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49 <B><I>We strongly discourage the use of gcc 2.96!!!</I></B><BR> |
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| 6055 | 62 Use the 2.95.x series for reliability (not <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#gcc">2.96</A>). |
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| 100 <P>And you clever guys come and flame us with gcc 2.96 and binary packages. | |
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| 103 <P>Half of our spare/free time is spent by answering silly mails here and | |
| 104 making newer tricks and checks to configure to avoid such mails.</P> | |
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| 112 <P>Maybe we should close the project, make it closed source, commercial, and | |
| 113 provide install support for it. then we could leave current work, so | |
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128 SDL output doesn't work or compile. The problem is ... |
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| 1682 | 139 Where did you install the SDL library? If you installed in /usr/local |
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| 1682 | 166 Are there rpm/deb/... packages of <B>MPlayer</B>? |
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| 5979 | 169 There are RPM packages available on our homepage, don't use other sources! |
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| 1682 | 173 During 'make', MPlayer complains about X11 libraries. I don't understand, |
| 174 I DO have X installed!? | |
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| 1682 | 181 <CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6 /usr/X11</CODE><BR> |
| 182 <CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</CODE><BR> | |
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| 1682 | 191 DGA, then there's a problem with your X installation. |
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| 2001 | 204 I compiled MPlayer with libdvdcss/libdivxdecore support, but when |
| 1682 | 205 I try to start it, it says:<BR> |
| 2001 | 206 <CODE>> error while loading shared libraries: lib*.so.0: cannot load |
| 1682 | 207 shared object file: No such file or directory</CODE><BR> |
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| 3774 | 232 Me too. :) |
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| 5700 | 260 Example: <CODE><FONT CLASS="text">A: 2.1 V: 2.2 A-V: -0.167 ct: 0.042 57/57 41% 0% 2.6% 0 4 49%</CODE><BR> |
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| 1682 | 263 <LI>V: video position in seconds |
| 264 <LI>A-V: audio-video difference in seconds (delay) | |
| 265 <LI>ct: total A-V sync correction done | |
| 266 <LI>frames played (counting from last seek) | |
| 5700 | 267 <LI>frames decoded (counting from last seek) |
| 268 <LI>video codec cpu usage in percent (for slices and DR this includes video_out) | |
| 269 <LI>video_out cpu usage | |
| 1682 | 270 <LI>audio codec cpu usage in percent |
| 271 <LI>frames needed to drop to maintain A-V sync | |
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| 6122 | 295 Download the <A HREF="ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/w32codec-0.90.tar.bz2">Win32 codecs</A> |
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| 5700 | 343 Are you sure you are using <CODE>mplayer</CODE> instead of <CODE>mplayer_lirc</CODE>? |
| 344 Note that it was <CODE>mplayer_lirc</CODE> for long time, including the 0.60 release, but recently | |
| 345 changed back to <CODE>mplayer</CODE>. | |
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| 1682 | 349 Subtitles are very nice, the most beautiful I've ever seen, but they slow |
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| 1682 | 357 The OSD is flickering! |
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| 1682 | 359 You use a vo driver with single buffering (x11,xv). With xv, |
| 5700 | 360 use the <CODE>-double</CODE> option. Also try <CODE>-vop expand</CODE> |
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366 See the <A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1.2">FFmpeg section</A>. |
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| 1682 | 370 But configure tells me "Checking for libavcodec ... no"! |
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| 2972 | 383 I can't access the GUI menu. I press right click, but I can't access any |
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394 Use: <CODE>mplayer <options> <filename> < /dev/null &</CODE> |
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422 Check <CODE>ldd /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE> output. If it contains<BR> |
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426 then there is a problem with your kernel/libc. Maybe you are using some |
| 1682 | 427 security patches (for example Solar Designer's OpenWall patch) which |
| 428 forces loading libraries to very low addresses. | |
| 429 Because l3codeca.acm is a non-relocatable DLL, it must be loaded to | |
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| 1682 | 435 My computer plays M$ DivX AVIs with resolutions ~ 640x300 and stereo mp3 |
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451 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
| 6055 | 452 Read the <A HREF="bugreports.html">bug reporting guidelines</A> and send us a |
| 453 proper bug report. | |
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| 1682 | 457 But it works with avifile! |
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| 1682 | 459 So what? |
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| 1682 | 463 Then avifile is better! |
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| 1682 | 469 I got this playing mpeg files: Can't find codec for video format 0x10000001! |
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| 1682 | 479 happens, after about one minute the video starts playing. |
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| 1682 | 481 The KDE arts sound daemon is blocking the sound device, either wait the time |
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| 1682 | 484 make sure your SDL can handle arts sound. Yet another option is to start |
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| 1682 | 492 It's not a DivX file, but an M$ MPEG4v3 . Update your codecs.conf. |
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496 When I play this movie I get video-audio desync and/or MPlayer crashes with the following message:<BR> |
| 1892 | 497 <CODE>DEMUXER: Too many (945 in 8390980 bytes) video packets in the buffer!</CODE> |
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| 1892 | 499 This can have multiple reasons.<BR> |
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500 <UL> |
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507 <CODE>-mc 0</CODE>.</LI> |
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| 2606 | 513 image in MPlayer. |
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520 When I try to grab from my tuner, it works, but colors are strange. It's OK |
| 3030 | 521 with other applications. |
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| 3030 | 523 Your card probably misreports its colorspace capacity. Try with YUY2 instead |
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524 of default YV12 (see the <A HREF="documentation.html#2.5">TV input documentation</A>). |
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| 3053 | 529 <CODE>Linux RTC init: ioctl (rtc_pie_on): Permission denied</CODE> |
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532 <A HREF="documentation.html#1.3">installation section</A> of the documentation. |
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| 3162 | 536 I have A/V sync problems. Some of my AVIs play fine, but some play with |
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539 You have a buggy sound card/driver. Most likely it's fixed at 44100Hz, and |
| 5700 | 540 you try to play a file which has 22050Hz audio. Try the resample audio plugin. |
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548 Update your <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>. |
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552 I get very strange percentage values (way too big) while playing files on my notebook. |
| 5016 | 553 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
| 554 It's an effect of the power management / power saving system of your notebook | |
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555 (BIOS, not kernel). Plug the external power connector in <b>before</b> you power on your |
| 5016 | 556 notebook. |
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| 1682 | 576 It works only if running as root! It's a DGA limitation. |
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578 Another solution is making <B>MPlayer</B> SUID root, but it's <B>NOT RECOMMENDED!</B><BR> |
| 1682 | 579 <CODE>chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR> |
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580 <CODE>chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR> |
| 1682 | 581 <CODE>chmod +s /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR> |
| 582 <B>!!!! BUT STAY TUNED !!!!</B><BR> | |
| 583 This is a *BIG* security risk! *NEVER* do this on a server or on a computer | |
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| 1682 | 592 Major opcode of failed request: 147 (MIT-SHM)<BR> |
| 593 Minor opcode of failed request: 1 (X_ShmAttach)<BR> | |
| 594 Serial number of failed request: 26<BR> | |
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600 DRI version 0.6 from the <A HREF="http://dri.sourceforge.net">DRI homepage</A>, |
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607 Your OpenGL driver doesn't support dynamic texture changes (glTexSubImage). |
| 3858 | 608 It's known not to work with nVidia's binary mess. |
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610 DRI and Radeon cards. It won't work with DRI and other cards. |
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611 it will not work with 3DFX cards because of the 256x256 texture size limit. |
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| 1682 | 616 right under the movie! Whose fault is this? |
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618 This is a bug of nVidia's binary X driver. These bugs appear ONLY with the |
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619 TNT/TNT2 cards, and we can't do anything about it. To fix the problem, upgrade |
| 5700 | 620 to the latest nVidia binary driver version. If still bad, complain to nVidia! |
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624 I have an nVidia XYZ card, and when I click on the GUI's display window to toggle |
| 2065 | 625 displaying the GUI panel, a black square appears where I clicked. I have |
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628 Yes, nVidia corrected a previous bug (above), and introduced a new one. Let's |
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630 <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#nvidia">nVidia</A>, this has already been |
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| 3343 | 635 When I use the GUI with SDL video output, a second video window is created. |
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637 Known, don't use SDL for the GUI yet. |
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641 Oh the world is cruel ...! SDL has only <CODE>x11</CODE> target, but not |
| 5498 | 642 <CODE>xv</CODE>! |
| 643 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> | |
| 644 Try that <CODE>x11</CODE> target again. Now try <CODE>-vo x11 -fs -zoom</CODE>. | |
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645 See the difference? No?! OK, here comes the enlightenment: SDL's |
| 5498 | 646 <CODE>x11</CODE> target uses xv when available, you don't have to worry about |
| 5700 | 647 it ... Note: you can force/disable Xv via SDL using <CODE>-forcexv<CODE> and <CODE>-noxv</CODE> |
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655 <FONT CLASS="text">While playing a DVD, I encountered this error:<BR> |
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656 <CODE>mplayer: ifo_read.c:1143: ifoRead_C_ADT_internal: Assertion nfo_length / |
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657 sizeof(cell_adr_t) >= c_adt->nr_of_vobs' failed.</CODE> |
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659 <FONT CLASS="text">This is a known libdvdread 0.9.1/0.9.2 bug. |
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660 Use libmpdvdkit. |
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664 <FONT CLASS="text">Can I compile libdvdread and libdvdcss on my sweet SPARC under Solaris? |
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666 <FONT CLASS="text">Who knows ... It's said to work, so please test it and send feedback. Refer to |
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667 the documentation of libdvdread and its homepage as well. We're not the authors |
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668 of libdvdread. |
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672 <FONT CLASS="text">What about subtitles? Can MPlayer display them? |
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674 <FONT CLASS="text">Yes! See the <A HREF="cd-dvd.html">DVD chapter</A> of the documentation. |
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678 <FONT CLASS="text">How can I set the region code of my DVD-drive? I don't have Windows! |
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681 <A HREF="http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvd/dvd_disc_20000215.tar.gz">regionset tool</A>. |
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688 the proper rights on the DVD device entry (in <CODE>/dev/</CODE>). |
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695 <A HREF="http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd">Ogle site</A>. |
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| 3857 | 718 This won't be done. It was, but then it messed up A/V sync. Feel free to |
| 2859 | 719 implement it, and send a patch. Don't ask for it. |
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| 3053 | 727 want to go to jail. |
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732 What card do you suggest me to buy? |
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736 Speed:<BR> |
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737 This parameter can be computed easily: |
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738 <OL> |
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743 in real-time on any PC since the times of Pentium-100 + S3Virge).</LI> |
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751 as for MPEG4.</LI> |
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778 AnandTech</a> - Video Card Roundup - DVD Quality, Features & Performance |
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787 <table BORDER=1 COLS=5 WIDTH="100%"> |
| 3489 | 788 <tr> |
| 789 <td> </td> | |
| 790 | |
| 791 <td> | |
| 5700 | 792 <center>Matrox Gxxx</center> |
| 3489 | 793 </td> |
| 794 | |
| 795 <td> | |
| 5700 | 796 <center>ATI m64/r128/radeon</center> |
| 3489 | 797 </td> |
| 798 | |
| 799 <td> | |
| 5700 | 800 <center>nVidia tnt/geforce</center> |
| 3489 | 801 </td> |
| 802 | |
| 803 <td> | |
| 5700 | 804 <center>S3 Virge/Savage</center> |
| 3489 | 805 </td> |
| 806 </tr> | |
| 807 | |
| 808 <tr> | |
| 809 <td>Driver's provider</td> | |
| 810 | |
| 5700 | 811 <td>OEM and enthusiasts</td> |
| 3489 | 812 |
| 5700 | 813 <td>OEM and enthusiasts</td> |
| 3489 | 814 |
| 5700 | 815 <td>OEM or enthusiasts</td> |
| 3489 | 816 |
| 817 <td>enthusiasts</td> | |
| 818 </tr> | |
| 819 | |
| 820 <tr> | |
| 821 <td>Driver's quality</td> | |
| 822 | |
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| 3489 | 826 |
| 5700 | 827 <td>buggy/unstable (X11 only)</td> |
| 3489 | 828 |
| 5700 | 829 <td>slow (X11 only)</td> |
| 3489 | 830 </tr> |
| 831 | |
| 832 <tr> | |
| 833 <td>VIDEO OVERLAY</td> | |
| 834 | |
| 835 <td></td> | |
| 836 | |
| 837 <td></td> | |
| 838 | |
| 839 <td></td> | |
| 840 | |
| 841 <td></td> | |
| 842 </tr> | |
| 843 | |
| 844 <tr> | |
| 845 <td>BES and YV2RGB</td> | |
| 846 | |
| 847 <td>YES</td> | |
| 848 | |
| 849 <td>YES</td> | |
| 850 | |
| 851 <td>YES</td> | |
| 852 | |
| 853 <td>YES</td> | |
| 854 </tr> | |
| 855 | |
| 856 <tr> | |
| 857 <td>scaling filters</td> | |
| 858 | |
| 859 <td>N/A</td> | |
| 860 | |
| 861 <td>YES</td> | |
| 862 | |
| 863 <td>N/A</td> | |
| 864 | |
| 865 <td>N/A</td> | |
| 866 </tr> | |
| 867 | |
| 868 <tr> | |
| 869 <td>adaptive deinterlace</td> | |
| 870 | |
| 5700 | 871 <td>N/A</td> |
| 3489 | 872 |
| 873 <td>YES</td> | |
| 874 | |
| 875 <td>N/A</td> | |
| 876 | |
| 877 <td>N/A</td> | |
| 878 </tr> | |
| 879 | |
| 880 <tr> | |
| 881 <td>Video equalizer (hue, contrast, saturation, color correction)</td> | |
| 882 | |
| 5700 | 883 <td>YES</td> |
| 3489 | 884 |
| 5700 | 885 <td>YES</td> |
| 3489 | 886 |
| 5700 | 887 <td>GeForce only</td> |
| 3489 | 888 |
| 889 <td>N/A</td> | |
| 890 </tr> | |
| 891 | |
| 892 <tr> | |
| 893 <td>Alpha blending, color and video keys</td> | |
| 894 | |
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| 3489 | 898 |
| 899 <td>N/A</td> | |
| 900 | |
| 901 <td>N/A</td> | |
| 902 </tr> | |
| 903 | |
| 904 <tr> | |
| 905 <td>Video capture</td> | |
| 906 | |
| 5700 | 907 <td>YES (Marvel)</td> |
| 3489 | 908 |
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| 3489 | 910 |
| 911 <td>N/A</td> | |
| 912 | |
| 913 <td>N/A</td> | |
| 914 </tr> | |
| 915 | |
| 916 <tr> | |
| 917 <td>TV-out</td> | |
| 918 | |
| 5700 | 919 <td>G400 only</td> |
| 3489 | 920 |
| 921 <td>YES</td> | |
| 922 | |
| 923 <td>N/A</td> | |
| 924 | |
| 925 <td>N/A</td> | |
| 926 </tr> | |
| 927 </table> | |
| 928 | |
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953 Read the <B>MEncoder</B> <A HREF="encoding.html">documentation</A>. |
| 3192 | 954 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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958 MEncoder doesn't encode audio! |
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959 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
| 5227 | 960 TV audio encoding for Linux is currently unimplemented, we're working on it. |
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961 At the moment it works only on BSD. |
| 3966 | 962 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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965 I can't encode DVD subtitles into the AVI! |
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966 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
| 4398 | 967 You have to specify the <CODE>-sid</CODE> option correctly! |
| 3966 | 968 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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971 MEncoder segfaults on startup! |
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972 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
| 4116 | 973 Upgrade DivX4Linux. |
| 974 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
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977 How can I encode only selected chapters from a DVD? |
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979 Use the <CODE>-chapter</CODE> option correctly, like: <CODE>-chapter 5-7</CODE> |
| 4398 | 980 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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982 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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983 I'm trying to work with 2GB+ files on a VFAT file system. Does it work? |
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984 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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985 No, VFAT doesn't support 2GB+ files. |
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986 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD> |
| 4116 | 987 |
| 1682 | 988 </TABLE> |
| 1612 | 989 |
| 990 </BODY> | |
| 991 </HTML> |