do | |
389 it and vice versa. | |
390 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
391 | |
1987 | 392 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 393 Audio goes out of sync playing .avi file. |
1987 | 394 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 395 Try with -bps or -nobps option |
396 if still bad, send me (upload to ftp) that file, I'll check. | |
397 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
1612 | 398 |
1987 | 399 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 400 Indeo 3.x/4.x movies are viewed upside-down!!!? |
1987 | 401 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 402 It's a known bug (really it's a bug/limitation of the DLL codec) |
403 Try if your vo driver supports the -flip switch. | |
404 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
405 | |
1987 | 406 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 407 Indeo 3.x,4.x video doesn't work at 32bpp resolutions (16,24 bpp are ok). |
1987 | 408 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 409 It's a known bug (really it's a bug/limitation of the DLL codec). |
410 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
411 | |
1987 | 412 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 413 MPlayer exits with something error when using l3codeca.acm. |
1987 | 414 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 415 Check 'ldd /usr/local/bin/mplayer' output. If it contains<BR> |
416 <CODE>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4???????)</CODE><BR> | |
417 where "?" is any number then it's ok, the error is not here. If it is:<BR> | |
418 <CODE>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00??????)</CODE><BR> | |
419 then there is problem with your kernel/libc. Maybe you are using some | |
420 security patches (for example Solar Designer's OpenWall patch) which | |
421 forces loading libraries to very low addresses. | |
422 Because l3codeca.acm is a non-relocatable DLL, it must be loaded to | |
423 0x00400000, we can't change this. You should use non-patched kernel, | |
424 or use <B>MPlayer</B>'s -afm 1 option to disable using l3codeca.acm. | |
425 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
1612 | 426 |
1987 | 427 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 428 My computer plays M$ DivX AVIs with resolutions ~ 640x300 and stereo mp3 |
429 sound too slow. When I use -nosound switch, everything is ok (but quiet). | |
1987 | 430 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1774 | 431 Ok son, your machine is too slow. RTFM or anything. |
1682 | 432 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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1682 | 435 MPlayer dies with "MPlayer interrupted by signal 4 in module: decode_video". |
1987 | 436 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 437 Try running <B>MPlayer</B> on the machine you compiled on. Or recompile. Don't |
438 use <B>MPlayer</B> on different CPU than it was compiled on. | |
439 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
1612 | 440 |
1987 | 441 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 442 I have problems with [your window manager] and fullscreen xv/xmga/sdl/x11 modes.. |
1987 | 443 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 444 Use the -fsmode switch. See example.conf or manpage. |
445 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
446 | |
1987 | 447 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 448 But it works with avifile! |
1987 | 449 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 450 So what? |
451 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
1612 | 452 |
1987 | 453 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 454 Then avifile is better! |
1987 | 455 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 456 Then use avifile, it has nice GUI and nice C++ code :) |
457 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
458 | |
1987 | 459 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 460 I got this playing mpeg files: Can't find codec for video format 0x10000001! |
1987 | 461 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
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462 You have old version of codecs.conf at ~/.mplayer/. Upgrade it from etc/<BR> |
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463 <B>OR</B> you have the <CODE>vc=</CODE> option or similar, in your |
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464 config file(s). |
1682 | 465 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
466 | |
1987 | 467 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
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468 After starting mplayer under KDE(1/2) I just get a black screen and nothing |
1682 | 469 happens, after about one minute the video starts playing. |
1987 | 470 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 471 The KDE arts sound daemon is blocking the sound device, either wait the time |
472 until video starts or you disable the arts-daemon in kontrollcenter. | |
473 If you want to use arts sound, specify audio output via SDL (ao=sdl), and | |
474 make sure your SDL can handle arts sound. Yet another option is to start | |
475 mplayer with artsdsp. | |
476 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
477 | |
1987 | 478 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 479 I have an AVI that plays with grey screen with -vc odivx, and green with -vc divx4 . |
1987 | 480 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 481 It's not a DivX file, but an M$ MPEG4v3 . Update your codecs.conf. |
482 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
483 | |
1987 | 484 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1892 | 485 There this movie is, and when I play it I get video-audio desync and/or MPlayer crashes with the following:<BR> |
486 <CODE>DEMUXER: Too many (945 in 8390980 bytes) video packets in the buffer!</CODE> | |
1987 | 487 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1892 | 488 This can have multiple reasons.<BR> |
489 <LI>your CPU <B>and/or</B> video card <B>and/or</B> bus is too SLOW. <B>MPlayer</B> | |
490 displays a message if this is the case. (and the dropped frames counter is going up fast)</LI> | |
3857 | 491 <LI>if it is an AVI, maybe it has bad interleaving. Try the <I>-ni</I> option.</LI> |
492 <LI>your sound driver is buggy, or you use ALSA 0.5 with <I>-ao oss</I>. See the <A HREF="sound.html">soundcards section</A>.</LI> | |
493 <LI>the AVI has bad header, try with the <I>-nobps</I> option, and/or <I>-mc 0</I> .</LI> | |
1892 | 494 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
495 | |
2606 | 496 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
497 I have an MJPEG file which works with other players but displays only black | |
498 image in MPlayer. | |
499 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> | |
500 Disable the Windows DLL in <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>, or use <CODE>-vc ffmjpeg</CODE> option (you have to | |
501 compile MPlayer with libavcodec). | |
502 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
503 | |
3030 | 504 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
505 When I try to grab from my tuner, it works, but colors are strange. It's ok | |
506 with other applications. | |
507 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> | |
508 Your card probably misreports its colorspace capacity. Try with YUY2 instead | |
509 of default YV12 (see TV input documentation). | |
510 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
511 | |
3053 | 512 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
513 When I try to start playing, I get this message, but playing is good :<BR> | |
514 <CODE>Linux RTC init: ioctl (rtc_pie_on): Permission denied</CODE> | |
515 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> | |
516 See the <A HREF="documentation.html#1.3">Installation section</A>. The part | |
517 about new sync code. | |
518 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
519 | |
3162 | 520 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
521 I have A/V sync problems. Some of my AVIs play fine, but some play with | |
522 double speed ! | |
523 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> | |
524 You have buggy soundcard/driver. Most likely it's fixed at 44100Hz, and | |
525 you try to play a file which has 22050Hz audio. Try the <CODE>-ao sdl</CODE> | |
526 driver. | |
527 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
528 | |
3192 | 529 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
530 All the WMV (or other..) files I play gives green/gray window and there is | |
531 only sound! It prints:<BR> | |
532 <CODE>Detected video codec: [null] drv:0 (NULL codec (no decoding))</CODE> | |
533 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> | |
534 Update your <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE> | |
535 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
536 | |
3053 | 537 |
1682 | 538 <TD COLSPAN=3> |
1987 | 539 <B><A NAME=5.4><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>5.4. Video/audio driver problems (vo/ao)</A></B> |
1682 | 540 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
1612 | 541 |
542 | |
1987 | 543 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 544 Ok, -vo help shows DGA driver, but it is babbling about permissions! |
545 Help me! | |
1987 | 546 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 547 It works only if running as root! It's a DGA limitation. |
548 You should become to root (su -), and try again. | |
549 Another solution is making mplayer SUID root, but its NOT RECOMMENDED!<BR> | |
550 <CODE>chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR> | |
551 <CODE>chmod 750 /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR> | |
552 <CODE>chmod +s /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR> | |
553 <B>!!!! BUT STAY TUNED !!!!</B><BR> | |
554 This is a *BIG* security risk! *NEVER* do this on a server or on a computer | |
555 can be accessed by more people than only you because they can gain root | |
556 privilegies through suid root mplayer!!!<BR> | |
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557 <B>!!!! SO YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ... !!!!</B> |
1682 | 558 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
1612 | 559 |
1987 | 560 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 561 When using Xvideo, my Voodoo 3/Banshee says:<BR> |
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562 <CODE>X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied)<BR> |
1682 | 563 Major opcode of failed request: 147 (MIT-SHM)<BR> |
564 Minor opcode of failed request: 1 (X_ShmAttach)<BR> | |
565 Serial number of failed request: 26<BR> | |
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566 Current serial number in output stream:27</CODE><BR> |
1987 | 567 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 568 Your driver is old, update it. Either download (at least) DRI version 0.6 |
569 from <A HREF="http://dri.sourceforge.net">http://dri.sourceforge.net</A>, | |
570 or use the DRI cvs. | |
571 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
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1987 | 573 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 574 When using Xvideo, I can't play DivX avis with my Voodoo 3/Banshee! |
575 It says:<BR> | |
576 ...<BR> | |
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577 <CODE>Xvideo image format: 0x32315659 (YV12) planar<BR> |
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578 Xvideo image format: 0x30323449 (I420) planar<BR></CODE> |
1682 | 579 ... |
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580 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">A1:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 581 See the previous answer. |
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1682 | 583 Since 0.18pre4 we support libavcodec from the ffmpeg package. It contains |
584 a C language DivX and OpenDivX decoder. The DivX decoder uses YV12 format | |
585 for output, thus it should work for you. Compile in libavcodec support. | |
586 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
1612 | 587 |
1987 | 588 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 589 OpenGL (-vo gl) output doesn't work (hangup/black window/X11 errors/...). |
1987 | 590 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 591 Your opengl driver doesn't support dynamic texture changes (glTexSubImage) |
3858 | 592 It's known not to work with nVidia's binary mess. |
1682 | 593 It's known to work with Utah-GLX/DRI and Matrox G400 card. Also with |
594 DRI and Radeon card. It won't work with DRI others than these. | |
595 it will not work with 3DFX cards because the 256x256 texture size limit. | |
596 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
1612 | 597 |
1987 | 598 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 599 I have an nVidia TNT/TNT2 card, and I have a band with strange colours, |
600 right under the movie! Whose fault is this? | |
1987 | 601 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1682 | 602 It's the nVidia X driver's. These bugs are ONLY with the TNT/TNT2 cards, |
2064 | 603 and we can't do anything about it, it's not our bug. UPDATE : it's fixed |
604 in newest drivers, at last.. | |
1682 | 605 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
1612 | 606 |
2065 | 607 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
608 I have an nVidia XYZ card, and when I click on the GUI's diplay window to toggle | |
609 displaying the GUI panel, a black square appears where I clicked. I have | |
610 the newest driver. | |
611 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> | |
612 Yes, nvidia corrected a previous bug (above), and implemented a new one. Let's | |
3938 | 613 congratule them. UPDATE : according to |
614 <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#nvidia">NVidia</A>, this is already | |
615 corrected. | |
2065 | 616 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
617 | |
3343 | 618 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
619 When I use the GUI with SDL video output, a second video window is created. | |
620 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> | |
621 Known, don't use SDL for GUI yet. | |
622 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
623 | |
1682 | 624 <TD COLSPAN=3> |
1987 | 625 <B><A NAME=5.5><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>5.5. Feature requests</A></B> |
1682 | 626 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
1612 | 627 |
1987 | 628 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
2153 | 629 Is there a hint on how to watch RealMedia movies in MPlayer? |
1987 | 630 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
2153 | 631 There's no way to do it. Therefore this format deserves to die in flames. |
1682 | 632 Theoretically you can reverse engineer Real codecs built for Linux (they |
633 are available as .so files), but in practice that's really difficult, even | |
634 if you know how the compiler used by Real is making assembler code. | |
635 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
1612 | 636 |
1987 | 637 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1898 | 638 When will be <your favourite video feature> (like subtitle placement) implemented? |
1987 | 639 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
1898 | 640 Wait for libvo2. |
641 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
642 | |
1987 | 643 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
2593 | 644 I want to play MP3 files with MPlayer ! |
645 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> | |
646 This feature is not planned. There are much better players (mpg123, 3pm, xmms) | |
2954 | 647 for this task, use them. BTW, MPlayer stands for Movie Player. |
1898 | 648 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
649 | |
2859 | 650 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
651 I'd like to seek +/- 1 frames, instead of 10 seconds. | |
652 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> | |
3857 | 653 This won't be done. It was, but then it messed up A/V sync. Feel free to |
2859 | 654 implement it, and send a patch. Don't ask for it. |
655 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
656 | |
3053 | 657 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
658 Where is the Windows version ? | |
659 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> | |
660 It's not released, and won't be. Look around the windows scene (opensource | |
661 ASF parsers, opensource ASF encoders, etc) and you'll know why. We don't | |
662 want to go to jail. | |
663 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
664 | |
3489 | 665 |
666 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> | |
667 What card you may suggest me to buy?</font></font></b></td> | |
668 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A0:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> | |
669 It's for your opinion only but our issues are:</font></font> | |
670 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A1:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> | |
671 Speed:</font></font> | |
672 <br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>This | |
673 parameter can be computed very easy:</font></font> | |
674 <br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><b>a)</b> | |
675 which movies do you plan to watch:</font></font> | |
676 <br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><b>- | |
677 MPEG1:</b> 320x200@32=256000</font></font> | |
678 <br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>so | |
679 you need only 256*25fps=6.4Mb/sec bandwidth (This format can be played | |
680 in real-time on any PC since P-100 + S3Virge)</font></font> | |
681 <br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><b>- | |
682 MPEG4:</b> 640x480@32=1228800</font></font> | |
683 <br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>you | |
684 need videobandwidth 1.2*25fps=30Mb/sec To watch such movie in real-time | |
685 you need enough power PC: (Celeron-450+DIMM based video card)</font></font> | |
686 <br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><b>- | |
687 MPEG2 (aka DVD or SDTV):</b> 1024x768@32=3145728</font></font> | |
688 <br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>you | |
689 need videobandwidth 3*30fps=90Mb/sec In extremal cases (if your video card | |
690 supports IDCT decoding) this can be played on the same PC as for MPEG4</font></font> | |
691 <br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><b>- | |
692 HDTV (HighData TeleVision):</b> 2000x2000@32=16000000</font></font> | |
693 <br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>i.e. | |
694 videobandwidth = 16*30fps=480Mb/sec (This means also that you need at least | |
695 32Mb of video memory to watch this stream: 16Mb for RGB area and 16Mb for | |
696 YUV area)</font></font> | |
697 <br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><b>b)</b> | |
698 Bandwidth of PCI slot is: 33Mhz*32bit=132Mb/sec And PCI2.1 has 66MHz*32bit=265Mb/sec | |
699 that is far enough for any movie playback (except HDTV streams which really | |
700 require AGP bus).</font></font> | |
701 <br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><b>c)</b> | |
702 What memory type should be installed on video card:</font></font> | |
703 <br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><b>SIMM</b> | |
704 - avoid that</font></font> | |
705 <br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><b>DIMM</b> | |
706 - good if your video card has 128-bit memory access.</font></font> | |
707 <br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><b>DDR</b> | |
708 - is far enough for all types.</font></font> | |
709 <br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>Note: | |
710 By DGA comparision - there is no any visible difference between video cards | |
711 which have installed the same type of video memory.</font></font> | |
712 <br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><b>Resume:</b> | |
713 If you have enough power CPU (Celeron-450 or K6-2-500) it would be enough | |
714 to buy any video card which has at least 8Mb of DIMM or DDR memory.</font></font> | |
715 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A2:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> | |
716 Quality:</font></font> | |
717 <br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>This | |
718 question was investigated in depth at:</font></font> | |
719 <br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><a href="http://www.anandtech.com">http://www.anadtech.com</a> | |
720 AnandTech - Video Card Roundup - DVD Quality, Features & Performance | |
721 (October 2000)</font></font> | |
722 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A3:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> | |
723 WORKING features under Linux:</font></font> | |
724 <br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>If | |
725 you are win32 user then probably you have support (from driver and DirectX8 | |
726 side) for any feature which was introduced in your chip.</font></font> | |
727 <br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>But | |
728 for <b>linux </b>users:</font></font> | |
729 <br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>Currently | |
730 I know only several vendors which have more or less advanced support under | |
731 Linux:</font></font> | |
732 <br> | |
733 <table BORDER COLS=5 WIDTH="100%" NOSAVE > | |
734 <tr> | |
735 <td> </td> | |
736 | |
737 <td> | |
738 <center>Matrox</center> | |
739 </td> | |
740 | |
741 <td> | |
742 <center>ATI</center> | |
743 </td> | |
744 | |
745 <td> | |
746 <center>NVidia</center> | |
747 </td> | |
748 | |
749 <td> | |
750 <center>S4 Savage</center> | |
751 </td> | |
752 </tr> | |
753 | |
754 <tr> | |
755 <td>Driver's provider</td> | |
756 | |
757 <td>enthusiasts</td> | |
758 | |
759 <td>enthusiasts</td> | |
760 | |
761 <td>OEM + enthusiasts</td> | |
762 | |
763 <td>enthusiasts</td> | |
764 </tr> | |
765 | |
766 <tr> | |
767 <td>Driver's quality</td> | |
768 | |
769 <td>Best(X11,kernel)</td> | |
770 | |
771 <td>Best(X11,GATOS,kernel)</td> | |
772 | |
773 <td>Buggy(X11 only)</td> | |
774 | |
775 <td>Best(X11 only)</td> | |
776 </tr> | |
777 | |
778 <tr> | |
779 <td>VIDEO OVERLAY</td> | |
780 | |
781 <td></td> | |
782 | |
783 <td></td> | |
784 | |
785 <td></td> | |
786 | |
787 <td></td> | |
788 </tr> | |
789 | |
790 <tr> | |
791 <td>BES and YV2RGB</td> | |
792 | |
793 <td>YES</td> | |
794 | |
795 <td>YES</td> | |
796 | |
797 <td>YES</td> | |
798 | |
799 <td>YES</td> | |
800 </tr> | |
801 | |
802 <tr> | |
803 <td>scaling filters</td> | |
804 | |
805 <td>N/A</td> | |
806 | |
807 <td>YES</td> | |
808 | |
809 <td>N/A</td> | |
810 | |
811 <td>N/A</td> | |
812 </tr> | |
813 | |
814 <tr> | |
815 <td>adaptive deinterlace</td> | |
816 | |
817 <td>NO</td> | |
818 | |
819 <td>YES</td> | |
820 | |
821 <td>N/A</td> | |
822 | |
823 <td>N/A</td> | |
824 </tr> | |
825 | |
826 <tr> | |
827 <td>Video equalizer (hue, contrast, saturation, color correction)</td> | |
828 | |
829 <td>N/A</td> | |
830 | |
831 <td>PARTLY (under devel)</td> | |
832 | |
833 <td>N/A</td> | |
834 | |
835 <td>N/A</td> | |
836 </tr> | |
837 | |
838 <tr> | |
839 <td>Alpha blending, color and video keys</td> | |
840 | |
841 <td>PARTLY</td> | |
842 | |
843 <td>PARTLY (under devel)</td> | |
844 | |
845 <td>N/A</td> | |
846 | |
847 <td>N/A</td> | |
848 </tr> | |
849 | |
850 <tr> | |
851 <td>Video capture</td> | |
852 | |
853 <td>N/A</td> | |
854 | |
855 <td>YES(GATOS)</td> | |
856 | |
857 <td>N/A</td> | |
858 | |
859 <td>N/A</td> | |
860 </tr> | |
861 | |
862 <tr> | |
863 <td>TV-out</td> | |
864 | |
865 <td>YES</td> | |
866 | |
867 <td>YES</td> | |
868 | |
869 <td>N/A</td> | |
870 | |
871 <td>N/A</td> | |
872 </tr> | |
873 </table> | |
874 | |
875 <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>Well | |
876 - it's very rude observing of video card. Indeed we should pay our attention | |
877 for models of video card:</font></font> | |
878 <br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>For | |
879 example if MatroxG400(G450) drivers support TV-out then G550 has no such | |
880 support.</font></font> | |
881 <br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>Other | |
882 sample: Adaptive deinterlacing exists only since Rage128 chip and isn't | |
883 present on Mach64+ ones. Same as 3D features are far different from Mach64 | |
884 to Radeon2 8500 with trueform possibilities.</font></font> | |
885 <p><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>ANYWAY | |
886 - MPLAYER'S TEAM DOESN'T ACCEPT ANY CLAIMS IF YOU AFTER</font></font></b> | |
887 <br><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>READING | |
888 OF THIS MATERIAL WILL BUY CARD WHICH IS UNSUCCESSFUL FOR YOU!!!</font></font></b> | |
889 <br><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>THIS | |
890 MATERIAL IS ONLY OUR VISION.</font></font></b> | |
891 <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><b>Q:</b> | |
892 If PCI slot is far enough for most types of movies then why S3 Virge</font></font> | |
893 <br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>is | |
894 too slow for them?</font></font> | |
895 <br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><b>A:</b> | |
896 Due to its SIMM memory.</font></font> | |
897 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
898 | |
3192 | 899 <TD COLSPAN=3> |
900 <B><A NAME=5.6><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>5.6. Encoding</A></B> | |
901 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
902 | |
903 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> | |
904 How can I encode ? | |
905 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> | |
906 Check <A HREF="encoding.html">this documentation</A>. | |
907 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
908 | |
3966 | 909 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
910 My tuner works, with MPlayer I can hear the sound and watch the video, but | |
911 MEncoder doesn't encode audio ! | |
912 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> | |
913 TV audio encoding is currently unimplemented, we're working on it. | |
914 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
915 | |
916 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> | |
917 I can't encode DVD subtitles into the AVI ! | |
918 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> | |
4398 | 919 You have to specify the <CODE>-sid</CODE> option correctly! |
3966 | 920 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
921 | |
4116 | 922 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
923 MEncoder segfaults on start ! | |
924 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> | |
925 Upgrade DivX4Linux. | |
926 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
927 | |
4398 | 928 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> |
929 How can I encode only selected chapters from DVD ? | |
930 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> | |
931 Use the <CODE>-chapter</CODE> option correctly, like : <CODE>-chapter 5-7</CODE> | |
932 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
933 | |
4116 | 934 |
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