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23 Configure ends with this text, and MPlayer won't compile!<BR> |
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25 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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26 Your gcc isn't installed correctly, check the <CODE>config.log</CODE> file |
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31 What does "No such file or directory" mean? |
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37 What's the problem with gcc 2.96? |
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38 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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39 <B><I>We strongly discourage the use of gcc 2.96!!!</I></B><BR> |
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40 Read <A HREF="gcc-2.96-3.0.html">this</A> and <A HREF="users_against_developers.html">this</A> |
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41 document for details. If you still really really want to use it, be sure to get |
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42 the latest release, but remember that you are on your own. Do <B>not</B> report |
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43 bugs or ask for help on the mailing lists. We will <B>not</B> provide any support |
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44 in case you run into problems. |
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48 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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49 Great, I have gcc 3.0.1 from Red Hat/Mandrake, then I'm fine--! |
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50 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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51 No, since there have been/are issues with these compilers as well.<BR> |
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52 Use the 2.95.x series for reliability (not <A HREF="gcc-2.96-3.0.html">2.96</A>). |
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56 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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57 I tried to compile MPlayer, but I got this output: |
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58 <PRE> |
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59 In file included from /usr/include/g++-v3/bits/std_cwchar.h:42, |
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72 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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73 Upgrade your glibc to the latest release. On Mandrake, use 2.2.4-8mdk. |
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77 ... gcc 2.96 ... (Yes, some people are STILL flaming about their gcc 2.96!!) |
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79 Quoted from a <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/2001-October/005351.html">mail</A> A'rpi sent to the mplayer-users list (the word 'ideg' is described below): |
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80 <BLOCKQUOTE> |
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81 <P>And we have idegs. And our idegcounter overflowed again and again.</P> |
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83 <P>Unfortunately MPlayer is out of our control. It's used by lamers, Linux users | |
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84 who can't even use Windows, and never tried to compile a kernel. They installed |
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85 (with default options) Mandrake or Red Hat or SuSE, and without RTFM'ing they |
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86 send messages saying 'it doesn't work! help me! please! i'm new to Linux! |
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87 help! oh! help me!'. We can't stop them, but at least we try to force them to |
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88 RTFM and to read messages of ./configure and MPlayer.</P> |
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90 <P>And you clever guys come and flame us with gcc 2.96 and binary packages. | |
91 Instead of helping users or making patches to help solve problems.</P> | |
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93 <P>Half of our spare/free time is spent by answering silly mails here and | |
94 making newer tricks and checks to configure to avoid such mails.</P> | |
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96 <P>And there is a balance. On the one side are you, clever guys, saying we are |
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98 the 'new to Linux' guys who are showing us gcc 2.96 is buggy.</P> |
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100 <P>Conclusion: We can't be good. Half the people always will say we are bad.</P> |
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102 <P>Maybe we should close the project, make it closed source, commercial, and | |
103 provide install support for it. then we could leave current work, so | |
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104 development could go faster, and we could earn lots of money with it and buy a |
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105 big house, etc etc. Do you really want it? It seems.</P> |
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111 Where can I find information about gcc 2.96 bugs? |
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113 In <A HREF="gcc-2.96-3.0.html">this</A> document. And <A HREF="users_against_developers.html">this</A> |
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114 document describes why Red Hat released 2.96 and other interesting things. |
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118 SDL output doesn't work or compile. The problem is ... |
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120 It was tested to work with SDL 1.2.x and may run on SDL 1.1.7+. |
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121 It does <B>not</B> work with any previous version. So if you choose to use such |
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122 a version, you are on your own. |
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125 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
1682 | 126 I am still having trouble compiling with SDL support. gcc says something |
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128 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
1682 | 129 Where did you install the SDL library? If you installed in /usr/local |
130 (the default) then edit the top level config.mak and add | |
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131 "-L/usr/local/lib" after "X_LIBS=". Now type make. You're done! |
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135 It doesn't compile, and it misses uint64_t inttypes.h and similar things ... |
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137 Copy etc/inttypes.h to the <B>MPlayer</B> directory (<CODE>cp etc/inttypes.h .</CODE>) |
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142 I have Linux running on a Pentium III but <CODE>./configure</CODE> doesn't detect |
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143 SSE ... |
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1682 | 156 Are there rpm/deb/... packages of <B>MPlayer</B>? |
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160 of <B>MPlayer</B>, since it (currently) <B>highly</B> depends on compile-time |
1682 | 161 options and optimizations! |
162 Precompiled packages are COMPLETELY unsupported by the <B>MPlayer</B> team! | |
163 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
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1682 | 166 During 'make', MPlayer complains about X11 libraries. I don't understand, |
167 I DO have X installed!? | |
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1682 | 174 <CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6 /usr/X11</CODE><BR> |
175 <CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</CODE><BR> | |
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183 <CODE>./configure</CODE> autodetects your DGA driver. If <CODE>-vo help</CODE> doesn't show |
1682 | 184 DGA, then there's a problem with your X installation. |
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1682 | 194 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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196 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
2001 | 197 I compiled MPlayer with libdvdcss/libdivxdecore support, but when |
1682 | 198 I try to start it, it says:<BR> |
2001 | 199 <CODE>> error while loading shared libraries: lib*.so.0: cannot load |
1682 | 200 shared object file: No such file or directory</CODE><BR> |
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203 Add <CODE>/usr/local/lib</CODE> to <CODE>/etc/ld.so.conf</CODE> and run <CODE>ldconfig</CODE>. |
1682 | 204 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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2954 | 209 It's normal. <B>MPlayer</B> no longer depends on libcss to play a DVD. You |
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217 <CODE>Warning: loading mga_vid.o will taint the kernel: no license</CODE> |
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218 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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220 to avoid kernel hackers debugging closed source drivers). |
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3774 | 234 Me too. :) |
3053 | 235 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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1682 | 239 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
1612 | 240 |
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255 <A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.4">SDL's DGA driver</A> work for you. |
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256 It's much faster. If SDL's DGA works, use that, it'll be EVEN faster! |
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5700 | 262 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 | 265 <LI>V: video position in seconds |
266 <LI>A-V: audio-video difference in seconds (delay) | |
267 <LI>ct: total A-V sync correction done | |
268 <LI>frames played (counting from last seek) | |
5700 | 269 <LI>frames decoded (counting from last seek) |
270 <LI>video codec cpu usage in percent (for slices and DR this includes video_out) | |
271 <LI>video_out cpu usage | |
1682 | 272 <LI>audio codec cpu usage in percent |
273 <LI>frames needed to drop to maintain A-V sync | |
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5700 | 287 Why is video_out cpu usage zero (0%) for some files? |
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1682 | 303 Are there any mailing lists on MPlayer? |
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306 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/info.html">our homepage</A> to subscribe! |
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326 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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342 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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344 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
5700 | 345 Are you sure you are using <CODE>mplayer</CODE> instead of <CODE>mplayer_lirc</CODE>? |
346 Note that it was <CODE>mplayer_lirc</CODE> for long time, including the 0.60 release, but recently | |
347 changed back to <CODE>mplayer</CODE>. | |
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1682 | 351 Subtitles are very nice, the most beautiful I've ever seen, but they slow |
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355 <CODE>#undef FAST_OSD</CODE> with <CODE>#define FAST_OSD</CODE>. Then recompile. |
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1682 | 359 The OSD is flickering! |
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360 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
1682 | 361 You use a vo driver with single buffering (x11,xv). With xv, |
5700 | 362 use the <CODE>-double</CODE> option. Also try <CODE>-vop expand</CODE> |
1682 | 363 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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368 See the <A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1.2">FFmpeg section</A>. |
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371 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
1682 | 372 But configure tells me "Checking for libavcodec ... no"! |
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1682 | 374 You need to get libavcodec from FFmpeg's CVS. Read the instructions in |
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379 The GUI isn't usable with icewm, because a panel is over the movie!! |
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380 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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382 Icewm's taskbar overrides the GUI's window resize queries. If asked for a |
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2972 | 387 I can't access the GUI menu. I press right click, but I can't access any |
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388 menu items! |
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390 Are you using FVWM? Try the following:<BR> |
2972 | 391 Start -> Settings -> Configuration -> Base Configuration<BR> |
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392 Set "Use Applications position hints" to "Yes". |
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396 How can I run MPlayer in the background? |
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398 Use: <CODE>mplayer <options> <filename> < /dev/null &</CODE> |
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406 ... works with avifile/aviplay but doesn't with MPlayer. |
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408 <B>MPlayer</B> != avifile. |
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419 Try the <CODE>-bps</CODE> or <CODE>-nobps</CODE> option. If it does not improve, |
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426 Check <CODE>ldd /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE> output. If it contains<BR> |
1682 | 427 <CODE>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4???????)</CODE><BR> |
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1682 | 429 <CODE>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00??????)</CODE><BR> |
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430 then there is a problem with your kernel/libc. Maybe you are using some |
1682 | 431 security patches (for example Solar Designer's OpenWall patch) which |
432 forces loading libraries to very low addresses. | |
433 Because l3codeca.acm is a non-relocatable DLL, it must be loaded to | |
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435 or use <B>MPlayer</B>'s <CODE>-afm 1</CODE> option to disable using l3codeca.acm. |
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1682 | 439 My computer plays M$ DivX AVIs with resolutions ~ 640x300 and stereo mp3 |
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1682 | 447 MPlayer dies with "MPlayer interrupted by signal 4 in module: decode_video". |
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1682 | 451 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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455 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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456 Use the <CODE>-fsmode</CODE> switch. See example.conf or the man page. |
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458 | |
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1682 | 460 But it works with avifile! |
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461 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
1682 | 462 So what? |
463 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
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1682 | 466 Then avifile is better! |
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467 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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1682 | 469 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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1682 | 472 I got this playing mpeg files: Can't find codec for video format 0x10000001! |
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473 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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1682 | 478 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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480 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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1682 | 482 happens, after about one minute the video starts playing. |
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1682 | 484 The KDE arts sound daemon is blocking the sound device, either wait the time |
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485 until video starts or you disable the arts-daemon in kontrol center. If you want |
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486 to use arts sound, specify audio output via SDL (<CODE>ao=sdl</CODE>), and |
1682 | 487 make sure your SDL can handle arts sound. Yet another option is to start |
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491 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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494 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
1682 | 495 It's not a DivX file, but an M$ MPEG4v3 . Update your codecs.conf. |
496 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
497 | |
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499 When I play this movie I get video-audio desync and/or MPlayer crashes with the following message:<BR> |
1892 | 500 <CODE>DEMUXER: Too many (945 in 8390980 bytes) video packets in the buffer!</CODE> |
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501 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
1892 | 502 This can have multiple reasons.<BR> |
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503 <UL> |
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504 <LI>Your CPU <B>and/or</B> video card <B>and/or</B> bus is too SLOW. <B>MPlayer</B> |
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506 <LI>If it is an AVI, maybe it has bad interleaving. Try the <CODE>-ni</CODE> option.</LI> |
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507 <LI>Your sound driver is buggy, or you use ALSA 0.5 with <CODE>-ao oss</CODE>. |
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508 See the <A HREF="sound.html">sound card section</A>.</LI> |
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509 <LI>The AVI has a bad header, try the <CODE>-nobps</CODE> option, and/or |
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510 <CODE>-mc 0</CODE>.</LI> |
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511 </UL> |
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514 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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515 I have an MJPEG file which works with other players but displays only a black |
2606 | 516 image in MPlayer. |
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517 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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518 Disable the Windows DLL in <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>, or use the |
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519 <CODE>-vc ffmjpeg</CODE> option (compile MPlayer with libavcodec for this to work). |
2606 | 520 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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522 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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523 When I try to grab from my tuner, it works, but colors are strange. It's OK |
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525 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
3030 | 526 Your card probably misreports its colorspace capacity. Try with YUY2 instead |
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527 of default YV12 (see the <A HREF="documentation.html#2.5">TV input documentation</A>). |
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531 When I start playing, I get this message but everything seems fine:<BR> |
3053 | 532 <CODE>Linux RTC init: ioctl (rtc_pie_on): Permission denied</CODE> |
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534 You need root privileges to use the new timing code. For details see the |
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535 <A HREF="documentation.html#1.3">installation section</A> of the documentation. |
3053 | 536 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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538 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
3162 | 539 I have A/V sync problems. Some of my AVIs play fine, but some play with |
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541 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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542 You have a buggy sound card/driver. Most likely it's fixed at 44100Hz, and |
5700 | 543 you try to play a file which has 22050Hz audio. Try the resample audio plugin. |
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547 All the WMV (or other..) files I play create a green/gray window and there is |
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548 only sound! MPlayer prints:<BR> |
3192 | 549 <CODE>Detected video codec: [null] drv:0 (NULL codec (no decoding))</CODE> |
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550 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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551 Update your <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>. |
3192 | 552 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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555 I get very strange percentage values (way too big) while playing files on my notebook. |
5016 | 556 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
557 It's an effect of the power management / power saving system of your notebook | |
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558 (BIOS, not kernel). Plug the external power connector in <b>before</b> you power on your |
5016 | 559 notebook. |
560 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
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562 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> | |
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563 The audio/video gets totally out of sync when I run MPlayer as root on my notebook. |
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564 It works normal when i run it as a user. |
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566 This is again a power management effect (see above). Plug the external power connector |
5016 | 567 in <b>before</b> you power on your notebook. |
568 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
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1682 | 577 Help me! |
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1682 | 579 It works only if running as root! It's a DGA limitation. |
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580 You should become root (<CODE>su -</CODE>), and try again. |
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581 Another solution is making <B>MPlayer</B> SUID root, but it's <B>NOT RECOMMENDED!</B><BR> |
1682 | 582 <CODE>chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR> |
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583 <CODE>chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR> |
1682 | 584 <CODE>chmod +s /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR> |
585 <B>!!!! BUT STAY TUNED !!!!</B><BR> | |
586 This is a *BIG* security risk! *NEVER* do this on a server or on a computer | |
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588 privileges through SUID root MPlayer!!!<BR> |
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592 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
1682 | 593 When using Xvideo, my Voodoo 3/Banshee says:<BR> |
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1682 | 595 Major opcode of failed request: 147 (MIT-SHM)<BR> |
596 Minor opcode of failed request: 1 (X_ShmAttach)<BR> | |
597 Serial number of failed request: 26<BR> | |
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600 The "tdfx" driver in XFree86 4.0.2/4.0.3 had this bug. This was solved by |
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602 So upgrade to XFree86 4.1.0 or later. Alternatively, either download (at least) |
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603 DRI version 0.6 from the <A HREF="http://dri.sourceforge.net">DRI homepage</A>, |
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1682 | 605 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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608 When using Xvideo, I can't play DivX AVIs with my Voodoo 3/Banshee! |
1682 | 609 It says:<BR> |
610 ...<BR> | |
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617 Since 0.18pre4 we support libavcodec from the FFmpeg package. It contains |
1682 | 618 a C language DivX and OpenDivX decoder. The DivX decoder uses YV12 format |
619 for output, thus it should work for you. Compile in libavcodec support. | |
620 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
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623 OpenGL (<CODE>-vo gl</CODE>) output doesn't work (hang/black window/X11 errors/...). |
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625 Your OpenGL driver doesn't support dynamic texture changes (glTexSubImage). |
3858 | 626 It's known not to work with nVidia's binary mess. |
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627 It's known to work with Utah-GLX/DRI and Matrox G400 cards. Also with |
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629 it will not work with 3DFX cards because of the 256x256 texture size limit. |
1682 | 630 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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1682 | 634 right under the movie! Whose fault is this? |
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637 TNT/TNT2 cards, and we can't do anything about it. To fix the problem, upgrade |
5700 | 638 to the latest nVidia binary driver version. If still bad, complain to nVidia! |
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642 I have an nVidia XYZ card, and when I click on the GUI's display window to toggle |
2065 | 643 displaying the GUI panel, a black square appears where I clicked. I have |
644 the newest driver. | |
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649 fixed. |
2065 | 650 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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652 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
3343 | 653 When I use the GUI with SDL video output, a second video window is created. |
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655 Known, don't use SDL for the GUI yet. |
3343 | 656 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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659 Oh the world is cruel ...! SDL has only <CODE>x11</CODE> target, but not |
5498 | 660 <CODE>xv</CODE>! |
661 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> | |
662 Try that <CODE>x11</CODE> target again. Now try <CODE>-vo x11 -fs -zoom</CODE>. | |
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663 See the difference? No?! OK, here comes the enlightenment: SDL's |
5498 | 664 <CODE>x11</CODE> target uses xv when available, you don't have to worry about |
5700 | 665 it ... Note: you can force/disable Xv via SDL using <CODE>-forcexv<CODE> and <CODE>-noxv</CODE> |
5498 | 666 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
667 | |
1682 | 668 <TD COLSPAN=3> |
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1682 | 670 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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672 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
2153 | 673 Is there a hint on how to watch RealMedia movies in MPlayer? |
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674 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
2153 | 675 There's no way to do it. Therefore this format deserves to die in flames. |
1682 | 676 Theoretically you can reverse engineer Real codecs built for Linux (they |
677 are available as .so files), but in practice that's really difficult, even | |
678 if you know how the compiler used by Real is making assembler code. | |
679 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
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683 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
3857 | 684 This won't be done. It was, but then it messed up A/V sync. Feel free to |
2859 | 685 implement it, and send a patch. Don't ask for it. |
686 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
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689 Where is the Windows version? |
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692 ASF parsers, open source ASF encoders, etc) and you'll know why. We don't |
3053 | 693 want to go to jail. |
694 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
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698 What card do you suggest me to buy? |
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703 This parameter can be computed easily: |
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704 <OL> |
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705 <LI>Which movies do you plan to watch?</LI> |
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707 <LI><B>MPEG1:</B> 320x200@32=256000<BR> |
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714 <LI><B>MPEG2 (aka DVD or SDTV):</B> 1024x768@32=3145728<BR> |
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717 as for MPEG4.</LI> |
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718 <LI><B>HDTV (High Definition TeleVision):</B> 2000x2000@32=16000000<BR> |
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721 for the YUV area.</LI> |
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723 <LI>The bandwidth of PCI slots is: 33MHz*32Bit=133MB/sec. PCI2.1 has |
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725 HDTV streams which really require an AGP bus).</LI> |
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726 <LI>What memory type should be installed on the video card: |
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727 <UL> |
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728 <LI><B>SIMM</B> - Avoid that.</LI> |
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730 <LI><B>DDR</B> - Is fast enough for all types.</LI> |
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733 Note: DGA comparison shows that there is no visible difference between video |
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734 cards which have the same type of video memory installed.<BR> |
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739 Quality:<BR> |
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749 or less advanced driver support:<BR><BR> |
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3489 | 752 <tr> |
753 <td> </td> | |
754 | |
755 <td> | |
5700 | 756 <center>Matrox Gxxx</center> |
3489 | 757 </td> |
758 | |
759 <td> | |
5700 | 760 <center>ATI m64/r128/radeon</center> |
3489 | 761 </td> |
762 | |
763 <td> | |
5700 | 764 <center>nVidia tnt/geforce</center> |
3489 | 765 </td> |
766 | |
767 <td> | |
5700 | 768 <center>S3 Virge/Savage</center> |
3489 | 769 </td> |
770 </tr> | |
771 | |
772 <tr> | |
773 <td>Driver's provider</td> | |
774 | |
5700 | 775 <td>OEM and enthusiasts</td> |
3489 | 776 |
5700 | 777 <td>OEM and enthusiasts</td> |
3489 | 778 |
5700 | 779 <td>OEM or enthusiasts</td> |
3489 | 780 |
781 <td>enthusiasts</td> | |
782 </tr> | |
783 | |
784 <tr> | |
785 <td>Driver's quality</td> | |
786 | |
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3489 | 790 |
5700 | 791 <td>buggy/unstable (X11 only)</td> |
3489 | 792 |
5700 | 793 <td>slow (X11 only)</td> |
3489 | 794 </tr> |
795 | |
796 <tr> | |
797 <td>VIDEO OVERLAY</td> | |
798 | |
799 <td></td> | |
800 | |
801 <td></td> | |
802 | |
803 <td></td> | |
804 | |
805 <td></td> | |
806 </tr> | |
807 | |
808 <tr> | |
809 <td>BES and YV2RGB</td> | |
810 | |
811 <td>YES</td> | |
812 | |
813 <td>YES</td> | |
814 | |
815 <td>YES</td> | |
816 | |
817 <td>YES</td> | |
818 </tr> | |
819 | |
820 <tr> | |
821 <td>scaling filters</td> | |
822 | |
823 <td>N/A</td> | |
824 | |
825 <td>YES</td> | |
826 | |
827 <td>N/A</td> | |
828 | |
829 <td>N/A</td> | |
830 </tr> | |
831 | |
832 <tr> | |
833 <td>adaptive deinterlace</td> | |
834 | |
5700 | 835 <td>N/A</td> |
3489 | 836 |
837 <td>YES</td> | |
838 | |
839 <td>N/A</td> | |
840 | |
841 <td>N/A</td> | |
842 </tr> | |
843 | |
844 <tr> | |
845 <td>Video equalizer (hue, contrast, saturation, color correction)</td> | |
846 | |
5700 | 847 <td>YES</td> |
3489 | 848 |
5700 | 849 <td>YES</td> |
3489 | 850 |
5700 | 851 <td>GeForce only</td> |
3489 | 852 |
853 <td>N/A</td> | |
854 </tr> | |
855 | |
856 <tr> | |
857 <td>Alpha blending, color and video keys</td> | |
858 | |
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863 <td>N/A</td> | |
864 | |
865 <td>N/A</td> | |
866 </tr> | |
867 | |
868 <tr> | |
869 <td>Video capture</td> | |
870 | |
5700 | 871 <td>YES (Marvel)</td> |
3489 | 872 |
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875 <td>N/A</td> | |
876 | |
877 <td>N/A</td> | |
878 </tr> | |
879 | |
880 <tr> | |
881 <td>TV-out</td> | |
882 | |
5700 | 883 <td>G400 only</td> |
3489 | 884 |
885 <td>YES</td> | |
886 | |
887 <td>N/A</td> | |
888 | |
889 <td>N/A</td> | |
890 </tr> | |
891 </table> | |
892 | |
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895 G550 do not necessarily have this feature.<BR> |
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900 <P><B>ANYWAY - THE MPLAYER TEAM DOESN'T ACCEPT ANY CLAIMS IF AFTER READING THIS |
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902 POINT OF VIEW.</B></P> |
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905 the S3 Virge too slow for them?<BR> |
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906 <B>A:</B> Due to its SIMM memory.</P> |
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913 | |
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922 MEncoder doesn't encode audio! |
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5227 | 924 TV audio encoding for Linux is currently unimplemented, we're working on it. |
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927 | |
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4398 | 931 You have to specify the <CODE>-sid</CODE> option correctly! |
3966 | 932 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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936 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
4116 | 937 Upgrade DivX4Linux. |
938 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
939 | |
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941 How can I encode only selected chapters from a DVD? |
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950 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD> |
4116 | 951 |
1682 | 952 </TABLE> |
1612 | 953 |
954 </BODY> | |
955 </HTML> |