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5 <TITLE>Documentation - MPlayer - The Movie Player for Linux</TITLE>
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14 <H2 ALIGN="center">&copy; 2000-2002 Arpad Gereoffy (A'rpi/ESP-team)<BR>
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17 <P ALIGN="center">[ English ]
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30 <UL>
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31 <LI><A HREF="#reading">0. How to read this documentation</A></LI>
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32 <LI><A HREF="#introduction">1. Introduction</A>
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34 <LI><A HREF="#history">1.1 History</A></LI>
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35 <LI><A HREF="#installation">1.2 Installation</A></LI>
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36 <LI><A HREF="#gui">1.3 What about the GUI?</A></LI>
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37 <LI><A HREF="#subtitles_osd">1.4 Subtitles and OSD</A>
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39 <LI><A HREF="#mpsub">1.4.1 MPlayer's own subtitle format (MPsub)</A></LI>
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40 <LI><A HREF="#install_osd">1.4.2 Installing OSD and subtitles</A></LI>
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50 <LI><A HREF="formats.html#video_formats">2.1.1 Video formats</A>
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58 <LI><A HREF="formats.html#real">2.1.1.7 RealMedia (RM) files</A></LI>
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184 <LI><A HREF="encoding.html#features">2.4.2 MEncoder Features</A>
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226 <LI><A HREF="cd-dvd.html#drives">4.1 CD/DVD drives</A></LI>
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234 <LI><A HREF="faq.html#general">5.2 General questions</A></LI>
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236 <LI><A HREF="faq.html#driver">5.4 Video/audio driver problems (vo/ao)</A></LI>
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238 <LI><A HREF="faq.html#features">5.6 Feature requests</A></LI>
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252 <LI><A HREF="#sgi">6.5 Silicon Graphics / Irix</A></LI>
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258 <LI><A HREF="bugreports.html">Appendix B - How to report bugs</A>
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264 <LI><A HREF="skin-en.html">Appendix D - MPlayer skin format</A></LI>
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265 <LI><A HREF="users_against_developers.html">Appendix E - Developer Cries</A>
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268 <LI><A HREF="users_against_developers.html#binary">Binary distribution</A></LI>
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269 <LI><A HREF="users_against_developers.html#nvidia">nVidia</A></LI>
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270 <LI><A HREF="users_against_developers.html#barr">Joe Barr</A></LI>
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271 </UL>
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272 </LI>
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273 </UL>
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275 <HR>
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278
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279 <H1><A NAME="reading">0. How to read this documentation</A></H1>
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280
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281 <P>If you are a first-time installer: be sure to read everything from here to
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282 the end of the Installation section, and follow the links you will find. If
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283 you have any other questions, return to the Table of Contents and
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284 search for the topic, read the <A HREF="faq.html">FAQ</A>, or try grepping
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285 through the files.</P>
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286
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287 <P>The main rule of this documentation: if it's not documented, it
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288 <U>does not exist</U>. If I don't say you encode audio from TV tuner, you
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289 can't. A healthy quantity of combining ability is welcomed, though.
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290 Good luck. You'll need it :) And for another good advice, let me quote
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291 Chris Phillips from the
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292 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/">mplayer-users</A>
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293 mailing list:</P>
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294
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295 <BLOCKQUOTE>
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296 I said a while ago that there is such a difference between a newbie and
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297 a dumbass. No matter what you actually know about a system (linux, cars,
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298 girls :D) you should ALWAYS be able to take a step back and be objective,
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299 otherwise, you're just dumb IMHO. A girl i live with assumed the vacuum
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300 cleaner was broken because it didn't suck things up. never thought to change
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301 the bag, becasue she'd never done it before... now that's just stupid, not a
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302 case of simply not knowing what to do... Simply not being that familiar with
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303 your surroundings is no excuse for a) laziness and b) ignorance. So many
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304 people seem to see the word "error" and then stop... few seem to actually
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305 read the words on the OTHER side of the colon.
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306 </BLOCKQUOTE>
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307
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308
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309
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310 <H1><A NAME="introduction">1. Introduction</A></H1>
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311
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312
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313 <P>MPlayer is a movie player for LINUX (runs on many other Unices, and
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314 <B>non-x86</B> CPUs, see the <A HREF="#ports">ports section</A>). It plays most
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315 MPEG, VOB, AVI, OGG, VIVO, ASF/WMV, QT/MOV, FLI, RM, NuppelVideo, yuv4mpeg,
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316 FILM, RoQ, PVA files, supported by many native, XAnim, RealPlayer, and
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317 Win32 DLL codecs. You can watch <B>VideoCD</B>, <B>SVCD</B>, <B>DVD</B>,
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318 <B>3ivx</B>, <B>RealMedia</B>, and <B>DivX</B> movies too (and you don't need
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319 the avifile
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320 library at all!). Another big feature of MPlayer is the wide range of
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321 supported output drivers. It works with X11, Xv, DGA, OpenGL, SVGAlib, fbdev,
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322 AAlib, DirectFB, but you can also use GGI and SDL (and this way all their
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323 drivers) and some lowlevel card-specific drivers (for Matrox, 3Dfx and Radeon,
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324 Mach64, Permedia3) too! Most
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325 of them supports software or hardware scaling, so you can enjoy movies in
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326 fullscreen. MPlayer supports displaying through some hardware MPEG
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327 decoder boards, such as the <B><A HREF="video.html#dvb">DVB</A></B> and
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328 <B><A HREF="video.html#dxr3">DXR3/Hollywood+</A></B>. And what about the nice big antialiased
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329 shaded subtitles (<B>10 supported types</B>) with European/ISO 8859-1,2
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330 (Hungarian, English, Czech, etc), Cyrillic, Korean fonts, and the onscreen
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331 display (OSD)?</P>
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333 <P>MPlayer is under GPL v2 license.</P>
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334
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335 <P>The player is rock solid playing damaged MPEG files (useful for some VCDs),
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336 and it plays bad AVI files which are unplayable with the famous
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337 windows media player. Even AVI files without index chunk are playable, and
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338 you can temporarily rebuild their indexes with the <CODE>-idx</CODE> option, or
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339 permanently with MEncoder, thus enabling seeking!
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340 As you see, stability and quality are the most important things,
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341 but the speed is also amazing.</P>
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343
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344 <H2><A NAME="history">1.1 History</A></H2>
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346 <P>This began a year ago...
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347 I (A'rpi) have tried lots of players under linux (mtv,xmps,dvdview,livid/oms,videolan,
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348 xine,xanim,avifile,xmmp) but they all have some problem. Mostly with special
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349 files or with audio/video sync. Most of them is unable to play both MPEG1,
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350 MPEG2 and AVI (DivX) files. Many players have image quality or speed problems
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351 too. So I've decided to write/modify one...</P>
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353 <UL>
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354 <LI><B>mpg12play v0.1-v0.3:</B> Sep 22-25, 2000<BR>
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355 The first try, hacked together in a half hour!
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356 I've used libmpeg3 from www.heroinewarrior.com up to the version 0.3,
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357 but there were image quality and speed problems with it.</LI>
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358 <LI><B>mpg12play v0.5-v0.87:</B> Sep 28-Oct 20, 2000<BR>
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359 Mpeg codec replaced with DVDview by Dirk Farin, it was a great stuff,
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360 but it was slow and was written in C++ (I hate C++!!!)</LI>
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361 <LI><B>mpg12play v0.9-v0.95pre5:</B> Oct 21-Nov 2, 2000<BR>
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362 Mpeg codec was libmpeg2 (mpeg2dec) by Aaron Holtzman &amp; Michel Lespinasse.
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363 It's great, optimized very fast C code with perfect image quality and
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364 100% MPEG standard conformance.</LI>
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365 <LI><B>MPlayer v0.3-v0.9:</B> Nov 18-Dec 4, 2000<BR>
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366 It was a pack of two programs: mpg12play v0.95pre6 and my new simple AVI
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367 player 'avip' based on avifile's Win32 DLL loader.</LI>
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368 <LI><B>MPlayer v0.10:</B> Jan 1, 2001<BR>
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369 The MPEG and AVI player in a single binary!</LI>
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370 <LI><B>MPlayer v0.11pre series:</B><BR>
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371 Some new developers joined and from 0.11 the mplayer project is a team-work!
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372 Added .ASF file support, and OpenDivX (see www.projectmayo.com) en/decoding.</LI>
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373 <LI><B>MPlayer v0.17a "The IdegCounter"</B> Apr 27, 2001<BR>
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374 The release version of the 0.11pre after 4 months of heavy development!
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375 Try it, and be amazed! Thousands of new features added... and of course
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376 old code was improved too, bugs removed etc.</LI>
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377 <LI><B>MPlayer 0.18 "The BugCounter"</B> Jul 9, 2001<BR>
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378 2 months since 0.17 and here's a new release.. Completed ASF support,
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379 more subtitle formats, introduced libao (similar to libvo but to audio),
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380 even more stable than ever, and so on. It's a MUST!</LI>
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381 <LI><B>MPlayer 0.50 "The Faszom(C)ounter"</B> Oct 8, 2001<BR>
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382 Hmm. Release again. Tons of new features, beta GUI version, bugs fixed,
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383 new vo and ao drivers, ported to many systems, including opensource DivX
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384 codecs and much more. Try it!</LI>
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385 <LI><B>MPlayer 0.60 "The RTFMCounter"</B> Jan 3, 2002<BR>
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386 MOV/VIVO/RM/FLI/NUV fileformats support, native CRAM, Cinepak, ADPCM codecs,
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387 and support for XAnim's binary codecs; DVD subtitles support, first
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388 release of MEncoder, TV grabbing, cache, liba52, countless fixes.</LI>
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389 <LI><B>MPlayer 0.90 "?"</B> Aug? ??, 2002</LI>
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390 </UL>
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392
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393 <H2><A NAME="installation">1.2 Installation</A></H2>
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395 <P>In this chapter I'll try to guide you through the compiling and
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396 configuring process of MPlayer. It's not easy, but it won't necessarily
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397 be hard. If you experience a different behavior than what I explain, please
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398 search through this documentation and you'll find your answers. If you
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399 see links, please follow them and read carefully what they contain. It
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400 will take some time, but it DOES worth it.</P>
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401
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402 <P>You need a fairly recent system. On Linux, 2.4.x kernels are recommended.</P>
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403
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404 <H4>Software requirements:</H4>
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405
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406 <UL>
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407 <LI><B>binutils</B> - suggested version is <B>2.11.x</B> . This program is
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408 responsible for generating MMX/3DNow!/etc instructions, thus very important.</LI>
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409 <LI><B>gcc</B> - suggested versions are: <B>2.95.3</B>, <B>2.95.4</B> and <B>3.1</B>.
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410 <B>NEVER</B> use 2.96 or 3.0.x! They generate faulty code for MPlayer.
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411 If you decide to change gcc from 2.96, then don't decide in favor of 3.0.x
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412 just because it's newer! Early releases of 3.0.x were even more buggy than
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413 2.96. So downgrade to 2.95.x (downgrade libstdc++ too, other programs may
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414 need it) or don't up/downgrade at all (but in this case, be prepared for
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415 runtime problems). If you vote for 3.x.x, try to use the latest version,
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416 early releases had various bugs, so be sure you use at least 3.1, it's
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417 tested and working. For detailed information about gcc 2.96's bugs (that are
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418 still NOT fixed, they have been WORKED AROUND in MPlayer!), see the
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419 <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#gcc">gcc 2.96</A> section and the
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420 <A HREF="faq.html">FAQ</A>.</LI>
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421 <LI><B>XFree86</B> - suggested version is <B>always the newest (4.2.1)</B>.
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422 Normally, everyone wants this, as starting with XFree86 4.0.2, it contains
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423 the <A HREF="video.html#xv">XVideo</A> extension (somewhere referred to
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424 as <B>Xv</B>) which is needed to enable the hardware YUV acceleration (fast
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425 image display) on cards that support it.<BR>
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426 Make sure its <B>development package</B> is installed, too, otherwise
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427 it won't work.<BR>
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428 For some video cards you don't need XFree86. See list below.</LI>
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429 <LI><B>make</B> - suggested version is <B>always the newest</B> (at least 3.79.x). This
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430 usually isn't important.</LI>
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431 <LI><B>SDL</B> - it's not mandatory, but can help in some cases (bad audio,
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432 video cards that lag strangely with the xv driver). Always use the newest
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433 (beginning from 1.2.x).</LI>
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434 <LI><B>libjpeg</B> - optional JPEG decoder, used by -mf and some QT MOV files.
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435 Useful for both MPlayer and MEncoder if you plan to work with jpeg files.</LI>
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436 <LI><B>libpng</B> - recommended and default (M)PNG decoder. Required for GUI.
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437 Useful for both MPlayer and MEncoder.</LI>
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438 <LI><B>lame</B> - recommended, needed for encoding MP3 audio with MEncoder,
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439 suggested version is <B>always the newest</B> (at least 3.90).</LI>
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440 <LI><B>libogg</B> - optional, needed for playing OGG file format.</LI>
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441 <LI><B>libvorbis</B> - optional, needed for playing OGG Vorbis audio.</LI>
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442 <LI><B><A HREF="http://www.live.com/mplayer/">LIVE.COM Streaming Media</A></B>
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443 - optional, needed for playing RTSP/RTP streams.</LI>
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444 </UL>
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445
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446 <H4>Codecs:</H4>
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447
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448 <UL>
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449 <LI><B>libavcodec</B>: This codec package is capable of decoding
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450 H263/MJPEG/RV10/DivX3/DivX4/DivX5/MP41/MP42/WMV1 encoded video streams, on
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451 multiple platforms. It is also known to be the fastest for this task.
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452 See the <A HREF="codecs.html#libavcodec">libavcodec</A> section for details.
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453 Features:<BR>
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454 <UL>
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455 <LI>gain decoding of videos mentioned above, on non-x86 machines</LI>
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456 <LI>encoding with most of the mentioned codecs</LI>
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457 <LI>this codec is the <B>fastest codec available</B> for DivX/3/4/5 and
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458 other MPEG4 types. Recommended!</LI>
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459 </UL>
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460 </LI>
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461 <LI><B>Win32 codecs</B>: If you plan to use MPlayer on x86
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462 architecture, you will possibly need them. Download and unzip w32codecs.zip
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463 to /usr/lib/win32 <B>BEFORE</B> compiling MPlayer, otherwise no Win32
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464 support will be compiled!<BR>
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465 <B>Note:</B> the avifile project has a similar codecs package, but it differs
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466 from ours. If you want to use all supported codecs, then install our package
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467 (do not worry, avifile works with it without problems). Features:<BR>
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468 <UL>
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469 <LI>you need this if you want to play or encode for example movies recorded
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470 with various hardware compressors, like tuner cards, digital cameras
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471 (example: DV, ATI VCR, MJPEG)</LI>
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472 <LI>needed if you want to play <B>WMV8 movies</B>. Not needed for old
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473 ASF's with MP41 or MP42 video (though VoxWare audio is frequent for these
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474 files - it's done by the Win32 codec), or WMV7.</LI>
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475 </UL>
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476 </LI>
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477 <LI><B>DivX4/DivX5</B>: information about this codec is available in the
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478 <A HREF="codecs.html#divx">DivX4/DivX5</A> section. You possibly don't want
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479 this codec as <B>libavcodec</B> (see above) is much faster and has better
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480 quality than this, for both decoding and encoding.<BR>
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481 Features:
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482 <UL>
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483 <LI>1 pass or 2 pass encoding with
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484 <A HREF="encoding.html">MEncoder</A></LI>
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485 <LI>can play old <B>DivX3</B> movies much faster than the Win32 DLL but
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486 slower than <B>libavcodec</B>!</LI>
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487 <LI>it's closed-source, and only an x86 version is available.</LI>
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488 </UL>
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489 </LI>
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490 <LI><B>XviD</B>: Open source encoding alternative to Divx4Linux<BR>
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491 Features:
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492 <UL>
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493 <LI>1 pass or 2 pass encoding with
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494 <A HREF="encoding.html">MEncoder</A></LI>
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495 <LI>it's open-source, so it's multiplatform.</LI>
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496 <LI>it's about 2 times faster than DivX4 when encoding - about the same
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497 quality</LI>
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498 </UL>
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499 </LI>
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500 <LI>The <A HREF="codecs.html#xanim">XAnim codecs</A> are the best (full
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501 screen, hardware YUV zoom) for decoding <B>3ivx</B> and Indeo 3/4/5 movies,
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502 and some old formats. And they are multiplatform, so this is the only way to
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503 play Indeo on non-x86 platforms (well, apart from using XAnim:). But for
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504 example Cinepak movies are best played with MPlayer's own Cinepak
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505 decoder!</LI>
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506 <LI>For <B>Ogg Vorbis</B> audio decoding you need to install
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507 <CODE>libvorbis</CODE> properly. Use deb/rpm packages if available, or
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508 compile from
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509 <A HREF="http://ogg.org/ogg/vorbis/download/vorbis_nightly_cvs.tgz">source</A>
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510 (this is a nightly updated tarball of Vorbis CVS).</LI>
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511 <LI>MPlayer can use the libraries of RealPlayer 8 or RealONE to play
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512 files with <B>RealVideo 2.0 - 4.0</B> video, and Sipro/Cook audio. See
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513 <A HREF="formats.html#real">RealMedia file format</A> section for
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514 installation instructions and more information.</LI>
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515 </UL>
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516
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517 <H4>Video Cards</H4>
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519 <P>There are generally two kind of video cards. One kind (the newer cards) has
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520 <B>hardware scaling and YUV acceleration</B> support, the other cards don't.</P>
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521
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522 <H4>YUV cards</H4>
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523
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524 <P>They can display and scale (zoom) the picture to any size that fits in
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525 their memory, with <B>small CPU usage</B> (even when zooming), thus
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526 fullscreen playing is nice and very fast.</P>
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527
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528 <UL>
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529 <LI><B>Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550 cards</B>: although a
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530 <A HREF="video.html#vidix">Vidix driver</A> is provided, it is recommended
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531 to use the mga_vid kernel module instead, for it works much better.
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532 Please see the <A HREF="video.html#mga_vid">mga_vid</A> section about its
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533 installation and usage. It is important to do these steps <I>before</I>
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534 compiling MPlayer, otherwise no mga_vid support will be built. Also
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535 check out the <A HREF="video.html#tv-out_matrox">Matrox TV-out</A> section.
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536 <U><B>If you don't use Linux</B></U>, your only possibility is the VIDIX
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537 driver: read the <A HREF="video.html#vidix">VIDIX</A> section.</LI>
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538 <LI><B>3Dfx Voodoo3/Banshee cards</B>: please see the
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539 <A HREF="video.html#tdfxfb">tdfxfb</A> section in order to gain big
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540 speedup. It is important to do these steps <B>before</B> compiling
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541 MPlayer, otherwise no 3Dfx support will be built. Also see the <A
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542 HREF="video.html#tv-out_voodoo">3dfx TV-out section</A>. If you use X, use
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543 <B>at least 4.2.0</B>, as the 3dfx Xv driver was broken in 4.1.0 and earlier
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544 releases.</LI>
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545 <LI><B>ATI cards</B>: <A HREF="video.html#vidix">Vidix driver</A> is
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546 provided for the following cards:
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547 <B>Radeon</B>, <B>Rage128</B>, <B>Mach64</B> (Rage XL/Mobility, Xpert98).
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548 Also see the <A HREF="video.html#tv-out_ati">ATI cards
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549 section</A> of the TV-out documentation, to know if you card's TV-out is
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550 supported under Linux/MPlayer.</LI>
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551 <LI><B>S3 cards</B>: the Savage and Virge/DX chips have hardware acceleration.
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552 Use as new XFree86 version as possible, older drivers are buggy. Savage chips
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553 have problems with YV12 display, see <A HREF="video.html#xv_s3">S3 Xv
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554 section</A> for details. Older, Trio cards have no, or slow hardware
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555 support.</LI>
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556 <LI><B>nVidia cards</B>: very bad choice for video playing (nVidia
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557 <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#nvidia">does not think so</A>).
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558 nVidia's cards have very cheap and bad quality chips. Moreover, <B>the
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559 built-in nVidia driver in XFree86 does not support hardware YUV
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560 acceleration on all nVidia cards.</B> You have to download nVidia's
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561 closed-source drivers from nVidia.com. See the <A
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562 HREF="video.html#xv_nvidia">nVidia Xv driver</A> section for details.</LI>
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563 <LI><B>3DLabs GLINT R3 and Permedia3</B>: a VIDIX driver is provided
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564 (pm3_vid). Please see the <A HREF="video.html#vidix">VIDIX</A> section for
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565 details.</LI>
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566 <LI><B>Other cards</B>: None of the above?
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567 <UL>
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568 <LI>Try if the XFree86 driver (and your card) supports hardware
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569 acceleration. See the <A HREF="video.html#xv">Xv section</A> for
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570 details.</LI>
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571 <LI>If it doesn't, then your card's video features aren't supported under
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572 your operating system :(<BR>
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573 If hardware scaling works under Windows, it doesn't mean it will work
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574 under Linux or other operating systems: it depends on the drivers. Most
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575 manufacturers neither make Linux drivers nor release specifications
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576 for their chips, so you are unlucky using their cards.
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577 See 'Non-YUV cards'.</LI>
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578 </UL>
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579 </LI>
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580 </UL>
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581
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582 <H4>Non-YUV cards</H4>
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583
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584 <P>Fullscreen playing can be achieved by either enabling <B>software scaling</B>
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585 (use the <CODE>-zoom</CODE> or <CODE>-vop scale</CODE>
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586 option, but I warn you: this is slow), or switching to a small resolution
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587 video mode, for example 352x288. If you don't have YUV acceleration, the
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588 latter method is recommended. Video mode switching can be enabled by
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589 using the <CODE>-vm</CODE> option and it works with the following drivers:</P>
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590
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591 <UL>
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592 <LI><B>using</B> XFree86: see the
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593 <A HREF="video.html#dga">DGA driver</A> and
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594 <A HREF="video.html#x11">X11 driver</A> sections for details. DGA is
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595 recommended! Also try DGA via SDL, sometimes it's better.</LI>
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596 <LI><B>not using</B> XFree86: try the drivers in the following order:
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597 <A HREF="video.html#vesa">vesa</A>,
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598 <A HREF="video.html#fbdev">fbdev</A>,
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599 <A HREF="video.html#svgalib">svgalib</A>,
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600 <A HREF="video.html#aalib">aalib</A>.</LI>
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601 </UL>
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602
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603 <H4>Some cards:</H4>
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604
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605 <UL>
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606 <LI><B>Cirrus Logic cards</B>:
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607 <UL>
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608 <LI>GD 7548: present on-board and tested in Compaq Armada 41xx notebook
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609 series.
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610 <UL>
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611 <LI>XFree86 3: works in 8/16bpp modes. However, the driver is
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612 dramatically slow and buggy in 800x600@16bpp.
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613 <B>Recommended: 640x480@16bpp</B></LI>
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614 <LI>XFree86 4: the Xserver freezes soon after start unless
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615 acceleration is disabled, but then the whole thing gets
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616 slower than XFree86 3. No XVideo.</LI>
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617 <LI>FBdev: framebuffer can be turned on with the <CODE>clgenfb</CODE>
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618 driver in the kernel, though for me it worked only in 8bpp, thus
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619 unusable. The clgenfb source had to be extended with the 7548 ID
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620 before compilation.</LI>
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621 <LI>VESA: the card is only VBE 1.2 capable, so VESA output can't be
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622 used. Can't be workarounded with UniVBE.</LI>
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623 <LI>SVGAlib: detects an older Cirrus chip. Usable but slow with
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624 <CODE>-bpp 8</CODE>.</LI>
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625 </UL>
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626 </LI>
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627 </UL>
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628 </LI>
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629 </UL>
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630
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631
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632 <H4>Sound cards:</H4>
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633
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634 <UL>
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635 <LI><B>Soundblaster Live!</B>: with this card you can use 4 or 6 (<B>5.1</B>)
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636 channels AC3 decoding instead of 2. Read the
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637 <A HREF="codecs.html#software_ac3">Software AC3 decoding</A> section.
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638 For hardware AC3 passthrough you <B>must</B> use ALSA 0.9 with OSS emulation!</LI>
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639 <LI><B>C-Media with SP/DIF out</B>: hardware AC3 passthrough is possible
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640 with these cards, see
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641 <A HREF="codecs.html#hardware_ac3">Hardware AC3 decoding</A> section.</LI>
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642 <LI>Features of <B>other cards</B> aren't supported by MPlayer.
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643 <U>It's very recommended to read the <A HREF="sound.html">sound card
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644 section</A>!</U></LI>
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645 </UL>
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646
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647 <H4>Features:</H4>
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648
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649 <UL>
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650 <LI>Decide if you need GUI. If you do, see the <A HREF="#gui">GUI section</A>
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651 before compiling.</LI>
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652 <LI>If you want to install MEncoder (our great all-purpose encoder),
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653 see the <A HREF="encoding.html">MEncoder section</A>.</LI>
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654 <LI>If you have a V4L compatible <B>TV tuner</B> card, and wish to watch/grab
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655 and encode movies with MPlayer, read the <A HREF="#tv">TV input</A>
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656 section.</LI>
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657 </UL>
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658
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659 <P>Then build MPlayer:</P>
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660
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661 <PRE>
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662 ./configure
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663 make
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664 make install
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665 </PRE>
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666
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667 <P>At this point, MPlayer is ready to use. The directory
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668 <CODE>$PREFIX/share/mplayer</CODE> contains the <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>
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669 file, which is used to tell the program all the codecs and their
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670 capabilities. This file should always be kept up to date together with the
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671 main binary.<BR>
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672 Check if you have <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE> in your home directory
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673 (<CODE>~/.mplayer/codecs.conf</CODE>) left from old MPlayer versions, and remove it.</P>
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674
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675 <P><B>Debian users</B> can build a <CODE>.deb</CODE> package for themselves,
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676 it's very simple. Just exec <CODE>fakeroot debian/rules binary</CODE> in
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677 MPlayer's root directory. See
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678 <A HREF="documentation.html#debian">Debian packaging</A> for detailed
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679 instructions.</P>
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680
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681 <P><B>Always browse the output of <CODE>./configure</CODE></B>, and the
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682 <CODE>configure.log</CODE> file, they contain information about what will be
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683 built, and what will not. You may also want to view <CODE>config.h</CODE> and
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684 <CODE>config.mak</CODE> files.<BR>
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685 If you have some libraries installed, but not detected by
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686 <CODE>./configure</CODE>, then check if you also have the proper header files
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687 (usually the -dev packages) and their version matches. The
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688 <CODE>configure.log</CODE> file usually tells you what is missing.</P>
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689
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690 <P>Though not mandatory, the fonts should be installed in order to gain OSD,
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691 and subtitle functionality. Download <CODE>mp-arial-iso-8859-*.zip</CODE>
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692 and/or optional (if exists) language updates. See the
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693 <A HREF="#subtitles_osd">Subtitles and OSD</A> section for details.</P>
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695 <PRE>
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696 mkdir ~/.mplayer
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697 cd ~/.mplayer
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698 unzip mp-arial-iso-8859-1.zip
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699 ln -s ~/.mplayer/iso-8859-1/arial-24 font
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700 </PRE>
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701
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702
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703 <H2><A NAME="gui">1.3 What about the GUI?</A></H2>
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705 <P>The GUI needs GTK (it isn't GTK, but the panels are). The skins are stored
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706 in PNG format, so gtk, libpng (and their devel stuff) has to be installed.
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707 You can build it by specifying <CODE>--enable-gui</CODE> during
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708 <CODE>./configure</CODE>. Then, to turn on GUI mode, you either</P>
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709 <UL>
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710 <LI>specify <CODE>gui=yes</CODE> in your config file</LI>
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711 <LI><CODE>ln -s $PREFIX/bin/mplayer $PREFIX/bin/gmplayer</CODE> ,
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712 and call <CODE>gmplayer</CODE> instead.</LI>
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713 </UL>
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714
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715 <P>Currently you can't use the <CODE>-gui</CODE> option on the command line,
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716 due to technical reasons.</P>
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717
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718 <P>As MPlayer doesn't have a skin included, you have to download them if
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719 you want to use the GUI. See the
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720 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/dload.html">download page</A>.
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721 They should be extracted to the usual system-wide directory
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722 (<CODE>$PREFIX/share/mplayer/Skin</CODE>), or to
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723 <CODE>$HOME/.mplayer/Skin</CODE>. MPlayer by default looks in these
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724 directories for a directory named <I>default</I>, but you can use the
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725 <CODE>-skin newskin</CODE> option, or the <CODE>skin=newskin</CODE> config
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726 file directive to use the skin in <CODE>*/Skin/newskin</CODE> directory.</P>
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727
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728
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729 <H2><A NAME="subtitles_osd">1.4 Subtitles and OSD</A></H2>
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730
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731 <P>
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732 MPlayer can display subtitles along with movie files. Currently the following
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733 formats are supported:</P>
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734 <UL>
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735 <LI>VobSub</LI>
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736 <LI>Microdvd</LI>
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737 <LI>SubRip</LI>
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738 <LI>SubViewer</LI>
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739 <LI>Sami</LI>
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740 <LI>VPlayer</LI>
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741 <LI>RT</LI>
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742 <LI>SSA</LI>
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743 <LI>MPsub</LI>
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744 <LI>AQTitle</LI>
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745 </UL>
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746
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747 The command line options differ slightly for the different formats:
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748
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749 <H4>VobSub subtitles</H4>
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750
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751 <P>VobSub subtitles consist of a big (some megabytes) .SUB file, and optional
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752 .IDX and/or .IFO files.<BR>
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753 Usage: if you have files like <CODE>sample.sub</CODE>,
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754 <CODE>sample.ifo</CODE>, <CODE>sample.idx</CODE> - you have to pass the
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755 <CODE>-vobsub sample -vobsubid
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756 &lt;id&gt;</CODE> options (optionally with pathname, of course). The
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757 <CODE>-vobsubid</CODE> option is like <CODE>-sid</CODE> for DVDs, you can
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758 choose between subtitle tracks (languages) with it.</P>
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759
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760 <H4>Other subtitles</H4>
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761
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762 <P>The other formats consist of a single text file containing timing,
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763 placement and text information.<BR>
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764 Usage: if you have a file like <CODE>sample.txt</CODE>, you have to pass the
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765 option <CODE>-sub sample.txt</CODE> (optionally with pathname, of course).</P>
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766
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767 <H4>Adjusting subtitle timing and placement:</H4>
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768
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769 <DL>
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770 <DT><CODE>-subdelay &lt;sec&gt;</CODE></DT>
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771 <DD>Delays subtitles by &lt;sec&gt; seconds. Can be negative.</DD>
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772
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773 <DT><CODE>-subfps &lt;rate&gt;</CODE></DT>
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774 <DD>Specify frame/sec rate of subtitle file (float number)</DD>
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775
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776 <DT><CODE>-subpos &lt;0 - 100&gt;</CODE></DT>
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777 <DD>Specify the position of subtitles.</DD>
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778 </DL>
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779
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780 <P>If you experience a growing delay between the movie and the subtitles when
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781 using a MicroDVD subtitle file, most likely the frame rate of the movie and
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782 the subtitle file are different.<BR> Please note that the MicroDVD subtitle
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783 format uses absolute frame numbers for its timing, and therefore the
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784 <CODE>-subfps</CODE> option cannot be used with this format. As
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785 MPlayer has no way to guess the frame rate of the subtitle file, you
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786 have to manually convert the frame rate. There is a little perl script in the
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787 <CODE>contrib</CODE> directory of the MPlayer FTP site to do this conversion
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788 for you.</P>
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789
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790 <P>About DVD subtitles, read the <A HREF="cd-dvd.html#dvd">DVD section</A>.</P>
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791
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792
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793 <H3><A NAME="mpsub">1.4.1 MPlayer's own subtitle format (MPsub)</A></H3>
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794
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795 <P>MPlayer introduces a new subtitle format called <B>MPsub</B>. It was
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796 designed by me (Gabucino). Basically its main feature is being
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797 <I>dynamically</I> time-based (although it has frame-based mode too). Example
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798 (from
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799 <A HREF="tech/mpsub.sub">DOCS/tech/mpsub.sub</A>):</P>
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800
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801 <P><CODE><I># first number : wait this much after previous subtitle disappeared<BR>
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802 # second number : display the current subtitle for this many seconds<BR>
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803 <BR>
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804 15 3<BR>
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805 A long long, time ago...<BR>
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806 <BR>
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807 0 3<BR>
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808 in a galaxy far away...<BR>
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809 <BR>
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810 0 3<BR>
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811 Naboo was under an attack.<BR></I></CODE></P>
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812
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813 <P>So you see, the main goal was to <B>make subtitle
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814 editing/timing/joining/cutting easy</B>. And, if you - say - get an SSA
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815 subtitle but it's badly timed/delayed to your version of the movie, you
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816 simply do a <CODE>mplayer dummy.avi -sub source.ssa -dumpmpsub</CODE>.
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817 A <CODE>dump.mpsub</CODE> file will be created in the current directory,
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818 which will contain the source subtitle's text, but in <B>MPsub</B> format.
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819 Then you can freely add/subtract seconds to/from the subtitle.</P>
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820
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821 <P>Subtitles are displayed with a technique called <B>'OSD', On Screen
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822 Display</B>. OSD is used to display current time, volume bar, seek bar
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823 etc.</P>
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824
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825 <H3><A NAME="install_osd">1.4.2 Installing OSD and subtitles</A></H3>
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826
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827 <P>You need an MPlayer font package to be able to use OSD/SUB feature.
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828 There are many ways to get it:</P>
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829
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830 <UL>
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831 <LI>download ready-to-use font packages from MPlayer site.
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832 Note: currently available fonts are limited for iso 8859-1/2 support,
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833 but there are some other (including Korean, Russian, 8859-8 etc) fonts
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834 at contrib/font section of FTP, made by users.<BR>
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835 <BR>
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836 Font should have appropriate font.desc file which maps unicode font
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837 positions to the actual code page of the subtitles text. Other solution is
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838 to have subtitles encoded in utf8 encoding and use <CODE>-utf8</CODE>
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839 option or just name the subtitles file &lt;video_name&gt;.utf and have it
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840 in the same dir as the video file. Recoding from different codepages to
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841 utf8 could be done by using konwert (Debian) or iconv (Red Hat)
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842 programs.<BR>
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843 Some URLs:
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844 <UL>
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845 <LI><A HREF="ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/">ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/</A> - ISO fonts</LI>
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846 <LI><A HREF="ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/contrib/fonts/">ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/contrib/fonts/</A> - various fonts by users</LI>
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847 <LI><A HREF="http://realtime.ssu.ac.kr/~lethean/mplayer/">http://realtime.ssu.ac.kr/~lethean/mplayer/</A> - Korean fonts &amp; RAW plugin</LI>
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848 </UL>
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849 </LI>
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850 <LI>use the font generator tool at TOOLS/subfont-c
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851 It's a complete tool to convert from TTF/Type1/etc font to mplayer font pkg.
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852 (read TOOLS/subfont-c/README for details)</LI>
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853 <LI>use the font generator GIMP plugin at TOOLS/subfont-GIMP
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854 (note: you must have HSI RAW plugin too, see URL below)</LI>
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855 </UL>
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856
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857 <P>After that, UNZIP the file you downloaded to <CODE>~/.mplayer</CODE> or
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858 <CODE>$PREFIX/share/mplayer</CODE>. Then rename or symlink one of them to
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859 <CODE>font</CODE> (like: <CODE>ln -s ~/.mplayer/arial-24
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860 ~/.mplayer/font</CODE>). Now you have to see a timer at the upper left corner
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861 of the movie (switch it off with the "o" key).</P>
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862
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863 <P>OSD has 3 states: (switch with 'o')</P>
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864
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865 <UL>
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866 <LI>timer + volume bar + seek bar + subtitles</LI>
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867 <LI>volume bar + seek bar + subtitles (default)</LI>
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868 <LI>subtitles only</LI>
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869 </UL>
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870
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871 <P>You can change default behaviour by setting <CODE>osdlevel=</CODE> variable
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872 in config file.</P>
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873
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874
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875 <H2><A NAME="rtc">1.5 RTC</A></H2>
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876
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877 There are three timing methods in MPlayer.
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878
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879 <UL>
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880 <LI><B>To use the old method</B>, you don't have to do anything. It uses
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881 <CODE>usleep()</CODE> to tune A/V sync, with +/- 10ms accuracy. However
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882 sometimes the sync has to be tuned even finer.</LI>
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883 <LI><B>The new timer</B> code uses PC's RTC (Real Time Clock) for this task,
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884 because it has precise 1ms timers. It is automagically enabled when
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885 available, but requires root privileges, a <I>setuid root</I>
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886 MPlayer binary or a properly set up kernel.
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887 <BR>
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888 If you are running kernel 2.4.19pre8 or later you can adjust the maximum
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889 RTC frequency for normal users through the <CODE>/proc</CODE> filesystem.
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890 Use this command to enable RTC for normal users:
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891 <P>
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892 <CODE>echo 1024 &gt; /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq</CODE>
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893 </P>
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894 If you do not have such a new kernel, you can also change one line in
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895 <CODE>drivers/char/rtc.c</CODE> and recompile your kernel. Find the
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896 section that reads
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897 <PRE>
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898 * We don't really want Joe User enabling more
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899 * than 64Hz of interrupts on a multi-user machine.
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900 */
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901 if ((rtc_freq &gt; 64) &amp;&amp; (!capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE)))
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902 </PRE>
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903 and change the 64 to 1024. You should really know what you are doing, though.
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904 <BR>
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905 You can see the new timer's efficiency in the status line.
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906 <BR>
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907 The power management functions of some notebook BIOSes with speedstep CPUs
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908 interact badly with RTC. Audio and video may get out of sync. Plugging the
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909 external power connector in before you power up your notebook seems to help.
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910 You can always turn off RTC support with the <CODE>-nortc</CODE> switch.
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911 In some hardware combinations (confirmed during usage of non-DMA DVD
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912 drive on an ALi1541 board) usage of the RTC timer causes skippy playback.
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913 It's recommended to use the third method in these cases.</LI>
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914 <LI><B>The third timer code</B> is turned on with the <CODE>-softsleep</CODE>
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915 option. It has the efficiency of the RTC, but it doesn't use RTC. On the other
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916 hand, it requires more CPU.</LI>
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917 </UL>
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918
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919 <B>Note:</B> <B>NEVER install a setuid root MPlayer binary on a multiuser system!</B>
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920 It's a clear way for everyone to become root.
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921
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922
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923
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924 <H1><A NAME="features">2. Features</A></H1>
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925
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926
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927 <H2><A NAME="formats">2.1</A> <A HREF="formats.html">Supported formats</A></H2>
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928
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929
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930 <H2><A NAME="codecs">2.2</A> <A HREF="codecs.html">Supported codecs</A></H2>
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931
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932
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933 <H2><A NAME="output">2.3</A> <A HREF="video.html">Video</A> &amp; <A HREF="sound.html">Audio</A> output devices</H2>
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934
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935
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936 <H2><A NAME="encoding">2.4</A> <A HREF="encoding.html">MEncoder - An All-Purpose Encoder</A></H2>
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937
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938
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939 <H2><A NAME="tv"><B>2.5 TV input</B></A></H2>
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940
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941 <P>This section is about how to enable <B>watching/grabbing from V4L compatible
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942 TV tuner</B>. See the man page for a description of TV options and keyboard
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943 controls.</P>
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944
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945 <P><B>THIS CODE IS CURRENTLY NOT BEING WORKED ON! Do not expect it to work
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946 without tweaking/experimenting!</B></P>
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947
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948
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949 <H3><A NAME="tv_compilation">2.5.1 Compilation</A></H3>
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950
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951 <OL>
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952 <LI>First, you have to recompile. <CODE>./configure</CODE> will autodetect
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953 kernel headers of v4l stuff and the existence of <CODE>/dev/video*</CODE>
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954 entries. If they exist, TV support will be built (see the output of
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955 <CODE>./configure</CODE>).</LI>
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956 <LI>Make sure your tuner works with another TV software in Linux, for example
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957 xawtv.</LI>
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958 </OL>
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959
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960 <BLOCKQUOTE>
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961 <B>Hint</B><BR>
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962 Are the colors messed up? Then your tuner cannot display
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963 in YV12 colorspace. Try I420 (<CODE>-vc rawi420</CODE>) or YUY2, UYVY, RGB32
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964 (<CODE>-vo sdl</CODE>) colorspaces.
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965 You can specify these with the <CODE>outfmt=YV12</CODE> option, see below.
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966 </BLOCKQUOTE>
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967
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968
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969 <H3><A NAME="tv_examples">2.5.2 Examples</A></H3>
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970
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971 <P>Dummy output, to AAlib :)<BR>
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972 <CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mplayer -tv on:driver=dummy:width=640:height=480 -vo aa</CODE><BR>
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973 <BR>
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974 Input from standard V4L<BR>
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975 <CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mplayer -tv on:driver=v4l:width=640:height=480:outfmt=i420 -vc rawi420 -vo xv</CODE><BR></P>
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976
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977 <P><B>Note:</B><BR>
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978 If you have a TV card with an external audio device and get only a black
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979 screen, although input works with xawtv or similar, then try to use the
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980 <CODE>-noaudio</CODE> option. For the example above this would be:<BR>
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981 <CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mplayer -tv on:noaudio:driver=v4l:width=640:height=480:outfmt=i420 -vc rawi420 -vo xv</CODE></P>
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982
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983
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984
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985 <H1><A NAME="usage">3. Usage</A></H1>
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986
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987
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988 <H2><A NAME="command_line">3.1 Command line</A></H2>
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989
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990 <P>MPlayer utilizes a complex playtree. It consists of global options
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991 written as first (for example <CODE>mplayer -vfm 5</CODE>), and options
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992 written after filenames, that apply only to the given filename/URL/whatever
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993 (for example <CODE>mplayer -vfm 5 movie1.avi movie2.avi -vfm 4</CODE>).<BR>
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994 You can group filenames/URLs together using { and }. It's useful with
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995 option -loop: <CODE>mplayer { 1.avi -loop 2 2.avi } -loop 3</CODE>
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996 will play files in this order: 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2<BR>
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997 </P>
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998
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999 <TABLE BORDER=0>
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1000 <TR><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD>file</TD><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD><CODE>mplayer [options] [path/]filename</CODE></TD></TR>
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1001 <TR><TD></TD><TD>files</TD><TD></TD><TD><CODE>mplayer [default options] [path/]filename1 [options for filename1] filename2 [options for filename2] ...</CODE></TD></TR>
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1002 <TR><TD></TD><TD>VCD</TD><TD></TD><TD><CODE>mplayer [options] -vcd trackno [-cdrom-device /dev/cdrom]</CODE></TD></TR>
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1003 <TR><TD></TD><TD>DVD</TD><TD></TD><TD><CODE>mplayer [options] -dvd titleno [-dvd-device /dev/dvd]</CODE></TD></TR>
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1004 <TR><TD></TD><TD>WWW</TD><TD></TD><TD><CODE>mplayer [options] http://site.com/file.asf (playlists can be used, too)</CODE></TD></TR>
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1005 <TR><TD></TD><TD>RTSP</TD><TD></TD><TD><CODE>mplayer [options] rtsp://server.example.com/streamName</CODE></TD></TR>
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1006 </TABLE>
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1008 <P>
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1009 Latest versions of MPlayer also accept VCD and DVD tracks in URL style, just like
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1010 xine does: <CODE>mplayer dvd://1</CODE> or <CODE>mplayer vcd://1</CODE></P>
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1011
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1012 <PRE>
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1013 mplayer -vo x11 /mnt/Films/Contact/contact2.mpg
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1014 mplayer -vcd 2
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1015 mplayer -afm 3 /mnt/DVDtrailers/alien4.vob
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1016 mplayer -dvd 1 -dvd-device /dev/hdc
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1017 mplayer -abs 65536 -delay -0.4 -nobps ~/movies/test.avi
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1018 </PRE>
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1019
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1020
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1021 <H2><A NAME="control">3.2 Control</A></H2>
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1022
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1023 <P>MPlayer has a fully configurable, command driven, control layer which
988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer
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1024 lets you control MPlayer with keyboard, mouse, joystick or remote
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1025 control (using LIRC). See the man page for the complete list of keyboard
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1026 controls.</P>
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1027
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1028
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1029 <H3><A NAME="controls_configuration">3.2.1 Controls configuration</A></H3>
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1030
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1031 <P>MPlayer allows you bind any key/button to any MPlayer command
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1032 using a simple config file. The syntax consist of a key name followed by a
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1033 command. The default config file location is
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a2937bae0651 Expanded RTC section. It now explains how to allow RTC via /proc on newer
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1034 <CODE>$HOME/.mplayer/input.conf</CODE> but it can be overridden using the
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1035 <CODE>-input</CODE> conf switch (relative path are relative to
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1036 <CODE>$HOME/.mplayer</CODE>).
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1037
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1038 <P>Example:</P>
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1039
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1040 <PRE>
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1041 ##
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1042 ## MPlayer input control file
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1043 ##
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1044
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1045 RIGHT seek +10
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1046 LEFT seek -10
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1047 - audio_delay 0.100
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1048 + audio_delay -0.100
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1049 q quit
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1050 &gt; pt_step 1
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1051 &lt; pt_step -1
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1052 ENTER pt_step 1 1
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1053 </PRE>
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1054
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1055
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1056 <H4><A NAME="key_names">3.2.1.1 Key names</A></H4>
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1057
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1058 <P>You can have a full list by running <CODE>mplayer -input keylist</CODE></P>
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1059
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1060 <H4>Keyboard:</H4>
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1061
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1062 <UL>
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1063 <LI>Any printable character</LI>
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1064 <LI>SPACE</LI>
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1065 <LI>ENTER</LI>
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1066 <LI>TAB</LI>
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1067 <LI>CTRL</LI>
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1068 <LI>BS</LI>
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1069 <LI>DEL</LI>
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1070 <LI>INS</LI>
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1071 <LI>HOME</LI>
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1072 <LI>END</LI>
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1073 <LI>PGUP</LI>
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1074 <LI>PGDWN</LI>
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1075 <LI>ESC</LI>
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1076 <LI>RIGHT</LI>
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1077 <LI>LEFT</LI>
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1078 <LI>UP</LI>
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1079 <LI>DOWN</LI>
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1080 </UL>
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1081
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1082 <H4>Mouse (only supported under X):</H4>
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1083
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1084 <UL>
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1085 <LI>MOUSE_BTN0 (Left button)</LI>
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1086 <LI>MOUSE_BTN1 (Right button)</LI>
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1087 <LI>MOUSE_BTN2 (Middle button)</LI>
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1088 <LI>MOUSE_BTN3 (Wheel)</LI>
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1089 <LI>MOUSE_BTN4 (Wheel)</LI>
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1090 <LI>...</LI>
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1091 <LI>MOUSE_BTN9</LI>
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1092 </UL>
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1093
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1094 <H4>Joystick (support must be enabled at compile time):</H4>
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1095
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1096 <UL>
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1097 <LI>JOY_RIGHT or JOY_AXIS0_PLUS</LI>
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1098 <LI>JOY_LEFT or JOY_AXIS0_MINUS</LI>
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1099 <LI>JOY_UP or JOY_AXIS1_MINUS</LI>
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1100 <LI>JOY_DOWN or JOY_AXIS1_PLUS</LI>
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1101 <LI>JOY_AXIS2_PLUS</LI>
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1102 <LI>JOY_AXIS2_MINUS</LI>
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1103 <LI>...</LI>
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1104 <LI>JOY_AXIS9_PLUS</LI>
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1105 <LI>JOY_AXIS9_MINUS</LI>
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1106 </UL>
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1107
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1108
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1109 <H4><A NAME="commands">3.2.1.2 Commands</A></H4>
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1110
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1111 <P>You can have a full list of known commands by running "mplayer -input cmdlist"</P>
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1112
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1113 <UL>
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1114 <LI><B>seek</B> (int) val [(int) type=0]
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1115 <P>Seek to some place in the movie.<BR>
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1116 Type 0 is a relative seek of +/- val seconds.<BR>
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1117 Type 1 seek to val % in the movie.</P></LI>
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1118 <LI><B>audio_delay</B> (float) val
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1119 <P>Adjust the audio delay of val seconds</P></LI>
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1120 <LI><B>quit</B>
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1121 <P>Quit MPlayer</P></LI>
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1122 <LI><B>pause</B>
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1123 <P>Pause/unpause the playback</P></LI>
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1124 <LI><B>grap_frames</B>
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1125 <P>Somebody know ?</P></LI>
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1126 <LI><B>pt_step</B> (int) val [(int) force=0]
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1127 <P>Go to next/previous entry in playtree. Val sign tell the direction.<BR>
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1128 If no other entry is available in the given direction it won't do anything
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1129 unless force is non 0.</P></LI>
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1130 <LI><B>pt_up_step</B> (int) val [(int) force=0]
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1131 <P>Like pt_step but it jump to next/previous in the parent list. It's useful
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1132 to break inner loop in the playtree.</P></LI>
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1133 <LI><B>alt_src_step</B> (int) val
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1134 <P>When more than one source is available it select the next/previous one
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1135 (only supported by asx playlist).</P></LI>
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1136 <LI><B>sub_delay</B> (float) val [(int) abs=0]
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1137 <P>Adjust the subtitles delay of +/- val seconds or set it to val seconds
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1138 when abs is non zero.</P></LI>
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1139 <LI><B>osd</B> [(int) level=-1]
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1140 <P>Toggle osd mode or set it to level when level &gt; 0.</P></LI>
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1141 <LI><B>volume</B> (int) dir
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1142 <P>Increase/decrease volume</P></LI>
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1143 <LI><B>contrast</B> (int) val [(int) abs=0]</LI>
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1144 <LI><B>brightness</B> (int) val [(int) abs=0]</LI>
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1145 <LI><B>hue</B> (int) val [(int) abs=0]</LI>
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1146 <LI><B>saturation</B> (int) val [(int) abs=0]
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1147 <P>Set/Adjust video parameters. Val range from -100 to 100.</P></LI>
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1148 <LI><B>frame_drop</B> [(int) type=-1]
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1149 <P>Toggle/Set frame dropping mode.</P></LI>
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1150 <LI><B>sub_visibility</B>
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1151 <P>Toggle subtitle visibility.</P></LI>
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1152 <LI><B>sub_pos</B> (int) val
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1153 <P>Adjust subtitles position.</P></LI>
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1154 <LI><B>vo_fullscreen</B>
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1155 <P>Switch fullscreen mode.</P></LI>
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1156 <LI><B>tv_step_channel</B> (int) dir
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1157 <P>Select next/previous tv channel.</P></LI>
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1158 <LI><B>tv_step_norm</B>
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1159 <P>Change TV norm.</P></LI>
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1160 <LI><B>tv_step_chanlist</B>
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1161 <P>Change channel list.</P></LI>
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1162 <LI><B>gui_loadfile</B></LI>
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1163 <LI><B>gui_loadsubtitle</B></LI>
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1164 <LI><B>gui_about</B></LI>
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1165 <LI><B>gui_play</B></LI>
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1166 <LI><B>gui_stop</B></LI>
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1167 <LI><B>gui_playlist</B></LI>
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1168 <LI><B>gui_preferences</B></LI>
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1169 <LI><B>gui_skinbrowser</B>
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1170 <P>GUI actions</P></LI>
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1171 </UL>
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1172
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1173
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1174 <H3><A NAME="lirc">3.2.2 Control from LIRC</A></H3>
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parents:
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1175
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gabucino
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1176 <P>Linux Infrared Remote Control - use an easy to build home-brewn IR-receiver,
6998
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu>
diego
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1177 an (almost) arbitrary remote control and control your Linux box with it!
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916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics *only*.
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1178 More about it at <A HREF="http://www.lirc.org">www.lirc.org</A>.</P>
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parents:
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1179
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gabucino
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1180 <P>If you have installed the lirc-package, configure will autodetect it. If
7814
988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer
diego
parents: 7813
diff changeset
1181 everything went fine, MPlayer will print a message like "Setting up
5969
f9860f0594ae Arpi Is Right(TM)
gabucino
parents: 5968
diff changeset
1182 lirc support..." on startup. If an error occurs it will tell you. If it
f9860f0594ae Arpi Is Right(TM)
gabucino
parents: 5968
diff changeset
1183 doesn't tell you anything about LIRC there's no support compiled in. That's
f9860f0594ae Arpi Is Right(TM)
gabucino
parents: 5968
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1184 it :-)</P>
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1185
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b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1186 <P>The application name for MPlayer is - oh wonder - <CODE>mplayer</CODE>.
5969
f9860f0594ae Arpi Is Right(TM)
gabucino
parents: 5968
diff changeset
1187 You can use any mplayer commands and even pass more than one command by
f9860f0594ae Arpi Is Right(TM)
gabucino
parents: 5968
diff changeset
1188 separating them with \n. Don't forget to enable the repeat flag in .lircrc
f9860f0594ae Arpi Is Right(TM)
gabucino
parents: 5968
diff changeset
1189 when it make sense (seek, volume, etc). Here's an excerpt from my
f9860f0594ae Arpi Is Right(TM)
gabucino
parents: 5968
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1190 .lircrc:</P>
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1191
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1192 <PRE>
5850
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arpi
parents: 5826
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1193 begin
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
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1194 button = VOLUME_PLUS
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
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1195 prog = mplayer
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1196 config = volume 1
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1197 repeat = 1
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
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1198 end
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1199
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1200 begin
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
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1201 button = VOLUME_MINUS
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1202 prog = mplayer
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1203 config = volume -1
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1204 repeat = 1
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1205 end
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1206
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1207 begin
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1208 button = CD_PLAY
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1209 prog = mplayer
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1210 config = pause
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1211 end
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1212
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1213 begin
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1214 button = CD_STOP
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1215 prog = mplayer
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1216 config = seek 0 1\npause
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1217 end
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1218 </PRE>
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diff changeset
1219
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1220 <P>If you don't like the standard location for the lirc-config file (~/.lircrc)
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parents: 6950
diff changeset
1221 use the -lircconf &lt;filename&gt; switch to specify another file.</P>
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diff changeset
1222
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c4109cc97fe0 input dox fixed, cosmetixed
gabucino
parents: 6468
diff changeset
1223
7792
a1465b7f3221 Keyboard controls and options are described in the man page, removed the
diego
parents: 7787
diff changeset
1224 <H3><A NAME="slave">3.2.3 Slave mode</A></H3>
5850
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1225
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988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer
diego
parents: 7813
diff changeset
1226 <P>The slave mode allow you to build simple frontend to MPlayer. When
988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer
diego
parents: 7813
diff changeset
1227 enabled (with the <CODE>-slave</CODE> switch) MPlayer will read
6593
a2937bae0651 Expanded RTC section. It now explains how to allow RTC via /proc on newer
diego
parents: 6583
diff changeset
1228 commands separated by new line (\n) from stdin.</P>
6493
c4109cc97fe0 input dox fixed, cosmetixed
gabucino
parents: 6468
diff changeset
1229
5850
1b1943b3d987 input/lirc/slavemode doc by Albeu
arpi
parents: 5826
diff changeset
1230
7047
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags.
diego
parents: 7043
diff changeset
1231 <H2><A NAME="streaming">3.3 Streaming from network or pipes</A></H2>
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gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1232
7814
988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer
diego
parents: 7813
diff changeset
1233 <P>MPlayer can play files from network, using the HTTP, MMS or RTSP/RTP
7813
76940a39405a RTSP/RTP documentation, patch by Ross Finlayson <finlayson@live.com>.
diego
parents: 7792
diff changeset
1234 protocol.</P>
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gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1235
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gabucino
parents: 6950
diff changeset
1236 <P>Playing goes by simply using adding the URL to the command line.
7814
988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer
diego
parents: 7813
diff changeset
1237 MPlayer also honors the http_proxy environment variable, and uses
6960
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting
gabucino
parents: 6950
diff changeset
1238 proxy if available. Proxy usage can also be forced:</P>
4153
2bb77282b2a6 streaming with proxy
gabucino
parents: 4135
diff changeset
1239
5105
3411814cc3e5 a "few" "small" "fixes" ...
arpi
parents: 5096
diff changeset
1240 <P><CODE>mplayer http_proxy://proxy.micorsops.com:3128/http://micorsops.com:80/stream.asf</CODE></P>
2001
05189dbfb847 more fixes
gabucino
parents: 1994
diff changeset
1241
7814
988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer
diego
parents: 7813
diff changeset
1242 <P>MPlayer can read from stdin (NOT named pipes). This can be for example
6960
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gabucino
parents: 6950
diff changeset
1243 used to play from FTP:</P>
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting
gabucino
parents: 6950
diff changeset
1244
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4b7d097a9c69 big update
gabucino
parents: 6574
diff changeset
1245 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;wget ftp://micorsops.com/something.avi -O - | mplayer -</CODE></P>
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gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1246
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gabucino
parents: 6950
diff changeset
1247 <P>Note: it's also recommended to enable CACHE when playback from network:</P>
6868
f6e17d2b448e The rectangle of the rectangle plugin is not necessarily white.
diego
parents: 6849
diff changeset
1248
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4b7d097a9c69 big update
gabucino
parents: 6574
diff changeset
1249 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;wget ftp://micorsops.com/something.avi -O - | mplayer -cache 8192 -</CODE></P>
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gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1250
6496
9c4fb5264e43 more fix
gabucino
parents: 6493
diff changeset
1251
6974
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics *only*.
diego
parents: 6970
diff changeset
1252
7076
3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly
diego
parents: 7061
diff changeset
1253 <H1><A NAME="faq">4.</A> <A HREF="faq.html">FAQ section</A></H1>
3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly
diego
parents: 7061
diff changeset
1254
3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly
diego
parents: 7061
diff changeset
1255
3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly
diego
parents: 7061
diff changeset
1256
3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly
diego
parents: 7061
diff changeset
1257 <H1><A NAME="cd/dvd">5.</A> <A HREF="cd-dvd.html">CD/DVD section</A></H1>
7047
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags.
diego
parents: 7043
diff changeset
1258
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags.
diego
parents: 7043
diff changeset
1259
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags.
diego
parents: 7043
diff changeset
1260
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags.
diego
parents: 7043
diff changeset
1261 <H1><A NAME="ports">6. Ports</A></H1>
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags.
diego
parents: 7043
diff changeset
1262
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags.
diego
parents: 7043
diff changeset
1263
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags.
diego
parents: 7043
diff changeset
1264 <H2><A NAME="debian">6.1 Debian packaging</A></H2>
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gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1265
1682
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gabucino
parents: 1668
diff changeset
1266 <P>To build the package, get the cvs version, or .tgz and uncompress it,
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diff changeset
1267 and cd into programs directory:</P>
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parents:
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1268
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diego
parents: 6393
diff changeset
1269 <PRE>
a2eb6f519855 Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset.
diego
parents: 6393
diff changeset
1270 cd main
a2eb6f519855 Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset.
diego
parents: 6393
diff changeset
1271 fakeroot debian/rules binary
a2eb6f519855 Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset.
diego
parents: 6393
diff changeset
1272 </PRE>
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gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1273
1682
dba45a1aafad *** empty log message ***
gabucino
parents: 1668
diff changeset
1274 <P>(... mplayer detects hardware/software, builds itself and.. )
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gabucino
parents: 6950
diff changeset
1275 dpkg-deb: building package `mplayer' in `../mplayer_0.90-1_i386.deb'.</P>
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gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1276
1682
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gabucino
parents: 1668
diff changeset
1277 <P>And now just become root, and:</P>
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gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1278
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diego
parents: 6393
diff changeset
1279 <PRE>
6583
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gabucino
parents: 6574
diff changeset
1280 dpkg -i ../mplayer_0.90-1_i386.deb as root.
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diego
parents: 6393
diff changeset
1281 </PRE>
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gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1282
1682
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gabucino
parents: 1668
diff changeset
1283 <P>Here's how it looks like:</P>
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gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1284
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diego
parents: 6393
diff changeset
1285 <PRE>
6583
4b7d097a9c69 big update
gabucino
parents: 6574
diff changeset
1286 eyck@incubus:/src/main$ sudo dpkg -i ../mplayer_0.90-1_i386.deb
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gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1287 Password:
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1288 (Reading database ... 26946 files and directories currently installed.)
6583
4b7d097a9c69 big update
gabucino
parents: 6574
diff changeset
1289 Preparing to replace mplayer 0.50-1 (using ../mplayer_0.90-1_i386.deb)
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gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1290 Unpacking replacement mplayer ...
6583
4b7d097a9c69 big update
gabucino
parents: 6574
diff changeset
1291 Setting up mplayer (0.90-1) ...
6436
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diego
parents: 6393
diff changeset
1292 </PRE>
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gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1293
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox
gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1294
7942
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1295 <H2><A NAME="bsd">6.2 *BSD</A></H2>
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gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1296
7942
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1297 <P>Mplayer runs on FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, BSD/OS and Darwin. To build MPlayer
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1298 you will need GNU make (gmake - native BSD make will not work) and a recent
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1299 version of binutils.</P>
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1300
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1301 <P>If MPlayer complains about not finding <CODE>/dev/cdrom</CODE> or
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1302 <CODE>/dev/dvd</CODE>, create an appropiate symbolic link:<BR>
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1303 <CODE>ln -s /dev/(your_cdrom_device) /dev/cdrom</CODE>.</P>
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gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1304
7942
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1305 <P>To use Win32 DLLs with MPlayer you will need to re-compile the kernel with
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1306 "<CODE>option USER_LDT</CODE>" (unless you run FreeBSD -CURRENT, where this
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1307 is the default).</P>
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1308
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1309 <H3><A NAME="freebsd">6.2.1 FreeBSD</A></H3>
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gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1310
7942
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1311 <P>If your CPU has SSE, recompile your kernel with "options CPU_ENABLE_SSE" to
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1312 use it (FreeBSD-STABLE or kernel patches required).</P>
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1313
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1314 <H3><A NAME="openbsd">6.2.2 OpenBSD</A></H3>
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gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1315
7942
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1316 <P>Due to limitations in different versions of gas (relocation vs MMX), you will
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1317 need to compile in two steps: First make sure that the non-native as is first
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1318 in your <CODE>$PATH</CODE> and do a <CODE>gmake -k</CODE>, then make sure that
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1319 the native version is used and do <CODE>gmake</CODE>.</P>
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gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1320
6974
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics *only*.
diego
parents: 6970
diff changeset
1321
7047
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diego
parents: 7043
diff changeset
1322 <H2><A NAME="solaris">6.3 Solaris</A></H2>
1688
5fd4e5a76468 *** empty log message ***
gabucino
parents: 1686
diff changeset
1323
5fd4e5a76468 *** empty log message ***
gabucino
parents: 1686
diff changeset
1324 <P>MPlayer should work on Solaris 2.6 or newer.</P>
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gabucino
parents:
diff changeset
1325
1682
dba45a1aafad *** empty log message ***
gabucino
parents: 1668
diff changeset
1326 <P>AVI file playback works best on Solaris x86, because you have the
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gabucino
parents: 6950
diff changeset
1327 option to use the win32 codecs on the x86 platform, or can use
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gabucino
parents: 6950
diff changeset
1328 MMX/MMX2/3DNow/etc instructions for MP3/DivX/DVD/whatever. On Colaris SPARC,
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting
gabucino
parents: 6950
diff changeset
1329 you'll find quite a few AVI files with non working video and/or audio
87deea511b1f continuing paragraph reformatting
gabucino
parents: 6950
diff changeset
1330 playback, because the video/audio codecs using the Win32 DLLs are not
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gabucino
parents: 6950
diff changeset
1331 available. However, <B>DivX/OpenDivX</B> movies should work, when using
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gabucino
parents: 6950
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1332 libavcodec.</P>
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1334 <P>On <B>UltraSPARC</B>s, MPlayer takes advantage of their <B>VIS</B>
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1335 extensions (equivalent to MMX), currently only in <I>libmpeg2</I>,
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1336 <I>libvo</I> and <I>libavcodec</I>, but not in mp3lib. You can watch a VOB
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1337 file on a 400MHz CPU. You'll need
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1338 <A HREF="http://www.sun.com/sparc/vis/mediaLib.html">mLib</A> installed.</P>
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1339
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1340 <P>To build the package you will need GNU make (gmake, /opt/sfw/gmake), native
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1341 Solaris make will not work. Typical error you get when building with Solaris'
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1342 make instead of GNU make:</P>
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1344 <PRE>
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1345 % /usr/ccs/bin/make
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1346 make: Fatal error in reader: Makefile, line 25: Unexpected end of line seen
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1347 </PRE>
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1348
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1349 <P>On Solaris SPARC, you need the GNU C/C++ Compiler; it does not matter
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1350 if GNU C/C++ compiler is configured with or without the GNU assembler.</P>
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1351
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1352 <P>On Solaris x86, you need the GNU assembler and the GNU C/C++ compiler,
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1353 configured to use the GNU assembler! The mplayer code on the x86 platform
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1354 makes heavy use of MMX, SSE and 3DNOW! instructions that cannot be compiled
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1355 using Sun's assembler <CODE>/usr/ccs/bin/as</CODE>.</P>
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1356
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1357 <P>The configure script tries to find out, which assembler program is used by
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1358 your "gcc" command (in case the autodetection fails, use the
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1359 <CODE>--as=/whereever/you/have/installed/gnu-as</CODE> option to tell the
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1360 configure script where it can find GNU "as" on your system).</P>
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1361
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1362 <P>Error message from configure on a Solaris x86 system using GCC
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1363 without GNU assembler:</P>
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1365 <PRE>
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1366 % configure
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1367 ...
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1368 Checking assembler (/usr/ccs/bin/as) ... , failed
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1369 Please upgrade(downgrade) binutils to 2.10.1...
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1370 </PRE>
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1371
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1372 <P>(Solution: Install and use a gcc configured with "--with-as=gas")</P>
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1373
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1374 <P>Typical error you get when building with a GNU C compiler that does
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1375 not use GNU as:</P>
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1377 <PRE>
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1378 % gmake
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1379 ...
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1380 gcc -c -Iloader -Ilibvo -O4 -march=i686 -mcpu=i686 -pipe -ffast-math
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1381 -fomit-frame-pointer -I/usr/local/include -o mplayer.o mplayer.c
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1382 Assembler: mplayer.c
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1383 "(stdin)", line 3567 : Illegal mnemonic
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1384 "(stdin)", line 3567 : Syntax error
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1385 ... more "Illegal mnemonic" and "Syntax error" errors ...
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1386 </PRE>
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1387
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1388 <P>For DVD support you must have the patched libcss installed. Patch:
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1389 <A HREF="http://www.tools.de/solaris/mplayer/">http://www.tools.de/solaris/mplayer/</A>.</P>
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1390
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1391 <P>Due to two bugs in Solaris 8 x86, you cannot reliably play DVD discs larger
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diego
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1392 than 4 GB:</P>
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1393
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1394 <UL>
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1395 <LI>The sd(7D) driver on Solaris 8 x86 driver has bug when accessing a disk
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diego
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1396 block &gt;4GB on a device using a logical blocksize != DEV_BSIZE (i.e. CD-ROM
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1397 and DVD media). Due to a 32Bit int overflow, a disk address modulo 4GB is
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1398 accessed.
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1399 (<A HREF="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/22516">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/22516</A>)
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1400 </LI>
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1401 <LI>A similar bug is present in the hsfs(7FS) filesystem code (aka
83a386e88f9e Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza . nagyatad . hu>
diego
parents: 6981
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1402 ISO9660), hsfs currently does not support partitions/disks larger than 4GB, all data
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1403 is accessed modulo 4GB.
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1404 (<A HREF="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/22592">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/22592</A>)
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1405 </LI>
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1406 </UL>
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1407
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1408 <P>On Solaris with an UltraSPARC CPU, you can get some extra speed by
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1409 using the CPU's VIS instructions for certain time consuming operations.
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1410 VIS acceleration can be used in MPlayer by calling functions in Sun's
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1411 <A HREF="http://www.sun.com/sparc/vis/mediaLib.html">mediaLib</A>.</P>
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1412
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1413 <P>VIS accelerated operations from mediaLib are used for mpeg2 video
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1414 decoding and for color space conversion in the video output drivers.</P>
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1415
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1416
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1417 <H2><A NAME="strongarm">6.4 StrongARM</A></H2>
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1418
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1419 <P>MPlayer is reported to compile on StrongARM. Use the following command line:</P>
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1420
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1421 <PRE>
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1422 ./configure --target=arm-linux --disable-css --with-x11libdir=/usr/arm/lib
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1423 --with-x11incdir=/usr/arm/lib --disable-gcc-checking
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1424 </PRE>
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1425
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1426
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1427 <H2><A NAME="sgi">6.5 Silicon Graphics / IRIX</A></H2>
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1428
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1429 <P>Reported working. You'll probably have to use the <I>SGI</I> ao driver.
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1430 Anyone has closer info?</P>
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1431
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1432
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1433 <H2><A NAME="qnx">6.6 QNX</A></H2>
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1434
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1435 <P>Works. You'll need to download SDL for QNX, and install it. Then run
7814
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diego
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1436 MPlayer with <CODE>-vo sdl:photon</CODE> and <CODE>-ao sdl:nto</CODE>
4500
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1437 options, and it should be fast.</P>
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1438
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1439 <P>The <CODE>-vo x11</CODE> output will be even slower than on Linux, since
4680
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1440 QNX has only X <I>emulation</I> which is VERY slow. Use SDL.</P>
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1441
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1442
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1443 <H2><A NAME="cygwin">6.7 Cygwin</A></H2>
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1444
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1445 <P>The Cygwin port is still in its infancy and could use some love,
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diego
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1446 <A HREF="tech/patches.txt">patches</A> are always welcome. You should also
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diego
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1447 check out the
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1448 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-cygwin/">mplayer-cygwin</A>
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1449 mailing list for help and latest information.</P>
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arpi
parents: 5863
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1450
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diego
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1451 <P>To get native DirectX video (<CODE>-vo directx</CODE>), install
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
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1452 <A HREF="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/dx7headers.tgz">DirectX 7 header files</A>
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diego
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1453 and recompile. This, together with <CODE>-ao win32</CODE> should give you best
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1454 results.</P>
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1455
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1456 <P>You will have to go to the MPlayer directory, and copy or symlink
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1457 <CODE>etc/cygwin_inttypes.h</CODE> to <CODE>/usr/include/inttypes.h</CODE> to
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1458 make MPlayer compile. Otherwise it will complain about missing
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1459 <CODE>intypes.h</CODE>.</P>
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1460
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1461 <P>Since there is no support for Win32 DLLs under Cygwin and OpenGL and mpdvdkit
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diego
parents: 7814
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1462 do not work/compile, you should disable them in configure with
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diego
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1463 <CODE>./configure --disable-win32 --disable-gl --disable-mpdvdkit</CODE>.</P>
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diego
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1464
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diego
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1465 <P>SDL has also been reported to work after some tweaking:<BR>
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diego
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1466 There are several changes that need to be made to the <CODE>config.mak</CODE>
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diego
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1467 file after running <CODE>configure</CODE>. These changes, like any change to
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diego
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1468 <CODE>config.mak</CODE> after the <CODE>configure</CODE> run are <B>not</B>
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1469 supported, so please do <B>not</B> report bugs!</P>
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1470
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1471 <P>Find the line that reads</P>
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1472
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1473 <PRE>
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diego
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1474 SDL_LIB = -L/usr/local/lib -lmingw32 -lSDLmain -lSDL -mwindows -mno-cygwin
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1475 </PRE>
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1476
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1477 <P>and change it to:</P>
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1478
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1479 <PRE>
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1480 SDL_LIB = -L/usr/local/lib -lSDL -mcygwin
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1481 </PRE>
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1482
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1483 <P>and replace</P>
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1484
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
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diff changeset
1485 <PRE>
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1486 SDL_INC = -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include/SDL -Dmain=SDL_main -I/usr/include/mingw -DWIN32 -Uunix -mno-cygwin
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
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1487 </PRE>
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1488
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1489 <P>with</P>
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1490
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1491 <PRE>
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1492 SDL_INC = -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include/SDL -Uunix -mcygwin
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1493 </PRE>
b582c6fb0053 Unified BSD sections, expanded Cygwin section, small fixes.
diego
parents: 7814
diff changeset
1494
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1495
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics *only*.
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1496
7365
822923446b66 Removed authors and maintainers section, now in txt format.
diego
parents: 7363
diff changeset
1497 <H1><A NAME="mailing_lists">Appendix A - Mailing lists</A></H1>
1682
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gabucino
parents: 1668
diff changeset
1498
7814
988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer
diego
parents: 7813
diff changeset
1499 <P>There are some public mailing lists on MPlayer. Unless explicitly
7700
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
diego
parents: 7699
diff changeset
1500 stated otherwise the language of these lists is <B>English</B>. Please do
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
diego
parents: 7699
diff changeset
1501 not send messages in other languages or HTML mail! Message size limit is 80k.
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
diego
parents: 7699
diff changeset
1502 If you have something bigger put it up for download somewhere. Click the
7787
05e518badc1b doc fixes part 1 (more will come when i find the time to read the rest)
attila
parents: 7700
diff changeset
1503 links to subscribe. On the mailing lists, the same rules about writing
7792
a1465b7f3221 Keyboard controls and options are described in the man page, removed the
diego
parents: 7787
diff changeset
1504 and quoting apply as on usenet. Please follow them, it makes the life of
a1465b7f3221 Keyboard controls and options are described in the man page, removed the
diego
parents: 7787
diff changeset
1505 those who read your mails a lot easier. If you do not know them please
7787
05e518badc1b doc fixes part 1 (more will come when i find the time to read the rest)
attila
parents: 7700
diff changeset
1506 read <A HREF="http://learn.to/edit_messages">HOWTO edit messages</A> or
05e518badc1b doc fixes part 1 (more will come when i find the time to read the rest)
attila
parents: 7700
diff changeset
1507 (if you are in a hurry)
05e518badc1b doc fixes part 1 (more will come when i find the time to read the rest)
attila
parents: 7700
diff changeset
1508 <A HREF="http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanb/documents/quotingguide.html">
05e518badc1b doc fixes part 1 (more will come when i find the time to read the rest)
attila
parents: 7700
diff changeset
1509 Quoting HOWTO</A>.</P>
1682
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parents: 1668
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1510
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a2eb6f519855 Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset.
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parents: 6393
diff changeset
1511 <UL>
6974
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1512 <LI>MPlayer developers list:
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1513 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dev-eng">http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dev-eng</A><BR>
7814
988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer
diego
parents: 7813
diff changeset
1514 This list is about MPlayer development! Talking about interface/API
7700
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
diego
parents: 7699
diff changeset
1515 changes, new libraries, code optimization, configure changes is ontopic
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
diego
parents: 7699
diff changeset
1516 here. Send patches but <B>not</B> bug reports, user questions, feature
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
diego
parents: 7699
diff changeset
1517 requests or flames here to keep the list traffic low.</LI>
6974
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1518 <LI>MPlayer users list:
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1519 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users">http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users</A>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics *only*.
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parents: 6970
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1520 <UL>
7700
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
diego
parents: 7699
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1521 <LI>Send bug reports here after reading the <A HREF="#known_bugs">Known Bugs</A>
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
diego
parents: 7699
diff changeset
1522 and <A HREF="bugreports.html">bug reporting section</A>).</LI>
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
diego
parents: 7699
diff changeset
1523 <LI>Send feature requests here (after reading the <B>whole</B>
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
diego
parents: 7699
diff changeset
1524 documentation).</LI>
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
diego
parents: 7699
diff changeset
1525 <LI>Send user questions here (after reading the <B>whole</B>
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
diego
parents: 7699
diff changeset
1526 documentation).</LI>
6974
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1527 </UL>
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1528 </LI>
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diego
parents: 6970
diff changeset
1529 <LI>MPlayer Hungarian users list:
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics *only*.
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1530 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-felhasznalok">http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-felhasznalok</A>
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diego
parents: 6970
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1531 <UL>
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diego
parents: 6970
diff changeset
1532 <LI>Hungarian language list</LI>
7700
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
diego
parents: 7699
diff changeset
1533 <LI>Topic? We'll see about it... mostly flame and RTFM questions up to now :(</LI>
6974
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parents: 6970
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1534 </UL>
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parents: 6970
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1535 </LI>
7700
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
diego
parents: 7699
diff changeset
1536 <LI>MPlayer &amp; Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550 users:
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
diego
parents: 7699
diff changeset
1537 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-matrox">http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-matrox</A><BR>
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
diego
parents: 7699
diff changeset
1538 Matrox related questions like
6974
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diego
parents: 6970
diff changeset
1539 <UL>
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diego
parents: 6970
diff changeset
1540 <LI>things about mga_vid</LI>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics *only*.
diego
parents: 6970
diff changeset
1541 <LI>Matrox's official beta drivers (for X 4.x.x)</LI>
7700
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
diego
parents: 7699
diff changeset
1542 <LI>matroxfb-TVout stuff</LI>
6974
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diego
parents: 6970
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1543 </UL>
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parents: 6970
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1544 </LI>
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diego
parents: 6970
diff changeset
1545 <LI>MPlayer &amp; DVB card users:
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diego
parents: 6970
diff changeset
1546 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dvb">http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dvb</A><BR>
7700
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
diego
parents: 7699
diff changeset
1547 Things related to the hardware decoder card called DVB (<B>not</B> DXR3!).
6974
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diego
parents: 6970
diff changeset
1548 </LI>
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diego
parents: 6970
diff changeset
1549 <LI>MPlayer CVS-log:
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diego
parents: 6970
diff changeset
1550 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-cvslog">http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-cvslog</A><BR>
7814
988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer
diego
parents: 7813
diff changeset
1551 All changes in MPlayer code are automatically sent to this list. Only
7700
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
diego
parents: 7699
diff changeset
1552 questions about these changes belong here (if you do not understand why a
6974
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics *only*.
diego
parents: 6970
diff changeset
1553 change is required or you have a better fix or you have noticed a possible
7700
4a39a8bac5de Mailing list section reworded and updated. This should at some point be
diego
parents: 7699
diff changeset
1554 bug/problem in the commit).</LI>
7043
ba9c212ed577 begun removing "Available options" and "Examples" sections, which
gabucino
parents: 7015
diff changeset
1555 <LI>MPlayer Cygwin-porting list:
ba9c212ed577 begun removing "Available options" and "Examples" sections, which
gabucino
parents: 7015
diff changeset
1556 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-cygwin">http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-cygwin</A><BR>
7814
988498df1996 <B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer
diego
parents: 7813
diff changeset
1557 List for discussion about MPlayer's Cygwin port.</LI>
6436
a2eb6f519855 Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset.
diego
parents: 6393
diff changeset
1558 </UL>
1682
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gabucino
parents: 1668
diff changeset
1559
7076
3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly
diego
parents: 7061
diff changeset
1560 <P><B>Note:</B> You can reach the searchable mailing list archives at
3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly
diego
parents: 7061
diff changeset
1561 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/htsearch">http://www.mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/htsearch</A>.
3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly
diego
parents: 7061
diff changeset
1562
3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly
diego
parents: 7061
diff changeset
1563
3275af5787e0 Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu>, slightly
diego
parents: 7061
diff changeset
1564
7365
822923446b66 Removed authors and maintainers section, now in txt format.
diego
parents: 7363
diff changeset
1565 <H1><A NAME="bug_reports">Appendix B</A> - <A HREF="bugreports.html">How to report bugs</A></H1>
7047
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags.
diego
parents: 7043
diff changeset
1566
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags.
diego
parents: 7043
diff changeset
1567
4f87cd0f642f Converted the docs to use proper headings tags.
diego
parents: 7043
diff changeset
1568
7365
822923446b66 Removed authors and maintainers section, now in txt format.
diego
parents: 7363
diff changeset
1569 <H1><A NAME="known_bugs">Appendix C - Known bugs</A></H1>
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gabucino
parents: 1731
diff changeset
1570
6593
a2937bae0651 Expanded RTC section. It now explains how to allow RTC via /proc on newer
diego
parents: 6583
diff changeset
1571 <P>Special system/CPU-specific bugs/problems:</P>
1748
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gabucino
parents: 1731
diff changeset
1572 <UL>
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gabucino
parents: 1731
diff changeset
1573
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gabucino
parents: 1731
diff changeset
1574 <LI>SIGILL (signal 4) on P3 using 2.2.x kernels:<BR>
63b6876090da *** empty log message ***
gabucino
parents: 1731
diff changeset
1575 Problem: kernel 2.2.x doesn't have proper (working) SSE support<BR>
63b6876090da *** empty log message ***
gabucino
parents: 1731
diff changeset
1576 Solution: upgrade kernel to 2.4.x<BR>
6732
8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate.
diego
parents: 6731
diff changeset
1577 Workaround: <CODE>./configure --disable-sse</CODE></LI>
1748
63b6876090da *** empty log message ***
gabucino
parents: 1731
diff changeset
1578
63b6876090da *** empty log message ***
gabucino
parents: 1731
diff changeset
1579 <LI>General SIGILL (signal 4):<BR>
63b6876090da *** empty log message ***
gabucino
parents: 1731
diff changeset
1580 Problem: you compiled and run mplayer in different machines
6593
a2937bae0651 Expanded RTC section. It now explains how to allow RTC via /proc on newer
diego
parents: 6583
diff changeset
1581 (for example compiled on P3 and running on Celeron)<BR>
1748
63b6876090da *** empty log message ***
gabucino
parents: 1731
diff changeset
1582 Solution: compile MPlayer on the same machine where you will use it!<BR>
6732
8460a77203de DXR3 moved to video.html. TOC updated, added <CODE> where appropiate.
diego
parents: 6731
diff changeset
1583 Workaround: <CODE>./configure --disable-sse</CODE> etc. options</LI>
3669
5ef5df143cbf added "Internal buffer inconsistency" lame bug as Known problem
gabucino
parents: 3668
diff changeset
1584
5ef5df143cbf added "Internal buffer inconsistency" lame bug as Known problem
gabucino
parents: 3668
diff changeset
1585 <LI>"Internal buffer inconsistency" during MEncoder run:<BR>
6574
22def385928d GCC 3.0.4-RH update
diego
parents: 6573
diff changeset
1586 Problem: known problem when lame &lt; 3.90 was compiled with gcc 2.96 or 3.x.<BR>
22def385928d GCC 3.0.4-RH update
diego
parents: 6573
diff changeset
1587 Solution: use lame &gt;=3.90.<BR>
22def385928d GCC 3.0.4-RH update
diego
parents: 6573
diff changeset
1588 Workaround: compile lame with gcc 2.95.x and remove any already installed
22def385928d GCC 3.0.4-RH update
diego
parents: 6573
diff changeset
1589 lame packages, they may have been compiled with gcc 2.96.</LI>
4908
9b2b09d3ff8b strike period over, commiting stuff. next commit will be rewrite. (?)
gabucino
parents: 4819
diff changeset
1590
9b2b09d3ff8b strike period over, commiting stuff. next commit will be rewrite. (?)
gabucino
parents: 4819
diff changeset
1591 <LI>Messed up MP2/MP3 sound on PPC:<BR>
9b2b09d3ff8b strike period over, commiting stuff. next commit will be rewrite. (?)
gabucino
parents: 4819
diff changeset
1592 Problem: known GCC miscompilation bug on PPC platforms, no fix yet.<BR>
9b2b09d3ff8b strike period over, commiting stuff. next commit will be rewrite. (?)
gabucino
parents: 4819
diff changeset
1593 Workaround: use FFmpeg's (slow) MP1/MP2/MP3 decoder (<CODE>-ac ffmpeg</CODE>)</LI>
9b2b09d3ff8b strike period over, commiting stuff. next commit will be rewrite. (?)
gabucino
parents: 4819
diff changeset
1594
9b2b09d3ff8b strike period over, commiting stuff. next commit will be rewrite. (?)
gabucino
parents: 4819
diff changeset
1595 <LI>sig11 in libmpeg2, when scaling+encoding:<BR>
9b2b09d3ff8b strike period over, commiting stuff. next commit will be rewrite. (?)
gabucino
parents: 4819
diff changeset
1596 Problem: known GCC 2.95.2 MMX bug, upgrade to 2.95.3.</LI>
1748
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gabucino
parents: 1731
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1597 </UL>
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parents: 1731
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1598
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gabucino
parents: 1731
diff changeset
1599 <P>Various A-V sync and other audio problems:</P>
63b6876090da *** empty log message ***
gabucino
parents: 1731
diff changeset
1600
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diego
parents: 6393
diff changeset
1601 General audio delay or jerky sound (exists with all or many files):
1748
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gabucino
parents: 1731
diff changeset
1602 <UL>
6974
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1603 <LI>most common: buggy audio driver! - try to use different drivers, try
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics *only*.
diego
parents: 6970
diff changeset
1604 ALSA 0.9 OSS emulation with -ao oss, also try -ao sdl, sometimes it helps.
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parents: 6970
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1605 If your file plays fine with -nosound, then you can be sure it's sound card
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics *only*.
diego
parents: 6970
diff changeset
1606 (driver) problem.</LI>
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parents: 6970
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1607 <LI>audio buffer problems (buffer size badly detected)<BR>
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diego
parents: 6970
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1608 Workaround: mplayer -abs option</LI>
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1609 <LI>samplerate problems - maybe your card doesn't support the samplerate
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1610 used in your files - try the resampling plugin (-aop)</LI>
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parents: 6970
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1611 <LI>slow machine (CPU or VGA)<BR>
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1612 try with -vo null, if it plays well, then you have slow VGA card/driver<BR>
916f62dd0910 Another big batch of cosmetics *only*.
diego
parents: 6970
diff changeset
1613 Workaround: buy a faster card or read this documentation about how to speed up<BR>
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1614 Also try -framedrop</LI>
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parents: 6970
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1615 </UL>
1748
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parents: 1731
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1616
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a2eb6f519855 Background now set by CSS, added doctype and charset.
diego
parents: 6393
diff changeset
1617 Audio delay/de-sync specific to one or a few files:
1748
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gabucino
parents: 1731
diff changeset
1618 <UL>
6974
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parents: 6970
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1619 <LI>bad file<BR>
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1620 Workaround:
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diego
parents: 6970
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1621 <UL>
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diego
parents: 6970
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1622 <LI>-ni or -nobps option (for non-interleaved or bad files)<BR>
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1623 and/or</LI>
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parents: 6970
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1624 <LI>-mc 0 (required for files with badly interleaved VBR audio)<BR>
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parents: 6970
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1625 and/or</LI>
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1626 <LI>-delay option or +/- keys at runtime to adjust delay</LI>
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1627 </UL>
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parents: 6970
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1628 If none of these help, please upload the file, we'll check (and fix).
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parents: 6970
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1629 </LI>
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parents: 6970
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1630 <LI>your sound card doesn't support 48kHz playback<BR>
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parents: 6970
diff changeset
1631 Workaround: buy a better sound card... or try to decrease fps by 10% (use
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diego
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1632 -fps 27 for a 30fps movie) or use the resampler plugin</LI>
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1633 <LI>slow machine<BR>
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1634 (if A-V is not around 0, and the last number in the status line increasing)<BR>
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1635 Workaround: -framedrop</LI>
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1636 </UL>
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1637
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1638 No sound at all:
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1639 <UL>
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1640 <LI>your file uses an unsupported audio codec<BR>
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1641 Workaround: read the documentation and help us adding support for it</LI>
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1642 </UL>
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1643
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1644 No picture at all (just plain grey/green window):
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1645 <UL>
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1646 <LI>your file uses an unsupported video codec<BR>
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1647 Workaround: read the documentation and help us adding support for it</LI>
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1648 <LI>auto-selected codec can't decode the file, try to select another using -vc
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1649 or -vfm options</LI>
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1650 <LI>you try to play DivX 3.x file with OpenDivX decoder or XviD (-vc odivx)
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1651 - install Divx4Linux and recompile player</LI>
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1652 </UL>
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1653
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1654 <P>Video-out problems:</P>
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1655
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1656 <P>First note: options -fs -vm and -zoom are just recommendations, not (yet)
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1657 supported by all drivers. So it isn't a bug if it doesn't work.
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1658 Only a few driver supports scaling/zooming, don't expect this from x11 or dga.</P>
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1659
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1660 <P>OSD/sub flickering:<BR>
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1661 - x11 driver: sorry, it can't be fixed now<BR>
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1662 - xv driver: use -double option</P>
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1663
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1664 <P>Green image using mga_vid (-vo mga / -vo xmga):<BR>
6974
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1665 - mga_vid misdetected your card's RAM amount, reload it using mga_ram_size option</P>
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1666
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1667
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1668
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1669 <H1><A NAME="skin">Appendix D</A> - <A HREF="skin-en.html">MPlayer skin format</A></H1>
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1671
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1672
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1673 <H1><A NAME="flame_wars">Appendix E</A> - <A HREF="users_against_developers.html">Developer Cries</A></H1>
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1675
1612
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1676 </BODY>
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1677 </HTML>