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3 <chapter id="install"> |
9675 | 4 <title>Installation</title> |
5 | |
6 <para> | |
11311 | 7 A quick installation guide can be found in the <filename>README</filename> |
8 file. Please read it first and then come back here for the rest of the gory | |
9 details. | |
10 </para> | |
11 | |
12 <para> | |
9675 | 13 In this section I'll try to guide you through the compiling and configuring |
14 process of <application>MPlayer</application>. It's not easy, but it won't | |
15 necessarily be hard. If you experience a different behavior than what I | |
16 explain, please search through this documentation and you'll find your | |
17 answers. If you see links, please follow them and read carefully what they | |
9677 | 18 contain. It will take some time, but it IS worth it. |
9675 | 19 </para> |
20 | |
21 <para> | |
22 You need a fairly recent system. On Linux, 2.4.x kernels are recommended. | |
23 </para> | |
24 | |
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25 <sect1 id="softreq"> |
9675 | 26 <title>Software requirements</title> |
27 | |
28 <itemizedlist> | |
29 <listitem><para> | |
30 <emphasis role="bold">binutils</emphasis> - suggested version is <emphasis role="bold">2.11.x</emphasis>. | |
31 This program is responsible for generating MMX/ 3DNow!/etc instructions, | |
32 thus very important. | |
33 </para></listitem> | |
34 <listitem><para> | |
35 <emphasis role="bold">gcc</emphasis> - suggested versions are: <emphasis role="bold">2.95.3</emphasis> | |
36 (maybe <emphasis role="bold">2.95.4</emphasis>) and <emphasis role="bold">3.2+</emphasis>. | |
37 <emphasis role="bold">Never</emphasis> use 2.96 or 3.0.x! They generate faulty code for | |
10132 | 38 <application>MPlayer</application>. If you decide to change gcc from |
39 2.96, then don't decide in favor of 3.x just because it's newer! Early | |
40 releases of 3.x were even more buggy than 2.96. So downgrade to 2.95.x | |
9675 | 41 (downgrade <systemitem class="library">libstdc++</systemitem> too, other |
42 programs may need it) or don't up/downgrade at all (but in this case, be | |
10132 | 43 prepared for runtime problems). If you vote for 3.x, try to use the |
9675 | 44 latest version, early releases had various bugs, so be sure you use at |
45 least 3.1, it's tested and working. For detailed information about gcc 2.96's | |
46 bugs (that are still NOT fixed, they have been WORKED AROUND in | |
47 <application>MPlayer</application>!),see the <link linkend="gcc-296">gcc 2.96</link> | |
48 section and the <xref linkend="faq"/>. | |
49 </para></listitem> | |
50 <listitem><para> | |
51 <emphasis role="bold">XFree86</emphasis> - suggested version is <emphasis role="bold">always the | |
10132 | 52 newest</emphasis> (4.3). Normally, everyone wants this, as starting |
9675 | 53 with XFree86 4.0.2, it contains the <link linkend="xv">XVideo</link> |
54 extension (somewhere referred to as <emphasis role="bold">Xv</emphasis>) | |
55 which is needed to enable the hardware YUV acceleration (fast image display) | |
56 on cards that support it. | |
57 Make sure its <emphasis role="bold">development package</emphasis> is installed, | |
58 too, otherwise it won't work. | |
59 For some video cards you don't need XFree86. See list below. | |
60 </para></listitem> | |
61 <listitem><para> | |
62 <emphasis role="bold">make</emphasis> - suggested version is | |
63 <emphasis role="bold">always the newest</emphasis> (at least 3.79.x). This | |
64 usually isn't important. | |
65 </para></listitem> | |
66 <listitem><para> | |
67 <emphasis role="bold">SDL</emphasis> - it's not mandatory, but can help in | |
68 some cases (bad audio, video cards that lag strangely with the xv driver). | |
69 Always use the newest (beginning from 1.2.x). | |
70 </para></listitem> | |
71 <listitem><para> | |
72 <emphasis role="bold">libjpeg</emphasis> - optional JPEG decoder, used by the <option>-mf</option> | |
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73 option and some QT MOV files. Useful for both <application>MPlayer</application> |
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74 and <application>MEncoder</application> if |
9675 | 75 you plan to work with jpeg files. |
76 </para></listitem> | |
77 <listitem><para> | |
78 <emphasis role="bold">libpng</emphasis> - recommended and default (M)PNG decoder. Required for GUI. | |
79 Useful for both <application>MPlayer</application> and | |
80 <application>MEncoder</application>. | |
81 </para></listitem> | |
82 <listitem><para> | |
83 <emphasis role="bold">lame</emphasis> - recommended, needed for encoding MP3 audio with | |
84 <application>MEncoder</application>, suggested version is | |
85 <emphasis>always the newest</emphasis> (at least 3.90). | |
86 </para></listitem> | |
87 <listitem><para> | |
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88 <emphasis role="bold">zlib</emphasis> - recommended, necessary for compressed |
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89 MOV header and PNG support. |
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91 <listitem><para> |
9675 | 92 <emphasis role="bold">libogg</emphasis> - optional, needed for playing OGG file format. |
93 </para></listitem> | |
94 <listitem><para> | |
95 <emphasis role="bold">libvorbis</emphasis> - optional, needed for playing OGG Vorbis audio. | |
96 </para></listitem> | |
97 <listitem><para> | |
17461 | 98 <emphasis role="bold"><ulink url="http://www.live555.com/mplayer/">LIVE555 Streaming Media</ulink></emphasis> |
9675 | 99 - optional, needed for playing RTSP/RTP streams. |
100 </para></listitem> | |
101 <listitem><para> | |
102 <emphasis role="bold">directfb</emphasis> - optional, from | |
14048 | 103 <ulink url="http://www.directfb.org"/>. At least 0.9.13 is required. |
9675 | 104 </para></listitem> |
105 <listitem><para> | |
106 <emphasis role="bold">cdparanoia</emphasis> - optional, for CDDA support | |
107 </para></listitem> | |
108 <listitem><para> | |
109 <emphasis role="bold">libfreetype</emphasis> - optional, for TTF fonts | |
110 support. At least 2.0.9 is required. | |
111 </para></listitem> | |
112 <listitem><para> | |
113 <emphasis role="bold">libxmms</emphasis> - optional, for XMMS input plugin | |
114 support. At least 1.2.7 is required. | |
115 </para></listitem> | |
10132 | 116 <listitem><para> |
117 <emphasis role="bold">libsmb</emphasis> - optional, for Samba support. | |
118 </para></listitem> | |
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119 <listitem><para> |
14310 | 120 <emphasis role="bold">ALSA</emphasis> - optional, for ALSA audio output |
121 support. At least 0.9.0rc4 is required. | |
122 </para></listitem> | |
123 <listitem><para> | |
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124 <emphasis role="bold">bio2jack</emphasis> - optional, for JACK audio output |
12815 | 125 support, needed only in compile time. You can obtain it from |
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126 <ulink url="http://bio2jack.sf.net/">http://bio2jack.sf.net</ulink>. Since it |
12815 | 127 doesn't have install option you have to manually put the file |
128 <filename>libbio2jack.a</filename> somewhere in your library path | |
129 (e.g. <filename>/usr/local/lib</filename>) or use the | |
130 <option>--with-bio2jack=DIR</option> switch to tell | |
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131 <filename>./configure</filename> where that file is. |
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132 </para></listitem> |
9675 | 133 </itemizedlist> |
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134 </sect1> |
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137 <sect1 id="installation_codecs"> |
9675 | 138 <title>Codecs</title> |
139 | |
140 <itemizedlist> | |
141 <listitem><para> | |
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142 <emphasis role="bold"><systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem></emphasis>: |
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143 This codec package is capable |
13111 | 144 of decoding H.263/MJPEG/RV10/DivX3/DivX4/DivX5/MP41/MP42/WMV1/WMV2/SVQ1/SVQ3 encoded video |
9675 | 145 streams and WMA (Windows Media Audio) v1/v2 audio streams, on multiple |
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146 platforms. It is also known to be the fastest for this task. See |
11488 | 147 <link linkend="ffmpeg">FFmpeg</link> section for details. Features: |
9675 | 148 <itemizedlist> |
149 <listitem><simpara> | |
150 gain decoding of videos mentioned above, on non-x86 machines | |
151 </simpara></listitem> | |
152 <listitem><simpara> | |
153 encoding with most of the mentioned codecs | |
154 </simpara></listitem> | |
155 <listitem><simpara> | |
156 this codec is the <emphasis role="bold">fastest codec available</emphasis> for | |
14024 | 157 DivX/3/4/5 and other MPEG-4 types. Recommended! |
9675 | 158 </simpara></listitem> |
159 </itemizedlist> | |
160 </para></listitem> | |
161 <listitem><para> | |
162 <emphasis role="bold">Win32 codecs</emphasis>: If you plan to use | |
163 <application>MPlayer</application> on x86 architecture, you will possibly need | |
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164 them. Download a codec package from our |
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165 <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/codecs.html">codecs page</ulink> |
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166 and put the codecs in <filename class="directory">/usr/local/lib/codecs</filename> |
9675 | 167 <emphasis role="bold">BEFORE</emphasis> compiling <application>MPlayer</application>, |
168 otherwise no Win32 support will be compiled! | |
169 <note><para>The avifile project has similar codecs package, but it | |
170 differs from ours, so if you want to use all supported codecs, then use | |
171 our package (do not worry, avifile works with it without problems).</para> | |
172 </note> | |
173 Features: | |
174 <itemizedlist> | |
175 <listitem><simpara> | |
176 you need this if you want to play or encode for example movies recorded | |
177 with various hardware compressors, like tuner cards, digital cameras | |
178 (example: DV, ATI VCR, MJPEG) | |
179 </simpara></listitem> | |
180 <listitem><simpara> | |
10132 | 181 needed if you want to play <emphasis role="bold">WMV9/WMA9 movies</emphasis>. |
9675 | 182 </simpara></listitem> |
183 <listitem><simpara> | |
184 Not needed for old ASF's with MP41 or MP42 video (though VoxWare audio is | |
185 frequent for these files - it's done by the Win32 codec), or WMV7. Also not | |
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187 <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> has open source decoder |
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188 for that. |
9675 | 189 </simpara></listitem> |
190 </itemizedlist> | |
191 </para></listitem> | |
192 <listitem><para> | |
193 <emphasis role="bold">QuickTime codecs</emphasis>: on x86 platforms these | |
10132 | 194 codecs can be used to decode RPZA, and other QuickTime video, |
9675 | 195 and QDesign audio streams. Installation instructions can be found in the |
196 <link linkend="sorenson">Sorenson video codec</link> section. | |
197 </para></listitem> | |
198 <listitem><para> | |
199 <emphasis role="bold">XviD</emphasis>: Open source encoding alternative to | |
11758 | 200 DivX4Linux. Features: |
9675 | 201 <itemizedlist> |
202 <listitem><simpara> | |
14421 | 203 one pass or two pass encoding with |
11540 | 204 <link linkend="mencoder"><application>MEncoder</application></link> |
9675 | 205 </simpara></listitem> |
206 <listitem><simpara> | |
207 it's open-source, so it's multiplatform. | |
208 </simpara></listitem> | |
209 <listitem><simpara> | |
11758 | 210 it's about 2 times faster than divX4 when encoding - about the same |
9675 | 211 quality |
212 </simpara></listitem> | |
213 </itemizedlist> | |
214 </para></listitem> | |
215 <listitem><para> | |
216 The <emphasis role="bold"><link linkend="xanim">XAnim codecs</link></emphasis> | |
217 are the best (full screen, hardware YUV zoom) for decoding | |
218 <emphasis role="bold">3ivx</emphasis> and Indeo 3/4/5 movies, and some old | |
219 formats. And they are multiplatform, so this is the only way to play Indeo on | |
220 non-x86 platforms (well, apart from using XAnim:). But for example Cinepak movies | |
221 are best played with <application>MPlayer</application>'s own Cinepak decoder! | |
222 </para></listitem> | |
223 <listitem><para> | |
224 For <emphasis role="bold">Ogg Vorbis</emphasis> audio decoding you need to | |
14121 | 225 install <systemitem class="library">libvorbis</systemitem> properly. |
226 You can get binary packages and source code from the | |
227 <ulink url="http://www.vorbis.com/download.psp">Ogg Vorbis site</ulink>. | |
9675 | 228 </para></listitem> |
229 <listitem><para> | |
230 <application>MPlayer</application> can use the libraries of RealPlayer 8 | |
12561 | 231 or RealONE to play files with |
232 <emphasis role="bold">RealVideo 3.0 and 4.0</emphasis> | |
233 video, and Sipro/Cook audio. See the | |
234 <link linkend="realmedia">RealMedia file format</link> | |
9675 | 235 section for installation instructions and more information. |
236 </para></listitem> | |
237 </itemizedlist> | |
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238 </sect1> |
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241 <sect1 id="video-cards"> |
9675 | 242 <title>Video cards</title> |
243 | |
244 <para> | |
245 There are generally two kind of video cards. One kind (the newer cards) has | |
246 <emphasis role="bold">hardware scaling and YUV acceleration</emphasis> support, | |
247 the other cards don't. | |
248 </para> | |
249 | |
250 | |
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251 <sect2 id="yuv-cards"> |
9675 | 252 <title>YUV cards</title> |
253 | |
254 <para> | |
255 They can display and scale (zoom) the picture to any size that fits in | |
256 their memory, with <emphasis role="bold">small CPU usage</emphasis> (even when | |
257 zooming), thus fullscreen is nice and very fast. | |
12815 | 258 |
9675 | 259 <itemizedlist> |
260 <listitem><para> | |
261 <emphasis role="bold">Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550 cards</emphasis>: although a | |
262 <link linkend="vidix">Vidix driver</link> is provided, it is recommended to | |
263 use the mga_vid module instead, for it works much better. | |
264 Please see the <link linkend="mga_vid">mga_vid</link> section about its | |
265 installation and usage. It is important to do these steps | |
266 <emphasis>before</emphasis> compiling <application>MPlayer</application>, | |
267 otherwise no mga_vid support will be built. Also check out the | |
11394 | 268 <link linkend="tvout-mga-g400">Matrox TV-out</link> section. |
9675 | 269 <emphasis role="bold"> If you don't use Linux</emphasis>, your only |
9683 | 270 possibility is the VIDIX driver: read the <link linkend="vidix">VIDIX</link> section. |
9675 | 271 </para></listitem> |
272 <listitem><para> | |
273 <emphasis role="bold">3Dfx Voodoo3/Banshee cards</emphasis>: please see | |
274 <link linkend="tdfxfb">tdfxfb</link> section in order to gain big speedup. | |
275 It is important to do these steps <emphasis role="bold">before</emphasis> | |
276 compiling <application>MPlayer</application>, otherwise no 3Dfx support will be | |
11483 | 277 built. Also see the <link linkend="tvout-voodoo">3dfx TV-out</link> section. |
9675 | 278 If you use X, use at least <emphasis role="bold">4.2.0</emphasis>, as 3dfx Xv |
279 driver was broken in 4.1.0, and earlier releases. | |
280 </para></listitem> | |
281 <listitem><para> | |
282 <emphasis role="bold">ATI cards</emphasis>: <link linkend="vidix">VIDIX</link> | |
283 driver is provided for the following cards: | |
284 <emphasis role="bold">Radeon, Rage128, Mach64</emphasis> (Rage XL/Mobility, Xpert98). | |
11483 | 285 Also see the <link linkend="tvout-ati">ATI cards</link> section of the TV-out documentation, |
9675 | 286 to know if you card's TV-out is supported under Linux/<application>MPlayer</application>. |
287 </para></listitem> | |
288 <listitem><para> | |
289 <emphasis role="bold">S3 cards</emphasis>: the Savage and Virge/DX chips have | |
290 hardware acceleration. Use as new XFree86 version as possible, older drivers are | |
11483 | 291 buggy. Savage chips have problems with YV12 display, see <link linkend="s3">S3 Xv</link> |
292 section for details. Older, Trio cards have no, or slow hardware support. | |
9675 | 293 </para></listitem> |
294 <listitem><para> | |
9683 | 295 <emphasis role="bold">nVidia cards</emphasis>: may or may not be good choice for video playing. |
9675 | 296 If you do not have a GeForce2 (or newer) card, it's not likely to work without bugs. |
9683 | 297 <emphasis role="bold">the built-in nVidia driver in XFree86 does not support |
298 hardware YUV acceleration on all nVidia cards.</emphasis> You have | |
12815 | 299 to download nVidia's closed-source drivers from <ulink url="http://nvidia.com">nVidia.com</ulink>. |
11461 | 300 See the <link linkend="nvidia">nVidia Xv driver</link> section for details. Please also check |
11483 | 301 the <link linkend="tvout-nvidia">nVidia TV-out</link> section if you wish to |
9675 | 302 use a TV. |
303 </para></listitem> | |
304 <listitem><para> | |
305 <emphasis role="bold">3DLabs GLINT R3 and Permedia3</emphasis>: a VIDIX driver | |
306 is provided (pm3_vid). Please see the <link linkend="vidix">VIDIX</link> section | |
307 for details. | |
308 </para></listitem> | |
309 <listitem><para> | |
310 <emphasis role="bold">Other cards</emphasis>: none of the above? | |
311 <itemizedlist> | |
312 <listitem><simpara> | |
313 Try if the XFree86 driver (and your card) supports hardware | |
11483 | 314 acceleration. See the <link linkend="xv">Xv</link> section for details. |
9675 | 315 </simpara></listitem> |
316 <listitem><simpara> | |
317 If it doesn't, then your card's video features aren't supported under | |
9683 | 318 your operating system :( If hardware scaling works under Windows, it |
319 doesn't mean it will work under Linux or other operating system, it depends on | |
320 the drivers. Most manufacturers neither make Linux drivers nor release | |
321 specifications of their chips - so you are unlucky if using their cards. | |
9675 | 322 See <xref linkend="non-yuv-cards"/>. |
323 </simpara></listitem> | |
324 </itemizedlist> | |
325 </para></listitem> | |
326 </itemizedlist> | |
327 </para> | |
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328 </sect2> |
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331 <sect2 id="non-yuv-cards" xreflabel="Non-YUV cards"> |
9675 | 332 <title>Non-YUV cards</title> |
333 | |
334 <para> | |
335 Fullscreen playing can be achieved by either enabling <emphasis role="bold"> | |
9683 | 336 software scaling</emphasis> (use the <option>-zoom</option> or <option>-vf</option> option, |
11501 | 337 but I warn you: this is slow), or switching to a smaller video mode, for example |
9675 | 338 352x288. If you don't have YUV acceleration, this latter method is recommended. |
339 Video mode switching can be enabled by using the <option>-vm</option> option and | |
340 it works with the following drivers: | |
341 <itemizedlist> | |
342 <listitem><simpara> | |
343 <emphasis role="bold">using</emphasis> XFree86: see details in <link linkend="dga">DGA driver</link> and | |
344 <link linkend="x11">X11 driver</link> sections. DGA is recommended! Also | |
345 try DGA via SDL, sometimes it's better. | |
346 </simpara></listitem> | |
347 <listitem><simpara> | |
348 <emphasis role="bold">not using</emphasis> XFree86: try the drivers in the | |
349 following order: | |
350 <link linkend="vesa">vesa</link>, | |
351 <link linkend="fbdev">fbdev</link>, | |
352 <link linkend="svgalib">svgalib</link>, | |
353 <link linkend="aalib">aalib</link>. | |
354 </simpara></listitem> | |
355 </itemizedlist> | |
356 </para> | |
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357 </sect2> |
9675 | 358 |
359 <!-- FIXME: find a more logical organization for this section --> | |
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360 <sect2 id="cirrus-logic-cards" xreflabel="Cirrus-Logic cards"> |
9675 | 361 <title>Cirrus-Logic cards</title> |
362 <itemizedlist> | |
363 <listitem><para> | |
364 GD 7548: present on-board and tested in Compaq Armada 41xx notebook series. | |
365 <itemizedlist> | |
366 <listitem><simpara> | |
367 XFree86 3: works in 8/16bpp modes. However, the driver is dramatically slow | |
368 and buggy in 800x600@16bpp. <emphasis role="bold">Recommended: 640x480@16bpp</emphasis> | |
369 </simpara></listitem> | |
370 <listitem><simpara> | |
371 XFree86 4: the Xserver freezes soon after start unless acceleration is | |
372 disabled, but then the whole thing gets slower than XFree86 3. No XVideo. | |
373 </simpara></listitem> | |
374 <listitem><simpara> | |
375 FBdev: framebuffer can be turned on with the <systemitem>clgenfb</systemitem> | |
376 driver in the kernel, though for me it worked only in 8bpp, thus unusable. | |
377 The clgenfb source had to be extended with the 7548 ID before compilation. | |
378 </simpara></listitem> | |
379 <listitem><simpara> | |
380 VESA: the card is only VBE 1.2 capable, so VESA output can't be used. Can't | |
381 be workarounded with UniVBE. | |
382 </simpara></listitem> | |
383 <listitem><simpara> | |
384 SVGAlib: detects an older Cirrus chip. Usable but slow with | |
385 <option>-bpp 8</option>. | |
386 </simpara></listitem> | |
387 </itemizedlist> | |
388 </para></listitem> | |
389 </itemizedlist> | |
390 </sect2> | |
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393 | |
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394 <sect1 id="sound-cards"> |
9675 | 395 <title>Sound cards</title> |
396 | |
397 <itemizedlist> | |
398 <listitem><simpara> | |
399 <emphasis role="bold">Soundblaster Live!</emphasis>: with this card you can use | |
9683 | 400 4 or 6 (<emphasis role="bold">5.1</emphasis>) channels AC3 decoding instead of 2. Read the |
9675 | 401 <link linkend="swac3">Software AC3 decoding</link> section. For hardware AC3 |
9683 | 402 passthrough you <emphasis role="bold">must</emphasis> use ALSA 0.9 with OSS emulation! |
9675 | 403 </simpara></listitem> |
404 <listitem><simpara> | |
12369 | 405 <emphasis role="bold">C-Media with S/PDIF out</emphasis>: hardware AC3 |
9675 | 406 passthrough is possible with these cards, see |
407 <link linkend="hwac3">Hardware AC3 decoding</link> section. | |
408 </simpara></listitem> | |
409 <listitem><simpara> | |
410 Features of <emphasis role="bold">other cards</emphasis> aren't supported by | |
411 <application>MPlayer</application>. <emphasis role="bold">It's very recommended | |
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9675 | 413 </simpara></listitem> |
414 </itemizedlist> | |
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9675 | 416 |
417 | |
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418 <sect1 id="features"> |
9675 | 419 <title>Features</title> |
420 | |
421 <itemizedlist> | |
422 <listitem><para> | |
11483 | 423 Decide if you need GUI. If you do, see the <link linkend="gui">GUI</link> |
424 section before compiling. | |
9675 | 425 </para></listitem> |
426 <listitem><para> | |
427 If you want to install <application>MEncoder</application> (our great | |
11540 | 428 all-purpose encoder), see the |
429 <link linkend="mencoder"><application>MEncoder</application></link> section. | |
9675 | 430 </para></listitem> |
431 <listitem><para> | |
432 If you have a V4L compatible <emphasis role="bold">TV tuner</emphasis> card, | |
433 and wish to watch/grab and encode movies with <application>MPlayer</application>, | |
434 read the <link linkend="tv-input">TV input</link> section. | |
435 </para></listitem> | |
436 <listitem><para> | |
437 There is a neat <emphasis role="bold">OSD Menu</emphasis> support ready to be | |
438 used. Check the <link linkend="subosd">OSD menu</link> section. | |
439 </para></listitem> | |
440 </itemizedlist> | |
441 | |
442 <para> | |
443 Then build <application>MPlayer</application>: | |
444 <screen> | |
445 ./configure | |
446 make | |
447 make install</screen> | |
448 </para> | |
449 | |
450 <para> | |
451 At this point, <application>MPlayer</application> is ready to use. The | |
452 directory <filename class="directory">$PREFIX/share/mplayer</filename> | |
453 contains the <filename>codecs.conf</filename> file, which is used to tell | |
10132 | 454 the program all the codecs and their capabilities. This file is needed only |
455 when you want to change its properties, as the main binary contains an internal | |
456 copy of it. Check if you have | |
9675 | 457 <filename>codecs.conf</filename> in your home directory |
458 (<filename>~/.mplayer/codecs.conf</filename>) left from old | |
459 <application>MPlayer</application> versions, and remove it. | |
460 </para> | |
461 | |
462 <para> | |
10403 | 463 Note that if you have a <filename>codecs.conf</filename> in |
464 <filename>~/.mplayer/</filename>, the builtin and system | |
465 <filename>codecs.conf</filename> will be ignored completely. | |
11540 | 466 Do not do this unless you want to fiddle with <application>MPlayer</application> |
467 internals as this can can cause many problems. If you want to change the codecs | |
468 search order, use the <option>-vc</option>, <option>-ac</option>, <option>-vfm</option>, | |
10403 | 469 or <option>-afm</option> options either on the command line or in your |
470 config file (see the manual page). | |
471 </para> | |
472 | |
473 | |
474 <para> | |
9675 | 475 Debian users can build a .deb package for themselves, it's very simple. |
476 Just exec | |
477 <screen>fakeroot debian/rules binary</screen> | |
478 in <application>MPlayer</application>'s root directory. See | |
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479 <link linkend="debian">Debian packaging</link> for detailed instructions. |
9675 | 480 </para> |
481 | |
482 <para> | |
483 <emphasis role="bold">Always browse the output of</emphasis> | |
484 <filename>./configure</filename>, and the | |
485 <filename>configure.log</filename> file, they contain information about | |
486 what will be built, and what will not. You may also want to view | |
487 <filename>config.h</filename> and <filename>config.mak</filename> files. | |
488 If you have some libraries installed, but not detected by | |
489 <filename>./configure</filename>, then check if you also have the proper | |
490 header files (usually the -dev packages) and their version matches. The | |
491 <filename>configure.log</filename> file usually tells you what is missing. | |
492 </para> | |
493 | |
494 <para> | |
495 Though not mandatory, the fonts should be installed in order to gain OSD, | |
496 and subtitle functionality. The recommended method is installing a TTF | |
11540 | 497 font file and telling <application>MPlayer</application> to use it. |
498 See the <link linkend="subosd">Subtitles and OSD</link> section for details. | |
9675 | 499 </para> |
500 | |
501 </sect1> | |
502 | |
503 <!-- ********** --> | |
504 | |
505 <sect1 id="gui"> | |
506 <title>What about the GUI?</title> | |
507 | |
508 <para> | |
16663 | 509 The GUI needs GTK 1.2.x or GTK 2.0 (it isn't fully GTK, but the panels are). |
510 The skins are stored in PNG format, so GTK, <systemitem class="library">libpng</systemitem> | |
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9675 | 512 and <systemitem class="library">libpng-dev</systemitem>) has to be installed. |
513 You can build it by specifying <option>--enable-gui</option> during | |
10000 | 514 <filename>./configure</filename>. Then, to turn on GUI mode, you have to |
515 execute the <command>gmplayer</command> binary. | |
9675 | 516 </para> |
517 | |
518 <para> | |
519 Currently you can't use the <option>-gui</option> option on the command | |
520 line, due to technical reasons. | |
521 </para> | |
522 | |
523 <para> | |
524 As <application>MPlayer</application> doesn't have a skin included, you | |
525 have to download them if you want to use the GUI. See the <ulink | |
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9675 | 527 They should be extracted to the usual system-wide directory (<filename |
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529 class="directory">$HOME/.mplayer/skins</filename>. |
9675 | 530 <application>MPlayer</application> by default looks in these directories |
531 for a directory named <filename class="directory">default</filename>, but | |
532 you can use the <option>-skin <replaceable>newskin</replaceable></option> | |
533 option, or the <literal>skin=newskin</literal> config file directive to use | |
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9675 | 535 directory. |
536 </para> | |
537 </sect1> | |
538 | |
539 <!-- ********** --> | |
540 | |
541 <sect1 id="subosd"> | |
542 <title>Subtitles and OSD</title> | |
543 | |
544 <para> | |
11540 | 545 <application>MPlayer</application> can display subtitles along with movie files. |
546 Currently the following formats are supported: | |
9675 | 547 <itemizedlist> |
12615 | 548 <listitem><para>VOBsub</para></listitem> |
9675 | 549 <listitem><para>OGM</para></listitem> |
550 <listitem><para>CC (closed caption)</para></listitem> | |
11687 | 551 <listitem><para>MicroDVD</para></listitem> |
9675 | 552 <listitem><para>SubRip</para></listitem> |
553 <listitem><para>SubViewer</para></listitem> | |
554 <listitem><para>Sami</para></listitem> | |
555 <listitem><para>VPlayer</para></listitem> | |
556 <listitem><para>RT</para></listitem> | |
557 <listitem><para>SSA</para></listitem> | |
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558 <listitem><para>PJS (Phoenix Japanimation Society)</para></listitem> |
9675 | 559 <listitem><para><link linkend="mpsub">MPsub</link></para></listitem> |
560 <listitem><para>AQTitle</para></listitem> | |
10277 | 561 <listitem><para><ulink url="http://unicorn.us.com/jacosub/">JACOsub</ulink></para></listitem> |
9675 | 562 </itemizedlist> |
563 </para> | |
564 | |
565 <para> | |
11540 | 566 <application>MPlayer</application> can dump the previously listed subtitle formats |
9675 | 567 (<emphasis role="bold">except the three first</emphasis>) into the following |
568 destination formats, with the given options: | |
569 <itemizedlist> | |
570 <listitem><para>MPsub: <option>-dumpmpsub</option></para></listitem> | |
571 <listitem><para>SubRip: <option>-dumpsrtsub</option></para></listitem> | |
11687 | 572 <listitem><para>MicroDVD: <option>-dumpmicrodvdsub</option></para></listitem> |
9675 | 573 <listitem><para>JACOsub: <option>-dumpjacosub</option></para></listitem> |
574 <listitem><para>Sami: <option>-dumpsami</option></para></listitem> | |
575 </itemizedlist> | |
576 </para> | |
577 | |
578 <para> | |
11540 | 579 <application>MEncoder</application> can dump DVD subtitles into |
12615 | 580 <link linkend="menc-feat-extractsub">VOBsub</link> format. |
10132 | 581 </para> |
582 | |
583 <para> | |
9675 | 584 The command line options differ slightly for the different formats: |
585 </para> | |
586 | |
587 <formalpara> | |
12615 | 588 <title>VOBsub subtitles</title> |
9675 | 589 <para> |
12615 | 590 VOBsub subtitles consist of a big (some megabytes) <filename>.SUB</filename> file, |
9675 | 591 and optional <filename>.IDX</filename> and/or <filename>.IFO</filename> |
11713 | 592 files. If you have files like |
593 <filename><replaceable>sample.sub</replaceable></filename>, | |
594 <filename><replaceable>sample.ifo</replaceable></filename> (optional), | |
595 <filename><replaceable>sample.idx</replaceable></filename> - you have to pass | |
596 <application>MPlayer</application> the <option>-vobsub sample | |
597 [-vobsubid <replaceable>id</replaceable>]</option> options | |
9675 | 598 (full path optional). The <option>-vobsubid</option> option is like |
599 <option>-sid</option> for DVDs, you can choose between subtitle tracks | |
600 (languages) with it. In case that <option>-vobsubid</option> is omitted, | |
601 <application>MPLayer</application> will try to use the languages given by the | |
602 <option>-slang</option> option and fall back to the <systemitem>langidx</systemitem> | |
603 in the <filename>.IDX</filename> file to set the subtitle language. If it fails, | |
604 there will be no subtitles. | |
605 </para> | |
606 </formalpara> | |
607 | |
608 <formalpara> | |
609 <title>Other subtitles</title> | |
610 <para> | |
611 The other formats consist of a single text file containing timing, | |
612 placement and text information. Usage: If you have a file like | |
11713 | 613 <filename><replaceable>sample.txt</replaceable></filename>, |
614 you have to pass the option <option>-sub | |
615 <replaceable>sample.txt</replaceable></option> (full path optional). | |
9675 | 616 </para> |
617 </formalpara> | |
618 | |
619 <variablelist> | |
620 <title>Adjusting subtitle timing and placement:</title> | |
621 <varlistentry> | |
622 <term><option>-subdelay <replaceable>sec</replaceable></option></term> | |
623 <listitem><simpara> | |
624 Delays subtitles by <option><replaceable>sec</replaceable></option> seconds. | |
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9675 | 626 </simpara></listitem> |
627 </varlistentry> | |
628 <varlistentry> | |
629 <term><option>-subfps <replaceable>RATE</replaceable></option></term> | |
630 <listitem><simpara> | |
631 Specify frame/sec rate of subtitle file (float number). | |
632 </simpara></listitem> | |
633 </varlistentry> | |
634 <varlistentry> | |
635 <term><option>-subpos <replaceable>0-100</replaceable></option></term> | |
636 <listitem><simpara> | |
637 Specify the position of subtitles. | |
638 </simpara></listitem> | |
639 </varlistentry> | |
640 </variablelist> | |
641 | |
642 <para> | |
643 If you experience a growing delay between the movie and the subtitles when | |
16003 | 644 using a MicroDVD subtitle file, most likely the framerate of the movie and |
9675 | 645 the subtitle file are different. Please note that the MicroDVD subtitle |
14472 | 646 format uses absolute frame numbers for its timing, but there is no fps |
647 information in it, and therefore the <option>-subfps</option> option should | |
648 be used with this format. If you like to solve this problem permanently, | |
649 you have to manually convert the subtitle file framerate. | |
650 <application>MPlayer</application> can do this | |
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9675 | 654 </para> |
655 | |
656 <para> | |
11483 | 657 About DVD subtitles, read the <link linkend="dvd">DVD</link> section. |
9675 | 658 </para> |
659 | |
660 | |
661 <sect2 id="mpsub"> | |
12578 | 662 <title><application>MPlayer</application>'s own subtitle format (MPsub)</title> |
9675 | 663 |
664 <para> | |
665 <application>MPlayer</application> introduces a new subtitle format called | |
666 <emphasis role="bold">MPsub</emphasis>. It was designed by Gabucino. Basically | |
667 its main feature is being <emphasis>dynamically</emphasis> time-based (although | |
668 it has frame-based mode too). Example (from <ulink | |
669 url="../../tech/mpsub.sub">DOCS/tech/mpsub.sub</ulink>): | |
670 <programlisting> | |
10132 | 671 FORMAT=TIME |
9675 | 672 # first number : wait this much after previous subtitle disappeared |
673 # second number : display the current subtitle for this many seconds | |
674 | |
675 15 3 | |
676 A long long, time ago... | |
677 | |
678 0 3 | |
679 in a galaxy far away... | |
680 | |
681 0 3 | |
682 Naboo was under an attack.<!-- | |
683 --></programlisting> | |
684 </para> | |
685 | |
686 <para> | |
687 So you see, the main goal was to <emphasis role="bold">make subtitle | |
688 editing/timing/joining/cutting easy</emphasis>. And, if you - say - get an | |
689 SSA subtitle but it's badly timed/delayed to your version of the movie, you | |
690 simply do a | |
11713 | 691 <screen>mplayer <replaceable>dummy.avi</replaceable> -sub source.ssa -dumpmpsub</screen> |
9675 | 692 A <filename>dump.mpsub</filename> file will be created in the |
693 current directory, which will contain the source subtitle's text, but in | |
694 <emphasis role="bold">MPsub</emphasis> format. Then you can freely add/subtract | |
695 seconds to/from the subtitle. | |
696 </para> | |
697 | |
698 <para> | |
699 Subtitles are displayed with a technique called <emphasis role="bold">'OSD', | |
14655 | 700 On Screen Display</emphasis>. OSD is used to display current time, volume bar, |
9675 | 701 seek bar etc. |
702 </para> | |
703 </sect2> | |
704 | |
705 | |
706 <sect2 id="mpsub-install"> | |
707 <title>Installing OSD and subtitles</title> | |
708 | |
709 <para> | |
11540 | 710 You need an <application>MPlayer</application> font package to be able to use |
711 OSD/SUB feature. There are many ways to get it: | |
9675 | 712 </para> |
713 | |
714 <itemizedlist> | |
715 <listitem><para> | |
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14121 | 724 RAW plugin too, see <ulink url="http://realtime.ssu.ac.kr/~lethean/index.php?pagename=MplayerKoreanFonts" />). |
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10132 | 729 <itemizedlist> |
730 <listitem><para> | |
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10132 | 733 </para></listitem> |
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10132 | 737 </para></listitem> |
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12815 | 743 and defaults to the sans-serif font. To get a list of fonts known to |
11655 | 744 <systemitem class="library">fontconfig</systemitem>, |
11713 | 745 use <command>fc-list</command>. Example: <option>-font |
746 <replaceable>'Bitstream Vera Sans'</replaceable></option> | |
10132 | 747 </para></listitem> |
748 <listitem><para> | |
11540 | 749 Download ready-to-use font packages from <application>MPlayer</application> |
750 site. Note: currently available fonts are limited for ISO 8859-1/2 support, | |
751 but there are some other (including Korean, Russian, ISO 8859-8 etc) fonts at | |
752 contrib/font section of FTP, made by users. | |
9675 | 753 </para><para> |
754 <!-- FIXME: this para should be before the list --> | |
755 Font should have appropriate <filename>font.desc</filename> file which | |
756 maps unicode font positions to the actual code page of the subtitles | |
13003 | 757 text. Other solution is to have subtitles encoded in UTF-8 encoding and |
9675 | 758 use <option>-utf8</option> option or just name the subtitles file |
759 <filename><video_name>.utf</filename> and have it in the same dir | |
13003 | 760 as the video file. Recoding from different codepages to UTF-8 could be |
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9675 | 762 </para><para> |
12815 | 763 |
9675 | 764 <table> |
765 <title>Some URLs</title> | |
766 <tgroup cols="2"> | |
767 <thead> | |
768 <row><entry>URL</entry><entry>Comment</entry></row> | |
769 </thead> | |
770 <tbody> | |
771 <row><entry> | |
9683 | 772 <ulink url="ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/fonts/"></ulink> |
9675 | 773 </entry><entry> |
774 ISO fonts | |
775 </entry></row> | |
776 <row><entry> | |
777 <ulink url="ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/contrib/fonts/"></ulink> | |
778 </entry><entry> | |
779 various fonts by users | |
780 </entry></row> | |
781 <row><entry> | |
14121 | 782 <ulink url="http://realtime.ssu.ac.kr/~lethean/index.php?pagename=MplayerKoreanFonts"></ulink> |
9675 | 783 </entry><entry> |
784 Korean fonts and RAW plugin | |
785 </entry></row> | |
786 </tbody> | |
787 </tgroup> | |
788 </table> | |
10132 | 789 |
9675 | 790 </para></listitem> |
791 </itemizedlist> | |
792 <para> | |
793 If you chose non-TTF fonts, UNZIP the file you downloaded to <filename | |
794 class="directory">~/.mplayer</filename> or <filename | |
795 class="directory">$PREFIX/share/mplayer</filename>. Then rename or symlink | |
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9675 | 798 |
11713 | 799 <screen>ln -s <replaceable>~/.mplayer/arial-24</replaceable> ~/.mplayer/font</screen> |
9675 | 800 |
801 Now you have to see a timer at the upper left corner of the movie (switch | |
802 it off with the <keycap>o</keycap> key). | |
803 </para> | |
804 | |
805 <para> | |
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9737 | 808 </para> |
809 | |
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810 <para> |
9675 | 811 OSD has 4 states (switch with <keycap>o</keycap>): |
812 | |
813 <orderedlist> | |
814 <listitem><simpara> | |
815 volume bar + seek bar (default) | |
816 </simpara></listitem> | |
817 <listitem><simpara> | |
818 volume bar + seek bar + timer + file position percentage on seeking | |
819 </simpara></listitem> | |
820 <listitem><simpara> | |
821 volume bar + seek bar + timer + total duration of the media | |
822 </simpara></listitem> | |
823 <listitem><simpara> | |
824 subtitles only | |
825 </simpara></listitem> | |
826 </orderedlist> | |
827 | |
828 You can change default behaviour by setting <varname>osdlevel</varname> | |
829 variable in config file, or the <option>-osdlevel</option> command line option. | |
830 | |
831 </para> | |
832 </sect2> | |
833 | |
834 | |
835 <sect2 id="osdmenu"> | |
836 <title>OSD menu</title> | |
837 | |
838 <para> | |
11540 | 839 <application>MPlayer</application> has a completely user definiable OSD Menu interface. |
9675 | 840 </para> |
841 | |
842 <note><simpara> | |
843 the Preferences menu is currently UNIMPLEMENTED! | |
844 </simpara></note> | |
845 | |
846 <orderedlist> | |
847 <title>Installation</title> | |
848 <listitem><simpara> | |
849 compile <application>MPlayer</application> by passing the <option>--enable-menu</option> | |
850 to <filename>./configure</filename> | |
851 </simpara></listitem> | |
852 <listitem><simpara> | |
853 make sure you have an OSD font installed | |
854 </simpara></listitem> | |
855 <listitem><simpara> | |
856 copy <filename>etc/menu.conf</filename> to your | |
857 <filename class="directory">.mplayer</filename> directory | |
858 </simpara></listitem> | |
859 <listitem><simpara> | |
860 copy <filename>etc/input.conf</filename> to your | |
861 <filename class="directory">.mplayer</filename> directory, or to the system-wide | |
862 <application>MPlayer</application> config dir (default: | |
863 <filename class="directory">/usr/local/etc/mplayer</filename>) | |
864 </simpara></listitem> | |
865 <listitem><simpara> | |
866 check and edit <filename>input.conf</filename> to enable menu movement keys | |
867 (it is described there). | |
868 </simpara></listitem> | |
869 <listitem><para> | |
870 start <application>MPlayer</application> by the following example: | |
11713 | 871 <screen>$ mplayer -menu <replaceable>file.avi</replaceable></screen> |
9675 | 872 </para></listitem> |
873 <listitem><simpara> | |
874 push any menu key you defined | |
875 </simpara></listitem> | |
876 </orderedlist> | |
877 | |
878 </sect2> | |
879 </sect1> | |
880 | |
881 <!-- ********** --> | |
882 | |
883 <sect1 id="rtc"> | |
884 <title>RTC</title> | |
885 <para> | |
11540 | 886 There are three timing methods in <application>MPlayer</application>. |
9675 | 887 |
888 <itemizedlist> | |
889 <listitem><simpara> | |
890 <emphasis role="bold">To use the old method</emphasis>, you don't have to do | |
891 anything. It uses <systemitem>usleep()</systemitem> to tune | |
892 A/V sync, with +/- 10ms accuracy. However sometimes the sync has to be | |
893 tuned even finer. | |
894 </simpara></listitem> | |
895 <listitem><para> | |
12779 | 896 <emphasis role="bold">The new timer</emphasis> code uses the RTC (RealTime Clock) |
9675 | 897 for this task, because it has precise 1ms timers. It is automagically enabled |
898 when available, but requires root privileges, a <emphasis>setuid root</emphasis> | |
899 <application>MPlayer</application> binary or a properly set up kernel. | |
900 If you are running kernel 2.4.19pre8 or later you can adjust the maximum RTC | |
11668 | 901 frequency for normal users through the <systemitem class="systemname">/proc |
902 </systemitem> filesystem. Use this command to | |
9675 | 903 enable RTC for normal users: |
904 <screen>echo 1024 > /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq</screen> | |
905 If you do not have such a new kernel, you can also change one line in | |
906 <filename>drivers/char/rtc.c</filename> and recompile your kernel. | |
907 Find the section that reads | |
908 <programlisting> | |
909 * We don't really want Joe User enabling more | |
910 * than 64Hz of interrupts on a multi-user machine. | |
911 */ | |
912 if ((rtc_freq > 64) && (!capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE))) | |
913 </programlisting> | |
914 and change the 64 to 1024. You should really know what you are doing, though. | |
915 You can see the new timer's efficiency in the status line. | |
916 The power management functions of some notebook BIOSes with speedstep CPUs | |
917 interact badly with RTC. Audio and video may get out of sync. Plugging the | |
918 external power connector in before you power up your notebook seems to help. | |
919 You can always turn off RTC support with the <option>-nortc</option> option. | |
920 In some hardware combinations (confirmed during usage of non-DMA DVD drive | |
921 on an ALi1541 board) usage of the RTC timer causes skippy playback. It's | |
922 recommended to use the third method in these cases. | |
923 </para></listitem> | |
924 <listitem><simpara> | |
925 <emphasis role="bold">The third timer code</emphasis> is turned on with the | |
926 <option>-softsleep</option> option. It has the efficiency of the RTC, but it | |
927 doesn't use RTC. On the other hand, it requires more CPU. | |
928 </simpara></listitem> | |
929 </itemizedlist> | |
930 <note><para><emphasis role="bold">NEVER install a setuid root | |
931 <application>MPlayer</application> binary on a multiuser system!</emphasis> | |
932 It's a clear way for everyone to become root. | |
933 </para></note> | |
934 </para> | |
935 </sect1> | |
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